Table 1.

Acupoints selection for the real acupuncture group.

Syndromes	Mandatory acupoints (unilateral)	Supplement acupoints (bilateral)
Ascending hyperactivity of liver yang	Fengchi (GB20, bilateral)  Taiyang (EX-HN5) Shuai Gu (GB8) Hegu (LI4) Unilateral: points on the side of current migraine or points on the side of the last migraine episode, if no current migraine.	Baihui (DU20), Xingjian (LR2), Taichong (LR3), Taixi (KI3), Xuanzhong (GB39), and Sanyinjiao (SP6)
Deficiency of both Qi and blood		Baihui (DU20), Shang Xing (DU23), Zusanli (ST36), and Sanyinjiao (SP6)
Wind phlegm blocking the meridians		Feng Long (ST40), Zhongwan (CV12), and Yinlingquan (SP9)
Blood stasis		Sanyinjiao (SP6), Xuehai (SP10), and Ashi point