Acupuncture for Frequent Migraine: A Randomized, Patient/Assessor Blinded, Controlled Trial with One-Year Follow-Up

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Syndromes</td><td align="left">Mandatory acupoints (unilateral) </td><td align="left">Supplement acupoints (bilateral)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Ascending hyperactivity of liver yang</td><td align="left" rowspan="4">Fengchi (GB20, bilateral) <br/>Taiyang (EX-HN5)<br/>Shuai Gu (GB8)<br/>Hegu (LI4)<br/>Unilateral: <br/>points on the side of current migraine or points on the side of the last migraine episode, if no current migraine.</td><td align="left">Baihui (DU20), Xingjian (LR2), Taichong (LR3), Taixi (KI3), Xuanzhong (GB39), and Sanyinjiao (SP6)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Deficiency of both Qi and blood</td><td align="left">Baihui (DU20), Shang Xing (DU23), Zusanli (ST36), and Sanyinjiao (SP6)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Wind phlegm blocking the meridians</td><td align="left">Feng Long (ST40), Zhongwan (CV12), and Yinlingquan (SP9)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Blood stasis</td><td align="left">Sanyinjiao (SP6), Xuehai (SP10), and Ashi point</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 1: Acupuncture for Frequent Migraine: A Randomized, Patient/Assessor Blinded, Controlled Trial with One-Year Follow-Up 