Objective: To explore the underlying mechanism of acupuncture of acupoints of the Foot-Yangming Meridian in preventing the gastro-mucosa from injury in the rabbit with gastric ulcer. Methods: 24 New Zealand rabbits were evenly randomized into control, model and acupuncture groups. Gastric ulcer model was established by intragastric perfusion of absolute ethyl alcohol (2.5 mL/kg). “Neiting”(ST 44), “Jiexi”(ST 41), “Zusanli”(ST 36), “Liangqiu”(ST 34), “Tianshu”(ST 25) and “Liangmen”(ST 21) were punctured once daily, 30 min/time, and c...