Table 2.

Location of acupoints for pestle needle therapy.

Acupoint	Location
Eight array acupoints of Shendao (DU11)	Using Shendao (DU11) as Zhong Gong (DU11 is located in the depression below the spinous process of the 5th thoracic vertebra), the distance from Shendao (DU11) to Shentang (BL44) is the radius.
Eight array acupoints of Yaoyangguan (DU3)	Using Yaoyangguan (DU3) as Zhong Gong (DU3 is located in the depression below the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra), the distance from Yaoyangguan (DU3) to Dachangshu (BL25) is the radius.
Heche Road of Da zhui (DU14) to Changqiang (DU1)	The posterior median line from Da zhui (DU14) to Changqiang (DU1) and 3 parallel lines on each side of the posterior median line, 7 lines in total.
Zhangmen (LR13)	In the mid-axillary line, below the end of the 11th rib.
Sanyinjiao (SP6)	On the inner side of calf, 3 cun above the tip of inner ankle, at the posterior border of the medial edge of tibia.
Taichong (LR3)	Dorsal side of foot, posterior depression of the 1st metatarsal space.
Tianshu (ST25)	Two cun next to the anterior median line, level with the middle of navel.
Zusanli (ST36)	On the outer side of the lower leg, 3 cun below Dubi (ST35).
Shangjuxu (ST37)	On the outer side of the lower leg, 6 cun below Dubi (ST35).
Xuehai (SP10)	Bend the knee, on the inner thigh, 2 cun above the medial end of patellar base, at the bulge of the medial head of quadriceps.
Weizhong (BL40)	Midpoint of the transverse popliteal line.
Chengshan (BL57)	In the middle of the back of calf, between Weizhong (BL40) and Kunlun (BL60), in the depression under the belly of the gastrocnemius muscle when the calf is straightened and the heel is lifted.
Baliao acupoint	①Shangliao (BL31): In the sacral region, between the posterior superior iliac spine and the posterior median line, at the first posterior sacral foramen. ②Ciliao (BL32): In the sacral region, below the internal posterior superior iliac spine, at the second posterior sacral foramen. ③Zhongliao (BL33): In the sacral region, medial to Ciliao (BL32), at the third posterior sacral foramen. ④Xialiao (BL34): In the sacral region, below the inner part of Zhongliao (BL33), at the fourth posterior sacral foramen.