Table 1 Acupuncture points in the published trials [3,4].
Acupoint | Location (see Fig. 1) | |
|---|---|---|
GV20 | Baihui (unilateral) | On top of the head, 7 cun above the occipital hairline and 5 cun behind the frontal hairline |
EX-HN5 | Taiyang (bilateral) | At the temporal dimple and 1 cun behind the midpoint of a line from the lateral end of the eyebrow to the external canthus |
BL2 | Cuanzhu (bilateral) | In the supraorbital notch and at the median end of the eyebrow |
LI4 | Hegu (unilateral) | At the dorsum of the hand, and between the first and second metacarpal bones |
BL59 | Fuyang (bilateral) | 3 cun above the site between the Achilles tendon and the lateral malleolus |