DU20 (Baihui): One Point, Two Directions — Raising Yang and Calming Shen
If most points work in one direction, DU20 is unusual for working in two — and that duality is exactly what makes it one of the most versatile points you'll ever use. Baihui. "Hundred Meetings." The name reflects its location: the crown of the head, where the...
GB20 Acupuncture Point: Headaches, Neck, Eyes and Ears?
From headaches, neck stiffness, eye strain, tinnitus — GB20 shows up in the treatment plan for all of them, often as the point that actually changes the outcome. Fengchi. Wind Pool. In TCM, "Wind" is the pathogenic factor most associated with headaches and dizziness,...
PC-6 Acupuncture Point: More Than Just for Nausea
If SP6 is the Swiss Army knife of the lower body, PC6 is the point every acupuncturist reaches for above the waist — nausea, anxiety, palpitations, chest tightness, insomnia. Almost nothing else in the point catalogue has this kind of range across both physical and...
The NADA Protocol: A Complete Guide to the 5-Point Auricular Acupuncture Technique
If you've spent any time around auricular acupuncture, you've likely come across the NADA protocol — a standardized, 5-point ear acupuncture technique originally developed for addiction treatment and now used far more broadly, including in trauma care, mental health...
SP6 Acupuncture Point: MD’s Use This Point – Find Out Why
If ST36 is the point that "treats all diseases", SP6 is not too far behind - I use this point perhaps more than any other. Sanyinjiao. Three Yin Meeting. It's the meeting point of three leg channels — Spleen, Liver, and Kidney — which is exactly why it shows up in so...
ST36 (Zu San Li): The Point That Cures Everything?
If there's one acupuncture point that every practitioner — from their very first clinical shift to their thousandth treatment — reaches for more than almost any other, it's ST36. Stomach 36, Zusanli. Leg Three Miles. Call it what you want. This point has earned its...