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Located one and a half cun lateral to Shenting (GV24), within the hairline. Moxibustion: seven moxa cones. Indications: mental restlessness and fullness, inability to sweat, pain in the head and neck, fever, and blurred vision.

Located in the depression at the shoulder tip. No moxibustion.

Located at the temporal margin of the eye, in the depression where the tissue curves inward. No moxibustion.

Located eight fen lateral to the side of the nose, directly aligned with the pupil. Belongs to the Qiao Mai (Shocking Vessels). Moxibustion: seven moxa cones. Indications: Wind-Cold pathogen, swelling above the nasal tip, carbuncle and pain, shaking eyes with visual disturbances, convulsions, salivation, lacrimation, excessive redness of the sclera, pain and itching, formation of white nebula covering the pupil.

Located one cun above Heliao (LI19), five fen lateral to the nostril. No moxibustion.

Directly below the nostril, five fen lateral to Shuigou (GV26). Indications: nasal congestion, twitching of the lips or aphasia, continuous flow of clear nasal discharge, rhinorrhea with sores, trismus (lockjaw).

Located one cun above the eyebrow, directly aligned with the pupil. Indications: pain and itching of the pupil, blurred vision when looking far, total blindness at night, tension of the ocular system, upward deviation of the eyeball, headache and eye pain, increased eye discharge, chills due to cold in the back muscles.

Located seven fen below the eye, directly aligned with the pupil. No moxibustion.

Located one cun below the eye. Moxibustion: seven moxa cones. Indications: headache and dizziness, lacrimation, excessive eye discharge, redness and pain/itching inside the eyelids, formation of white nebula, continuous movement of the eyeball.

Located four fen lateral to the corner of the mouth, slightly lower; this is the point where a slight pulse can be felt. Daily moxibustion: fourteen cones for mild cases, forty-nine cones for severe cases. Moxa cone size: two fen. If too large, it may cause food leakage from the mouth and eye twitching.

Located in the bony depression one inch and two fen anterior to Quhan (ST3), where arterial pulsation is felt. Moxibustion: three moxa cones. Indications: trismus, traction to the nose, flaccid mouth unable to close, inability to speak, frequent yawning, lower toothache, aversion to cold, alternating chills and fever with headache, scrofula, lip twitching, frequent sighing, wind-spasm with trismus, toothache, swelling of the cheek and jaw, aversion to cold, facial edema due to wind obstruction, inability to close the eyes, lip twitching.

Located one and a half cun lateral to Qucha (BL5), within the hairline; alternatively described as directly above the ear, entering the hairline by four fen. Indications: epilepsy with pain, vomiting of saliva and foam, pediatric convulsions.

Located in the depression behind the eyebrow. No moxibustion.

Located five fen lateral to the outer canthus of the eye (Original note: also known as Taiyang, also known as Qian Guan). *Tongren* states: moxibustion of two cones is permissible. Xifangzi states: moxibustion is not permitted.