Acupuncture for chronic, stable angina pectoris and an investigation of the characteristics of acupoint specificity: study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Details of each group

Group	Interventions	Acupoints	Manipulation
Acupoint on disease- affected meridian	Acupuncture and basic treatment	Neiguan (PC6)	Both points are punctured bilaterally and perpendicularly 2 to 4 cm
Acupoint on disease- affected meridian	Acupuncture and basic treatment	Tongli (HT5)
Acupoint on non-affected meridian	Acupuncture and basic treatment	Taiyuan (LU9)	Both points are punctured bilaterally and perpendicularly 2 to 4 cm.
Acupoint on non-affected meridian	Acupuncture and basic treatment	Kongzui (LU6)
		1) On the front arm of deltoid muscle and biceps brachi junction.
Non-acupoint	Acupuncture and basic treatment	2) On the ulnar side of the arm, half way between the epicondylus medialis of the humerus and the ulnar side of the wrist.	Both points are punctured bilaterally and perpendicularly 3 to 5 cm.
Waiting list	Basic treatment

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