🎯 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, GB14 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1186/s13256-026-05957-5 ↗
Corroborated by a second study. LI04, GB14 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.13729/j.issn.1671-7813.Z20180246 ↗
🎯 Location: When loose fist is made point is on the radial side of the index finger in the depression the proximal to the head of the 2nd metacarpal bone.
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
LU Liang. A Survey on Acupuncture Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2010, 30(1): 68
Substantiated by a study. LI04, ST02, ST07, GB14, CV24 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.13729/j.issn.1671-7813.Z20180246 ↗
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
MO Feng-hai. A Survey on Acupuncture Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2010, 30(1): 68
Substantiated by a study. ST07 also appears in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.13729/j.issn.1671-7813.Z20180246 ↗
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
CUI Wei-dong. A Survey on Acupuncture Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2010, 30(1): 68
Substantiated by a study. LI20, ST02, ST07, CV24 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.13729/j.issn.1671-7813.Z20180246 ↗
🎯 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.
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
WANG Li-ju. A Survey on Acupuncture Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2010, 30(1): 68
Substantiated by a study. ST08, GB20 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.13729/j.issn.1671-7813.Z20180246 ↗
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