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Table 2 Location of non-acupoints in minimal acupuncture group

From: Acupuncture for postprandial distress syndrome (APDS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Non-acupoints

Location

NP1

In the middle of Jiaosun (SJ20) and Shuaigu (GB8) points

NP2

2.0 cuna above the anterior superior iliac spine

NP3

2.0 cun below the umbilicus and 1.0 cun lateral to the anterior midline

NP4

In the middle of the medial epicondyle of the humerus and the styloid process of ulna

NP5

3.0 cun below Yanglingquan (GB34), between the gallbladder and bladder meridian

NP6

In the middle of Qiuxu (GB40) and Jiexi (ST41) points

  1. aOne “cun” is defined as the width of the interphalangeal joint of patient’s thumb
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