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JOEL DUNNING – Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Great example of the impactful materials available through EBA Connect and on the EBA Forum:

This video was kindly provided to us by our best acu-buddy, Robin Sunley, a graduate of the Northern College of Acupuncture with a BSc in Acupuncture, who works as an acupuncturist in the Trinity Holistic Centre – a department at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, UK.

In this video, Mr Joel Dunning, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, explains Robin’s role and how the acupuncture service for the thoracic surgery department at James Cook University Hospital helps patients and staff!

Log in to the EBA Forum and watch “Acupuncture and Complementary Therapy in Thoracic Surgery”, a 12min video interview with Robin Sunley and Joel Dunning.

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DU20 – Bai Hui acupuncture point

by Joe Jennings | Jan 14, 2026 | Du/Governing Vessel

BAI HUI - DU20Location 5 cun posterior to the anterior hair line. Biomechanisms overview Bai hui exerts a potent array of central nervous system regulatory effects, sometimes in combination but often on it’s own. These effects show across multiple conditions,...

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ST36 – Zu San Li acupuncture point

by Joe Jennings | Sep 17, 2025 | Stomach Meridian

ZU SAN LI - ST36Location 3 cun below ST 35, one finger width lateral from the anterior border of the tibia. Biomechanisms overview This is THE point for research. It has twice as much as He gu (LI4) and San yin jiao (SP6), the other most researched points, because of...

KI1 – Yong Quan acupuncture point

by Joe Jennings | Jul 16, 2025 | Kidney Meridian

YONG QUAN - KI1Location On sole, in depression with foot in plantar flexion, at the junction of the anterior 1/3 and posterior 2/3 of line connecting base of the 2nd and 3rd toes with the heel. In terms of its underlying neuroanatomy, ‘Yong quan is innervated by...

KI3 – Tai Xi acupuncture point