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The meridian of Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao (Triple Burner) has twenty-three acupoints. Guanchong, Yemen, Zhongzhu; Yangchi connects with Waiguan; Zhigou, Huizong, and Sanyangluo; Sidu, Tianjing, and Qinglengyuan; Xiaoluo connects with Huizong and Jianliao; Tianliao is located below Tianyou; Yifeng precedes the blue vein (Qingmai); Lufeng is clearly defined, and Jiaosun is near the ear; Sizhukong connects with He'liao; Ermen opens up, completing the meridian points.

Guanchong is at the lateral end of the little finger; Yemen is in the depression between the fourth and fifth fingers; Zhongzhu is one cun below Yemen; Yangchi is in the depression above the wrist; Waiguan is two cun posterior to the wrist; Zhigou occupies three cun posterior to the wrist; Huizong is three cun posterior to the wrist on the medial side, where there is a cavity requiring careful exploration; Sanyangluo is four cun posterior to the wrist; Sidu is fixed five cun anterior to the elbow; Tianjing is behind the large bone laterally at the elbow, found by palpating one cun within the interosseous gap; Qinglengyuan is two cun posterior to the elbow; Xiaoluo is opposite the axilla, descending along the lateral arm; Huizong is measured three cun anterior to the shoulder; Jianliao is in the central depression above; Tianliao is above the depression of Quepen; Tianyou is lateral to Tianrong; Yifeng is in the depression at the posterior angle of the ear; the blue vein appears posterior to the ear; Lufeng is also on the blue collateral vessel; Jiaosun is superior to the middle of the auricle; Ermen is in the muscle prominence anterior to the ear; Heliao is where the artery pulses anterior to the ear. To know where Sizhukong is, carefully measure the depression posterior to the eyebrow.

Deafness and muddled hearing occur because the meridian enters the ear. Swollen throat and Bi syndrome occur because the meridian ascends to the neck. Sweating occurs because sweat is the fluid of the Heart, and the Sanjiao is the exterior of the Pericardium. Pain at the outer canthus occurs because the meridian reaches the sharp angle of the eye. Pain in the post-auricular region, Jianliao, elbow, and lateral arm, along with dysfunction of the fourth and fifth fingers, occurs because these are areas traversed by the meridian. The above are all Meridian diseases, not yet involving Fu-organ diseases.

The Sanjiao executes the function of Ministerial Fire, distributing the Yuan Qi of the Gate of Vitality, governing ascending, descending, exiting, and entering, roaming between Heaven and Earth, and commanding the Qi of the Five Zang and Six Fu organs, Ying and Wei, meridians, and internal/external, upper/lower, left/right aspects. It is called the "Middle Clear Mansion." The upper part governs reception, the middle part governs transformation, and the lower part governs excretion.
Ben Disease (Diseases of the Zang-Fu organs themselves):
Various heat syndromes causing mental confusion and visual impairment, (indicating simultaneous Zang and Fu disease). Sudden acute illness, sudden collapse, or aphonia, (because Fire nature is urgent and fierce). Restlessness, agitation, mania, delirium, and fright, (simultaneous Zang and Fu disease). Various hemorrhages, bleeding, and purging, (excessive Fire causes blood heat and reckless movement). Various rebellious Qi rushing upward, (Fire nature flares upward). Various sores and ulcers, (same as Zang disease). Smallpox, rashes, tumors, and nodules. (Also a category of sores and ulcers.)
The Ben diseases of the Sanjiao have been detailed above. The following six items are diseases of other Zang and Fu organs, already recorded in their respective meridians, but repeated here under the Sanjiao section because the Sanjiao commands all Zang and Fu organs, Ying and Wei, and meridians, penetrating everything without exception.
Upper [Upper refers to the Heart, Lung, chest, diaphragm, upper epigastrium, and other meridians]: Heat causes panting and fullness, various vomiting and acid regurgitation, chest oppression and hypochondriac pain, indigestion of food and drink, and sweating on the head.
Middle [Middle refers to the Spleen and Stomach meridians]: Heat causes easy hunger but emaciation, lethargy (defined as slow and choppy Chi pulse), abdominal fullness, various swellings and distended abdomen, audible sounds from various diseases, drum-like resonance upon percussion, obstruction preventing ascent and descent, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea.
Lower [Lower refers to the Liver, Kidney, Large Intestine, Small Intestine, Bladder, and other meridians]: Heat causes acute diarrhea with tenesmus, turbid urine, swelling and fullness in the lower body, dribbling or obstruction of urination, constipation, and dysentery.
Upper Cold (Sanjiao belongs to Fire; excess Fire is Heat, deficiency Fire is Cold): Causes vomiting of food, drink, phlegm, and water; chest Bi; pain radiating forward and backward; regurgitation after eating.
Middle Cold: Causes inability to digest food, cold distension, only vomiting water from the stomach, damp diarrhea without thirst.
Lower Cold: Causes incontinence of feces and urine, cold umbilicus and abdomen, and hernia pain.
Biao Disease (Meridian diseases):
Aversion to cold and shivering, as if losing spiritual guardianship, (same as Ben Zang disease). Tinnitus and deafness, dry throat and Bi syndrome, (same as Meridian disease).
Various diseases causing edema, pain, and soreness, (The meridian is on the hand, but Sanjiao is the Official of Drainage Ditches; when water pathways fail, water flows downward causing edema.). Fright, (Fright must be accompanied by convulsions, symptoms appearing in hands and feet, thus belonging to Biao disease.). Dysfunction of the fourth and fifth fingers. (Same as Meridian disease.)