Review Article
Acupoints for Tension-Type Headache: A Literature Study Based on Data Mining Technology
Table 2
The top twenty acupoints for TTH treatment.
| Number | Acupoint | Frequency | Proportion (%) |
| 1 | Fengchi (GB20) | 100 | 73.0 | 2 | Baihui (GV20) | 74 | 54.0 | 3 | Taiyang (EX-HN5) | 68 | 49.6 | 4 | Hegu (LI04) | 49 | 35.8 | 5 | Taichong (LR03) | 47 | 34.3 | 6 | Touwei (ST08) | 35 | 25.6 | 7 | Shuaigu (GB08) | 29 | 21.2 | 8 | Sanyinjiao (SP06) | 22 | 16.1 | 9 | Zusanli (ST36) | 19 | 13.9 | 10 | Sishencong (EX-HN1) | 18 | 13.1 | 11 | Shenting (GV24) | 16 | 11.7 | 12 | Yintang (EX-HN3) | 15 | 11.0 | 13 | Tianzhu (BL10) | 15 | 11.0 | 14 | Shenmen (HT07) | 13 | 9.5 | 15 | Lieque (LU07) | 11 | 8.0 | 16 | Fengfu (GV16) | 11 | 8.0 | 17 | Neiguan (PC06) | 10 | 7.3 | 18 | Kunlun (BL60) | 9 | 6.6 | 19 | Waiguan (TE05) | 9 | 6.6 | 20 | Shangxing (GV23) | 8 | 5.8 |
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Proportion refers to the percentage that an acupoint frequency accounts for the total frequency of all acupoints. |