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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2012, Article ID 787683, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2012/787683 Research Article Are Primo Vessels (PVs) on the Surface of Gastrointestine Involved in Regulation of Gastric Motility Induced by Stimulating Acupoints ST36 or CV12? Xiaoyu Wang,1 Hong Shi,1 Hongyan Shang,1 Yangshuai Su,1 Juanjuan Xin,1, 2 Wei He,1 Xianghong Jing,1 and Bing Zhu1 1 Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China 2 Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China Correspondence should be addressed to Xianghong Jing, xianghongjing@ and Bing Zhu, zhubing@ Received 27 July 2012; Accepted 7 September 2012 Academic Editor: Di Zhang Copyright © 2012 Xiaoyu Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Previous studies showed primo vessels (PVs), which were referred to as Bonhan ducts (BHDs) and a part of circulatory system by Kim, located in different places of the body. The BHDs system was once considered as the anatomical basis of classical acupuncture meridian but not clearly identified by other investigators. In the present study, we tried to address the relationship between PVs and meridians through detecting the modulation of gastric motility by stimulating the PVs on the surface of stomach or intestine, as well as acupoints Zusanli (ST36) and Zhongwan (CV12). The results showed electric stimulation of the PVs had no effect on the gastric motility. While stimulating CV12 inhibited gastric motility significantly in PVs-intact and PVs-cut rats, there is no signi-