Protocol (5 points)
100%ST08 · GB13 · GB19 · GV17 · GV24
ST08Head Corner

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 頭維 (tóu wéi)
🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the head, 0.5 thumb widths above the anterior hairline at the corner of the forehead & 4.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline of the head.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Shortness of Breath, Dizziness, Vomiting, Wind
GB13Spirit Root

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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 本神 (běn shén)
🎯 Location: 0.5 thumb widths within the hairline of the forehead 3 thumb widths lateral to the GV24.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications for head points.
🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Phlegm, Wind, Deviation Eye, Facial Droop
GB19Brain Hollow

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🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 腦空 (nǎo kōng)
🎯 Location: On the head and on the level of the upper border of the external occipital protuberance or GV17, 22.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline of the head.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications for head points.
🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Tinnitus, Palpitations, Heat, Depression
GV17Brain Door

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 腦戶 (nǎo hù)
🎯 Location: 2.5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline 1.5 thumb widths directly above the GV16 in the depression on the upper border of the external occipital protuberance.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
GV24Spirit Court

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🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel
🇨🇳 Chinese: 神庭 (shén tíng)
🎯 Location: 0.5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Shortness of Breath, Dizziness, Palpitations, Depression
Needling
Point selection reported in a published study.
doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000014880 ↗