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Spasm and tremor of the hands and feet, dizziness, aphasia due to Stroke (Zhong Feng), epilepsy, headache, swollen eyes with continuous tearing, persistent pain in the back, waist, legs, and knees, neck stiffness, unresolved Cold Damage (Shang Han) disease, swelling of teeth and cheeks, difficult throat conditions, numbness of the hands and feet, tetanus, and night sweats: first treat the Houxi (SI3) acupoint by needling.
[Note] Spasm of the hands and feet refers to difficulty in flexion and extension. Trembling refers to shaking of the hands and feet that prevents grasping. Dizziness refers to vertigo. Stroke involves sudden collapse and inability to speak; epilepsy involves loss of consciousness and convulsions; headache and acute fiery eye with constant hot tears; Bi syndrome characterized by wandering pain in the legs, knees, back, waist, and whole body joints; neck stiffness; Cold Damage or common cold with no sweating and unresolved pathogen; swelling and pain of the upper and lower teeth, cheeks, gums, pharynx, and throat; numbness and insensitivity of the hands and feet; wind entering a wound (tetanus); night sweats, etc. First needle the Houxi (SI3) acupoint to open the meridian pathways, and all will be cured.

Stiffness of the waist, back, and spine; ankle wind; aversion to wind and spontaneous sweating or headache; numbness and spasm of the hands and feet with coldness in the arms; Lei Tou (Thunder Head) wind, red eyes, and pain in the supraorbital ridge; mastitis, deafness, and epistaxis; epilepsy with painful and vexing joint pain; generalized edema and profuse sweating: needling the Shenmai (BL62) acupoint first yields miraculous results.
[Note] Stiffness of the waist, back, and spine refers to the inability to bend forward or backward. Redness and swelling of the medial malleolus is called Rao Huai Feng (Encircling Ankle Wind). Redness and swelling of the lateral malleolus is called Chuan Huai Feng (Penetrating Ankle Wind). Aversion to wind, spontaneous sweating, Lei Tou wind pain, acute fiery eye, pain in the supraorbital bone, numbness and spasm of the hands and feet, coldness of the arms, and mastitis in women with redness and swelling of the breast (called Nei Chui [Internal Blowing] for nulliparous women and Wai Chui [External Blowing] for parous women), deafness, epistaxis, epilepsy with convulsions, vexing pain in the limbs and joints, generalized edema, and profuse sweating on the head are all diseases caused by the flow and attack of wind-heat, phlegm, and fluid retention. All these conditions should be treated by first needling the Shenmai (BL62) acupoint, yielding immediate effect.