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At the depressions located three cun lateral to the lower border of the seventh thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 5 moxa cones. Indications: Back pain, aversion to cold, stiffness of the spine, difficulty in flexing and extending, dysphagia, frequent vomiting and hiccups.

At the depressions located three cun lateral to the lower border of the ninth thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Dysphagia for food and drink, borborygmus (rumbling in the abdomen), uncontrolled defecation, reddish-yellow excrement, vomiting.

At three cun lateral to the tenth thoracic vertebra. The patient should sit upright to locate the point. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Dysphagia, borborygmus, uncontrolled urination and defecation, discharge of yellow fluid, yellow urine, intestinal rumbling with diarrhea, Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome), fever with sallow complexion, lassitude, jaundice (yellow eyes), poor appetite.

At three cun lateral to the eleventh thoracic vertebra. The patient should sit upright to locate the point. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones per session, cumulative total from 50 to 100 moxa cones. Indications: Abdominal fullness and false distension, slippery diarrhea, Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome), sallow complexion, polydipsia, red eyes.

At three cun lateral to the lower border of the twelfth thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Internal abdominal false distension, indigestion of water and food, aversion to cold, inability to flex and extend, edema, ascites (tympanites), dysphagia.

At three cun lateral to the lower border of the thirteenth thoracic vertebra, directly aligned with Jiutui (CV15). Moxibustion: 30 moxa cones. Indications: Hard mass below the heart, residual diseases in women after childbirth.

At three cun lateral to the lower border of the fourteenth thoracic vertebra. The patient should sit upright to locate the point. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Painful spasm of the waist and spine, indigestion, hardness and spasm in the abdomen, pain in the genitalia with swelling of the lower limbs; also treats spinal stiffness, acute pain in both sides of the spine, seminal emission, and dribbling urination.

At the depressions located three cun lateral to the lower border of the nineteenth thoracic vertebra. The patient should lie prone to locate the point. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Painful spasm of the waist and spine, indigestion, hardness and spasm in the abdomen, pain in the genitalia with swelling of the lower limbs; also treats evil qi (pathogenic factors) and sudden pain in the waist and back.

At three cun lateral to the lower border of the twenty-first thoracic vertebra. The patient should lie prone to locate the point. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Low back pain with inability to flex and extend, reddish-yellow urine, heaviness of the sacrum with inability to lift it, swelling during the outbreak of the five types of hemorrhoids.

[Image: Diagram of the Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian in Prone Position]

At the tip of the little finger, at a distance from the corner of the nail equivalent to the width of a leek leaf. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Wind-dizziness headache, Bi syndrome of the throat with tongue retraction, dry mouth, vexation, pain on the lateral aspect of the arm, inability to raise the hand above the head (Original note: Treat left side lesions by needling/moxa on the right side, and vice versa); inability to dress oneself due to elbow pain; soreness and heaviness of the back and shoulders, dark complexion, thirst, wind pathogens, febrile diseases, vexation, chest oppression with anhidrosis (lack of sweating), heat in the palm, heart pain, body heat like fire, impetigo (Jin Yin Chuang), vexation and fullness, pain at the root of the tongue, chills and shivering, Qi rebellion preventing lying down, Huo Luan (cholera-like syndrome), heat in the shoulder, inability to turn the head, Qi obstruction in the chest, leukoma (white opacity of the cornea).