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For Fanwei (a disease characterized by vomiting food shortly after eating or vomiting food eaten in the morning in the evening), moxibustion should be applied to two extra points, one superior and one inferior. The superior point is located one cun below the nipple. The inferior point is located below the medial malleolus; it is found by placing three fingers slightly diagonally forward from that area.

For Changfeng (bleeding due to wind-heat in the intestines) and various types of hemorrhoids, moxibustion is most effective. This extra point is located below the 14th thoracic vertebra, one cun lateral to the midline on each side. It should be moxaed extensively; for chronic, long-standing hemorrhoids, the efficacy is exceptional.

Guiyan sudden collapse (sudden fainting or loss of consciousness caused by fright or pathogenic factors) is extremely harmful. Urgently apply moxibustion to the Guiyan (Ghost Eye) point to restore vitality. This point is located on the medial aspect of the big toes of both feet, approximately the width of a leek leaf away from the nail bed. Moxibustion here expels pathogenic factors, ensuring recovery.

For body swelling and fullness, moxibustion should be applied to two extra points, one superior and one inferior. The superior point is the Guiku (Ghost Cry) point, located in the webbing between the thumb and index finger of both hands; no binding of the fingers is required to locate it. The inferior point is located one and a half cun posterior to the tip of the second toe of both feet.

For Zhiyou (skin warts) and various nevi, as well as Zidian (purple macules) and Baifeng (vitiligo), this extra point can also be moxaed. The point is located in the depression at the joint of the middle finger of either hand when flexed.