Efficacy and Safety of Sanfu Herbal Patch at Acupoints for Persistent Allergic Rhinitis: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Dates and acupoints for each treatment session from 2014 to 2016 in the SPAR⁽¹⁾ study.

		1st session	2nd session	3rd session	4th session	5th session
2014	Dates	8 July; (Extra Geng day)	18 July; (Initial Sanfu)	28 July; (Middle Sanfu)	7 August; (Final Sanfu)	17 August; (Extra Geng day)
	Acupoints	BL13 (bilateral); BL23 (bilateral); BL21 (bilateral); BL14 (bilateral); CV12; GV14	BL15 (bilateral); BL19 (bilateral); BL42 (bilateral); EX-HN15 (bilateral); CV10; GV4	BL12 (bilateral); BL20 (bilateral); BL44 (bilateral); BL52 (bilateral); CV9; GV12	BL13 (bilateral); BL23 (bilateral); BL21 (bilateral); BL14 (bilateral); CV12; GV14	BL15 (bilateral); BL19 (bilateral); BL42 (bilateral); EX-HN15 (bilateral); CV10; GV4
2015	Dates	3 July; (Extra Geng day)	13 July; (Initial Sanfu)	23 July; (Middle Sanfu)	2 August; (Extra Geng day)	12 August; (Final Sanfu)
	Acupoints	Adjusted only one week before treatments based on the traditional Chinese medicine theory
2016	Dates	7 July; (Extra Geng day)	17 July; (Initial Sanfu)	27 July; (Middle Sanfu)	6 August; (Extra Geng day)	16 August; (Final Sanfu)
	Acupoints	Adjusted only one week before treatments based on the traditional Chinese medicine theory

SPAR: Sanfu herbal patch at acupoints for persistent allergic rhinitis.