# Acupoints for Sleep Poor Quality

3 sourced protocols for Sleep Poor Quality. Canonical page: https://acuiq.com/symptoms/sleep-poor-quality

## Protocols

| # | Points | Dosage | Frequency | Source | Kind | Caveat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ST01 (Tear Container), SP21 (Great Embrace), SI03 (Back Stream), BL02 (Gathered Bamboo), KD25 (Spirit Storehouse), PC06 (Inner Gate), GB01 (Pupil Crevice), CV24 (Saliva Receptacle), GV20 (100 Convergences), GV26 (Philtrum) | – | – | doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000044211 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 2 | LI11 (Pond At The Bend), ST36 (Leg Three Miles), CV04 (Original Qi Gate), CV06 (Sea Of Qi), CV12 (Stomach Centre) | – | – | doi:10.3390/healthcare11152182 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 3 | SP04 (Grandfather Grandson), PC06 (Inner Gate) | – | – | doi:10.3389/fneur.2025.1580759 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |

## Point locations

| Point | Name | Meridian | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST01 | Tear Container | Stomach Meridian | With eyes looking straight forward, point is directly below pupil between eyeball and infraorbital ridge. |
| SP21 | Great Embrace | Spleen Meridian | On the lateral side of the chest on the middle axillary line in the 6th intercostal space. |
| SI03 | Back Stream | Small Intestine Meridian | When loose fist is made point is on the ulnar end of the distal palmar crease proximal to the 5th metacarpophalangeal joint at the end of the transverse crease and junction of the red and white skin. |
| BL02 | Gathered Bamboo | Bladder Meridian | On the medial extremity of the eyebrow or on the supraorbital notch. |
| KD25 | Spirit Storehouse | Kidney Meridian | In the 2nd intercostal space 2 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline. |
| PC06 | Inner Gate | Pericardium Meridian | 2 thumb widths above the transverse crease of the wrist between tendons of the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis. |
| GB01 | Pupil Crevice | Gallbladder Meridian | 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the outer canthus in the depression on the lateral side of the orbit. |
| CV24 | Saliva Receptacle | Conception Vessel | In the depression the in the center of the mentolabial groove. |
| GV20 | 100 Convergences | Governing Vessel | 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. |
| GV26 | Philtrum | Governing Vessel | At the junction of the upper ⅓ and middle ⅓ of the philtrum. |
| LI11 | Pond At The Bend | Large Intestine Meridian | When elbow is flexed point is in the depression the at the lateral end of the transverse cubital crease midway between LU05 and lateral epicondyle of the humerus. |
| ST36 | Leg Three Miles | Stomach Meridian | 3 thumb widths below ST35, 1 finger breadth (middle finger) from anterior border of the tibia. |
| CV04 | Original Qi Gate | Conception Vessel | On the anterior midline 3 thumb widths below umbilicus. |
| CV06 | Sea Of Qi | Conception Vessel | On the anterior midline 1.5 thumb widths below umbilicus. |
| CV12 | Stomach Centre | Conception Vessel | On the anterior midline 4 thumb widths above the umbilicus. |
| SP04 | Grandfather Grandson | Spleen Meridian | In the depression the distal and inferior to the base of the 1st metatarsal bone at the junction of the red and white skin. |

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