Acupuncture expands beyond the traditional four gates (LI4 and LV3) to include deeper "low" points that work with patches for various conditions. GB34 and HT8 form a four-gate combination that helps treat migraines and insomnia by opening up the body.
Chapters
what we considered in acupuncture is called the new 4 gates. We have the 4 gates that we use as well in, in our patches, the Large Intestine 4 and the Liver 3. But there's also, there are many points that are, you have low points, that's L-U-O, and they are combinations, although they're not gates, but they are combinations where they go into the deeper level or in the muscular level or the skin level of, of certain issues. And so, um, again, it's a whole different teaching, but those points you can definitely use then with the patches. One of the points for the migraine, for instance, have been used as a 4-gate to open up, um, for insomnia and migraines, but also to open up the body, which was Gallbladder 34 and Heart 8.