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Acupuncture for migraine
Cochrane review · 22 trials, 4,985 people: migraine days at least halved for 41 in 100 with acupuncture added vs 17 in 100 with usual careCochrane
JAMA Internal Medicine · 249 adults: attacks per 4 weeks fell by 3.2 with acupuncture vs 1.4 while waiting; still there at 24 weekstrial
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This week in acupuncture evidence
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Feature tour
From LI4 to the whole body in 84 seconds
Find the point on the patient, not on a card.
The atlas is built for the clinic and the exam room: open a point, read its booklet, see the channel it belongs to, then measure it from the landmark in the patient's own cun.
- Search a code or click the body — the booklet opens beside the model.
- Turn on the meridian; follow it to the neighbouring points and classes.
- Cut the skin away, place the cun ruler, check the depth under the needle.
Point booklet
Location, cun, depth, indications, cautions, classical needling notes and the first classical combination — for every point.
Open LI4 →Meridian pathways
Switch on any of the 14 channels — 12 primary plus Du and Ren — and follow it across the body, point by point.
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Yuan-Source, Luo-Connecting, Xi-Cleft, Front-Mu, Back-Shu, the Five Shu and more — tap a class in any booklet and every point of that class lights up on the model. Free.
BL23, Back-Shu of the Kidney →Body regions
Open the knee, the forearm, the sacrum — every point in that region with its landmarks.
Knee →Classical combinations Pro
For any point, the classical prescriptions it belongs to — pattern, rationale, source. Free on the Lung channel and 8 signature points (LI4, ST36, SP6, PC6, GB20, LR3, KI3, CV4); Pro: every point.
See LI4's combinations →Cun ruler & landmarks Pro
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Measure ST36 →Anatomy layers Pro
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