Table 1 Acupoints used to treat red blood cells production, impaction and hind limb weakness.

Bai-Hui

2

On dorsal midline at the lumbosacral space.

KI3

0.5

Between the medial malleolus of the tibia and the calcaneal tuber.

KI7

0.5

2 cun directly proximal to KI3, on the cranial border of the Achilles tendon.

KI10

0.5

On the medial side of the popliteal fossa, between the semitendinosis and the semimembranosis muscles.

BL23

1.5

Second lumbar intervertebral space (L2-L3), 3 cun from the dorsal midline.

GB39

1

3 cun proximal to the tip of the lateral malleolus in a depression of the caudal aspect of the tibia, between the lateral digital extensor muscle and the deep digital flexor muscle.

ST36

1.5

3 cun distal to ST35, 0.5 cun lateral to the cranial aspect of the tibia crest, over the cranial tibialis muscle.

BL17

1

At the 12^th intercostal space, 3 cun lateral to the dorsal midline (in the ilicostal muscle groove).

SP10

1.5

2 cun proximal to the proximomedial border of the patella, in the belly of the vastus medialis muscle.