Protocol (4 points)
90%ST36Leg Three Miles
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🗺️ 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
SP06Three Yin Intersection
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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 三陰交 (sān yīn jiāo)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths directly above the tip of the medial malleolus posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
⚠️ 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: Diarrhea, Dizziness, Tinnitus, Palpitations, Abdominal Bloating
CV09Water Separation
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🗺️ Meridian: Conception Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 水分 (shuǐ fēn)
🎯 Location: On the anterior midline 1 thumb width above the umbilicus.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.
🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Edema, Stomach Deficiency, Breathing Problems, Heart Pain
TF10Shenmen
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🗺️ Meridian: Auricular Points
🇨🇳 Chinese: 神門 (shén mén)
🎯 Location: At the midpoint between Pelvis and Hepatitis.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Pain, Inflammation, Restless Spirit, Emotional And Mental Disorders
Needling · 26 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