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Located on the lateral side between the great toe and the second toe, posterior to the proximal phalanx (first metatarsophalangeal joint), two Cun distal to Neiting (ST44). Moxibustion: 3 Zhu. Indications: Distending fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, marked abdominal distension, frequent belching, borborygmus with pain, carbuncles and swelling of the face and eyes, generalized edema and water retention diseases, febrile diseases without sweating, chills and malaria.

Located in the interosseous space five Cun above the dorsum of the foot, three Cun distal to Xiangu (ST43) (original note: another version says two Cun). Moxibustion: 3 Zhu. Indications: Facial edema, flaccidity of the foot, inability to lift or control the foot when wearing shoes. The verse mentions: discarding clothes and running, toothache due to dental caries.

Located one and a half Cun posterior to Chongyang (ST42). Moxibustion: 3 Zhu. Indications: Pain in the mouth and teeth, swelling and soreness of the knee and thigh, muscle spasms (tetany), cholera, headache due to wind-pathogen, redness of the face and eyes, manic-depressive illness, and manic-depressive illness accompanied by irritability and sadness.

Located eight Cun above the lateral malleolus. Moxibustion: 3 Zhu. Indications: Headache, alternating chills and fever, sweating without aversion to cold, difficult and obstructed urination and defecation. Also indicates: stabbing pain in the chest, cutting-like pain in the abdomen, swelling of the four limbs, sensation of dampness in the body, anorexia; maniacal behavior, singing while climbing high, discarding clothes and running; reversal syndrome, sudden cyanosis of the feet, stabbing pain; mental restlessness, mania with hallucinations of seeing ghosts, spontaneous laughter; sudden edema of the face and four limbs, bi-syndrome of the throat leading to aphonia, facial edema.

Located three Cun distal to Shanglian (ST35). Also known as Juxu. Moxibustion: 3 Zhu. Indications: Hypogastric pain, undigested food diarrhea, pain between the second toes, dry lips, unconscious drooling, delirious speech, pain not located in the chest or hypochondrium, lower abdominal pain, sudden fright and mania, breast abscess in women, bi-syndrome of the throat, pain, inability to lift the dorsum of the foot.

Located one Cun proximal to Xialian (ST34). (Moxibustion: 3 Zhu.) Indications: Coldness in the lower leg preventing sleep, heat in the soles of the feet, inability to stand for long periods, soreness and cold pain in the knees, laxity of the feet, inability to control the foot when walking, damp-bi syndrome.

Located three Cun distal to Zusanli (ST36). Locate by lifting the foot. Moxibustion: 3 Zhu. Indications: Deficiency of Zang-Fu Qi, hemiplegia, leg disorders, numbness and insensitivity of the hands and feet, difficult and yellow urination, Fengshui edema, knee swelling, food-stagnation diarrhea, distending fullness in the abdomen and hypochondrium, pain radiating along the sides of the umbilicus, abdominal pain, indigestion, severe asthma unable to walk.

Located three Cun below the knee, lateral to the tibia. Moxibustion: 3 Zhu. Indications: Bi-syndrome of the throat leading to aphonia, sudden rebellious Qi in the hypochondrium, abdominal distension and fullness causing dyspnea, cough with excessive sputum. Also indicates: Blood stasis in the elbow, chest, and abdomen, edema, abdominal distension, deficiency of Yin Qi, hardness of the lower abdomen; febrile diseases without sweating, frequent vomiting, bitter taste, high fever, opisthotonos, trismus with mandibular tremor; low back pain with inability to look back, visual hallucinations, tendency toward sadness, searching behavior up and down, deviation of the mouth, breast swelling, blurred vision, deficiency of Stomach Qi, aversion to food odors, chronic diarrhea, indigestion, fullness under the hypochondrium, knee flaccidity; mixed cold and heat, rapid digestion with easy hunger, warm abdomen with bodily restlessness, delirium, breast abscess, maniacal singing and laughing, fear, anger, and cursing; cholera, urinary incontinence, flatus, Yang reversal, shivering aversion to cold, dizziness, difficulty in urination, accumulation of food stagnation, water Qi, Gu poison, and Pi masses, swelling and fullness of the four limbs, emaciation due to Five Exhaustions, deficiency and weakness due to Seven Injuries. For all these diseases, moxibustion may be applied, ranging from as many as 500 Zhu to as few as 200-300 Zhu.