Corroborated by a second study. ST04, ST06, ST07, SI19 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1136/acupmed-2013-010484 ↗
🎯 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. ST04, ST06, ST07, SI19 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.0000000000018013 ↗
🎯 Location: At the area where Helix Crus disappears.
⚠️ Cautions: Adjunctive only – haematemesis, melaena or unremitting epigastric pain needs urgent medical assessment. Strict asepsis: perichondritis of the auricular cartilage is the significant risk with ear needling.
🎯 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.
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Acupuncture on Anxiety and Inflammatory Events Following Surgery of Mandibular Third Molars. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03545022
Substantiated by a study. LI04, ST06, ST07, SI19, LV03, GV20 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.1136/acupmed-2013-010484 ↗
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How the studies delivered it
What the 3 studies behind the entries above ran, counted once per study. A record of the trials, not a recommendation.
Needling1 of 3
Electroacupuncture1 of 3
Laser1 of 3
Acupressure1 of 3
Course: the 3 studies that gave a length ran a median of 23 days (middle half 16 days to 47 days).
After a treatment: what large safety surveys recorded, and which reactions need a doctor.
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