Table 1 Framework of the acupuncture point prescription

GV21: Qianding (Sishen-I)

On the head, 3.5 B-cun superior to the anterior hairline, on the anterior median line.

GV19: Houding (Sishen-II)

On the head, 5.5 B-cun superior to the posterior hairline, on the posterior median line.

GV20: Baihui

On the head, 5B-cun superior to the anterior hairline, on the anterior median line.

Sishen-III

On the head, 1.5cun left lateral to the anterior median line and at the same level as GV20.

Sishen-IV

On the head, 1.5cun right lateral to the anterior median line and at the same level as GV20

EX-HN3:Yintang

On the head, between the right medial end of the eyebrow and the left one.

Dingshen-I

On the head, directly 0.5cun superior to EX-HN3

GB14: Yangbai

On the head, 1B-cun superior to the eyebrow, directly superior to the centre of the pupil.

Dingshen-II

On the head, directly 0.5cun superior to left GB14

Dingshen-III

On the head, directly 0.5cun superior to right GB14

HT7: Shenmen

On the anteromedial aspect of the wrist, radial to the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon, on the palmar wrist crease.

PC6: Neiguan

On the anterior aspect of the forearm, between the tendons of the palmaris longus and the flexor carpi radialis, 2B-cun proximal to the palmar wrist crease.

PC8: Laogong

On the palm of the hand, in the depression between the second and third metacarpal bones, proximal to the metacarpophalangeal joints.