Table 1 Locations of acupoints for SA group
Acupoint | Location | |
|---|---|---|
Fixed acupoints of SA group | Tianshu (ST25) | On the horizontal line of the navel, 2 cuna beside the anterior midline |
Zhongwan (RN12) | On the anterior midline of the upper abdomen, 4 cun superior to the navel | |
Guanyuan (CV4) | On the anterior midline of the abdomen, 3 cun inferior to the navel | |
Zusanli (ST36) | 3 cun directly below ST35, and one finger-breadth lateral to the anterior border of the tibia | |
Shangjuxu (ST37) | On the anterolateral aspect of the leg, 6 cun inferior to the ST35, and one finger-breadth lateral to the anterior border of the tibia | |
Optional acupoints of SA group | Taichong (LR3) | In the depression anterior to the junction of the first and second metatarsal bones |
Sanyinjiao (SP6) | On the tibial aspect of the leg, posterior to the medial border of the tibia, 3 cun superior to the prominence of the medial malleolus | |
Neiting (ST44) | On the instep, between the second and third toes of the red and white flesh behind the webbed margin |