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Moxibustion for enuresis (involuntary urination): Moxa is applied five cun lateral to Yuquan, with the number of moxa cones (Zhuang) corresponding to the patient's age. Additionally, Yanglingquan is moxated, with the number of Zhuang corresponding to the age; then a point on the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian is moxated, with the number of Zhuang corresponding to the age; finally, Yinlingquan is moxated, with the number of Zhuang corresponding to the age.

For urinary incontinence, Dacun (LR1) is moxated with seven Zhuang, and Xingjian (LR2) is moxated with seven Zhuang.

For bedwetting, the patient hangs both hands upon the upper thighs, with fingertips pointing towards the toes. At the depression at the tip of the fingers, seven Zhuang are applied. Additionally, the transverse crease below the umbilicus is moxated with seven Zhuang.

For dribbling after urination, Fuliuxue (KI7) is moxated. According to the *Huangdi Jianjing*, this point treats dribbling after urination and is located two cun above the medial malleolus. Each of the two points is moxated with one set of seven Zhuang (seven Zhuang). Subsequently, Zhongji (CV3) below the umbilicus and Qugu (CV2, also known as Quguduan) are moxated with seven Zhuang each.

For abdominal fullness and frequent urination, the point one cun below Yuquan, named Niaopao or Quguduan, is moxated with fourteen Zhuang. For children, the number of Zhuang should be reduced according to judgment.

For frequent, scanty, and difficult urination accompanied by seminal emission upon exertion: The patient is instructed to extend both hands with palms facing each other and together, aligning the big toes of both feet tightly. By pressing hard, bring the thumbnails close together. One cone of moxa is applied to the fleshy margin at the base of the thumbnails where the flesh meets. Behind the square fleshy margin, a natural angle forms naturally; the moxa cone should be placed at this angle, slightly penetrating into the nail area. Both thumbs share one cone. The same method is applied to the big toe of the foot, using three cones for each, and repeated after three days.

In cases of Excess Heat in the Small Intestine, causing heart distress, urgency and heat in the epigastrium, bi-syndrome (obstruction), internal heat in the small intestine, and dark yellow urine, needle the Hand-Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian to treat Yang disorders. The point is located in the depression lateral to the proximal interphalangeal joint of the little finger of the Hand-Taiyang meridian.

For swelling and pain in the lower abdomen with inability to urinate, due to constraint of the Sanjiao (Triple Burner), select the large collateral vessels of the Taiyang meridian. Observe the knotted pulses and the small collaterals associated with Yin-Jue (Yin reversal). If there is knotting, blood stasis, and swelling, treat the epigastrium and Zusanli (ST36).

For difficulty in urination and distension/fullness of the lower abdomen, moxa the Shu points of the Large and Small Intestines, with the number of Zhuang corresponding to the age.

Moxa the major pulse above the medial malleoli of both feet, named Sanyinjiao (SP6), twenty-one Zhuang per point, to treat turbid white urine.

Guanyuan (CV4), located three cun below the umbilicus, is moxated with seven Zhuang. It primarily treats "Zhuanbao" (bladder torsion/compression) resulting in inability to urinate. The *Jia Yi Jing* states: This is the intersection of the Three Yin Meridities of the Foot and the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel).

For lumbar pain with difficulty in urination and suffering from Baozhuan (bladder torsion), moxa Yuquan with seven Zhuang, then the fifteenth thoracic vertebra with fifty Zhuang, then one cun below the umbilicus, and four cun below the umbilicus, with the number of Zhuang for each corresponding to the age.