Read, apply, check
Check original labels, study methods and product claims with traceable sources, then keep individual care questions for your clinician.
Choose the task that fits what you are trying to understand. Each resource includes an explanation, practical examples and references. For an exercise sheet, try the questions before opening the solutions.
Choose a name-checking question
Seven pages separate a label’s fields, document identity and two entries with the same Romanized name.
Find your point-name questionSearch a trial registry, open the exact record and write down its identifier, intervention, population, recruitment status and result availability. A registered study is a published research plan, not proof that the treatment works. “Completed,” “Results Submitted” and “Results Posted” answer different questions; check each rather than relying on the search-result title.
A sham control is a comparison procedure designed to resemble aspects of an intervention while changing selected components. In acupressure research, the label alone does not tell you what changed. Read the actual procedures, contact and masking, then interpret the direct comparison between groups. A sham group can still receive touch, practice or attention.
For each result, identify the measure, comparison, unit, time point and participants actually observed or analysed. Then check how adverse events were collected and how long people were followed. An improvement score, a missing safety section and a report of zero events answer different questions; none supplies personal clearance to use a treatment.
Bring the actual method, product instructions, use and symptom chronology, medicines and your priority questions. Keep unknowns visible, and record the clinician’s actual advice separately from what you hoped to hear.
Identify the actual product and claim, then compare it with the intervention, participants, comparator and outcomes in original research. The two reports checked here do not rank mats against manual pressure. Keep product restrictions beside benefit claims and save a narrow conclusion with remaining questions.
Keep the original code, Pinyin, Chinese characters and reference together. Use selected WHO report entries and an actual hospital language pair to check labels, document differences and leave unresolved fields visible. Naming evidence does not establish a treatment claim.
Check the paper’s identity, its publisher record and any linked correction, retraction or expression-of-concern notice before citing it. Record what each notice actually changes. A downloaded PDF, a PubMed listing or a Crossmark button is not a guarantee that the article remains unchanged or that its conclusions are sound.
Count the studies behind the documents, rather than treating each PDF or registry record as a new experiment. Match identifiers and study details, group corroborated reports, and leave uncertain matches unresolved. Reports of different outcomes or follow-up visits can involve overlapping people; their sample counts cannot simply be added.
Choose the document that supports your exact claim. The 1991 scientific-group report proposes naming elements; the 2008 location book, checked in its 2009 reprint, has a different purpose. Record the complete title, copy and page. Neither a name nor a location entry proves a pressure product’s benefit.
Zhongzhu alone is ambiguous. The checked WHO 2008 book, updated and reprinted in 2009, pairs KI15 with 中注 and TE3 with 中渚(渚). Keep the full code, Chinese name and source locator together. A missing or conflicting field needs an original-source check.
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For a focused question about evidence language, personal-care preparation or the selected Kidney Meridian entries, start with one of these explanations.
An evidence snapshot is a short, traceable account of what a particular source supports. On this atlas it is a reading aid, not a formal certainty grade, a review of every study or a prediction of personal benefit.
‘Evidence limited’ means the support for a particular claim leaves important questions unresolved. The label needs an explanation of which claim is being discussed, which sources were checked and what information is missing.
Do not use pain, soreness or bruising as a target. Stop if pressure causes discomfort or makes you feel worse. Personal health concerns, altered sensation, injured skin and symptoms needing care belong with a qualified health professional.
The word ‘professional’ is not enough to verify a service. Check the practitioner's actual qualifications, the rules where you live, the method they offer and how they handle your health questions. A public atlas cannot supply that assessment.
A chronic-condition label alone cannot determine whether a particular pressure method is appropriate for you. Ask the provider who knows the relevant condition, describe the actual method and area, and keep your existing care in place.
WHO's 2008 location reference, updated and reprinted in 2009, names this sole-of-foot entry KI1 / Yongquan / 湧(涌)泉. This website keeps its existing KD1 URL so older links continue to work. The code correction does not establish a health benefit or personal suitability.
This page compares two selected entries in the WHO Kidney Meridian chapter: KI1 Yongquan on the sole and KI3 Taixi at the inner ankle. It explains reference vocabulary and the older KD1 link; it is not a complete channel atlas or kidney-care guide.