Effect of acupuncture at Foot-Yangming Meridian on gastric mucosal blood flow, gastric motility and brain-gut peptide

Table 1 Effect of acupuncture on UI and GMBF (mean ± SD, n = 10)

Groups	UI	GMBF
	(mm2)	(mL/100g tissue/min)
Normal control	2.28 ± 1.56	1.03 ± 0.255
Model	4.46 ± 1.77a	0.52 ± 0.161b
Tianshu	3.09 ± 1.62	0.694 ± 0.160d
Sibai	3.05 ± 1.38	0.893 ± 0.210cd
Zusanli	2.44 ± 1.68	1.038 ± 0.301dfh
Non-acupoint	4.12 ± 1.82	0.671 ± 0.282bd

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs normal control group;

^dP < 0.01 vs model group;

^cP < 0.05,

^fP < 0.01 vs Tianshu group;

^hP < 0.01 vs non-acupoint group.