🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the hand between 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side.
⚠️ Cautions: Traditionally forbidden in pregnancy – these are the points used to bring on labour at term. Controlled data show no excess of preterm birth or stillbirth (Carr 2015), but in pregnancy needle only on a clear obstetric indication.
Corroborated by a second study. LI04, SP06, PC06, GV20, GV26 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.19787/j.issn.1008-1879.2023.02.011 ↗
🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the hand between 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side.
⚠️ Cautions: Traditionally forbidden in pregnancy – these are the points used to bring on labour at term. Controlled data show no excess of preterm birth or stillbirth (Carr 2015), but in pregnancy needle only on a clear obstetric indication.
Corroborated by a second study. LI04, SP06, PC06, GV20, GV26 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.7759/cureus.66439 ↗
🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the hand between 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side.
⚠️ Cautions: Traditionally forbidden in pregnancy – these are the points used to bring on labour at term. Controlled data show no excess of preterm birth or stillbirth (Carr 2015), but in pregnancy needle only on a clear obstetric indication.
Corroborated by a second study. LI04, SP06, PC06, GV20, GV26 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.19787/j.issn.1008-1879.2023.02.011 ↗
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How the studies delivered it
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