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

Table 4 Effect of acupuncture on content of somatostatin in sinus ventriculi and bulbus medullae (mean ± SD)

Groups	Sinus ventriculi (ng/g)	Bulbus medullae (ng/g)
Normal control	90.54 ± 40.42	370.91 ± 76.29
Model	179.85 ± 43.13b	532.86 ± 122.58a
Tianshu	177.58 ± 42.42	480.62 ± 151.69c
Sibai	130.26 ± 69.23ef	388.53 ± 155.04cdg
Zusanli	131.72 ± 38.27cdf	365.76 ± 143.93ce
Non-acupoint	165.26 ± 56.19	476.22 ± 131.17

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs normal control group;

^cP < 0.05 vs model group;

^eP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01 vs Tianshu group;

^gP < 0.05,

^fP < 0.01 vs non-acupoint group.