Library

Located in the depression of the sole of the foot, flexing the foot and curling the toes, in the hollow center. Also said: located under the large tendon below the big toe on the sole of the foot. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: lower back pain, difficulty in defecation, heat knotting in the heart (heart region), wind rash, wind epilepsy, heart pain, lack of appetite, sterility in women, shortness of breath, cough, fever, bi syndrome of the throat (sore throat/swollen throat), fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, dizziness, men presenting with abdominal distension resembling gu disease (abdominal mass/parasitic disease), women feeling as if pregnant, pain at the tips of all five toes, inability to place feet on the ground for walking, abdominal pain due to wind pathogen entering the abdomen, choking sensation in throat bi, alternating chills and fever, sore throat, inability to eat.

Located in the depression below the protruding bone anterior to the medial malleolus of the foot. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: swelling inside the pharynx, fear in the heart, feeling as if being pursued, salivation, panting with shortness of breath; edema of the dorsum of the foot, inability to walk, cold hernia, distension of the lower abdomen, qi rushing up to the chest and hypochondrium, hemoptysis, throat bi; strangury with dribbling, sterility in women, seminal emission in men, inability to stand for long periods, one foot cold and one foot hot, flaccidity of the tongue, irritability and fullness, xiao ke (wasting-thirst syndrome), neonatal tetanus (umbilical wind), trismus; flaccidity and cold limbs, profuse diarrhea, cold in the chest, intermittent pulse (dai mai) that occasionally fails to beat; warm malaria, sweating, retraction of the yin (scrotum/genitals), swelling inside the pharynx, qi moving to the throat causing aphasia, sublingual swelling making speech difficult, tongue flaccidity with salivation, lack of appetite.

Located in the depression above the posterior tibial artery behind the medial malleolus. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: chronic malaria, cough and rebellious qi, heart pain, stabbing pain in the heart like a awl, cold limbs extending to the joints, death if panting occurs; vomiting, mouth sticky like glue, frequent belching, cold hernia, heat disease without sweating, silence and desire to lie down, weak jaundice, xiao dan (wasting-heat syndrome), difficulty in defecation, swollen and painful throat, hemoptysis, pi accumulation (masses), alternating chills and fever, cough, lack of appetite, abdominal and hypochondriac pain, emaciation and weakness, cold extremities, great hernia, jia accumulations connecting with the yin organs. Also: cold and insensate feet, heat disease with excessive sweating, jaundice, more heat than cold, abdominal swelling.

Located in the center of the posterior heel. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Excess patterns: strangury and urinary retention, shivering stiff pain in the waist and spine, dry constipation, somnolence, heat in the mouth; Deficiency patterns: vomiting and rebellious qi, aversion to cold, desire to stay indoors with doors closed, insufficient qi, chest distension and panting, dry tongue, food stuck in the throat unable to descend, frequent fright and unhappiness, buzzing in the throat, hemoptysis; abdominal fullness, difficulty in defecation, more cold than heat.