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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2012 Jan 17;118(17):4244–4252. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27382

Table 1.

The locations of the acupuncture points utilized:

LI4 • He Gu • Large Intestine 4

Location: On the dorsum of the hand, approximately at the midpoint of the second metacarpal bone, in the belly of the first interosseus dorsalis muscle.
SP6 • San Yin Jiao • Spleen 6

Location: On the medial leg, 4 finger breadth superior to the tip of medial malleolus, on the posterior border of the tibia.
ST36 • Zu San Li • Stomach 36

Location: On the leg, one finger breadth lateral to the tibia's anterior crest, 4 finger breadth inferior to the depression to the lateral side of the patella.
CV24 • Cheng Jiang • Conception Vessel 24

On the chin, in the depression in the center of the mentolabial groove, below the middle of the lower lip.