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Table 2.

Comparisons between the Ryodoraku values of 12 meridians at baseline and that after therapy from the first day to the fifth day in two groups.

12 meridians n = 21	Active	Placebo	Active group					Placebo group
	Baseline		Combine LA with soft cupping					Soft cupping
	First day	First day	First day	Second day	Third day	Fourth day	Fifth day	First day	Second day	Third day	Fourth day	Fifth day
	Before		After					After
Lung	47.55 ± 19.71	46.54 ± 18.71	35.25 ± 20.73^∗	37.13 ± 21.69	45.80 ± 26.33	35.74 ± 17.30	52.81 ± 24.37	40.24 ± 23.04	32.40 ± 19.65^∗	34.23 ± 19.81^∗	31.39 ± 18.71^∗∗	38.08 ± 2.86
Pericardium	43.47 ± 16.19	40.12 ± 17.22	34.42 ± 19.83	33.59 ± 20.38	41.24 ± 25.18	33.41 ± 19.55	42.48 ± 20.02	36.12 ± 19.65	29.31 ± 17.01^∗	30.34 ± 17.29^∗	29.58 ± 18.21^∗∗	33.50 ± 22.23
Heart	37.84 ± 13.51	35.96 ± 15.81	28.16 ± 16.19^∗	27.35 ± 16.14^∗	34.22 ± 16.54	28.30 ± 13.55^∗	35.44 ± 15.58	31.33 ± 16.93	24.92 ± 15.76^∗	25.76 ± 16.28^∗	24.74 ± 15.55^∗∗	29.73 ± 21.37
Small intestine	45.84 ± 16.61	41.74 ± 18.14	34.85 ± 20.43^∗	34.47 ± 21.38^∗	40.13 ± 22.14	35.46 ± 17.94	45.36 ± 21.79	37.11 ± 19.86	28.45 ± 17.30^∗	30.14 ± 17.79^∗	29.48 ± 19.86^∗∗	34.04 ± 21.93
Triple energizer	47.54 ± 22.36	45.08 ± 19.83	39.89 ± 23.45	40.08 ± 22.95	47.04 ± 26.78	39.27 ± 18.25	52.90 ± 27.02	38.18 ± 22.25	31.31 ± 18.96^∗	34.72 ± 18.94^∗	29.56 ± 18.36^∗	37.12 ± 20.08
Large intestine	46.33 ± 20.28	46.48 ± 19.65	29.23 ± 21.28	38.34 ± 20.22	47.17 ± 26.00	36.17 ± 14.98	50.29 ± 21.21	37.82 ± 22.04	30.60 ± 18.93 ^∗∗	34.71 ± 17.20^∗	31.77 ± 18.67^∗∗	35.24 ± 18.39^∗
Spleen	36.86 ± 13.3	38.42 ± 23.62	28.02 ± 19.37^∗∗	30.76 ± 20.70	35.94 ± 24.89	29.53 ± 15.82	34.73 ± 19.97	29.17 ± 13.47	24.67 ± 15.31	22.03 ± 12.40^∗∗	24.12 ± 15.40^∗	24.65 ± 13.55^∗
Liver	34.96 ± 15.12	33.96 ± 17.06	24.58 ± 18.91^∗∗	25.66 ± 18.49^∗∗	36.71 ± 24.23	26.55 ± 14.50	34.81 ± 20.47	29.06 ± 16.78	24.25 ± 14.85^∗	25.64 ± 16.01^∗	22.03 ± 15.64^∗∗	25.76 ± 15.85^∗
Kidney	25.05 ± 13.27	30.23 ± 15.88	22.52 ± 18.19	25.04 ± 18.77	28.65 ± 20.06	24.19 ± 15.74	28.51 ± 16.36	28.58 ± 15.32	19.40 ± 13.58^∗	21.24 ± 13.87^∗	20.46 ± 13.40^∗∗	25.03 ± 16.22
Bladder	31.93 ± 12.37	32.93 ± 19.79	23.36 ± 16.94^∗∗	24.32 ± 17.66^∗∗	30.34 ± 20.63	25.76 ± 15.36^∗	28.08 ± 13.87	25.09 ± 12.50	22.43 ± 13.50	19.84 ± 12.48^∗	20.51 ± 12.52^∗	20.91 ± 12.05^∗
Gallbladder	25.49 ± 12.59	27.66 ± 15.55	21.10 ± 17.01	22.75 ± 17.33	28.31 ± 19.03	23.90 ± 13.04	28.51 ± 17.49	25.62 ± 15.65	18.82 ± 12.11^∗	22.04 ± 14.84	19.74 ± 14.02^∗	21.78 ± 11.85
Stomach	31.27 ± 13.08	30.94 ± 16.74	21.10 ± 17.01	25.76 ± 18.59	33.02 ± 20.83	26.85 ± 16.13	29.15 ± 18.75	25.70 ± 14.03	21.23 ± 12.39^∗	23.63 ± 15.71^∗	21.90 ± 13.76^∗	21.72 ± 14.08^∗

^∗ P < 0.05 by paired-samples t-test.

^∗∗ P < 0.01 by paired-samples t-test.

Data are expressed as means ± standard deviation.