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On the anterior aspect of the arm, three cun distal to the shoulder joint. (Moxibustion: 5 cones). Indicated for goiter and qi stagnation (masses in the neck), pharyngeal swelling and pain. Indicated for chills and fever disorders, scrofula (tuberculous lymphadenitis of the neck), manic-depressive psychosis (dianji), qi stagnation in the interstices (obstruction of qi mechanism in skin and muscles), bi-syndrome of the elbow joint, soreness and heaviness of the arm, acute pain in the axilla, difficulty in flexing and extending the elbow, arm pain with inability to lift.

[Image: Diagram of the Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian of the Upright Person]

At the tip of the middle finger, in the depression approximately the width of a leek leaf from the nail bed. (Moxibustion: 1 cone). Indicated for pain in the elbow. Indicated for pain at the root of the tongue. Indicated for heat disorders with vexation in the heart, chest oppression with anhidrosis (inability to sweat), heat in the center of the palm, heart pain accompanied by body heat as if burning, impetigo (a spreading skin infection), vexation and fullness, headache as if splitting. Indicated for deficiency of shen-qi (spiritual energy), forgetfulness.

In the artery at the center of the palm. Moxibustion: 3 cones. Indicated for pain in the throat and pharynx. Indicated for continuous hematochezia (blood in stool), hematuria (blood in urine) and bright red urine. Indicated for thirst, inability to eat. Indicated for vomiting. Indicated for wind-heat, irritability, emotional instability with alternating sadness and joy, excessive longing, sighing, and uncontrollable laughter, hand bi-syndrome. Indicated for heat disorders persisting beyond three days without sweating, fearfulness and palpitations, stiffness of the chest and hypochondrium preventing turning or lying on one's side, cough, reddish urine, hematuria, continuous epistaxis (nosebleed), hematemesis (vomiting blood), rebellious qi, incessant belching, pain in the pharynx, inability to eat, frequent thirst, oral ulceration, heat in the palms, nausea. Indicated for jaundice and yellow eyes. Indicated for heat syndromes and hemorrhoids.

Between the two bones posterior to the palm. Moxibustion: 2 cones. Indicated for laryngeal obstruction (houbi) and dry throat. Indicated for heart pain. Indicated for red eyes, urine resembling blood, cough with chills and fever. Indicated for hand spasms and finger contractures, as well as elbow contractures and axillary swelling. Indicated for wind-heat and irritability, emotional instability with alternating sadness and joy, sighing, and uncontrollable laughter. Indicated for palpitations and fearfulness originating from the epigastrium. Indicated for heat disorders with vexation in the heart, chest oppression with anhidrosis, heat in the palms, headache, body heat as if burning, impetigo, vexation and fullness, pain at the root of the tongue. Indicated for malaria with alternating chills and fever. Indicated for cough and asthma. Indicated for hematemesis. Indicated for pain in the chest. Indicated for crusted sores and scabies.

Two cun proximal to the wrist crease at the posterior aspect of the palm. The Luo-connecting vessel of the Hand Jueyin Pericardium. (Moxibustion: 5 cones). Indicated for facial redness and heat. Indicated for blurred vision, blindness at night. Indicated for red eyes, chest and hypochondriac fullness, stroke leading to elbow contracture. Excess patterns manifest as sudden heart pain; deficiency patterns manifest as mental restlessness and palpitations.