🎯 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.
Corroborated by a second study. LI04, ST36 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1007/s10549-013-2427-z ↗
🎯 Location: On the radial side of the wrist; when thumb is tilted upward it is in the depression the between tendons of the extensor pollicus longus and brevis.
Corroborated by a second study. BL60, GB34 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1155/2013/182528 ↗
🎯 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.
Corroborated by a second study. ST36, KD03, GB34 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1155/2013/182528 ↗
🎯 Location: One finger breadth (middle finger) anterior & superior to the lower angle of the mandible where masseter is prominent when teeth are clenched & depressive when it is pressed.
⚠️ Cautions: Needle shallowly and obliquely; avoid the facial artery and deep needling into the joint capsule.
Corroborated by a second study. ST34, ST36, SP09, SP10, GB33, LV08 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000021957 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. ST35, SP06, SP10 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1155/2013/182528 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. ST34, ST35, SP10 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1155/2013/182528 ↗
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How the studies delivered it
What the 11 studies behind the entries above ran, counted once per study. A record of the trials, not a recommendation.
Needling6 of 11
Electroacupuncture4 of 11
Moxibustion2 of 11
Sessions: the 6 studies that gave a count ran a median of 14 (middle half 11 to 22).
Course: the 7 studies that gave a length ran a median of 8 weeks (middle half 5 weeks to 10 weeks).
After a treatment: what large safety surveys recorded, and which reactions need a doctor.
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