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Located four cun above the lateral malleolus, anterior to the fibula, at the end of Juegu (GB39). Following the previous method (acupoint selection ratio), seven cun away from Qiuxu (GB40). Moxibustion: three moxa cones. Mainly treats a sensation of looseness in the lower back, as if sitting in water; heaviness of the skin below the knees, pain in the sinews, pain in all joints with no fixed location; swelling in the axilla, *Madao* (a type of scrofula or abscess occurring in the axilla), *Houbi* (obstruction and pain in the throat), knee soreness, wind-bi syndrome causing numbness, low back pain preventing turning the head, low back pain feeling like a awl piercing inside, severe swelling and pain preventing coughing (coughing causes sinew contraction and spasm), pain in all joints, alternating chills and fever, and hypochondriac pain.

Located five cun above the lateral malleolus. Moxibustion: five moxa cones. Mainly treats aversion to cold in the body, weakness and soreness of the limbs, inability to stand for long periods; treatment method is the same as that for Yangfu (GB38); heat diseases with no sweating, sudden mania; deficiency patterns manifest as flaccidity and bi-syndrome, inability to rise after sitting; excess patterns manifest as heat in the feet, knee pain, numbness of the body, tendency to bite the cheek, coldness in the abdomen and feet, alternating chills and fever, knee pain and heat in the shins preventing walking, small hands and feet.

Located six cun above the lateral malleolus. Moxibustion: three moxa cones. Mainly treats pain in the skin, flaccidity and bi-syndrome, distension and fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, pain in the neck and nape, aversion to wind and cold, epilepsy.

Located seven cun above the lateral malleolus, diagonally between the muscle compartments of the three yang meridities of the foot (Original note: also known as Bieyang). Mainly treats cold jue (reversal cold), fright and mania, *Houbi*, chest fullness, facial swelling, cold bi-syndrome, laxity of the knee, alternating chills and fever.

Located one cun below the knee, in the depression on the lateral side. The *Tongren* states it is seven cun above the lateral malleolus. It can also be located by squatting. Daily moxibustion: seven cones up to forty-nine cones (seven times seven). Mainly treats inability to flex the knee when extended, cold bi-syndrome, numbness of the sole, hemiplegia (partial wind), paralysis of half the body, cold feet without blood color, headache, alternating chills and fever, bitter taste in the mouth, discomfort in the pharynx, swelling of the head and face, pillar-like fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, fear and vigilance in the heart, as if being hunted.

Located three cun above Yanglingquan (GB34), in the depression outside Dubi (ST35). Moxibustion is contraindicated.

Located on the outer side of the femur, five cun above the knee, in the depression between the muscles. Moxibustion is contraindicated.

Located in the Bitshu (GB29) region. Position: lying on the side, extending the lower leg and flexing the upper leg to locate the point. Moxibustion: fifty moxa cones. Mainly treats wind-damp bi-syndrome, wind-rash, hemiplegia, paralysis of half the body, pain in the waist and hips, inability to turn or shift position. Treats pain in the chest and hypochondrium with no fixed location, urgent pain caused by pulling between the waist and hypochondrium, pain in the Bitshu region preventing lifting, pain in the shins preventing flexion and extension, bi-syndrome and numbness in the shins, numbness in the thighs.