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It is stated: The Gohuangshu (Bladder 43) acupoint can treat all diseases. It primarily manages emaciation and deficiency, nocturnal emission in dreams, upward rushing of qi with coughing and reversing, mania, confusion, and forgetfulness. The method for locating the acupoint is as follows: Have the patient sit upright with the spine curved, extend both hands and place the arms in front of the knees, aligning the thumb with the knee cap. Support the elbow with an object to prevent arm movement. Palpate from the upper angle of the scapula down to the lower end of the scapula. Between these points, there are four ribs and three intercostal spaces. In the middle, locate the space between the ribs adjacent to the spine, approximately one finger's width away from the spine, on the surface of the paraspinal muscles. When pressed, a sensation should be felt pulling towards the chest. Moxibustion is applied to one point in the middle of each scapula, up to 600 moxa cones per side, or up to 1,000 if necessary. One should feel the qi moving downward like flowing water. There may also be a discharge site; if there is no retained phlegm or chronic disease, there will be no discharge. If the patient is too weak to sit upright, they should lie on their side, with the upper arm pulled forward to facilitate locating the acupoint for moxibustion. The general method for locating the acupoint is to use the right hand to press from above the right shoulder; the spot beyond the reach of the fingertips is the location. The same applies to the left side. Then apply moxibustion using the previous method. If the patient cannot sit upright and extend both arms for long, they may lie prone on a cloth pad with arms extended, while someone pulls the two scapulae apart. Otherwise, the scapulae will cover the acupoint, making it inaccessible. The size of the cloth pad must remain constant, otherwise, the accurate location will be lost. After this moxibustion, the patient's yang qi becomes robust. They should adjust their lifestyle for self-nourishment until the body returns to balance. The acupoint is located near the fifth thoracic vertebra. (The standard reference is 2 cun below the fourth thoracic vertebra.)

It is stated: In ancient times, Qin Huan failed to cure the Marquis of Jin because his illness was located "below the gao (heart fat) and above the huang (diaphragm)," areas unreachable by acupuncture and herbs. This acupoint addresses such conditions. People of that time were inept at locating this acupoint, so chronic ailments persisted. If one makes a concerted effort to locate it accurately and applies moxibustion, no disease will remain uncured.

Sanli (Stomach 36):
Indicated for cold distension and fullness in the abdomen, borborygmus and abdominal pain, blood stasis in the chest and abdomen, swelling of the skin in the lower abdomen, insufficiency of yin qi, hardness of the lower abdomen, inability to sweat during febrile diseases, frequent vomiting, bitter taste in the mouth, high fever with opisthotonos, trismus and masseter spasm, low back pain preventing turning the head, visual disturbances when looking back, frequent sadness, restlessness. Also indicated for facial paralysis, breast swelling, dysphagia due to throat obstruction, chronic diarrhea and dysentery due to insufficient stomach qi, indigestion, rib-side distension resembling a pillar, inability to stand for long periods, knee weakness with alternating cold and heat, excessive digestion of food, painful hunger with abdominal heat, physical restlessness and delirium, mastitis, frequent belching, aversion to food odors, manic singing and laughing, fear and anger with loud cursing, cholera with urinary incontinence, loss of qi with yang collapse, shivering aversion to cold with dizziness, difficult urination, and frequent hiccups. All these conditions can be treated with moxibustion or acupuncture, applying between 200-300 to 500 moxa cones.

Yongquan (Kidney 1):
Indicated for frequent panting, throat obstruction, body heat and pain,牵引 (pulling sensation) between the spine and ribs, mental fogginess and forgetfulness, yin bi with abdominal distension, low back pain with difficulty in defecation, pain in the shoulder, back, neck, and nape, frequent dizziness, men presenting with symptoms similar to gu disease, women presenting with symptoms similar to obstruction, feeling as if the waist and spine are dislocated, anorexia, wheezing and rebellious qi, coldness extending from the soles to the knees, severe throat pain preventing swallowing, aphonia, difficult urination, lower abdominal pain with wind entering the intestines leading to epilepsy, acute pain along the spine, chest and rib-side distension, continuous epistaxis, five types of hernia, pain at the tips of the fingers, inability to walk on the feet. All these diseases are primarily managed by this acupoint.