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

Table 3 Effect of acupuncture on content of motilin in sinus ventriculi and bulbus medullae (mean ± SD, n= 10)

Groups	Sinus ventriculi (pg/mL)	Bulbus medullae (pg/mL)
Normal control	72.91 ± 8.42	60.76 ± 8.05
Model	63.04 ± 7.77a	50.96 ± 8.77a
Tianshu	66.06 ± 10.43	51.27 ± 7.77a
Sibai	72.84 ± 8.62c	56.61 ± 8.29
Zusanli	71.64 ± 9.35c	58.96 ± 6.69ceg
Non-acupoint	65.29 ± 8.31	50.66 ± 9.46b

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs normal control group;

^cP < 0.05 vs model group;

^eP < 0.05 vs Tianshu group;

^gP < 0.05 vs non-acupoint group.