Table 1.

TA Points

ACUPOINT	ANTICIPATED EFFECT
PC 6	HRV, PAT, ST Depression, Arrhythmia
PC 4	HRV, PAT, ST Depression, Arrhythmia
HT 7	HRV, ST Depression, Arrhythmia
Ren 17	HRV, ST Depression, Arrhythmia
Ll 4	Psychosocial Stress, ST Depression
LIV 3	Psychosocial Stress, ST Depression
ST 36	HRV
SP 6	Vessel Dilation

PC 6 - Location: 2 cun above of the transverse crease of the wrist, between the tendons of m. palmaris longus and m. flexor carpi radialis. Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 –0.8 inch, even method.

PC 4 - Location: 5 cun above of the transverse crease of the wrist, between the tendons of m. palmaris longus and m. flexor carpi radialis. Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 –1 inch, even method.

HT 7 - Location: At the ulnar end of the transverse crease of the wrist, in the depression on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris. Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3 –0.5 inch, even method.

Ren 17 - Location: On the anterior midline, at the level with the fourth intercostal space, midway between the nipples.

Method: puncture subcutaneously 0.3 –0.5 inch, even method.

LI 4 - Location: On the dorsum of the hand, between the 1^st and 2^nd metacarpal bones, approximately in the middle of the 2^nd metacarpal bone on the radial side. Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5–1 inch, reducing method.

LIV 3 - Location: On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression distal to the junction of the first and second metatarsal bones. Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.3 –0.5 inch, reducing method.

ST 36 - Location: 3 cun below St35 (It is at the lower board of the patella, in the depression lateral to the patellar ligament.), one index finger-breadth from the anterior crest of the tibia, in m. tibialis anterior. Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 –1.2 inch, reinforcing method.

SP 6 – Location: 3 cun directly above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the posterior border of the medial aspect of the tibia. Method: Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 –1 inch, reinforcing method.