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. 2019 Apr 15;31(2):116–122. doi: 10.1089/acu.2018.1329

Table 3.

Acupuncture Meridians Used from Treatment 1 to Treatment 4

  Treatments
Meridian   1 2 3 4 Total row
Heart n 2 3 4 3 12
% col 1.02% 1.73% 2.38% 1.79% 1.70%
Small Intestine n 6 6 5 6 23
% col 3.05% 3.47% 2.98% 3.57% 3.26%
Pericardium n 6 4 4 7 21
% col 3.05% 2.31% 2.38% 4.17% 2.97%
Triple Energizer n 4 3 2 6 15
% col 2.03% 1.73% 1.19% 3.57% 2.12%
Spleen n 28 22 21 14 85
% col 14.21% 12.72% 12.50% 8.33% 12.04%
Lung n 7 9 8 5 29
% col 3.55% 5.20% 4.76% 2.98% 4.11%
Large Intestine n 25 20 22 21 88
% col 12.69% 11.56% 13.10% 12.50% 12.46%
Kidney n 23 25 22 23 93
% col 11.68% 14.45% 13.10% 13.69% 13.17%
Bladder n 13 15 11 9 48
% col 6.60% 8.67% 6.55% 5.36% 6.80%
Liver n 12 8 7 13 40
% col 6.09% 4.62% 4.17% 7.74% 5.67%
Gall Bladder n 20 14 20 19 73
% col 10.15% 8.09% 11.90% 11.31% 10.34%
Governor Vessel n 21 16 14 11 62
% col 10.66% 9.25% 8.33% 6.55% 8.78%
Conception Vessel n 16 16 15 16 63
% col 8.12% 9.25% 8.93% 9.52% 8.92%
Extra 322 n 1 0 0 0 1
% col 0.51% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.14%
Xiayng 2 n 9 7 6 7 29
% col 4.57% 4.05% 3.57% 4.17% 4.11%
Bafeng 2 n 1 2 4 4 11
% col 0.51% 1.16% 2.38% 2.38% 1.56%
Moxa n 3 3 3 4 13
% col 1.52% 1.73% 1.79% 2.38% 1.84%
Total col n 197 173 168 168 706

col, column.