🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths lateral to the center of the umbilicus.
⚠️ Cautions: Acute appendicitis is a surgical emergency – treatment here is adjunctive at most and must never delay surgical assessment. Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.
Corroborated by a second study. ST25, ST36, ST40, SP06, SP15, GB26, CV06, CV12 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1186/s12906-024-04340-5 ↗
🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths lateral to the center of the umbilicus.
⚠️ Cautions: Acute appendicitis is a surgical emergency – treatment here is adjunctive at most and must never delay surgical assessment. Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.
Corroborated by a second study. ST25, ST36, ST40, SP06, SP15, GB26, CV06, CV12 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1186/s12906-021-03367-2 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. ST36 also appears in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1186/s12906-021-03367-2 ↗
🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths lateral to the center of the umbilicus.
⚠️ Cautions: Acute appendicitis is a surgical emergency – treatment here is adjunctive at most and must never delay surgical assessment. Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.
Corroborated by a second study. ST25, ST36, ST40, SP06, SP15, GB26, CV06, CV12 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1186/s12906-021-03367-2 ↗
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Unnamed CNKI record, 2025
Substantiated by a study. ST25, ST36, SP15, GB26, CV12 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.1186/s12906-021-03367-2 ↗
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
沈佳欣黄天韵郝舟彭广彬马玥樱吴焕淦 包春辉. 基于数据挖掘技术探析近十年针灸治疗成人中心性肥胖的腧穴优选与配伍规律（英文） OA. World Journal of Acupuncture-Moxibustion ., 2025 [CNKI]
Substantiated by a study. ST25, ST36, SP15, GB26, CV12 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.1186/s12906-021-03367-2 ↗
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How the studies delivered it
What the 3 studies behind the entries above ran, counted once per study. A record of the trials, not a recommendation.
Electroacupuncture2 of 3
Needling1 of 3
Moxibustion1 of 3
Course: the 3 studies that gave a length ran a median of 8 weeks (middle half 8 weeks to 8 weeks).
After a treatment: what large safety surveys recorded, and which reactions need a doctor.
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