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(This describes the indications for the Jing-River, Ying-Spring, Shu-Stream, Jing-River, and He-Sea acupoints of the twelve meridians on the limbs.)

(There are eighteen acupoints in total on both hands and arms.)
1. Shaoshang (LU 11): A pair of points, Wood element, located at the radial side of the tip of the thumb, approximately the width of a leek leaf from the corner of the nail. It is the point where the Qi of the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian emerges, classified as a Jing-Well point. Indications include: irritability, frequent hiccups, fullness below the heart, sweating with chills, cough and asthma, malaria, shaking chills, abdominal distension, spitting saliva, dry lips, desire to drink but inability to swallow, hand spasms with finger pain, rigors with jaw clenching, and barking sounds in the throat. Puncture with a three-edged needle to induce slight bleeding to drain heat accumulating in the zang organs. Case: Cheng Junyue, an Imperial Prefect of the Tang Dynasty, suddenly suffered swelling of the cheeks and chin as large as a sheng measure, with throat obstruction preventing food or water intake for three days. Zhen Quan punctured this point and he recovered immediately. Moxibustion is contraindicated.
2. Yuji (LU 10): A pair of points, Fire element, located in the scattered vessels on the medial side behind the base of the thenar eminence. It is the point where the Qi of the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian flows, classified as a Ying-Spring point. Indications include: aversion to wind and cold with shivering, deficiency heat, yellow tongue coating, body fever, headache, cough, absence of sweat, bi-syndrome wandering across the chest and back causing painful dyspnea, dizziness, irritability, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, anorexia, elbow stiffness, chest fullness, dry throat, rigors with jaw clenching, cough radiating pain to the sacrum with urinary incontinence, hematemesis, heart bi accompanied by sadness and fear. Insert needle 2 cun, retain for three breaths.
3. Taiyuan (LU 9): A pair of points, Earth element, located in the depression posterior to the wrist crease. It is the point where the Qi of the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian pours, classified as a Shu-Stream point. Indications include: chest bi, rebellious qi, cold reversal, frequent hiccups, vomiting fluids, cough, vexation and resentment, inability to lie down, lung distension with fullness, pain along the medial back, leukoma (white opacity) of the eye, redness and distended vessels of the eye, pulling pain in the supraclavicular fossa, warmth in the palm, frequent yawning, wheezing with dyspnea, belching with upward rushing of qi, heart pain, hemoptysis, shaking chills with dry throat, delirium, and deviation of the mouth and angle of the lip. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones; Needle insertion: 2 cun.
4. Jingqu (LU 8): A pair of points, Metal element, located in the depression at the radial pulse (cunkou). It is the point where the Qi of the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian travels, classified as a Jing-River point. Indications include: alternating chills and fever in malaria, stiffness and tension in the chest and back, chest distension, throat bi, warmth in the palm, cough with ascending qi, frequent yawning, absence of sweat in febrile diseases, sudden bi-syndrome with wheezing and rebellious qi, heart pain, vomiting. Insert needle 2 cun, retain for three breaths. Moxibustion is strictly prohibited; applying moxibustion here damages the Shen (Spirit).
5. Lieque (LU 7): A pair of points, located 1.5 cun above the wrist crease on the radial side, in the gap between bone and tendon at the tip of the index finger when hands are crossed. The collateral branch of the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian diverges here to connect with the Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian. Indications include: facial paralysis with deviation of the mouth and eyes, wrist weakness, hemiplegia, cough, warmth in the palm, trismus (lockjaw), cold malaria, vomiting of froth, excessive laughter with laxity of the lips and mouth, and forgetfulness. Insert needle 2 cun, retain for three breaths. For reducing method, coordinate with five inhalations. Moxibustion: 7 cones. Avoid alcohol, wheat products, and raw/cold foods.
6. Kongzui (LU 6): A pair of points, located 7 cun above the wrist crease, belonging to the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian (Xi-Cleft point). Indications include: absence of sweat in febrile diseases. This point can be moxibusted; 3 cones will induce sweating. Also treats cough and asthma, arm jue-pain. Insert needle 3 cun, moxibustion: 5 cones.
7. Chize (LU 5): A pair of points, Water element, located in the center of the cubital crease at the arterial pulse. It is the point where the Qi of the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian enters and combines, classified as a He-Sea point. Indications include: wind-bi with elbow stiffness, inability to raise the arm, throat bi, ascending qi, dry tongue, cough, expectoration of turbid phlegm, sudden edema of the four limbs, coldness of the arm, and shortness of breath. Insert needle 3 cun, moxibustion: 5 cones.
8. Xiabai (LU 2): A pair of points, located below Tianfu, 5 cun from the elbow crease in the arterial region. Indications include: heart pain, dry heaving, and vexation with fullness. Insert needle 3 cun, moxibustion: 5 cones.
9. Tianfu (LU 3): A pair of points, located 3 cun below the axilla in the arterial region, located using the nose as a measuring guide. Indications include: rebellious qi with wheezing and dyspnea, dizziness and blurred vision, sudden attack by malignant pathogens (ghostly afflictions), and inability to sleep peacefully. Moxibustion is prohibited as it causes rebellious qi. Supplementary indication: For persistent epistaxis (nosebleed), insert needle 4 cun, retain for three breaths.