20
Participants
Start Date
June 27, 2018
Primary Completion Date
October 10, 2020
Study Completion Date
October 10, 2020
acupuncture
More than five years of experienced certified acupuncturists performed all treatments using the study protocol and administered to all participants. The acupoints selection principle was based on the Bi syndrome(the impediment disease) recorded in the Huangdi's Internal Classic, the Traditional Chinese medicine literature. Disposable sterile stainless steel needles (CASOON, Wuxi Jiajian Medical Instrument Company, Limited., Jiangsu, China) with 0.3mm in diameter and 40mm in length, were inserted into the prespecified acupoints
An Nan Hospital, China Medical University, Tainan City
China Medical University Hospital
OTHER