Acupoints Location Needle manipulation Stomach 35 (ST35) (Dubi) With knee flexed, point at lower border of patella,in a depression lateral to the patellar ligament (the point is the lateral foramen of the patella) 0.5 to 1 cun obliquely in medial direction Stomach 36 (ST36 )  (Zusanli) 3 cun below ST35, one finger breadth from anterior crest of tibia.,ontibilalis anterior muscle. Vertical 1 to1.5 cun Gall bladder 34 (GB34)  (yanglingquan) On a depression anterior and inferior to the small head of fibula. Vertical 1 to1.5 cun Spleen 9 (SP 9)  (yinlingquan) On the lower border of the medial condyle of tibia,with the level of tibialtuberosity,in the depression posterior and inferior to medial condyle of tibia. 2 cun below the patella Vertical 1 to1.5 cun Spleen 10 (SP 10) (xuehai) With knee flexed 2 cun above mediosuperior border of patella, on the bulge of medial portion of quadriceps femoris muscle (vastusmedialis). Vertical 1 to1.5 cun

Table 1: Standardized acupoints stimulation treatment (Berman et al.)[15]. N.B: 1 Cun is equal to the space between distal and proximal inter-pharyngeal joint on the middle finger.