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At noon, apply three moxa cones (Zhuang) on the shadow of the diseased area. The incantation says: "Insects in tinea, fluffy and soft, if you wish to cure, wait for noon." Another method is: On the eighth day of the eighth month at sunrise, have the patient kneel facing east towards a door, holding both sides of the door frame with hands raised level. Locate the depression where the shoulder drops and the bone joints separate, and apply moxibustion there. Apply fire to both sides simultaneously, three or seven cones per side. Recovery occurs within ten days.

For verrucae vulgaris (Warts), place a moxa cone directly on the wart and moxibustate it. Three cones will remove it.

For Gu poison (Gu syndrome), moxibustate the tip of the little toe with three cones. Foreign matter should be expelled: if contracted through wine, wine-like residue is expelled; if through food, food residue is expelled; if through meat/vegetables, meat/vegetable residue is expelled. This is highly effective.

In the Jiangnan region, there is a venomous insect called "Shegong" (Shooting Worker), also known as "Duanhu" (Short Fox) or "Yu". It often inhabits mountain waters. When people walk or bathe, this insect shoots from its mouth using a transverse bony horn like a crossbow, striking the person's shadow to cause illness. If sores appear on the body, moxibustate immediately: one cone per sore, even if there are a hundred sores, use a hundred cones. This is very beneficial. Additionally, slice fresh Allium fistulosum (Chinese onion) thinly and apply it to the sore, then moxibustate over the onion for over a thousand cones until recovery.

For deep Sand Louse (Sha Li) poisoning, use a needle to pick out the insect, which resembles a scabies mite and moves when placed on the fingernail. If it cannot be picked out, apply three or four moxa cones directly on it, killing the insect and curing the disease.

For snake bites, chew salt and spit onto the wound, then apply three moxa cones. Repeat chewing salt and spitting while moxibustating the wound.

For dog bites, first suck out the bad blood, then apply ten moxa cones into the wound. From the next day onwards, apply one cone daily until a hundred days are completed. Yao advises avoiding alcohol.

For women with blood injury and leukorrhea (red and white discharge), moxibustate the horizontal wrinkle of the lower abdomen, directly below the umbilicus, for one hundred cones. Also moxibustate around three cun above the medial malleolus, one hundred cones each side. The moxa cone should be the size of half a date pit.

For women with red and white leukorrhea, Yaoshu (BL23) governs it.

For mastitis (Ru Yong) accompanied by chills, fever, shortness of breath, and restless sleep, Yingchuang (ST16) governs it.

For mastitis accompanied by desolation, chills, fever, and pain intolerable to touch, Rugen (ST18) governs it.

For infertility, moxibustate Zhongwan (CV8, specifically the navel center here implies Shenque CV8 or similar central point contextually, but text says Qi Zhong - Navel Center, usually Shenque CV8). *Correction*: Text says "Qi Zhong" (Center of Umbilicus), which is Shenque (CV8). It helps conceive.

For infertility with vaginal itching, Yinjiao (CV7) governs it.

For abdominal fullness, hernia accumulation, various diseases in lactating women, infertility, and vaginal itching, moxibustate Shimen (CV5) (*Qianjin Fang* notes: Ben Tun Qi, hardness and pain in lower abdomen radiating to yin, inability to urinate).

For female infertility with stagnant blood not descending, Guanyuan (CV4) governs it (*Qianjin Fang* notes: Bao Zhuan, inability to urinate, lower abdominal fullness resembling Shi Shui pain).

For various diseases in lactating women and infertility due to internal deficiency, Zhongji (CV3) governs it.

For women with amenorrhea (blood flow obstruction), Huiyin (CV1) governs it.

For women with evil blood in the uterus causing internal rebellion, fullness, and pain, Shiguan (KI18) governs it.

For amenorrhea with Ben Qi rushing up and down, pulling on the waist and spine, Qixue (KI21) governs it.

For women with pain in the uterus and irregular menstruation, Tianshu (ST25) governs it (*Qianjin Fang* notes: abdominal distension, borborygmus, qi rushing up to the chest).

For lower abdominal fullness and pain radiating to the yin, backache during menstruation, uterine masses, cold in Zi Men pulling on the patella and thigh, Shuidao (ST28) governs it (*Qianjin Fang* notes: pulling on patella/thigh interpreted as difficulty in urination and defecation).

For women with coldness in the vagina, Guilai (ST29) governs it.

For women with hardness and pain in the lower abdomen and amenorrhea, Daimai (GB26) governs it.

For women with red and white leukorrhea, tenesmus, and spasms, Wushu (GB27) governs it.

For women with vaginal pain and hardness/urgency in the lower abdomen, Yinlingquan (SP9) governs it.

For women with metrorrhagia, bitter stagnation of blood, reverse qi, and distension, Xuehai (SP10) governs it.

For irregular menstruation, or red/white discharge with cold yin, Xingjian (LR2) governs it.

For women with hernia, lower abdominal swelling, loose stools, enuresis, genital pain, dusty complexion, and pain under the eyes, Taichong (LR3) governs it.

For women with metrorrhagia, Taichong (LR3) governs it.

For women unable to conceive with sudden heavy bleeding, Ran Gu (KI2) governs it.

For women with metrorrhagia, abdominal fullness, dyspnea, and yellow urine, Yin Gu (KI10) governs it. (*Qianjin Fang* notes: metrorrhagia, lower abdominal pain/fullness feeling blocked, aversion to cold, fever, generalized edema).

For women with irregular menstruation, monthly amenorrhea, men with seminal emission, and dribbling urine after voiding, puncture the Foot Shaoyin Meridian to treat Yin disorders. The point is located at the arterial pulse below the medial malleolus.

For women with inverted cold in the feet, sterility, leukorrhea, childlessness, and vaginal coldness, puncture the Foot Shaoyin Meridian to treat Yin disorders.

For women with sterility, moxibustate Guanyuan (CV4) seven times. The point is three cun below the umbilicus. *Jia Yi Jing* states: It is the Front-Mu point of the Small Intestine, also named Ci Men, an intersection of the Foot Three Yin Meridians and the Ren Mai. The moxa cone should be the size of half a date pit.

For women with irregular menstruation, moxibustate Siman (RN11? No, likely referring to points near Dan Tian, text says "Si Man"). Two points are on either side of Dan Tian, one cun apart. *Jia Yi Jing* states: Also named Sui Fu, one cun below Zhongzhu (SP16?), an intersection of the Chong Mai and Foot Shaoyin Meridian. Moxibustate five cones each side, cone size half a date pit. It also treats female infertility.