 Arm I traditional Chinese acupuncture - performed 3 times during one week for four weeks on the points ST 8 stomach- tou wei, GB 2, TE 21, SI 19 small intestine- ting gong, SI 18 small intestine- quan liao, LI 4 large intestine-Yuan on both sides of the body as well as GV 20 Governing vessel-bai hui and each session lasted half an hour. We used sterile acupuncture needles from surgical stainless steel silicone coated with spring handle, the dimensiones of the chosen needles were 0.25 in diameter and 30 mm lenght, inserted at the depht of the 0.5-1 cun. The elicited response was of the type de qi accompanied by redness and a feeling of numbness around the needles. 