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Table 2 Locations of acupoints

From: Efficacy of acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment to patients with stable COPD: a multicenter, randomized, sham-controlled trial protocol

Acupoints

Locations

Zhongfu (LU1)

On the upper lateral chest, 6 cun from the middle of the chest, level in the first intercostal space

Dingchuan (EX-B1)

0.5 cun lateral to DU14

Feishu (BL13)

1.5 cun lateral to the depression below the spinous process of the 3th thoracic vertebra

Pishu (BL20)

1.5 cun lateral to the depression below the spinous process of the 11th thoracic vertebra

Shenshu (BL23)

1.5 cun lateral to the depression below the spinous process of the 2th lumbar vertebra

Zusanli (ST36)

3 cun directly below ST35, and one finger-breadth lateral to the anterior border of the tibia

Fenglong (ST40)

One finger-breadth lateral to ST38, and at the midpoint of the line joining ST35 and the tip of the external malleolus