🎯 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:10.1186/1472-6882-7-35 ↗
🎯 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:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013830 ↗
🎯 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, GB34, GB39 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013830 ↗
🎯 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, GB34, GB39 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1186/1472-6882-7-35 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. ST36, BL23 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1155/2021/6637554 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. ST36, BL23 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1155/2019/4705247 ↗
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How the studies delivered it
What the 14 studies behind the entries above ran, counted once per study. A record of the trials, not a recommendation.
Moxibustion9 of 14
Needling4 of 14
Electroacupuncture1 of 14
Thread embedding1 of 14
Sessions: the 10 studies that gave a count ran a median of 16 (middle half 15 to 19).
Course: the 11 studies that gave a length ran a median of 8 weeks (middle half 5 weeks to 8 weeks).
After a treatment: what large safety surveys recorded, and which reactions need a doctor.
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