Table 1.

Frequency of acupoint application for TD treatment.

NO.	Acupoint	Frequency		Meridian	Site of the point	Specific points
1	DU20	196	9.65%	Du meridian	Points of head and neck	Crossing point
2	GB20	154	7.58%	Gallbladder meridian	Points of head and neck	Crossing point
3	LR3	147	7.23%	Liver meridian	Points of lower extremities	Five Shu points, yuan-primary point
4	LI4	128	6.30%	Large intestine meridian	Points of upper extremities	Yuan-primary point
5	SP6	104	5.12%	Spleen meridian	Points of lower extremities	Crossing point
6	EX-HN1	93	4.58%	Extra points	Points of head and neck
7	PC6	85	4.18%	Pericardium meridian	Points of upper extremities	Luo-connecting point, eight confluent point, crossing point
8	EX-HN3	81	3.99%	Extra points	Points of head and neck
9	HT7	73	3.59%	Heart meridian	Points of upper extremities	Five Shu points, yuan-primary point
10	ST36	71	3.49%	Stomach meridian	Points of lower extremities	Five Shu points, lower He-Sea point
11	DU24	41	2.02%	Du meridian	Points of head and neck	Crossing point
12	DU14	39	1.92%	Du meridian	Points of head and neck	Crossing point
13	LI11	31	1.53%	Large intestine meridian	Points of upper extremities	Five Shu points
14	EX-HN5	29	1.43%	Extra points	Points of head and neck
15	ST4	28	1.38%	Stomach meridian	Points of head and neck	Crossing point
16	BL18	27	1.33%	Bladder meridian	Points of back	Back Shu point
17	KI3	26	1.28%	Kidney meridian	Points of lower extremities	Five Shu points, Yuan-primary point
18	DU16	24	1.18%	Du meridian	Points of head and neck	Crossing point
19	ST40	24	1.18%	Stomach meridian	Points of lower extremities	Luo-connecting point
20	KI6	24	1.18%	Kidney meridian	Points of lower extremities	Eight confluent point, crossing point