literature review of clinical effects of the points of the extraordinary channels

1. PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE
EXTRAORDINARY CHANNEL
POINTS
DR. OSCAR MENDIZABAL POLANCO
MÉDICO CIRUJANO UNAM
ESPECIALISTA EN ACUPUNTURA IPN

2. RENMAI
• SEA OF YIN CHANNELS
• REGULATES
MENSTRUATION
• NOURISHES THE FETUS
• 24 POINTS
• OPENING POINT: LIE QUE
(P7)

3. HUI YIN (RM1)
URINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS:
• CHRONIC PROSTATITIS. LASER STIMULATION, 86% IMPROVEMENT OF
SYMPTOMS. (CHINESE PHYSICAL THERAPEUTIC JOURNAL, 1988, VOL.
4)
• BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA. LASER STIMULATION AT HUIYIN -
SHENSHU 84% IMPROVEMENT. (ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION
JOURNAL. 1991, VOL.6.)
• SPERMATHORREA, 23 PATIENTS WITH ACUPUNCTURE, STRONG
ROTATION STIMULUS, 100% IMPROVED. (SICHUAN TCM JOURNAL,
1995, VOL. 2.)

4. QU GU (RM2)
• REGULATES VESICAL TONE DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF
STIMULATION. USEFUL IN NEUROGENIC BLADDER.
• PERSISTENT LEUCORRHEA, DEEP INSERTION (2.5-3 CUN),
DE QI MUST IRRADIATE TO EXTERNAL GENITALIA. NEEDLE
RETENTION FOR 1 H, 30 CASES, AFTER 2 SESSIONS, 27 OUT
OF 30 WERE CURED, 3 IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY.
(CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE JOURNAL, 1987, VOL. 5.)

5. ZHONG JI (RM3)
• ENURESIS AND URINARY INCONTINENCE, ACUPUNCTURE
AND MOXIBUSTION COMBINED, 1500 CASES. 86.5%
EFFICACY.
• REGULATES DETRUSOR M. TONE, STRONG ROTATION
FAVORS CONTRACTION, SOFT ROTATION FAVORS
RELAXATION. (LU, JINGSHAN, SELECTION ON SINGLE-
POINT TREATMENT, PEOPLE´S HEALTH PRESS, 1995, FIRST
ED.)

6. GUAN YUAN (RM4)
• SHOCK: 30 PATIENTS WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF SHOCK, MOXIBUSTION
AT THIS POINT AUGMENTED BP AND CAPILLARY PERFUSION.
(SHANGHAI TCM JOURNAL, 1985, VOL. 1; CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE
AND MOXIBUSTION JOURNAL, 1993, VOL. 1)
• ANTIAGEING: ANIMAL STUDIES, ACUPUNCTURE AT THIS POINT
INCREASES PLASMA LEVELS OF TESTOSTERONE AND GONADAL MASS.
SUGGESTS AN EFFECT ON HYPOTHALAMUS-HYPOPHYSEAL-GONADAL
AXIS. (QI-CAI, W. SECONDARY CHANNELS AND COLLATERALS,
PEOPLES MEDICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE, 2006, FIRST ED.)

7. SHI MEN (RM5)
• BIRTH CONTROL: 30 MARRIED WOMEN WITHOUT GENITAL
PATHOLOGY, ACUPUNCTURE WITH STRONG STIMULATION,
NEEDLE RETENTION FOR 15 MINUTES, DAILY TREATMENTS
FOR 1 WEEK AND 3 DAYS OF REST; CONTROL GROUP
ACUPUNCTURE AT YINJIAO (RM7) SAME METHOD. AFTER
4 YEARS, CASE GROUP 4 PREGNANCIES, CONTROL
GROUP, EVERYONE. (SELECTIVE COMPILATION OF
HEILONGJIANG CHINESE MEDICINE AND
PHARMACOLOGY RESEARCH, 1964, VOL 1.)

8. QI HAI (RM6)
• FUNCTIONS: REPLENISHES QI AND XUE, TONIFIES KIDNEY
AND YUAN QI, RECOVERS YANG.

9. ZHONG WAN (RM12)
• DIGESTIVE: 100 CASES OF INFANTILE DIARRHEA, SHALLOW
INSERTION WITHOUT RETAINING NEEDLE, 3 TX, 79%
EFFECTIVE. (CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION
JOURNAL, 1992, VOL. 5.)
• OTHERS: INCREASES TOTAL WBC SPECIALLY NEUTROPHILS,
USEFUL IN CASES OF HYPERSPLENISM. (QI-CAI, W.
SECONDARY CHANNELS AND COLLATERALS, PEOPLES
MEDICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE, 2006, FIRST ED.)

10. SHEN QUE (RM8)
• COLD DIARRHEA.
• SHINGLES: 105 CASES, CUPPING ONCE A DAY FOR 3
DAYS, 96.2% EFFICACY. (NEW TCM JOURNAL, 1997,
VOL. 5; LU, JINGSHAN, SELECTION ON SINGLE-POINT
TREATMENT, PEOPLE´S HEALTH PRESS, 1995, FIRST ED.)
• ALLERGIC RHINITIS: 317 CASES, CUPPING, AFTER TX.
92.4% RECOVERY. (LU, JINGSHAN, SELECTION ON
SINGLE-POINT TREATMENT, PEOPLE´S HEALTH PRESS,
1995, FIRST ED.)

11. JIU WEI (RM15)
• 54 CASES OF ACUTE LUMBAR SPRAIN, STRONG
STIMULATION WITH WAIST MOBILIZATION, 38
PATIENTS RECOVERED WITH 1 TREATMENT, 12
AFTER 2, 4 AFTER 3. (TCM TRAUMATOLOGY
JOURNAL, 1986, VOL. 3)

12. DAN ZHONG (RM17)
• BRONCHIAL ASTHMA: 05 CM SCALPEL CUT, WEEKLY, 92%
EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 3 WEEKS. (TCM JOURNAL, 1964,
VOL. 1.)
• HYPOGALACTIA: DAN GUI + DAN SHEN INJECTION, 90
CASES, EFFECTIVENESS OF 87.8% AFTER ONE TREATMENT.
(SHANGHAI ACUPUNCTURE JOURNAL, 1993, VOL. 3.)

13. DAN ZHONG (RM17)
• ACUTE MASTITIS: 35 CASES, MILD STIMULATION, RETAIN
NEEDLE FOR 30 MIN, 85.7% EFFECTIVENESS. (HUBEI TCM
JOURNAL, 1989, VOL. 4.)
• HICCUPS: 170 CASES, ACUPRESURE FOR 5-10 MIN,
98.8% EFFECTIVENESS. (ZHEJIANG TCM JOURNAL, 1987,
VOL. 11.)

14. TIAN TU (RM22)
• LARYNGITIS: 649 CASES, AFTER 7 TREATMENTS, 94.8%
EFFECTIVENESS, 75.2% WITH 1ST TREATMENT. (LU,
JINGSHAN, SELECTION ON SINGLE-POINT TREATMENT,
PEOPLE´S HEALTH PRESS, 1995, FIRST ED.)
• PERTUSIS: 112 CASES, 1.5 ML INJECTABLE WATER,
ALTERNATE DAYS FOR 1 WEEK, 99.1% EFFECTIVENESS.
(ZHEJIANG TCM JOURNAL, 1982, VOL. 3)

15. TIAN TU (RM22)
• DYSPHAGIA SECONDARY TO HEMORRHAGIC STROKE: 62
CASES, 100% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 1 MONTH. (HEBEI
TCM JOURNAL, 1996, VOL. 1)
• HICCUPS: 239 CASES, ACUPRESURE FOR 5 MIN, AFTER 2
TX. 97% EFFECTIVENESS. (CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE AND
MOXIBUSTION JOURNAL, 1987, VOL. 4.)
• OTHERS: FEELING A STRONG PULSE WHEN PALPATING, 48
CASES, 40 POSITIVE FOR PREGNANCY (82.3%), GROUP 2
POSITIVE FOR STRONG PULSE. (ZHEJIANG TCM JOURNAL,
1982, VOL. 3)

16. CHENG JIANG (RM24)
• STOMATITIS: 50 CASES, BLOODLETTING AT THE POINT 2-4
ML, 90% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 4 TX. (LU, JINGSHAN,
SELECTION ON SINGLE-POINT TREATMENT, PEOPLE´S
HEALTH PRESS, 1995, FIRST ED.)

17. LIE QUE (P7)
• LUNG CHANNEL LUO
POINT.
• HEAD AND NECK
COMMAND POINT.
• OPENING POINT FOR REN
MAI.

18. LIE QUE (P7)
• DIMINISHES BRONCHIAL RESISTANCE, IMPROVES
PULMONARY VOLUMES, BRONCHODILATOR. (QI-CAI, W.
SECONDARY CHANNELS AND COLLATERALS, PEOPLES
MEDICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE, 2006, FIRST ED.)
• VASCULAR HEADACHE: 216 CASES, 1 MONTH TO 19
YEARS´ EVOLUTION, IPSILATERAL SUBCUTANEOUS NEEDLE
FOR 5 DAYS, AFTER 3 CYCLES, 96.76% EFFECTIVENESS.
(SHANGHAI ACUPUNCTURE JOURNAL, 1999, VOL. 3.)

19. LIE QUE (P7)
• SPERMATORRHEA: 65 CASES, SUBCUTANEOUS NEEDLE FOR
12 HOURS THREE TIMES A WEEK, ALTERNATE HANDS, 100%
EFFECTIVENESS. (CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE AND
MOXIBUSTION JOURNAL, 1992, VOL. 6.)
• PAROTITIS: 86 CASES, INDIRECT MOXIBUSTION 97.6%
EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 1 TX. (HUNAN TCM JOURNAL,
1988, VOL. 6.)

20. DUMAI
• SEA OF YANG CHANNELS.
• CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE BRAIN.
• CONNECTS WITH HEART
AND KIDNEY.
• CIRCLES EXTERNAL
GENITALIA.
• 28 POINTS.

21. CHANG QIANG (DM1)
• INTERNAL HEMORRHOIDAL BLEEDING: 884 CASES, STRONG
ROTATING STIMULUS, NEEDLE RETENTION FOR 15 MIN,
97.9% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 3 TX. (LU, JINGSHAN,
SELECTION ON SINGLE-POINT TREATMENT, PEOPLE´S
HEALTH PRESS, 1995, FIRST ED.)

22. CHANG QIANG (DM1)
• RECTAL PROLAPSE: 285 CASES, INJECTION WITH 100 MG
OF VIT. B1, 2 TIMES A DAY FOR 5 DAYS, AFTER A CYCLE
99.3% EFFECTIVENESS, 1 YEAR FOLLOW UP WITH NO
RECURRENCES. (JIANGSU TCM JOURNAL, 1988, VOL.
11.)
• ANAL FISSURE: 117 CASES, CATGUT EMBEDDING, 95.7%
EFFECTIVENESS EN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS. (CHINESE
ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION JOURNAL, 1993, VOL.
4.)

23. CHANG QIANG (DM1)
• SECONDARY AMENORRHEA: 25 CASES, ACUPUNCTURE
WITH ROTATION SEDATION TECHNIQUE, NEEDLE RETENTION
FOR 25 MIN WITH TWO MANIPULATIONS, 88%
EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 1 TX. (CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE AND
MOXIBUSTION JOURNAL, 1986, VOL. 3.)

24. YAO SHU (DM2)
• INABILITY TO EJACULATE: 30 CASES, BLOODLETTING 3-5
ML, DAILY FOR A WEEK, EFFECTIVENESS OF 80% AT THE
END OF WEEK 1. (LU, JINGSHAN, SELECTION ON SINGLE-
POINT TREATMENT, PEOPLE´S HEALTH PRESS, 1995, FIRST
ED.)

25. ZHI YANG (DM9)
• BILIARY COLIC: 23 CASES, INJECTION OF 4 ML OF
2%´PROCAINE, 96% EFFECTIVENESS . (CHINESE
SUBURBAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 1988, VOL.7.)

26. DA ZHUI (RM14)
• FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN: 73 PATIENTS, DEEP
INSERTION TO OBTAIN DE QI, 97.43% EFFECTIVENESS AT
3 HOURS, EFFECT LASTED FOR 72 HOURS. (CHINESE
ACUPUNCTURE JOURNAL, 1990, VOL. 4.)
• COMMON COLD: 150 CASES, BLOODLETTING +
CUPPING, ONCE A DAY, AFTER 3 DAYS. 100%
EFFECTIVENESS. (NINGXIA MEDICAL JOURNAL, 1991,
VOL. 1.)

27. DA ZHUI (RM14)
• ACUTE TONSILLITIS: 120 CASES, BLOODLETTING +
CUPPING, ONCE A DAY, 87% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 3
DAYS, 100% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 5 DAYS. (CHINESE
ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION JOURNAL, 1993, VOL.
4.)
• ACUTE NECK SPRAIN: 62 CASES, DEEP INSERTION TO
OBTAIN STRONG DE QI, NO NEEDLE RETENTION OR
MANIPULATION, 86.2% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER A SINGLE
TREATMENT, 100% AFTER 3 TX. (BEIJING TCM JOURNAL,
1996, VOL. 3.)

28. DA ZHUI (RM14)
• CERVICAL SPONDYLITIS: 196 CASES, BLOODLETTING +
CUPPING, ALTERNATE DAYS COMPLETING 10 SESSIONS,
95.2% EFFECTIVENESS. (CLINICAL ACUPUNCTURE
JOURNAL, 1995, VOL. 1)
• ACUTE LUMBAR SPRAIN: 108 CASES, DEEP PUNCTURE +
WAIST MOBILIZATION, 98.2% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 1 TX.
(SHANXI TCM JOURNAL, 1985, VOL. 8.)

29. BAI HUI (DM20)
• MENIÈRE’S DISEASE: 177 CASES, DIRECT MOXIBUSTION
WITH 25-30 SMALL CONES, AFTER TWO TREATMENTS
98.88% EFFECTIVENESS (VERTIGO). (CHINESE
ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION, 1984, VOL. 4)

30. REN ZHONG (DM26)
• INCREASES BLOOD FLOW TO THE HEAD; STIMULATES
RETICULAR FORMATION IN ANIMAL MODELS. (QI-CAI, W.
SECONDARY CHANNELS AND COLLATERALS, PEOPLES
MEDICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE, 2006, FIRST ED.)
• ACUTE LUMBAR SPRAIN: 620 CASES, STRONG STIMULATION
+ WAIST MOBILIZATION, 96.1% EFFECTIVENESS. (CHINESE
ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION JOURNAL, 1992, VOL.
2.)

31. HOU XI (ID3)
• SI CANNEL STREAM POINT
• WOOD POINT
• MOTHER-TONIFYING POINT
• OPPNING POINT OF DU
MAI

32. HOU XI (ID3)
• CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS: 215 CASES, STRONG
STIMULATION FOR 15-20 MINUTES EACH SESSION, AFTER 3
SESSIONS, 100% EFFECTIVENESS. (CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE
JOURNAL, 1984, VOL. 5.)
• FACIAL SPASM: 60 CASES, INSERTION TOWARDS LAO
GONG (PC8), STRONG STIMULATION FOR 1 MINUTE +
SUBCUTANEOUS NEEDLE FOR 12 HOURS, AFTER 3 SESSIONS
99.7% EFFECTIVENESS. (TCM JOURNAL, 1981, VOL. 6.)

33. HOU XI (ID3)
• ACUTE LUMBAR SPRAIN: 1000 CASES, INSERTION
TOWARDS HE GU (IG4), STRONG STIMULATION + WAIST
MOBILIZATION, 90% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 1 SESSION.
(CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION JOURNAL,
1987, VOL. 2.)
• RASH: 20 CASES, STRONG STIMULATION FOR 3 MINUTES +
BLOODLETTING, 90% EFFECTIVENESS. (CHINESE
ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION JOURNAL, 1984, VOL.
2.)

34. NEI GUAN (PC6)
• LUO POINT
• OPPENING POINT OF YIN
WEI MAI

35. NEI GUAN (PC6)
• INHIBITION OF REFLEX RESPONSE TO VISCERAL IRRITATION IN
ANIMAL MODELS: LOW FREQUENCY EA (4 HZ) 20 MIN
BEFORE STIMULUS. (AMERICAN JOURNAL OF
PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY, INTEGRATIVE AND
COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, JANUARY 2004.)

36. NEI GUAN (PC6)
• SYMPATHETIC INHIBITION AT CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER IN
AN ANIMAL MODEL, 2 HZ EA, ACTIVITY AT THE
CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER DIMINISHED IN EFFERENT
ADRENERGIC NEURONS. (JOURNAL OF APPLIED
PHYSIOLOGY, SEPTEMBER 2005.)

37. NEI GUAN (PC6)
• BIDIRECTIONAL REGULATION OF HR IN ANIMAL MODEL:
SEDATION MANIPULATION FOR TACHYCARDIA, TONIFYING
MANIPULATION FOR BRADYCARDIA. (JOURNAL OF
APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY, SEPTEMBER 2005.)
• RHEUMATIC CADIOMYOPATHY: 21 CASES, ALTERNATE
DAYS NEEDLE BOTH ARMS WITH SEDATION MANIPULATION.
AFTER 12 SESSIONS 95% EFFECTIVENESS CORROBORATED
WITH X RAYS AND EKG. (TCM JOURNAL, 1981, VOL. 7.)

38. NEI GUAN (PC6)
• ABDOMINAL PAIN: 165 CASES, INSERTION TOWARDS WAI
GUAN (SJ5), SEDATION TECHNIQUE EVERY 5 MIN FOR 3
TIMES 95.4% EFFECTIVENESS. (CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE
AND MOXIBUSTION JOURNAL, 1981, VOL. 3.)

39. NEI GUAN (PC6)
• ACUTE LUMBAR SPRAIN: 51 CASES, STRONG STIMULATION
+ WAIST MOVEMENT 97% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 1 TX.
(ACUPUNCTURE ACTA, 1989, VOL. 3.)
• RASH: 72 CASES, STRONG MANIPULATION, 86%
EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 1 TX. (CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE AND
MOXIBUSTION JOURNAL, 1992, VOL. 3.)

40. WAI GUAN (SJ5)
• LUO POINT
• OPPENING POINT OF
YANG WEI MAI.

41. WAI GUAN (SJ5)
• SUBJECTIVE TINNITUS: 47 CASES, INSERTION TOWARDS NEI
GUAN (PC6), SEDATION MANIPULATION AND RETAIN
NEEDLE FOR 15 MINUTES DAILY FOR 10 DAYS, 85.1%
EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 1 TX. COURSE. (ACUPUNCTURE
CLINICAL JOURNAL, 1995, VOL. 9.)
• MASSETER SPASM: 120 CASES, AT OBTAINING DE QI,
100% EFFECTIVENESS . (NEW TCM JOURNAL, 1984,
VOL. 11.)

42. WAI GUAN (SJ5)
• ACUTE CERVICAL SPRAIN: 168 CASES, STRONG
MANIPULATION + NECK MOBILIZATION, 100%
EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 1 TX. (JILIN TCM JOURNAL, 1986,
VOL. 6.)
• ACUTE LUMBAR SPRAIN: 62 CASES, INSERTION TOWARDS
NEI GUAN (PC6), NO MANIPULATION WITH WAIST
MOBILIZATION, 98.4% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 4 TX.
(CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION JOURNAL,
1992, VOL. 2.)

43. WAI GUAN (SJ5)
• ANKLE SPRAIN: 250 CASES, LIFT-THRUST MANIPULATION +
ANKLE MOBILIZATION, NEEDLE RETENTION FOR 20 MINUTES,
100% EFFECTIVENESS. (ACUPUNCTURE ACTA, 1988, VOL.
2)
• CONSTIPATION: 50 CASES, ACUPRESSURE FOR 5 MIN.
100% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 1 TX. (TAIJING TCM
COLLEGE ACTA, 1989, VOL. 4.)

44. ZHAO HAI (R6)
• OPENNING POINT OF
YIN QIAO MAI.

45. ZHAO HAI (R6)
• NON-INFECTIOUS URETHRITIS: 405 CASES, SEDATION
MANIPULATION, NEEDLE RETENTION FOR 30 MINUTES, DAILY
SESSIONS FOR 10 DAYS. 94.3% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 10
SESSIONS. (ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION JOURNAL,
1991, VOL. 5.)
• MENIÈRE’S DISEASE: 405 CASES, SEDATION
MANIPULATION, NEEDLE RETENTION FOR 30 MIN, DAILY
FOR 6 DAYS, AFTER 3 CYCLES 98.3% EFFECTIVENESS.
(GANSU TCM JOURNAL, 1995, VOL. 4.)

46. ZHAO HAI (R6)
• PHARYNGODYNIA: 220 CASES, TREAT ACCORDING TO
SYNDROME DIFFERENTIATION (EXCESS/DEFICIENCY),
NEEDLE RETENTION FOR 20-40 MIN, 88.6% EFFECTIVENESS
AFTER 3 SESSIONS. (SHANXI TCM JOURNAL, 1988, VOL.
3.)
• DYSPHONIA: 65 CASES, STRONG MANIPULATION WITHOUT
NEEDLE RETENTION, 83.2% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER ONE TX.
(ACUPUNCTURE CLINICAL JOURNAL, 1995, VOL. 2.)

47. SHEN MAI (V62)
• OPPENING POINT OF
YANG WEI MAI.

48. SHEN MAI (V62)
• CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS: 125 CASES, SEDATION
MANIPULATION, NEEDLE RETENTION FOR 20 MIN, 92.7%
EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 3 SESSIONS. (INNER MONGOLIA
TCM JOURNAL, 1987, VOL. 1.)
• INSOMNIA: 200 CASES, SEDATION MANIPULATION AND
NEEDLE RETENTION 30 MIN, ALTERNATE DAYS TO
COMPLETE 7 SESSIONS, 100% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 4
CYCLES. (ZHEJIANG TCM JOURNAL, 1990, VOL. 4.)

49. SHEN MAI (V62)
• CHRONIC DIARRHEA: 32 CASES, INDIRECT MOXIBUSTION
TWICE A DAY, 93.2% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 3 SESSIONS.
(SICHUAN TCM JOURNAL, 1989, VOL. 7.)

50. GONG SUN (B4)
• LUO POINT.
• OPENING POINT OF
CHONG MAI.

51. GONG SUN (B4)
• INHIBITS GASTRIC ACID SECRETION, INCREASES SMALL
INTESTINE PERISTALSIS, INCREASES INTESTINAL SECRETION
AND SUGAR ABSORPTION IN ANIMAL MODELS. (QI-CAI,
W. SECONDARY CHANNELS AND COLLATERALS, PEOPLES
MEDICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE, 2006, FIRST ED.)

52. GONG SUN (B4)
• ENDOMETRIOSIS: 47 CASES, SEDATION MANIPULATION
AND NEEDLE RETENTION FOR 20 MIN, 5 TIMES A WEEK,
84.7% EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 4 CYCLES. (LU, JINGSHAN,
SELECTION ON SINGLE-POINT TREATMENTS, PEOPLE´S
HEALTH PRESS, 1995, FIRST ED.
• INGUINAL LYMPHADENITIS: 42 CASES, CONTRALATERAL
NEEDLING AND NEEDLE RETENTION FOR 20 MINUTES 98%
EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 4 SESSIONS. (TCM JOURNAL, 1982,
VOL. 1)

53. ZU LIN QI (VB41)
• STREAM POINT.
• WOOD POINT.
• OPENING POINT OF
DAI MAI.

54. ZU LIN QI (VB41)
• FIBROCYSTIC MASTOPATHY: 43 CASES, INSERTION
TOWARDS QIU XU (VB40), STRONG STIMULATION AND
NEEDLE RETENTION FOR MIN, DAILY SESSIONS FOR 6 DAYS,
82.7% EFFECTIVENESS (PAIN AND PREMENSTRUAL
DISTENTION.) (TCM JOURNAL, 1995, VOL. 9)
• HYPOGALAGTIA: 13 CASES, MILD STIMULATION AND
NEEDLE RETENTION FOR 15 MIN, INDIRECT MOXIBUSTION
AFTER NEEDLING, 100% EFFECTIVENESS. (CHINESE
ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION, 1985, VOL. 4.)