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(A total of ten acupoints)

1. Shenting (GV24, Spirit Court): One acupoint located directly above the root of the nose, five fen into the hairline. It is the meeting point of the Du Meridian (Conception Vessel), Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Treats epilepsy with wind-phlegm (epileptic seizures accompanied by convulsions), Dai Mu (eyes rolling upward unable to move and failing to recognize people), Tou Feng (headwind headache caused by wind pathogen), dizziness, persistent clear nasal discharge, lacrimation, palpitations (heart flustered and frightened), and insomnia. Moxibustion can be applied for fourteen moxa cones, stopping at a maximum of forty-nine cones. Qibo stated: When treating wind diseases, one should not apply excessive moxibustion, because wind nature is light and ascending; excessive moxibustion will damage healthy Qi. It is suitable to apply seven to twenty-one cones. Acupuncture is prohibited; needling may induce madness. Avoid raw/cold foods, chicken, pork, alcohol, wheat products, and other foods that may stir up wind.

2. Shangxing (GV23, Upper Star): One acupoint located directly above the root of the nose, one cun into the hairline in the depression, where the Qi of the Du Meridian emerges. Treats Tou Feng, facial edema, nasal congestion with loss of smell, dizziness, phlegmatic malaria with chills, febrile disease with anhidrosis (no sweat), and eye pain preventing distant vision. Puncture with a fine three-edged needle to vent the heat of all Yang meridians, preventing it from rushing upward to the head and eyes. Moxibustion of seven cones is permissible, but excessive moxibustion is not advised. Frequent moxibustion may cause Qi rebellion, leading to blurred vision. Taboos are the same as above.

3. Xihui (GV22, Fontanel Meeting): One acupoint located one cun posterior to Shangxing in the depression, large enough to hold a bean, where the Qi of the Du Meridian emerges. Treats dizziness, facial swelling, nasal congestion with loss of smell, fright-epilepsy, and Dai Mu. Moxibustion of fourteen cones, up to forty-nine cones. Initially, there is no pain during moxibustion; pain occurs only after the disease subsides; stop moxibustion if pain arises. For nasal congestion, symptoms gradually recede by the fourth day and resolve completely by the seventh day. Needle insertion depth is two fen; retain needles for three breaths, and perform reducing method upon obtaining Deqi (arrival of Qi). For Tou Feng, scalp scaling, and hypersomnia, acupuncture yields better results. After needling, rub the hair roots with a mixture of salt powder and raw sesame oil to permanently eliminate Tou Feng. Children under eight years old must not be needled, as the fontanelle is not yet closed; accidental puncture may lead to premature death. Avoid hot wheat noodles, pork, and fish.

4. Qanding (GV21, Frontal Vertex): One acupoint located in the bony depression one and a half cun posterior to Xihui, where the Qi of the Du Meridian emerges. According to Zhen Quan's *Zhen Jing*, it is one cun, but currently fixed at one and a half cun based on *Su Wen*. Treats Tou Feng and dizziness, facial redness and swelling, pediatric fright-epilepsy, wind-epilepsy with spasms occurring irregularly, profuse clear nasal discharge, and vertex swelling/pain. Needle insertion depth is one fen; moxibustion of three cones, up to forty-nine cones. Taboos are the same as above.

5. Baihui (GV20, Hundred Convergences): One acupoint, also known as Sanyang Wuhui (Five Meetings of Three Yangs). Located one and a half cun posterior to Qanding, in the center of the vertex within the whorl of hair, large enough to hold a bean. The Du Meridian and Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian converge here at the vertex. Treats pediatric rectal prolapse refractory to treatment, wind-epilepsy and stroke, opisthotonos (body bent backward like a bow), excessive crying, inappropriate speech, irregular attacks, frothing at the mouth when severe, restlessness, palpitations, forgetfulness, malarial fever, tinnitus, deafness, nasal congestion with loss of smell. Needle insertion depth is two fen; perform reducing method upon obtaining Deqi. Moxibustion of seven cones, up to forty-nine cones. In the Tang Dynasty, Qin Minghe treated headache instantly by causing slight bleeding at this point. When moxibusting the vertex, do not exceed forty-nine cones, as the skin on the vertex is thin, and excessive moxibustion is inadvisable.

6. Houding (GV19, Posterior Vertex): One acupoint, also known as Jiaochong. Located one and a half cun posterior to Baihui, above the occipital bone, where the Qi of the Du Meridian emerges. Treats eye discomfort, neck and nape aversion to wind and cold, dizziness, and unilateral headache. Moxibustion of five cones; needle insertion depth is three fen.

7. Jiangjian (GV18, Strong Intervertebral): One acupoint, also known as Dayu. Located one and a half cun posterior to Houding, where the Qi of the Du Meridian emerges. Treats vertigo (spinning sensation and dizziness), unbearable headache, irritability, vomiting of saliva/phlegm, irregular attacks, and stiff neck/nape unable to turn left or right. Moxibustion of seven cones; needle insertion depth is two fen.

8. Naohu (GV17, Brain Door): One acupoint, also known as Helu. Located above the occipital bone, one and a half cun posterior to Jiangjian, the meeting point of the Du Meridian and Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian. Acupuncture is prohibited; needling causes aphonia (loss of voice). Treats eye pain preventing distant vision, facial redness, yellow eyes, and head swelling. Moxibustion of seven cones is permissible, but arbitrary or excessive moxibustion must be avoided to prevent aphonia.

9. Fengfu (GV16, Wind Palace): One acupoint, also known as Sheben. Located one cun above the nuchal hairline, within the depression inside the major tendons. Muscles rise immediately upon rapid speech and settle when speech stops. It is the meeting point of the Du Meridian and Yang Wei Mai (Yang Linking Vessel). Moxibustion is prohibited; accidental application may cause aphonia. Treats headache and stiff neck unable to look back, dizziness, epistaxis (nosebleed), sore throat, manic running with erratic gaze. Needle insertion depth is three fen.

10. Yamen (GV15,哑 Gate): One acupoint, alternatively written as "Yin", also known as Sheheng and Sheyan. Located in the center of the nape, five fen into the hairline in the depression. It is the meeting point of the Du Meridian and Yang Wei Mai, extending to connect with the base of the tongue. Take the point with the head raised. Moxibustion is prohibited; application causes aphonia. Treats stiff neck, flaccid tongue unable to speak, excess heat of all Yang meridians, persistent epistaxis, headache, wind-induced anhidrosis, alternating chills and fever, wind-spasm with stiff spine and opisthotonos, convulsions/epilepsy, and heavy head. Needle insertion depth is two fen.