在掌后三寸,两筋间。灸七壮。主心胸痹,背相引。主心悬如饥。主嗌中如扼。主肘内
廉痛
。主热病烦心,喜哕,胸中澹澹喜动而热,恶风寒,呕吐,怵惕,寒中少气,掌中热,多惊
,喑不得语,腋肿肘挛,卒心痛。
在掌后去腕五寸。灸五壮。主心痛。主衄血呕血。主惊恐畏人,神气不足。
在肘内廉下陷者中,屈肘得之。灸三壮。主心痛。主逆气呕涎或血。主掣痛,手不可伸
。主心下澹澹喜惊。主伤寒温病身热,心口干,肘 善摇、头颜清。
在腋下二寸。举腋取之。灸三壮。主咳逆。主心痛,胸胁支满,膺、背、胛间、臂内廉
痛。
在手小指内廉之端,去爪甲如韭叶。灸三壮。又名经始。主胸痛,口热,咽酸,乍寒乍
热。
主咽酸。主太息,烦满,痰冷,少气,悲惊。主热病烦心,心闷而汗不出,掌中热。主上气
,卒心痛,悲恐畏人,善惊,手拳不得伸,引肘腋痛。主身热如火,浸淫,烦满,舌本痛。
主惊痫吐舌,沫出。
在手小指大节后,陷者中,直劳官(原注∶大节又作本节)。灸十壮。主嗌中有气,如息
肉状
。主小便不利,癃。主数噫,恐悸,气不足。主阴痛,实时挺长、寒热,阴暴痛,遗尿;偏
虚则暴痒,气逆。及主烦满少气,悲恐畏人,掌中热,肘腋挛急,胸中痛,手卷不能伸。
Located three cun distal to the wrist crease, in the depression between the two tendons. Moxibustion: 7 moxa cones. Indications: Bi syndrome of the heart and chest with traction pain in the back; sensation of emptiness in the heart resembling hunger; sensation of obstruction in the throat; pain along the medial aspect of the elbow; irritability due to heat diseases, frequent hiccups or retching, palpitations with heat in the chest, aversion to wind and cold, vomiting, fearfulness, deficiency of Qi in the middle jiao causing shortness of breath, heat in the palms, susceptibility to fright, aphonia inability to speak, swelling of the axilla with contracture of the elbow, sudden heart pain.
Located five cun distal to the wrist crease. Moxibustion: 5 moxa cones. Indications: Heart pain; epistaxis and hematemesis; fearfulness and apprehension, insufficiency of Shen (Spirit) Qi.
Located in the depression below the medial aspect of the elbow, accessible by flexing the elbow. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Heart pain; rebellious Qi with vomiting of saliva or blood; pulling pain with inability to extend the arm; palpitations and susceptibility to fright at the epigastrium; fever from Cold Damage or Warm Diseases, dryness of the heart and mouth, involuntary shaking of the elbow, and a cool sensation on the head and face.
Located two cun below the axilla. Accessible by raising the axilla. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Cough and rebellious Qi; heart pain, fullness and distension in the chest and hypochondrium, pain in the anterior chest, back, scapular region, and medial aspect of the arm.
At the medial end of the little finger, approximately the width of a leek leaf from the nail corner. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Also known as Jingshi (Start of Channel). Indications: Chest pain, heat in the mouth, sourness in the throat, alternating chills and fever; sourness in the throat; sighing, irritability and fullness, cold phlegm, shortness of breath, sadness and fright; irritability and胸闷 (chest stuffiness) with anhidrosis and heat in the palms due to heat diseases; rebellious Qi, sudden heart pain, sadness, fear, apprehension, susceptibility to fright, clenched fist unable to extend, pain radiating to the elbow and axilla; body heat like fire, skin eruptions, irritability and fullness, pain at the root of the tongue; convulsions with tongue protrusion and salivation.
In the depression posterior to the metacarpophalangeal joint of the little finger, directly opposite Laogong (PC 8) (Note: "Da jie" refers to the proximal interphalangeal joint or base of the phalanx). Moxibustion: 10 moxa cones. Indications: Sensation of Qi in the throat resembling a polyp; difficulty in urination, strangury; frequent belching, fear and palpitations, insufficiency of Qi; Yin pain, priapism, alternating chills and fever, sudden Yin pain, enuresis; unilateral deficiency causing sudden pruritus and rebellious Qi; also indicates irritability, shortness of breath, sadness, fear, apprehension, heat in the palms, contracture of the elbow and axilla, chest pain, and hand curling with inability to extend.