Research Article

Brain Responses to Acupuncture Are Probably Dependent on the Brain Functional Status

Figure 2

Demonstration of acupuncture sensation composition of different degrees in the four groups. The acupuncture sensations were labeled on the -axis, including soreness (Sore), numbness (Numb), heaviness (Heav), fullness (Full), spreading (Sprd), and aching (Achg). The different degrees of sensations were marked with different colors as shown in the legend. The numbers on the -axis indicated the cases for each kind of sensation.
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(a) Normal group 
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(b) Early group
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(c) Later group
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(d) Recovered group