Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2015 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Comparison of Body, Auricular, and Abdominal Acupuncture Treatments for Insomnia Differentiated as Internal Harassment of Phlegm-Heat Syndrome: An Orthogonal Design Table 2 Designs for protocols and levels.
Protocols Levels A: body acupuncture Level 1: 0 (body acupuncture not applied) Level 2: basic acupoints Level 3: basic points + syndrome differentiation acupoints B: auricular acupuncture Level 1: basic acupoints Level 2: 0 (auricular acupuncture not applied) Level 3: basic points + acupoints based on TCM theories C: abdominal acupuncture Level 1: basic acupoints Level 2: basic points + syndrome differentiation acupoints Level 3: 0 (abdominal acupuncture not applied)