在第二椎下两旁各一寸半。灸五壮。主伤寒项强,目瞑,鼻塞,风劳,呕逆上气,胸痛
背痛,气短不安,风眩头痛,鼻清涕出,时时嚏不已,鼻衄、窒、喘息不通,咳逆。
在第三椎下两旁各一寸半(灸三壮)。主癫痫,瘿气,吐逆上气,汗不出,支满,脊强寒
热,不食,内痛皮痒,传尸骨蒸,肺嗽,喘咳少气,百病胸中痛,胸中气满,背偻如龟。
在第四椎下两旁各一寸半。灸五壮(原注∶出《山 经》)。主理逆气呕逆,心痛留结,
胸闷。
在第五椎下两旁各一寸半(原注∶《铜人》不灸)。
在第六椎下两旁相去一寸半(原注∶又名高盖)。许灸。主寒热,腹中痛、雷鸣,气逆心
痛。
在第七椎下两旁相去各一寸半(灸三壮)。主胸胁相引,不得倾侧,肩背塞,痉,心痛,
痰饮
吐逆,汗出寒热,骨痛,虚胀支满,痰疟 癖,气块,膈上痛,喉痹,身常湿,不食,切痛
,喉痹哽噎,咽肿不得消,食饮不下。主吐食。
在第九椎下两旁相去各一寸半。灸三壮。主口干,中风,支满,短气,不食,食不消,
吐血
,目不明,闭塞,腰痛肩疼,寒疝。主热病差后食五辛多,患眼暗如雀目,鼻中酸,两胁急
痛,唾血呕血,筋急,手相引筋,寒热,痉。
Located in the depression on both sides, one and a half cun lateral to the midline, below the first cervical vertebra at the back of the neck. Moxibustion is not applied (Original note: also known as Benshen [Spirit Root]).
Located one and a half cun lateral to the midline on both sides, below the second thoracic vertebra. Apply five moxa cones. Indicated for stiff neck due to Cold Damage (Shanghan), photophobia with closed eyes, nasal congestion, wind-lao syndrome, vomiting with rebellious Qi, chest pain, back pain, shortness of breath with restlessness, wind-dizziness headache, runny nose with clear discharge, frequent sneezing without relief, epistaxis, nasal obstruction, dyspnea and inability to breathe freely, cough with rebellious Qi.
Located one and a half cun lateral to the midline on both sides, below the third thoracic vertebra (apply three moxa cones). Indicated for epilepsy, Ying Qi (goiter-like conditions), vomiting with rebellious Qi, anhidrosis, hypochondriac fullness, spinal stiffness with alternating chills and fever, anorexia, internal pain with pruritus cutis, tuberculosis-like consumption with bone-steaming fever, pulmonary cough, wheezing and cough with shortness of Qi, various diseases causing chest pain, chest Qi stagnation with fullness, kyphosis resembling a turtle's shell.
Located one and a half cun lateral to the midline on both sides, below the fourth thoracic vertebra. Apply five moxa cones (Original note: cited from *Shan Jing*). Indicated for regulating rebellious Qi causing vomiting, heart pain with lingering accumulation, and chest oppression.
Located one and a half cun lateral to the midline on both sides, below the fifth thoracic vertebra (Original note: *Tongren* states moxibustion is not applied here).
Located one and a half cun apart on both sides, below the sixth thoracic vertebra (Original note: also known as Gaogai [High Cover]). Moxibustion is permitted. Indicated for alternating chills and fever, abdominal pain with borborygmus, rebellious Qi causing heart pain.
Located one and a half cun apart on both sides, below the seventh thoracic vertebra (apply three moxa cones). Indicated for mutual traction of the chest and hypochondrium, inability to lean or turn sideways, sensation of blockage in the shoulder and back, spasms, heart pain, vomiting and rebellious Qi due to phlegm-fluid retention, sweating with chills and fever, bone pain, deficiency-type distension and hypochondriac fullness, phlegm-malaria and mass formations, Qi masses, pain above the diaphragm, Bi syndrome of the throat, constant dampness of the body, anorexia, severe pain, Bi syndrome of the throat with choking sensation, swollen and painful throat difficult to resolve, inability to swallow food and drink. Indicated for vomiting food.
Located one and a half cun apart on both sides, below the ninth thoracic vertebra. Apply three moxa cones. Indicated for dry mouth, stroke, hypochondriac fullness, shortness of Qi, anorexia, indigestion, hematemesis, blurred vision, obstruction sensation, lower back pain and shoulder pain, cold hernia. Indicated for post-febrile disease conditions where excessive consumption of the Five Pungent Vegetables (scallion, garlic, leek, wild onion, asafetida) leads to dim vision resembling nyctalopia (night blindness), nasal sourness, acute pain and tension in both hypochondria, hemoptysis and hematemesis, tendon tension, involuntary pulling/spasms of the hands and feet, alternating chills and fever, and spasms.