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Tinghui (Auditory Meeting), two acupoints, located in the slight depression anterior to the ear. When the mouth is open, the point appears in the depression anterior to the ear where the artery throbs gently. It is accessed by lying on the side with the mouth open. It treats deafness, tinnitus sounding like cicadas, and dislocation of the mandible. One may moxa five to twenty-one (3x7) moxa cones per day, stopping after ten days of continuous treatment for recovery. Avoid wind-inducing foods, raw and cold foods, as well as pork and fish. (The *Moxibustion Classic* states: Moxa five to seven cones daily, continuing for about ten days, then resume based on prior treatment. Avoid cold food.)

Jiache (Chebone), two acupoints, located in the depression at the end of the curved jawbone below the ear. Accessed by lying on the side with the mouth open. It treats trismus (lockjaw), inability to speak due to locked jaws, loss of voice, pain in the mandible, swelling of the cheek and jaw, neck stiffness preventing looking back. One may moxa seven to forty-nine (7x7) moxa cones per day, with cones the size of a large barley grain. Taboos follow standard methods.

Dicang (Earth Granary), two acupoints, located four fen lateral to the corner of the mouth. If there is a slight pulse movement nearby inferiorly, this is the intersection of the Qiao vessels and the Hand-Yangming Large Intestine channel. In cases of long-standing wind stroke, the pulse may not be palpable. It treats facial paralysis (deviated mouth and eyes), inability to open the eyes, loss of voice, inability to swallow food or fluids, drooling, and continuous eyelid twitching. Treat the right side for left-sided disease, and the left side for right-sided disease. Moxa fourteen (2x7) cones daily, or forty-nine (7x7) cones for severe cases. The moxa cone should be the size of a coarse spindle foot. If the cone is too large and causes worsening deviation of the mouth, moxa Chengjiang (Confluence of Springs) forty-nine cones for recovery. (Taboos regarding facial heat and sexual intercourse follow standard methods.)

Baihui (Hundred Convergences), one acupoint, located in the central depression of the top of the head. It treats prolapsed rectum in children that has persisted for a long time, wind epilepsy, opisthotonos from wind stroke, and spitting of saliva. One may moxa seven to forty-nine cones. Since the skin on the top of the head is thin, moxibustion here should not exceed forty-nine cones.

Jianyu (Shoulder Bone), one acupoint, located in the depression between the two bones at the shoulder tip. Accessed by raising the arm. It treats hemiplegia from partial wind, wind-heat urticaria, spasm and urgency of the arm and hand, inability to grasp objects, inability to draw a bow, emaciation and weakness of the arm, and soreness and pain of tendons and bones. One may moxa seven to fourteen cones. For hemiplegia from partial wind, one may moxa up to forty-nine cones.

Quchi (Pool at the Curve), two acupoints, located at the junction of the arm and elbow. Accessed by arching the hands to the chest; the point is at the end of the transverse crease. It treats hemiplegia from partial wind, wind-heat urticaria, flaccidity of tendons with inability to grasp, inability to draw a bow, and difficulty in flexion and extension. One may moxa three cones. (The *Acupuncture and Moxibustion Classic* states: Moxa seven to two hundred cones daily and pause, resume fire moxibustion after more than ten days, up to two hundred cones. And so on.)

Fengshi (Wind Market), also known as Zhongdu, two acupoints, located in the depression between the muscles five cun above the knee on the lateral aspect of the thigh bone. It treats cold pathogen lodging between the muscle layers, pain attacking up and down, numbness and bi-syndrome of the tendons. One may moxa five cones.

Zusanli (Leg Three Miles), two acupoints, located three cun below the knee, between the two tendons on the lateral aspect of the tibia. Accessed by lifting the foot. It treats cold in the stomach, abdominal distension and fullness, deficiency of stomach qi, borborygmus upon smelling food odor, abdominal pain and indigestion. This acupoint treats various diseases, and also treats food qi, water qi, gu-toxin accumulation, swelling and fullness of the four limbs, knee soreness and pain, blurred vision, five exhausters and seven injuries, blood stasis in the chest, breast abscess. One may moxa three cones. Individuals over thirty years old are suitable for moxibustion at this acupoint. (Moxa seven to one hundred cones daily.)

Jiegu (Bone Abscission), one acupoint, located four cun above the lateral malleolus. It treats numbness from wind-bi syndrome and knee soreness. One may moxa three cones.

Faji (Hair Margin), also known as Shenting (Spirit Court), one acupoint, located five fen into the hairline directly above the nose. It treats epilepsy and wind epilepsy, staring upward with inability to recognize people, headache with vertigo, continuous clear nasal discharge, palpitations and insomnia. One may moxa two to forty-nine cones. Generally, excessive moxibustion for wind disorders causes injury; only seven to twenty-one cones are appropriate. Acupuncture may induce mania.

Dazhui (Great Vertebra), one acupoint, located in the depression above the first cervical vertebra at the nape. It treats five exhausters and seven injuries, neck stiffness preventing looking back, wind-labor and food qi. Moxibustion dosage is based on age in number of cones. (Some say moxa seven to forty-nine cones daily.)

Fengchi (Wind Pool), two acupoints, located in the depression entering the hairline at the back of the head. It treats neck and shoulder pain preventing looking back, lumbar curvature pulling the neck, tendon weakness and laxity. One may moxa seven cones.

During the Yuanfu era, a clansman of mine fell ill and did not recover for over a year. He sought medical advice from Wang Sihe Yi. Sihe described the pulse condition thus: The cause was fright and terror, leading to evil affecting the Liver. The evil came to invade the Yangming channel, which is the Stomach. The evil was strong and did not fear the element that conquers it, so it invaded the Lungs. Because the Lungs were weak from chronic illness, Metal was strong but powerless, suffering humiliation from Wood (Liver). The symptoms included recurrent dizziness, convulsions, and spasms. Phlegm-fluid stagnated in the Pericardium. Over time, it harmed the Spleen Qi. One must calm the Liver Qi to return it to its channel, so the Spleen is not overacted upon. The Spleen belongs to Earth in the Central Region, governing the limbs and body. When Spleen Qi is regular, Earth generates Metal; when Metal is prosperous, the Lungs are peaceful. Now, when the disease is about to manifest, feeling Qi rushing upward indicates Liver insulting Lung. Since the Lung does not accept the insult, there is this upward rush. When Liver is excessive, it is again conquered by Metal, causing spasms. Using hot medicines would exacerbate the wind; using cold medicines would further deplete the already deficient Qi. The Lung belongs to Metal, which is clear and transforming; thus, internal organs feel discordant. Now, using neutral and warm medicines to suppress the Liver and tonify the Spleen will gradually lead to recovery. The current palpitations (Xin Song) are not true heart palpitations; they arise from the Great Luo of the Stomach, named Xuli (Empty Li), which connects the chest, diaphragm, and between the breasts. Deficiency with phlegm causes movement. Additionally, occasional bursts of fever are signs of this condition. Taking the following three formulas led to recovery within one month. Sihe was a renowned physician. When I resided in Yizhen, few knew him. Later, in the capital, his fame spread widely, and he served as an Imperial Physician. During the Zhenghe era, he became a Daoist priest, eventually attaining the title Ruizhu Shichen.