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🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 合谷 (hé gǔ)
🎯 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.
🛡️ Treats: Fever , Tinnitus , Release Exterior , Absent Periods , Wind
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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 百會 (bǎi huì)
🎯 Location: On the midline of the head 5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline approximately on the midpoint of the line connecting apex of the ears.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Cough , Chest Pain , Palpitations , Jaundice , Qi Deficiency
Text or case report Needling · 2 sessions
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994 Not substantiated. Studies in the index cover this search, and none of their protocols use any of these points.
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Points cited for Plantar Pain How often each point appears across the 3 entries ranked highest for Plantar Pain. Citation frequency, not a recommendation.
GV20 100 Convergences Governing Vessel 1 of 3 LI04 Junction Valley Large Intestine Meridian 1 of 3 PC07 Great Mound Pericardium Meridian 1 of 3 Registered, results not reported These trials registered a protocol for Plantar Pain and have not reported results. They are not counted above.
How the studies delivered it What the 1 studies behind the entries above ran, counted once per study. A record of the trials, not a recommendation.
After a treatment : what large safety surveys recorded, and which reactions need a doctor.
