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When asthma, cough, and excessive phlegm-fluids are present, the disease will quickly harmonize as soon as the golden needle (acupuncture) is applied.
Stimulate Yufu (俞府, CV14) and Rugen (乳根, ST17) in the same manner; the asthma and wind-phlegm will gradually dissipate.
Yufu (俞府, CV14): Located below Jugu (巨骨, SI12), two cun lateral to Xuanji (璇玑, CV15), in the depression. Needle 0.3 cun, moxa three cones, according to deficiency or excess apply tonification or sedation.
Rugen (乳根, ST17): Located one cun and six fen below the nipple, in the depression, obtained with the patient supine. Needle 0.1 cun. Moxa five to seven cones, according to the condition apply tonification or sedation.

Bad breath originating from long-standing causes is most detestable, due to excessive mental exertion and laboring the spirit.
Sedate Tailing (太陵, PC7) and Renzhong (人中, GV26); when the Heart becomes cool, the bad breath clears.
Tailing (太陵, PC7): Located in the center of the transverse crease of the wrist. Needle 0.3 cun, apply sedation.
Renzhong (人中, GV26): Located in the depression at the junction of the upper third and lower two-thirds of the philtrum (three fen below the nose). Needle 0.3 cun, insert vertically upwards.

Fullness and distension in the lower abdomen with Qi attacking the heart: accurately stimulate Neiting (内庭, ST44).
If there is water-dampness in both feet, sedate Linqi (临泣, GB41); if there is no water-dampness, do not needle.
Neiting (内庭, ST44): Located between the metatarsal bones of the second and third toes. Perpendicular insertion 0.3 cun, can apply tonification or sedation, moxa fourteen cones (two sevens).
Linqi (临泣, GB41): Located above Xiaxi (侠溪, GB44), between the fourth and fifth toes. Needle 0.3 cun, contraindicated for moxibustion. It can expel water-dampness from the whole body; for sedation, smear sesame oil on the acupoint to lubricate the needle hole.

(Attachment: Chest oppression, hand sores)
Laogong (劳宫, PC8) is located in the center of the palm; unbearable sores covering the hands.
For chest oppression diseases, sedate Daling (大陵, PC7); for Qi attacking the chest and abdomen, use the same needling method.
Laogong (劳宫, PC8): Located in the center of the palm, where the tip of the ring finger reaches when flexed. Needle 0.3 cun, moxa seven cones. See Daling (PC7) above.

Redness, swelling, and unbearable pain at the shoulder end, caused by the struggle between cold-dampness and chaotic Qi and Blood.
Needle Jianyu (肩髃, LI15) once, resulting in immediate divine efficacy and ensuring health.
Jianyu (肩髃, LI15): Located at the superior end of the shoulder joint, in the depression when raising the arm. Needle 2.5 cun. If the arm is red, swollen, and painful, apply sedation; if cold-damp and numb, apply tonification.

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Contraction of both hands and bone-tendon pain, difficult movement, the disease may worsen.
If Quchi (曲池, LI11) is needled and sedated, and Chize (尺泽, LU5) is also treated, it will suffice.
Quchi (曲池, LI11): Located at the lateral posterior aspect of the elbow, near the auxiliary bone.
Chize (尺泽, LU5): Located in the depression lateral to the large tendon in the center of the cubital fossa. Bend the arm like a bow before inserting the needle. First tonify, then sedate, needle 0.5 cun, contraindicated for moxibustion.
Tendon tension and inability to move smoothly: historically, Chize (LU5) is the true acupoint for this method.
If encountering various diseases of the head and face, one needle into Hegu (合谷, LI4) works with divine efficacy.
Chize (尺泽, LU5) and Hegu (合谷, LI4): See previous text.