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The manifestations of *Lijie Feng* (Joint-Traveling Wind) include: shortness of breath, profuse sweating with a white appearance (Baihan), severe pain in the joints that is unbearable, and inability to flex or extend the limbs. This condition is caused by alcohol consumption opening the *Couli* (pores/cutaneous interstices), followed by wind invasion while sweating. It may also result from deficiency of *Xueqi* (Blood and Qi) and subsequent contraction of wind pathogens. When wind traverses the joints and contends with Blood and Qi, it causes pain. Deficiency of Blood and Qi leads to sweating. When wind-cold contends with the sinews, it results in an inability to flex or extend, which constitutes *Lijie Feng*.

Wind-induced body pain occurs because wind-dampness contends with Yang Qi. In cases of Yang Qi deficiency, the *Couli* easily open, allowing wind-dampness to constrain it, preventing the normal venting of Yang Qi. Consequently, Yang Qi contends with wind-dampness between the *Fenrou* (muscle intervals), striking each other and causing pain.
Upon pulse diagnosis, if the pulse is floating and tight, body pain will manifest.

Wind invading the abdomen causing spasmodic and cutting pain indicates that due to constitutional weakness, wind-cold has invaded. The wind-cold lodges in the *Sanjiao* (Triple Burner) and flows through the Zang-Fu organs. The contention between cold and heat leads to spasmodic and severe pain in the heart and abdomen.

The Five Zang organs reside internally, while Wei Qi (Defensive Qi) circulates externally. If the organ Qi is substantial, pathogens cannot harm it; if deficient, external Qi is insufficient, and wind pathogens take advantage. Specifically, the Heart houses the Shen (Spirit), the Liver houses the Hun (Ethereal Soul), the Lungs house the Po (Corporeal Soul), the Spleen houses the Yi (Intellect), and the Kidneys house the Zhi (Willpower). If wind pathogens invade these organs, it represents pathogenic interference with righteous Qi, leading to mental confusion or trance-like states.

*Cifeng* (Stabbing Wind) arises from constitutional weakness and open skin pores, allowing wind invasion. Its symptoms involve wind pathogens spreading throughout the body, causing itching or crawling sensations on the skin. As pathogenic Qi contends with righteous Qi, the wind strikes the skin, creating a sensation as if pierced by awls or knives; hence it is named *Cifeng*.
The *Yangsheng Fang* (Prescriptions for Nourishing Life) states: For those who have contracted cold, if one consumes hot foods before the cold has resolved, *Cifeng* may develop.

*Gufeng* (Gu Poison Wind) results from constitutional weakness and wind invasion, where wind pathogens remain in the skin. It presents with wandering discomfort on the skin, feeling like drawing or stabbing, accompanied by whole-body pain, thereby damaging Blood and Qi. Its movements resemble those of someone poisoned by Gu, hence the name *Gufeng*.

*Fengleng* (Wind-Cold) occurs due to Zang-Fu weakness and insufficiency of Blood and Qi, leading to the contraction of wind-cold. Blood and Qi flow smoothly when warm but become stagnant and obstructed when cold. Wind pathogens injuring the body can be either cold or hot. If accompanied by cold, the cold damages Blood and Qi, causing bluish complexion, chest oppression, regurgitation, vomiting of saliva, and painful, cold limbs; thus it is termed *Fengleng*. Decoctions, moxibustion, acupuncture, and stone therapies for this condition are detailed in separate formulas. Methods of nourishment and Daoyin (guiding and pulling) are appended below.
The *Yangsheng Fang · Daoyin Fa* (Guiding and Pulling Method) states: Stand with one foot flat on the ground, keeping it still, while extending the other foot to the side in a 'T' shape. Turn the body using momentum, and quickly retract both hands. Repeat alternately left and right fourteen times (2 × 7). This removes wind-cold from the spine, hemiplegia, and lack of lubrication.
It further states: Squat-sit, keeping the body upright and head level. Cross hands under the chin, keep the head still, and shake both elbows upward. Move up and down forty-nine times (7 × 7). Alternatively, cross hands twenty-one times (3 × 7) to relax the mind and body. This alleviates wind-cold swelling and oppression in the breasts, menstrual irregularities, and gradual deterioration.
Another method: Sit with legs fully extended. Relax the body and sink the Qi downward until the heart feels soft and comfortable. Then bend one knee under the thigh, extend the other leg fully, and point the toes upward with force. Lie supine with the head not touching the mat. Push hands forward forcefully and pull the head upward simultaneously. Hold the posture, moving back and forth fourteen times (2 × 7), alternating sides. This treats foot pain, coldness in the waist and shoulders, blood cold, wind-bi, and progressive decline.
Another method: Extend legs fully, press the abdomen against the mat. Observe the Qi descending consciously. Place palms flat on the mat and straighten arms with force to disperse Qi down the back. Move back and forth fourteen times (2 × 7). This eliminates internal residual cold in the Zang-Fu, urgent pulses, and wind-cold in the waist and shoulders.
To induce sweating by holding breath: Curl fists, bend knees, and lie on the side. Hold breath to the limit. When the urge to breathe arises, let the breath settle, then hold breath again. Continue until sweating occurs, then stop. Turn over, placing the lower body above, and repeat the breath-holding process until heavy sweating occurs. This primarily treats wind-cold in the body. To treat pain in the thighs, shins, and arms: Bend one shin and one arm, extend the affected limb, and lie supine. Inhale through the nose to fill the abdomen. Use intention to push the Qi upward, imagining it becoming warm; the condition will resolve.
Another method: Press abdomen against the mat. Extend one leg backward, curl toes forcefully. Extend one hand forward to the limit, and use the other hand to pull the foot backward to the extreme. Tilt the head back and arch the back tightly. Initially, stretch limbs diagonally and pull against each other. Then bend limbs and head together, taking the posture simultaneously. Alternate hands and feet, moving up and down fourteen times (2 × 7), repeating on both sides. This relieves wind-cold pain and stiffness in the neck, back, waist, knees, and shoulders, and spinal rigidity.
Another method: Sit upright. Reach hands backward to grasp wrists, pressing palms against the mat in reverse. Use full force to make the abdomen tense and move up and down seven times. Switch hands and repeat. This dissipates accumulated cold wind and residual Qi in the abdomen, cold stomach, difficulty in eating/drinking, and vomiting.
For practitioners of self-care: First sit upright with knees and feet together. Upon sitting, place toes facing each other and heels outward. To sit stably, bring heels inward to face each other and toes outward. If feeling stuffy or painful, gradually lift the body slightly while seated. Once the position is stable and pain-free, raise heels vertically while seated, with toes pointing outward. Practice this every time you sit. This removes cold from the bladder, cold knees, cold and painful feet, rising Qi, and waist pain, promoting comfort.
Extend one leg fully, bend the other. Grasp the knees at the *Sanli* area with both hands, push knees forward, and pull the body backward simultaneously. Allow Qi to dissipate internally, feeling as if bones are separating. Switch legs, performing twenty-one times (3 × 7) each. This gradually removes cold wind and blood stagnation from the shoulders and spine, and tendon tension.
Reach hands backward and pull feet backward to the limit. Tilt head back and push toes outward. Move slowly and quickly seven times. Then extend hands forward straight, shake feet naturally without moving knees. Perform fourteen times (2 × 7) for hands and feet. This removes wind-cold oppression in the spine and waist.
Keep the body upright. Extend hands backward to the limit. Bend elbows and press backward into empty space fourteen times (4 × 7). Rotate the waist, drop hands downward, and rotate palms in all directions. This releases tension in the tendons of the inner arms.
Extend hands fully, join palms downward. Raise hands high to shoulder level, using full force to create shoulder oppression/pain. Then shake up and down fourteen times (2 × 7). Lower hands to the thighs and return, varying speed. Gently shake hands front and back. Push hands forward, join palms, and press downward seven times. This disperses wind-cold pain in the shoulders daily.
Place palms inverted against the arms and front chest, using full force. Shake vigorously up and down along the lateral aspects of the armpits twenty-one times (3 × 7). Without moving hands, push upward toward the elbows to generate heat, shaking up and down fourteen times (2 × 7). Make fists seven times, then proceed with twenty-one times (3 × 7). This treats tendon strain and urgency in the neck and shoulders. Bend one fist backward to the left, grasp the elbow with the other hand, and pull inward. Move up and down using full force. Release the bent hand, extend fingers three times, then turn hands, using full force fourteen times (4 × 7). This regulates stiff tendons and bones of the elbows and shoulders. Push hands upward with full force, moving up and down twenty-one times (3 × 7). Keep hands still, raise elbows upward with full force seven times. Without moving hands or elbows, turn the body sideways with full force, rotating left and right twenty-one times (3 × 7). This removes cold wind urgency from cervical bones. These twelve methods allow Qi to circulate; they must be applied judiciously according to the disease.