Acupuncture for the Treatment of Taxane-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Breast Cancer Patients: A Pilot Trial

Table 1

Acupuncture points prescriptions and their anatomical position.

Prescription			Location
Name (English/Han Geul)	Point	Meridian
Joining Valley/hap gok	LI 4	Large intestine meridian	On the dorsum of the hand, between and metacarpal bones, in the middle of the metacarpal bone on the radial side
Pool at the Crook/gok ji	LI 11	Large intestine meridian	At the lateral end of the transverse cubital crease midway between the cubital crease on the radial side of the biceps brachii tendon and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus
Leg Three Miles/jok sam ni	ST 36	Stomach meridian	3 below ST , one finger width lateral from the anterior border of the tibia
Middle Margin/tae chung	LV 3	Liver meridian	On the dorsum of the foot, in the depression proximal to the metatarsal space
Eight Evils/pal sa	M-UE 9 (Ba Xie)	Extra points	On the dorsum of the hand, at the webs between each finger, at the junction of the red and white skin
Eight Winds/pal poong	M-LE 8 (Ba Feng)	Extra points	On the dorsum of the foot between the web and metatarsophalangeal joint

cun, the width of all four fingers except the thumb, measured at the level of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the index finger.
35, with knee flexed, below the patella in a depression lateral to the patellar ligament.
5, a point in a depression distal and inferior to the medial malleolus midway between the tuberosity of the navicular bone and the tip of the medial malleolus.
41, a point on the midpoint of the transverse crease of the ankle, approximately level with the tip of the external malleolus, in a depression between the tendons of extensor digitorum longus and hallucis longus.