Research Article
Acupuncture for Depression: Patterns of Diagnosis and Treatment within a Randomised Controlled Trial
Table 5
Most commonly used acupuncture points for patients whose primary diagnosis involved one of the two main syndrome clusters.
| | Points used | No. of patients used on | % No. of patients used on |
| | Liver Qi Stagnation syndrome cluster () | | Liver 3 | 107 | 99.07% | | Spleen 6 | 101 | 93.52% | | Large Intestine 4 | 89 | 82.41% | | Stomach 36 | 86 | 79.63% | | Pericardium 6 | 82 | 75.93% | | Yintang | 71 | 65.74% | | Heart 7 | 70 | 64.81% | | Kidney 3 | 68 | 62.96% | | Gallbladder 34 | 58 | 53.70% | | Du 20 | 52 | 48.15% |
| Spleen Deficiency syndrome cluster ()
| | Spleen 6 | 41 | 95.35% | | Stomach 36 | 41 | 95.35% | | Liver 3 | 38 | 88.37% | | Large Intestine 4 | 34 | 79.07% | | Pericardium 6 | 32 | 74.42% | | Kidney 3 | 31 | 72.09% | | Heart 7 | 28 | 65.12% | | Du 20 | 25 | 58.14% | | Yintang | 25 | 58.14% | | Spleen 9 | 21 | 48.84% |
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