Acupuncture Points for Overeating Overfeeding

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天樞 (tiān shū)

🎯 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.

🛡️ Treats: Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Constipation, Vomiting, Abdominal Bloating

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 上巨虛 (shàng jù xū)

🎯 Location: 6 thumb widths below ST35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath, Spleen Weakness, Stomach Weakness, Common Cold

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 氣海 (qì hǎi)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 1.5 thumb widths below umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath, Constipation, Yang Weakness, Abdominal Bloating

🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 建里 (jiàn lǐ)

🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 3 thumb widths above the umbilicus.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.

🛡️ Treats: Vomiting, Abdominal Bloating, Edema, Heart Pain, Turmoil Disorder

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Upper limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四縫 (sì fèng)

🎯 Location: Four points on the each hand, on the palmer side of the 2nd to the 5th fingers and at the centre of the proximal interphalangeal joints.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Spleen Weakness, Asthma, Food Stagnation, Cough Whooping, Infantile Nutrition Deficiency

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Upper limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四縫 (sì fèng)

🎯 Location: Four points on the each hand, on the palmer side of the 2nd to the 5th fingers and at the centre of the proximal interphalangeal joints.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Spleen Weakness, Asthma, Food Stagnation, Cough Whooping, Infantile Nutrition Deficiency

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Upper limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四縫 (sì fèng)

🎯 Location: Four points on the each hand, on the palmer side of the 2nd to the 5th fingers and at the centre of the proximal interphalangeal joints.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Spleen Weakness, Asthma, Food Stagnation, Cough Whooping, Infantile Nutrition Deficiency

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Upper limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四縫 (sì fèng)

🎯 Location: Four points on the each hand, on the palmer side of the 2nd to the 5th fingers and at the centre of the proximal interphalangeal joints.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Spleen Weakness, Asthma, Food Stagnation, Cough Whooping, Infantile Nutrition Deficiency