Acupoints for Period / Menstruation Disorder

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 足三里 (zú sān lǐ)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below st35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in cases of severe varicose veins.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Fever, Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Shortness of Breath

🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陽陵泉 (yáng líng quán)

🎯 Location: In the depression the anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Knee Pain, Jaundice, Constipation, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Liver Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陰包 (yīn bāo)

🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths above the medial epicondyle of the femur between vastus medialis and sartorius.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Urinary Retention, Bedwetting, Urinary Problems, Lower Abdominal Pain, Back Sacrum Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 腰陽關 (yāo yáng guān)

🎯 Location: Below spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra at the level with iliac crest.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Numbness, Lower Back Pain, Urine White, Benefit Legs, Benefit Back Lumbar

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Back

🇨🇳 Chinese: 華佗夾脊 (huá tuó jiā jǐ)

🎯 Location: 0.5 - 1 thumb width lateral to the depressions below the spinous processes of the twelve thoracic vertebrae & five lumbar vertebrae in the clinical practice the points located 0.5 - 1 thumb width lateral to the depressions below the spinous processes of the seven cervical vertebra are also used as additional huatuojiaji points.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in sacroiliac dysfunction.

🛡️ Treats: Qi Stagnation, Fertility, Circulation Blood, Period / Menstruation Premenstrual Syndrome / Pms, Regulate Six Fu

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Upper limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 靈骨 (líng gǔ)

🎯 Location: On the dorsal side of the hand between the index and thumb, the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones, 1.2 thumb widths from da bai..

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Knee Pain, Back Pain, Sciatica, Headache, Lower Back Pain