Corroborated by a second study. BL31, BL32, BL33, BL34 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.27026/d.cnki.ggszc.2023.000230 ↗
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths directly above the tip of the medial malleolus posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
⚠️ 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. SP06, SP09, BL28, CV03, CV04 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.19917/j.cnki.1005-0779.023135 ↗
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths directly above the tip of the medial malleolus posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
⚠️ 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. SP06, SP09, BL28, CV03 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.13048/jkm.16001 ↗
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths directly above the tip of the medial malleolus posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
⚠️ 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. BL31, BL32, BL33, BL34 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.1186/s13063-016-1315-3 ↗
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths below umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the CV04.
⚠️ 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. SP06, SP09, BL28, CV03, CV04 also appear in another study-reported protocol for the same search. A second publication is not necessarily a second research group. doi:10.13048/jkm.16001 ↗
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths directly above the tip of the medial malleolus posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
⚠️ 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.
Yu KW et al.. Effects of electroacupuncture on recent stroke inpatients with incomplete bladder emptying: a preliminary study. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2012
Substantiated by a study. SP06, BL28, BL32 also appear in a study-reported protocol for the same search. That study did not test this prescription. doi:10.19917/j.cnki.1005-0779.023135 ↗
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