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The collateral branch of the Yang channel penetrates the Heart and follows along the interior of the costal region. (The rationale is detailed in the following chapter.) When severe, the face appears slightly dusty, and the body lacks luster and moisture. (The collateral branch of Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder disperses over the face. When Wood disease occurs in the Gallbladder, Metal (Dryness) overcomes it; thus, the face appears slightly dusty, and the body loses its glossy luster. According to *Suwen: Zhi Zhen Yao Da Lun*, listing these syndromes under Yangming ruling or presiding implies this rationale.) The lateral aspect of the foot becomes hot, which is termed Yang Jue (Yang Reversal). (This meridian passes through Biyang, emerges at the lateral margin of the knee, and descends anterior to the lateral malleolus; hence, the lateral foot becomes hot. As Wood disease transforms into Fire, it is called Yang Jue.) This governs diseases arising from the bones governed by the Gallbladder. (Gallbladder taste is bitter; bitterness enters and directs to the bones, so the Gallbladder governs bone-related diseases. Furthermore, bones are the residence of Marrow, possessing a rigid quality. The Gallbladder is the Official of Justice and Uprightness, with a Qi that is also rigid. When the Gallbladder is diseased, it loses its rigidity, thus affecting the bones. For instance, those injured by fright to the Gallbladder invariably have soft bones, which is clear evidence.) Headache, mandibular pain, pain at the outer canthus of the eye, swelling and pain in the supr clavicular fossa, axillary swelling, "Horse Knife" (scrofula/lumps in the neck) and "Xia Ying" (goiter-like masses on the side of the neck), sweating with chills and malaria. (Shaoyang resides in the middle of the Three Yang channels, belonging to the Half-Interior and Half-Exterior level. Thus, excess Yang leads to sweating, while Wind excess leads to chills and malaria.) Pain throughout the chest, hypochondrium, ribs, thigh, lateral knee, down to the tibia, Juegu (GB39), anterior to the lateral malleolus, and all joints; inability to use the fourth toe and the little toe. (These are all areas reached by the meridian of this channel. Tibia pronunciation: Xingjing or Xingjing.) In excess conditions, drain them; in deficiency conditions, tonify them; in heat conditions, use rapid needle withdrawal; in cold conditions, retain the needle; if Qi sinks, apply moxibustion; if neither excess nor deficiency, treat according to the meridian itself. (Rationale as stated in the first chapter.) In excess cases, the Renying (Carotid artery pulse) is one times larger than the Cunkou (Radial artery pulse); in deficiency cases, the Renying pulse is smaller than the Cunkou. (Foot-Shaoyang is the exterior counterpart of Foot-Jueyin; thus, diagnosis is made at the Renying pulse.)

Liver, belongs to Foot-Jueyin. When the meridian moves abnormally, it causes lower back pain preventing flexion and extension. (The collateral branch of Foot-Jueyin, together with the meridians of Foot-Taiyin and Foot-Shaoyang, converges between the waist and hip; thus causing lower back pain. *Suwen: Cilao Tong Pian* states: Jueyin meridian causes lower back pain, feeling like a drawn bowstring in the waist.) Hernia in men, and lower abdominal swelling in women. (Rebellious Qi of Foot-Jueyin causes testicular swelling and sudden hernia. Lower abdominal swelling in women is also a type of hernia disease. The above rationale is detailed in the next chapter. Tui sounds like 'tui'.) When severe, dry throat, and facial dustiness with loss of complexion. (Liver meridian follows behind the throat, ascends to the nasopharynx, emerges above the forehead; its branch descends from the eye system to the cheek interior; thus causing these diseases. According to *Suwen: Zhi Zhen Yao Da Lun*, listing these syndromes under Yangming presiding/ruling indicates that Dryness excess originates from Liver disease.) These are diseases generated by the Liver. (Foot-Jueyin meridian, diseases generated by the Liver.) Chest fullness, vomiting and rebellion, undigested food diarrhea, fox hernia, enuresis, and stranguria. (The ascending part of this meridian flanks the stomach and pierces the diaphragm; the descending part passes through the genitalia and reaches the lower abdomen; thus causing these diseases. Sun sounds like 'sun'. Long pronunciation: Liangzhong.) In excess conditions, drain them; in deficiency conditions, tonify them; in heat conditions, use rapid needle withdrawal; in cold conditions, retain the needle; if Qi sinks, apply moxibustion; if neither excess nor deficiency, treat according to the meridian itself. (Rationale as stated in the first chapter.) In excess cases, the Cunkou pulse is one times larger than the Renying pulse; in deficiency cases, the Cunkou pulse is smaller than the Renying. (Foot-Jueyin is the interior counterpart of Foot-Shaoyang; thus, diagnosis is made at the Cunkou pulse.)