由此观之，经络、脏腑、脉病、药治，无非运气之所为也。非只一岁也，虽一时一刻之短，而五行之
气莫不存；非特一物也，虽一毫
一芒之细，而五行之化莫不载。上达于天，则有五星倍减之应；下推于地，则有草木虫育之验。奈何俗医不知医
之源者，全然不识运气为何物；不知医之变者，又泥时日执钤方以害人。要之，有在天之运气，有在人之运气。
天时胜，则舍人之病而从天之时；人病胜，则舍天之时而从人之病。张子和曰∶病如不是当年气，看与何年
运气同，只向某年求活法，方知都在至真中。扁鹊曰∶阴淫寒疾，（即太阳寒水之令太过。）阳淫热疾，（相
火之令太过。）风淫末疾，（木令太过。）雨淫腹疾，（湿令太过。）晦淫惑疾，（燥令太过，久晴不雨，
当为疫疠风痹。）明淫心疾。（君火之令太过。）
经曰∶必先岁气，勿伐天和。又曰∶不知年之所加、气之盛衰，不可以为工。学人合而观之，更精于
脉证，乃自得之。噫！儒之道，博约而已矣；医之道，运气而已矣。学人可不由此入门而求其蕴奥耶！
经，径也。径直者为经，经之支派旁出者为络。界为十二，实出一脉。医而不知经络，犹人夜行无烛，业者
不可不熟。
手太阴肺十一穴，中府云门天府诀，侠白尺泽孔最存，列缺经渠太渊涉，鱼际少商如韭叶。
手太阴肺经，左右二十二穴。每旦寅时从中府起，循臂下行，至少商穴止。
中府 在乳上三肋间，去云门下一寸陷中。针入三分，不宜灸。主喉痹，胸满塞痛，面肿，呕吐，咳唾
浊涕，肩背痛，腹胀，食饮不下。
云门 巨骨下，气户旁二寸陷中。禁针，灸五壮。主呕逆上气，胸胁彻背痛，不能举臂，余同上。
天府 腋下三寸动脉，举手以鼻取之。针入三分，禁灸。主泣出，目眩，瘿气，喘逆，不食，疟疾，卒中
恶邪飞尸，余同中府。
侠白 天府下去肘五寸动脉。灸五壮。主咳逆，干呕，烦满，心痛。
尺泽 肘横纹中大筋外。针入三分，不宜灸。主喉痹，舌干，胁痛，腹胀，喘气，呕泄不止，癫病，身痛，
四肢暴肿，手臂肘痛。
孔最 侧腕上七寸。针入三分，灸五壮。主热病汗不出，肘臂厥痛不及头。
列缺 侧腕上一寸半，盐指相叉尽处。针入三分，灸五壮。主一切风 ，偏头痛，口噤口 ，螈 ，惊痫，
肘臂痛，项强，喉痹，咳嗽，半身不遂。又主一切疟疾，身热背寒，汗出肢肿，小便热痛，少气不足以息。凡
实则肩背汗出，四肢暴肿；虚则肩寒栗，气不足以息，四肢厥。
经渠 寸口下近关上脉中。针入三分，禁灸。
太渊 手掌后横纹尖陷中。针入二分，灸三壮。主目生白翳、赤筋，咽干，呕哕，咳喘唾血，肺胀、烦不得
卧，内廉缺盆引痛，胸痹，气逆，心痛。
鱼际 手大指二节后内侧散脉中，针入二分，禁灸，主头痛，目眩，失音不言，热病鼓颔，霍乱，唾血，
吐血，腹痛，不食，咳引尻痛。
少商 手大指端内侧，去爪甲角如韭叶。针入一分，禁灸。主 疟，喉鸣，呕吐，喘咳善哕，手不仁，耳前痛，
心下满，汗出而寒。
手阳明穴起商阳，二间三间合谷藏，阳溪偏历温溜长，下廉上廉手三里，曲池肘 五里近，臂 肩 巨骨当，
天鼎扶突禾 接，鼻旁五分号迎香。
手阳明大肠经二十穴，左右四十穴。卯时自少商穴交与商阳，循肘上行，至鼻旁迎香穴止。
商阳 盐指内侧去爪甲角如韭叶，针入一分，禁灸。主胸满，肢肿，热汗不出，耳鸣耳聋，喘咳， 疟，
口干，颐肿，齿痛恶寒，肩背引缺盆痛。如目青盲，可灸三壮，左取右，右取左，如食顷立已。
二间 盐指内侧本节前陷中。针入三分，
灸三壮。主喉痹，颔肿，肩背痛振寒，鼻鼽衄血，多惊，口 ，目盲，伤寒热。
三间 盐指内侧本节后陷中。针入三分，灸三壮。主喉痹，齿痛，嗜卧，胸满，唇焦口干，目痛，鼻鼽衄血，
吐舌，戾颈，喜惊，身热气喘，肠鸣洞泄，寒疟。
合谷 大指盐指岐骨陷中。针入二分，灸三壮，主头痛面肿，目痛烂弦、 肉生翳、扳睛倒睫、一切目疾，
鼻衄鼻涕，耳鸣，口疮，重舌、舌裂、舌强，下牙齿痛酸，唇吻不收，口噤，喉痹，寒热疟疾，四肢痿痹，小
儿惊风卒死，妇人通经下胎，惟妊孕忌之。
阳溪 手腕上侧两筋陷中。针入三分，灸三壮，主头痛，目痛、目翳，耳痛、耳鸣，咽痛，齿痛，舌出颈戾，
掌热，肘臂不举，狂言喜笑见鬼，胸满烦闷，心痛，寒热疟疾，疮疥。
偏历 腕后三寸，针入三分，灸三壮。主寒热疟风汗不出，目视KT KT ，癫疾多言，耳鸣，口 ，齿痛，喉痹，
嗌干，鼻鼽衄血。
温流 腕后五寸。针入三分，灸三壮。主头痛面肿，口 ，喉痹，肠鸣腹痛，哕逆，肩不得举，伤寒身热，
癫狂见鬼。
下廉 曲池前五寸，兑肉分外斜。针入三分，灸三壮，主头风，肘臂痛，溺赤，肠鸣，气走注痛。
上廉 曲池前四寸，针灸主治同下廉。
三里 曲池前三寸。兑肉端。针入五分，灸三壮。主手臂肘挛不伸，齿痛，颊颔肿，瘰 。
曲池 肘外转、屈肘两骨中纹头尽处，以手拱胸取之。针入五分，灸三壮。主头痛，喉痹，肘臂酸痛不
举，半身不遂，筋缓难以屈伸，腋痛，肩痛，皮燥，瘾疹及螈 癫疾，寒热作渴，胸满，伤寒余热不净。
肘 肘大骨外廉近大筋陷中。针入三分，灸三壮。主肘节风痹，臂痛挛急。
五里 肘上三寸向里大筋中央。禁针，灸十壮。主风劳，惊恐，吐血，肘臂痛，嗜卧，四肢不能动摇，寒
热瘰 ，咳嗽，目视KT KT ， 疟，心下胀痛上气。
臂 肘上七寸， 肉端，平手取之。针入五分，灸三壮。主寒热颈项拘急，瘰 ，肩臂痛不得举。
肩 肩端两骨陷中。举肩取之。针入六分，灸七壮，风盛灸二七壮为率，过多恐致臂细。主偏风不遂，
手臂挛急，臂细无力，筋骨酸疼，肩中热，头不可顾，一切风热瘾疹。
巨骨 肩端上行两骨陷中。针入一寸半，灸三壮。主胸中瘀血，肩臂背膊疼痛。
天鼎 侧颈直缺盆、扶突后一寸。针入四分，灸三壮。主暴暗气哽，咽喉痹肿，喘息不食。
扶突 曲颊下一寸，仰而取之，针入四分，灸三壮，主舌本出，咳逆上气喘急，喉中如水鸡鸣。
禾 直鼻孔下侠水沟旁五分。针入一分，禁灸。主鼻窒口辟，鼻多清涕不止，鼽衄有疮，口噤不开。
迎香 禾 上一寸，鼻旁陷中。针入三分，禁灸。主眼目赤肿，鼻塞不闻香臭。
四十五穴足阳明，头维下关颊车停，承泣四白巨 经，地仓大迎对人迎，水突气舍连缺盆，气户库房屋翳屯，
膺窗乳中延乳根，不容承满梁门起，关门太乙滑肉门，天枢外陵大巨存，水道归来气冲次，髀关伏兔走阴市，
梁丘犊鼻足三里，上巨虚连条口位，下巨虚跳上丰隆，解溪冲阳陷谷中，肉庭厉兑经穴终。
足阳明胃经，左右九十穴。辰时自迎香交与承泣穴，上行至头维对人迎，循胸腹下至足指厉兑穴止。图穴
起自头维，行气实自承泣始也。
头维 额角发际本神旁一寸半。针入五分，禁灸。
下关 耳前动脉下廉，含口有空，张口
则闭。针入三分，灸三壮。主耳痛鸣聋有脓，口 ，下牙齿痛、齿龋痛。
颊车 耳下八分，曲颊端陷中，开口有空。针入三分，灸三壮。主口辟痛不可以嚼，失音，牙疼，颔肿项
强，恶风寒。
承泣 目下七分，上直瞳子。禁用针灸。
四白 目下一寸。针入三分，禁灸。主头痛，目眩泪出、痛痒生翳、 动不息。
巨 侠鼻孔旁八分直瞳子，针入三分，灸七壮。主风寒鼻准肿痛，螈 ，口辟，目赤痛痒多泪，白翳遮睛。
地仓 侠口旁四分，近下有动脉处。针入三分，灸二七，重者灸七七壮。艾炷如二分，若大，令人口转 ，
如欲治，灸承浆七七壮，忌房事、毒食。主偏风口 、失音不言，饮食漏落， 动。
大迎 曲颔前一寸三分，骨陷中动脉。针入三分，灸三壮。主头痛，面浮，目 ，口 ，口噤不言，下
牙齿痛，寒热瘰 ，数欠气，风痉，颊颔肿连面。
人迎 结喉旁一寸半，大筋处。禁用针灸。
水突 直人迎下，气舍上，二穴之中。灸三壮。主咽肿，咳逆，气喘不得卧。
气舍 直人迎下，侠天突旁陷中。针入二分，灸三壮，主喉痹项强，瘿瘤肩肿，咳逆上气。
缺盆 肩前横骨陷中。禁针，灸三壮。主喉痹，瘰 ，咳嗽，寒热，缺盆中肿痛，腹满水气，哽噎，胸热
息贲，胁下气上冲。
气户 巨骨下侠俞府旁二寸陷中，仰而取之，针入四分，灸五壮。主胸胁胀满，喘气有声，不知食味。
库房 气户下一寸六分。针入四分，灸五壮。主肺寒咳喘，唾脓血，胸胁支满。
屋翳 库房下一寸六分。针入四分，灸五壮。主身肿皮痛不可近衣，螈 不仁，咳喘，唾浊沫脓血。
膺窗 屋翳下一寸六分。针入四分，灸五壮。主胸胁痈肿及肠鸣泄泻，乳痈，寒热短气，睡卧不安。
乳中 即乳头上。禁用针灸。
乳根 乳下一寸六分。针入四分，灸五壮。主胸满痛及膺肿，乳痈热痛。以上缺盆至此，俱膺部三行。
不容 平巨阙旁三寸，挺身取之。针入五分，灸五壮。主口干，呕吐，喘咳，胸背引痛，胁痛，腹痛如
刺，有痰癖，积气疝瘕。
承满 不容下一寸。针入八分，灸五壮。主喘逆不食，肩息唾血，胁下坚痛及肠鸣腹胀。
梁门 承满下一寸。针入八分，灸五壮。主胸胁下积气，不思饮食，大肠滑泄，谷不化。
关门 梁门下一寸。针入八分，灸五壮。主积气肠鸣，泄利不食，腹中游气侠脐急痛，痰疟振寒。
太乙 关门下一寸。针入八分，灸五壮。主癫狂，吐舌，心烦。
滑肉 太乙下一寸。针入八分，灸五壮。主癫狂，吐舌，呕逆，或以不容至天枢七穴折量之。
天枢 平脐旁三寸。针入五分，灸百壮。主面浮肿，唾血，吐血，狂言，呕吐，霍乱，泄利，食不化，
久积冷气绕脐切痛冲心，腹痛腹胀，肠胃游气切痛，女子漏下赤白。
外陵 天枢下一寸。针入八分，灸五壮。主腹中尽痛，心如悬，下引脐痛。
大巨 天枢下二寸。针入八分，灸五壮。主善惊烦渴，偏枯， 疝，小腹满，小便难，阴下纵。
水道 天枢下五寸。针入二寸半，灸五壮。主腰背痛及三焦结热，二便不利，小腹满引阴中痛，膀胱寒。
归来 天枢下七寸。针入八分，灸五壮。主贲豚卵上入引茎痛，妇人血脏积冷。
气冲 天枢下八寸动脉。禁针，灸五壮。主腹中大热攻心，腹胀，脐下坚，癫疝，阴肿阴萎，茎中痛，两
丸牵痛不可仰卧及石水腹满，热淋不得尿，妇人月水不通，无子，气乱绞痛，胞衣不出。以上不容至此，俱腹
部三行。
髀关 膝上伏兔后跨骨横纹中。针入六分，灸三壮。主黄胆，痿痹不得屈伸，股内筋急。
伏兔 膝髀罅上六寸向里。禁灸。
阴市 膝上三寸，直伏兔陷中，拜而取之。针入三分，禁灸。主腹满，痿厥少气，腰如水冷，痛不可顾。
梁丘 膝上二寸，两筋间。针入三分，灸三壮。主大惊，乳痛，筋挛，膝痹不得屈伸。
犊鼻 膝头眼外侧大筋陷中。针入六分，禁灸。主膝中痛不仁，难跪起。膝膑痈溃者不可治，不溃者可治。
三里 犊鼻下三寸， 骨外廉分肉间。针入一寸，灸七壮，愈多愈好。主头目昏眩，口苦，口噤，鼓颔，
口，喉痹，呕吐，狂言狂笑，咳嗽多唾，乳肿乳痈，胃亏恶闻食气或中消善饥，霍乱， 癖，胁胀，腹胀肠
鸣，胸腹中瘀血，水肿，疟，痢，泄泻，身热肚热，恶寒，肘痛，心痛，腹痛，腰痛，足膝痿，足热，小腹坚
满，小便不利，食气蛊毒，五劳羸瘦，七伤虚乏。
上巨虚 三里下三寸，举足取之。针入八分，灸三壮。主脏气不足，胁满，脐腹痛，飧泄食不化，偏风腰腿
手足不仁，小便难。
条口 三里下五寸。针入三分，禁灸。主湿痹胫寒，足膝酸痛缓弱。
下巨虚 三里下六寸，针入三分，灸三壮。主发枯唇干，口中流涎，次指间痛，胃热不食，泄脓血，胸胁小腹
痛，乳痈，暴惊狂，小便难，寒湿下注，足胫跗痛肉脱。
丰隆 外踝上八寸骨中。针入三分，灸三壮。主头痛面肿，喉痹，胸腹切痛，四肢肿，寒热汗出，大小便难，
发狂歌走见鬼，及厥逆手卒青，心痛如刺。
解溪 足腕上系草鞋带处，去内庭上六寸半。针入五分，灸三壮。主头风目眩目赤，面肿，口痛齿痛，舌
肿，腹肿，霍乱转筋，膝股肿 酸，螈 ，癫疾，疟疾。
冲阳 内庭上五寸骨间动脉。针入三分，灸三壮。主面肿，口眼 斜，齿龋痛，腹大不食，足痿，及热
病汗不出，寒战发狂，疟疾。
陷谷 内庭上二寸骨陷中。针入五分，灸三壮。主面目痈肿浮肿，热病汗不出，振寒疟疾，胸胁支满，腹
满喜噫，肠鸣而痛。
内庭 足次指三指歧骨陷中。针入三分，灸三壮。主口噤口 ，齿龋痛，咽痛，腹胀不得息，四肢厥逆。
From this, we can see that the meridians (Jingluo), zang-fu organs (Zangfu), pulse and diseases (Maibing), as well as herbal treatments (Yaozhi), are all governed by the theory of Five Movements and Six Qi (Yunqi). This applies not only to a whole year, but even within a brief moment of time or an instant, the Qi of the Five Elements (Wuxing) is invariably present. It concerns not just specific objects, but even in the finest hair or芒 (máng, awn/husk), the transformation of the Five Elements is invariably carried. Reaching up to Heaven, there are corresponding responses in the waxing and waning of the five planets; pushing down to Earth, there are verifications in the growth of grasses and trees and the breeding of insects.
Alas, vulgar physicians who do not know the source of medicine completely fail to understand what Yunqi is; those who do not grasp the variability of medicine rigidly adhere to temporal restrictions and fixed prescriptions, thereby harming patients. In essence, there is Yunqi in Heaven (natural climate cycles) and Yunqi in humans (individual constitution and pathology). If the influence of Heavenly timing (abnormal climate) outweighs human disease, one should abandon treating the human disease per se and instead follow the Heavenly timing; if human disease outweighs Heavenly timing, one should abandon following Heavenly timing and instead treat the human disease. Zhang Zihe said: "If the illness does not correspond to the current year's Qi, look for which year's Yunqi it resembles; seek the living method from that year, and you will know it all lies within the 'Zhizhen Yao Da Lun' (Treatise on the Most Genuine Principles)." Bian Que said: "Excessive Yin leads to cold diseases (i.e., excessive command of Taiyang Cold Water); Excessive Yang leads to heat diseases (i.e., excessive command of Ministerial Fire); Excessive Wind leads to diseases of the extremities (i.e., excessive Wood command); Excessive Rain/Dampness leads to abdominal diseases (i.e., excessive Dampness command); Obscurity/Aridity leads to confused diseases (i.e., excessive Dryness command, long dry spells without rain, leading to epidemics, wind-bi); Excessive Brightness/Fire leads to heart diseases (i.e., excessive command of Sovereign Fire)."
The Classics state: "First ascertain the annual Qi, do not violate the Harmony of Heaven." It also states: "One who does not know the annual stem-branch additions and the flourishing or declining states of Qi cannot be considered a skilled physician." Students should observe these comprehensively and refine their understanding of pulses and syndromes to attain true knowledge themselves. Alas! The Way of Confucianism lies in breadth and simplicity; the Way of Medicine lies in Yunqi. How can students fail to enter through this door to explore its profound mysteries?
"Jing" (Meridian) means path. Straight paths are called Jing; branches diverging from the Jing are called Luo (Collaterals). There are twelve defined pathways, yet they essentially originate from one pulse system. A physician who does not understand the meridians is like a person walking at night without a candle; practitioners must master them thoroughly.
The Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian has eleven acupoints: Zhongfu (LU1), Yunmen (LU2), Tianfu (LU3), Xiabai (LU4), Chize (LU5), Kongzui (LU6), Lieque (LU7), Jingqu (LU8), Taiyuan (LU9), Yuji (LU10), Shaoshang (LU11).
The Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian comprises twenty-two acupoints on both sides. Each day during the Yin hour (03:00–05:00), Qi starts from Zhongfu, travels down the arm, and ends at Shaoshang.
**Zhongfu (LU1)**: Located in the third intercostal space above the nipple, one cun below Yunmen in the depression. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxibustion is contraindicated. Indications: Bi syndrome of the throat (sore throat with obstruction), chest fullness and pain, facial swelling, vomiting, coughing with turbid sputum, shoulder and back pain, abdominal distension, inability to eat or drink.
**Yunmen (LU2)**: Below Jugu (GB21), two cun lateral to Qihu (ST15) in the depression. Acupuncture is prohibited; moxa three cones. Indications: Regurgitation and upward rushing Qi, chest and hypochondriac pain radiating to the back, inability to raise the arm; other indications same as Zhongfu.
**Tianfu (LU3)**: Three cun below the axilla at the arterial pulse; locate by raising the arm and touching the nose tip. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxibustion is prohibited. Indications: Tearing, vertigo, goiter, wheezing, anorexia, malaria, sudden stroke with evil pathogens ("Feishi"), others same as Zhongfu.
**Xiabai (LU4)**: Five cun below Tianfu towards the elbow at the arterial pulse. Moxa three cones. Indications: Cough and asthma, dry retching, irritability and fullness, heart pain.
**Chize (LU5)**: In the depression lateral to the large tendon at the cubital crease. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxibustion is not recommended. Indications: Bi syndrome of the throat, dry tongue, hypochondriac pain, abdominal distension, wheezing, persistent vomiting and diarrhea, epilepsy, body pain, sudden swelling of limbs, elbow and arm pain.
**Kongzui (LU6)**: Seven cun above the wrist on the radial side. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Heat diseases with no sweating, cold and pain in the elbow and arm extending to the head.
**Lieque (LU7)**: One and a half cun above the wrist on the radial side, at the end of crossing index fingers. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: All wind-related diseases, migraine, trismus, facial paralysis, convulsions,惊痫 (infantile convulsions), elbow and arm pain, stiff neck, Bi syndrome of the throat, cough, hemiplegia. Also indicates all types of malaria, fever with chills, sweating with limb edema, painful hot urination, shortness of breath. In excess patterns: sweating on shoulder and back, sudden limb swelling; in deficiency patterns: cold shivering in shoulders, shortness of breath, cold limbs.
**Jingqu (LU8)**: In the pulse below Cun Kou near Guan position. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxibustion is prohibited.
**Taiyuan (LU9)**: In the depression at the tip of the transverse crease of the wrist. Needle insert 0.2 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Leukoma and red vessels in eyes, dry throat, vomiting and hiccups, cough, asthma, hemoptysis, lung distension with restlessness and inability to lie down, pain radiating from the medial clavicle, chest Bi, rebellious Qi, heart pain.
**Yuji (LU10)**: In the dispersed pulse on the medial side behind the second metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb. Needle insert 0.2 cun; moxibustion is prohibited. Indications: Headache, vertigo, aphonia, heat disease with jaw quivering, cholera, hemoptysis, hematemesis, abdominal pain, anorexia, cough radiating pain to the sacrum.
**Shaoshang (LU11)**: On the medial side of the tip of the thumb, one grain-width from the corner of the nail. Needle insert 0.1 cun; moxibustion is prohibited. Indications: Malaria, laryngeal stridor, vomiting, wheezing and cough with frequent hiccups, hand numbness, preauricular pain, epigastric fullness, sweating with aversion to cold.
The Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian points begin with Shangyang; Erjian, Sanjian, and Hegu are stored therein; Yangxi, Pianli, Wenliu, Xia Lian, Shang Lian, Shousanli; Quchi, Zhouli, Wuli are close; Binao, Jianyu, Jugu are prominent; Tianding, Futu, Heliao connect; Yingxiang is five fen lateral to the nose.
The Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian has twenty acupoints, forty on both sides. At the Mao hour (05:00–07:00), Qi transfers from Shaoshang to Shangyang, travels up the elbow, and ends at Yingxiang lateral to the nose.
**Shangyang (LI1)**: Medial side of the index finger, one grain-width from the nail corner. Needle insert 0.1 cun; moxibustion is prohibited. Indications: Chest fullness, limb edema, heat with no sweating, tinnitus and deafness, cough and asthma, malaria, dry mouth, parotid swelling, toothache with aversion to cold, shoulder and back pain radiating to the supraclavicular fossa. For blindness (cyan vision), moxa three cones; treat left with right, right with left; recovery occurs within the time of a meal.
**Erjian (LI2)**: In the depression anterior to the proximal phalanx joint on the medial side of the index finger. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Bi syndrome of the throat, mandibular swelling, shoulder and back pain with chills, rhinorrhea and epistaxis, frequent fright, facial paralysis, blindness, heat from cold damage.
**Sanjian (LI3)**: In the depression posterior to the proximal phalanx joint on the medial side of the index finger. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Bi syndrome of the throat, toothache, lethargy, chest fullness, dry cracked lips and thirst, eye pain, rhinorrhea and epistaxis, protruding tongue, torticollis, susceptibility to fright, fever with rapid breathing, borborygmus and watery diarrhea, cold malaria.
**Hegu (LI4)**: In the depression between the first and second metacarpal bones. Needle insert 0.2 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Headache and facial swelling, eye pain with blepharitis, leukoma, ectropion/trichiasis, all eye diseases, epistaxis and nasal discharge, tinnitus, oral ulcers, sublingual swelling, tongue fissures, stiff tongue, lower toothache, lip retraction, trismus, Bi syndrome of the throat, alternating chills and fever/malaria, flaccid paralysis of limbs, infantile convulsions and sudden death, promoting menstruation and expelling fetus in women; **contraindicated in pregnancy**.
**Yangxi (LI5)**: In the depression between the two tendons on the dorsal-radial aspect of the wrist. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Headache, eye pain/leukoma, ear pain/tinnitus, sore throat, toothache, tongue protrusion with torticollis, palm heat, inability to lift elbow/arm, delirious speech with laughter and hallucinations, chest fullness and oppression, heart pain, alternating chills and fever/malaria, sores and scabies.
**Pianli (LI6)**: Three cun above the wrist. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Alternating chills and fever/malaria with no sweating, blurred vision, mania with excessive talking, tinnitus, facial paralysis, toothache, Bi syndrome of the throat, dry throat, rhinorrhea and epistaxis.
**Wenliu (LI7)**: Five cun above the wrist. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Headache and facial swelling, facial paralysis, Bi syndrome of the throat, borborygmus and abdominal pain, hiccups, inability to lift shoulder, fever from cold damage, mania and hallucinations.
**Xialian (LI8)**: Five cun anterior to Quchi, oblique in the muscle belly. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Head wind, elbow and arm pain, dark urine, borborygmus, migratory pain.
**Shanglian (LI9)**: Four cun anterior to Quchi. Acupuncture and moxibustion indications are the same as Xialian.
**Shousanli (LI10)**: Three cun anterior to Quchi. At the end of the muscle belly. Needle insert 0.5 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Elbow and arm contracture with inability to extend, toothache, cheek and mandibular swelling, scrofula.
**Quchi (LI11)**: At the lateral end of the cubital crease when the elbow is flexed, between the two bones; locate by crossing arms over the chest. Needle insert 0.5 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Headache, Bi syndrome of the throat, sore and weak elbow/arm unable to lift, hemiplegia, flaccid muscles difficult to flex/extend, axillary pain, shoulder pain, dry skin, urticaria, convulsions/mania, alternating chills/thirst, chest fullness, residual heat from cold damage.
**Zhouli (LI12)**: In the depression near the large tendon on the lateral aspect of the olecranon. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Wind-bi of the elbow joint, arm pain and contracture.
**Wuli (LI13)**: Three cun above the elbow, in the center of the large tendon inward. Acupuncture is prohibited; moxa ten cones. Indications: Wind-lao (chronic wasting), fright, hematemesis, elbow and arm pain, lethargy, inability to move limbs, alternating chills/scrofula, cough, blurred vision, malaria, epigastric distension with upward rushing Qi.
**Binao (LI14)**: Seven cun above the elbow, at the end of the muscle belly; locate with arm flat. Needle insert 0.5 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Alternating chills/stiff neck, scrofula, shoulder and arm pain unable to lift.
**Jianyu (LI15)**: In the depression between the two bones at the shoulder apex; locate by raising the shoulder. Needle insert 0.6 cun; moxa seven cones (for severe wind, moxa fourteen cones as limit; too much may cause arm atrophy). Indications: Hemiplegia from wind, arm contracture, arm atrophy and weakness, soreness/pain of sinews and bones, heat in shoulder, inability to turn head, all wind-heat urticaria.
**Jugu (GB21)**: In the depression between the two bones ascending from the shoulder apex. Needle insert 1.5 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Blood stasis in chest, pain in shoulder, arm, and back.
**Tianding (SI19)**: One cun posterior to Futu, directly below the supraclavicular fossa on the lateral neck. Needle insert 0.4 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Sudden aphonia and choking, swollen Bi syndrome of throat, wheezing and inability to eat.
**Futu (SI18)**: One cun below the angle of the mandible; locate with head tilted back. Needle insert 0.4 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Protrusion of tongue base, cough and asthmatic breathing, hoarse sound in throat like a frog.
**Heliao (SI19)**: Five fen lateral to Shuigou (GV26), directly below the nostril. Needle insert 0.1 cun; moxibustion is prohibited. Indications: Nasal obstruction and facial paralysis, continuous clear rhinorrhea, sores in nasal cavity, trismus.
**Yingxiang (LI20)**: One cun above Heliao, in the depression lateral to the nose. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxibustion is prohibited. Indications: Red and swollen eyes, nasal congestion with loss of smell.
The Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian has forty-five acupoints: Touwei, Xiaguan, Jiache stop; Chengqi, Sibai, Juliao pass; Dicang, Daying faces Renying; Shuitu and Qishe connect to Quepen; Qihu, Kufang, Wuyi gather; Yingchuang, Ruzhong extend to Rugen; Burong, Chengman, Liangmen start; Guanmen, Taiyi, Runiwumen; Tianshu, Wailing, Daju exist; Shuidao, Guilai, Qichong follow; Biguan, Futu, Yingshi walk; Liangqiu, Dunbi, Zusanli; Shangjuxu connects to Tiaokou; Xiajuxu jumps to Fenglong; Jiexi, Chongyang, Xangu; Neiting and Lidui end the meridian points.
The Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian has ninety acupoints on both sides. At the Chen hour (07:00–09:00), Qi transfers from Yingxiang to Chengqi, ascends to Touwei facing Renying, travels down the chest and abdomen, and ends at Lidui on the toe. Diagrams start at Touwei, but Qi flow actually begins at Chengqi.
**Touwei (ST8)**: One and a half cun lateral to Benshen (GB13) at the frontal hairline. Needle insert 0.5 cun; moxibustion is prohibited.
**Xiaguan (ST7)**: Below the arterial pulse in front of the ear; open mouth to create a gap, close when mouth opens. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Ear pain, tinnitus, deafness with pus, facial paralysis, lower toothache, dental caries pain.
**Jiache (ST6)**: Eight fen below the ear, in the depression at the angle of the mandible; open mouth to create a gap. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Painful facial paralysis preventing chewing, aphonia, toothache, mandibular swelling and stiff neck, aversion to wind and cold.
**Chengqi (ST1)**: Seven fen below the eye, directly opposite the pupil. Acupuncture and moxibustion are prohibited.
**Sibai (ST2)**: One cun below the eye. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxibustion is prohibited. Indications: Headache, vertigo, tearing, itching/pain with leukoma, involuntary eyelid twitching.
**Juliao (ST3)**: Eight fen lateral to the nostril, directly opposite the pupil. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa seven cones. Indications: Wind-cold swelling/pain of nasal tip, convulsions, facial paralysis, red/itchy eyes with excessive tearing, leukoma obscuring vision.
**Dicang (ST4)**: Four fen lateral to the mouth, where the artery is nearby. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa fourteen cones (forty-nine for severe cases). Moxa cone size: two fen; if larger, it causes facial deviation. To treat, moxa Chengjiang (CV24) forty-nine cones; avoid sexual activity and toxic foods. Indications: Hemiplegic facial paralysis, aphonia, drooling while eating, eyelid twitching.
**Daying (ST5)**: One point-three cun anterior to the mandibular angle, in the bony depression at the arterial pulse. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Headache, facial edema, eye deviation, facial paralysis, trismus unable to speak, lower toothache, alternating chills/scrofula, frequent yawning/shortness of breath, wind spasms, cheek/mandibular swelling extending to face.
**Renying (ST9)**: One and a half cun lateral to the Adam's apple, at the large tendon. Acupuncture and moxibustion are prohibited.
**Shuitu (ST10)**: Directly below Renying, above Qishe, in the middle of the two points. Moxa three cones. Indications: Throat swelling, cough and asthmatic breathing, inability to lie down due to dyspnea.
**Qishe (ST11)**: Directly below Renying, in the depression lateral to Tiantu (CV22). Needle insert 0.2 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Bi syndrome of throat and stiff neck, goiter and shoulder swelling, cough and asthmatic breathing.
**Quepen (ST12)**: In the depression of the transverse bone anterior to the shoulder. Acupuncture is prohibited; moxa three cones. Indications: Bi syndrome of throat, scrofula, cough, alternating chills, swelling/pain in supraclavicular fossa, abdominal distension with fluid retention, globus sensation, chest heat with panting, upward rushing Qi from hypochondrium.
**Qihu (ST15)**: Two cun lateral to Jugu (GB21) below, in the depression; locate supine. Needle insert 0.4 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Chest and hypochondriac distension, wheezing with sound, loss of taste.
**Kufang (ST16)**: One point-six cun below Qihu. Needle insert 0.4 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Lung cold with cough/asthma, spitting pus/blood, chest and hypochondriac support/fullness.
**Wuyi (ST17)**: One point-six cun below Kufang. Needle insert 0.4 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Body swelling with skin pain intolerable to touch, convulsions with numbness, cough/asthma, spitting turbid foam/pus/blood.
**Yingchuang (ST18)**: One point-six cun below Wuyi. Needle insert 0.4 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Chest/hypochondriac carbuncles, borborygmus/diarrhea, mastitis, alternating chills/shortness of breath, restless sleep.
**Ruzhong (ST19)**: On the nipple. Acupuncture and moxibustion are prohibited.
**Rugen (ST20)**: One point-six cun below the breast. Needle insert 0.4 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Chest fullness/pain and breast swelling, mastitis with heat/pain. From Quepen to here, all belong to the three rows of the chest region.
**Burong (ST21)**: Three cun lateral to Jueque (CV15); locate standing straight. Needle insert 0.5 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Dry mouth, vomiting, cough/asthma, pain radiating from chest/back, hypochondriac pain, stabbing abdominal pain, phlegm-stagnation, qi accumulation, hernia/masses.
**Chengman (ST22)**: One cun below Burong. Needle insert 0.8 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Asthmatic breathing/anorexia, shoulder-breathing with hemoptysis, hardness/pain in hypochondrium, borborygmus/abdominal distension.
**Liangmen (ST23)**: One cun below Chengman. Needle insert 0.8 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Qi accumulation in chest/hypochondrium, anorexia, intestinal slippage/diarrhea, undigested food.
**Guanmen (ST24)**: One cun below Liangmen. Needle insert 0.8 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Qi accumulation with borborygmus, diarrhea/anorexia, wandering qi in abdomen causing urgent pain around umbilicus, phlegm-malaria with chills.
**Taiyi (ST25)**: One cun below Guanmen. Needle insert 0.8 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Mania, tongue protrusion, heart vexation.
**Runiwumen (ST26)**: One cun below Taiyi. Needle insert 0.8 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Mania, tongue protrusion, vomiting; alternatively, measure using the seven points from Burong to Tianshu.
**Tianshu (ST25)**: Three cun lateral to the umbilicus. Needle insert 0.5 cun; moxa one hundred cones. Indications: Facial edema, hemoptysis, hematemesis, delirium, vomiting, cholera, diarrhea, indigestion, chronic cold qi wrapping umbilicus with cutting pain rushing to heart, abdominal pain/distension, wandering qi in intestines with cutting pain, leukorrhea (red/white) in women.
**Wailing (ST27)**: One cun below Tianshu. Needle insert 0.8 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Generalized abdominal pain, feeling of hanging heart, pain radiating downward to umbilicus.
**Daju (ST28)**: Two cun below Tianshu. Needle insert 0.8 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Susceptibility to fright/vexation/thirst, hemiplegia, hernia, lower abdominal fullness, difficulty urinating, genital flaccidity.
**Shuidao (ST29)**: Five cun below Tianshu. Needle insert 2.5 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Lower back pain and heat binding in Sanjiao, difficulty with urination/defecation, lower abdominal fullness radiating pain to genitals, bladder cold.
**Guilai (ST30)**: Seven cun below Tianshu. Needle insert 0.8 cun; moxa five cones. Indications: Running piglet qi rising into testicles with penile pain, cold accumulation in uterus in women.
**Qichong (ST30)**: Arterial pulse eight cun below Tianshu. Acupuncture is prohibited; moxa five cones. Indications: Great heat in abdomen attacking heart, abdominal distension, hardness below umbilicus, manic hernia, genital swelling/impotence, penile pain, pulling pain in testes preventing supine position, stone water with abdominal fullness, hot strangury with urinary retention, amenorrhea/infertility in women, chaotic qi with colicky pain, retained placenta. From Burong to here, all belong to the three rows of the abdominal region.
**Biguan (ST31)**: In the transverse crease of the hip bone, posterior to Futu above the knee. Needle insert 0.6 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Jaundice, flaccid-bi unable to flex/extend, tight sinews in inner thigh.
**Futu (ST32)**: Six cun above the knee joint, inward. Moxibustion is prohibited.
**Yingshi (ST33)**: Three cun above the knee, in the depression directly opposite Futu; locate in kneeling posture. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxibustion is prohibited. Indications: Abdominal fullness, flaccidity/cold with shortness of breath, cold waist like water, pain preventing turning head.
**Liangqiu (ST34)**: Two cun above the knee, between the two tendons. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Great fright, mastitis, sinew contracture, knee-bi unable to flex/extend.
**Dunbi (ST35)**: In the depression of the large tendon lateral to the knee eye. Needle insert 0.6 cun; moxibustion is prohibited. Indications: Knee pain with numbness, difficulty kneeling/rising. Ulcerated patellar abscess is incurable; non-ulcerated is treatable.
**Zusanli (ST36)**: Three cun below Dunbi, in the muscle gap lateral to the tibia. Needle insert 1 cun; moxa seven cones (more is better). Indications: Dizziness/blurred vision, bitter taste, trismus, jaw quivering, facial paralysis, Bi syndrome of throat, vomiting, delirious laughter, cough with excessive sputum, breast swelling/mastitis, stomach deficiency with aversion to food odor or intermediate Xiao (polyphagia), cholera, accumulations, hypochondriac/abdominal distension, borborygmus, blood stasis in chest/abdomen, edema, malaria, dysentery, diarrhea, body/abdominal heat, aversion to cold, elbow pain, heart pain, abdominal pain, lower back pain, flaccidity of foot/knee, hot feet, hard/full lower abdomen, difficulty urinating, food poisoning/toxins, five labors with emaciation, seven injuries with deficiency.
**Shangjuxu (ST37)**: Three cun below Zusanli; locate by lifting foot. Needle insert 0.8 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Insufficiency of zang Qi, hypochondriac fullness, periumbilical/abdominal pain, undigested stool diarrhea, hemiplegia with numbness in waist/legs/hands/feet, difficulty urinating.
**Tiaokou (ST38)**: Five cun below Zusanli. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxibustion is prohibited. Indications: Damp-bi with cold calves, sore/weak foot and knee.
**Xiajuxu (ST39)**: Six cun below Zusanli. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Dry hair/lips, salivation, pain between fourth and fifth toes, stomach heat with anorexia, purulent bloody diarrhea, chest/hypochondriac/lower abdominal pain, mastitis, sudden fright/mania, difficulty urinating, downward pouring cold-damp, pain and muscle wasting in calf/foot dorsum.
**Fenglong (ST40)**: Eight cun above the lateral malleolus, in the bone. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Headache/facial swelling, Bi syndrome of throat, cutting chest/abdominal pain, limb swelling, alternating chills/sweating, difficulty with urination/defecation, mania singing/walking/hallucinations, cold reversal with sudden cyanosis of hands, stabbing heart pain.
**Jiexi (ST41)**: At the place where sandalwood straps tie on the ankle, six and a half cun above Neiting. Needle insert 0.5 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Head wind, vertigo/red eyes, facial swelling, mouth/tooth pain, swollen tongue, abdominal swelling, cholera with cramps, swollen/sore knee/thigh, convulsions, epilepsy, malaria.
**Chongyang (ST42)**: Arterial pulse five cun above Neiting, between bones. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Facial swelling, facial paralysis, dental caries pain, abdominal distension with anorexia, foot flaccidity, heat disease with no sweating, chills/mania, malaria.
**Xangu (ST43)**: Two cun above Neiting, in the bony depression. Needle insert 0.5 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Carbuncles/edema of face/eyes, heat disease with no sweating, chills/malaria, chest/hypochondriac support/fullness, abdominal fullness with belching, borborygmus with pain.
**Neiting (ST44)**: In the depression between the metatarsal bones of the second and third toes. Needle insert 0.3 cun; moxa three cones. Indications: Trismus/facial paralysis, dental caries pain, sore throat, abdominal distension with dyspnea, cold reversal of limbs.