Every protocol below comes from a clinical text or a website. Nothing here has a published trial behind it, so no two independent sources have been shown to agree. How often that happens
🎯 Location: 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.
⚠️ Cautions: Monitor blood pressure and avoid strong stimulation where hypertension is uncontrolled or unstable; hypertensive crisis is a medical emergency. Avoid excessive stimulation in weak patients.
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
CAI De-feng. Warm-needling plus Tuina Relaxing for the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2010, 30(1): 23-24
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How the studies delivered it
None of the studies behind these entries says how the points were stimulated or for how long.
After a treatment: what large safety surveys recorded, and which reactions need a doctor.
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