Table 2.

Commonly used acupoints for acupuncture treatment in patients with poor ovarian responses.

Acupoints		Acupuncture				Electro-Acupuncture					Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation
		Zhou 2016 [23]	Xu 2016 [24]	Fernando 2016 [25]	Yan 2015 [26]	Lian 2015 [27]	Wang 2016 [28]	Zhou 2013 [29]	Chen 2009 [30]	Liu 2008 [31]	Zheng 2015 [32]	Lian 2014 [33]	Chen 2011 [34]	Zhu 2012 [35]
Sanyinjiao	SP 6	O	O			O			O	O	O	O	O	O
Diji	SP 8				O
Xuehai	SP 10		O	O	O
Zhongji	CV 3					O				O	O	O	O	O
Guanyuan	CV 4	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
Qihai	CV 6	O
Zhongwan	CV 12			O
Yaoyangguan	GV 3												O	O
Mingmen	GV 4	O									O		O	O
Baihui	GV 20		O	O							O
Shenting	GV 24			O
Tianshu	ST 25			O			O	O			O		O	O
Guilai	ST 29				O			O
Zusanli	ST 36	O	O	O	O
Taixi	KI 3	O	O	O	O				O	O
Fuliu	KI 7	O
Dahe	KI 12			O
Taichong	LR 3	O	O	O						O
Tongziliao	GB 1			O
Yanglingquan	GB 34	O
Geshu	BL 17	O
Pishu	BL 20		O
Shenshu	BL 23	O		O	O						O			O
Ciliao	BL 32			O
Zhongliao	BL 33						O	O
Shiqizhui	EX-B 8	O		O
Zigong	EX-CA1	O			O	O	O			O	O	O	O	O

Twenty-seven acupoints from 13 clinical studies are included in the present pattern analysis.