The abdominal acupuncture was applied at Zhongwan ( CV 12 ) , Shangqu ( KI 17 ) and Huaroumen ( ST 24 ) in the abdominal acupuncture group while conventional acupuncture was applied at Jianyu ( LI 15 ) , Jianliao ( TE 14 ) and Jianzhen ( SI 9 ) in the body acupuncture group .