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(There are twenty-eight acupoints in total on the left and right sides.)

1. Fufen (BL17, Attached Branch): Two points located below the spinous process of the second thoracic vertebra, adjacent to the medial edge of the neck, each three cun away from the midline bilaterally. It is the intersection of the Hand-Taiyang and Foot-Taiyang meridians. Take the point while sitting upright. It treats spasm and stiffness of the shoulder and back, wind-cold pathogenic factors lodging in the cou-li (interstitial spaces), stiff and painful neck unable to look back, wind-lao (chronic fatigue syndrome), and numbness of the arms and elbows. Moxibustion: five moxa cones; Acupuncture: insert 0.3 cun.

2. Pohu (BL42, Soul Mansion): Two points located below the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra, each three cun away from the midline bilaterally. Take the point while sitting upright. It is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. It treats back pain, cough with rebellious Qi, vomiting, irritability, and fullness; deficiency-lao (consumptive disease) and lung atrophy; wuzhu (five types of migratory malarial fevers); and stiff neck unable to look back. Acupuncture: insert 0.5 cun; perform reducing method upon arrival of Deqi; prolonged retention of needle is also suitable. Moxibustion is also acceptable: seven moxa cones per day, up to a maximum of one hundred cones. Avoid pork, fish, alcohol, wheat products, and raw/cold foods.

3. Gaohuang (BL43, Gao-Huang): Two points located below the spinous process of the fourth thoracic vertebra, each three cun away from the midline bilaterally. It treats all ailments, particularly emaciation and deficiency depletion, nocturnal seminal emission, rebellious Qi with cough, mania, and forgetfulness.
Acquisition method: Have the patient sit upright, bend the spine, extend both hands, and place the arms against the front of the knees, keeping them straight. Align the thumb with the knee cap. Support the elbow with an object to prevent arm movement. From the upper angle of the scapula, palpate down to the lower head of the bone. There should be four ribs and three intercostal spaces; moxa the middle space. From the inner side of the scapula, move about the width of a lateral finger away from the scapular border, palpate the empty space between the superficial ribs, and press. The patient should feel traction towards the center of the shoulder. Moxa one spot between the two scapulae, up to one hundred cones, or even three hundred cones. One should feel a gurgling sound like flowing water in the lower abdomen, and excretion may occur. If phlegm-disease is present, it will be expelled. If the patient cannot sit upright due to illness, have them lie on their side, pull the upper arm forward, acquire the point, and moxa. Alternatively, use the right hand to press from the left shoulder; the spot unreachable by the fingertips is the point. The same applies to the left side. Then moxa as described above. If the patient cannot sit for long, extend both arms and have someone pull the two scapulae apart. Otherwise, the scapular angle covers the void, and moxibustion will be ineffective. After this moxibustion, the body's Yang Qi becomes robust; nourish oneself appropriately according to condition. Commentary: In ancient times, He Huan could not cure the Duke of Jin’s illness because it was located above the Gao and below the Huang, where needles and herbs could not reach. This is that very point. People fail to find this point, hence chronic diseases are hard to dispel. With careful attention, this convenient method allows acquisition. Moxibustion on this point cures all diseases, as cited in *Qianjin Fang* and *Waitai Miyao*.

4. Shentang (BL44, Spirit Palace): Two points located below the spinous process of the fifth thoracic vertebra, each three cun away from the midline bilaterally. Take the point while sitting upright. It is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. It treats shoulder pain, chest and abdominal fullness, chills and fever with shivering, and stiff and rigid back and spine. Moxibustion: five moxa cones; Acupuncture: insert 0.3 cun.

5. Yixi (BL45, Sigh): Two points located at the medial edge of the scapula, flanking the spinous process of the sixth thoracic vertebra, each three cun away from the midline bilaterally. Take the point while sitting upright. It is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Press painfully with the hand; if the patient says "Yixi," it confirms the location. Acupuncture: insert 0.6 cun; retain for three breaths; reduce during five inhalations. It treats axillary spasm, sudden pulse urgency pulling into hypochondriac pain, heat diseases without sweating, warm malaria, shoulder and back pain, dizziness, epistaxis, wheezing and rebellious Qi with abdominal distension, and pain at the medial edge of the scapula preventing flexion and extension. Moxibustion: fourteen moxa cones, up to one hundred cones. Avoid amaranth and white wine.

6. Geguan (BL46, Diaphragm Gate): Two points located in the depression below the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra, each three cun away from the midline bilaterally. Take the point while sitting upright. It is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. It treats back pain with aversion to cold, stiff spine difficult to flex and extend, inability to swallow food and drink, belching with excessive saliva, and chest oppression. Moxibustion: five moxa cones; Acupuncture: insert 0.5 cun.

7. Hunmen (BL47, Soul Gate): Two points located in the depression below the spinous process of the ninth thoracic vertebra, each three cun away from the midline bilaterally. Take the point while sitting upright. It is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. It treats inability to swallow food and drink, borborygmus in the abdomen, uncontrolled defecation, and dark yellow urine. Moxibustion: three moxa cones; Acupuncture: insert 0.5 cun.

8. Yanggang (BL48, Yang Beam): Two points located in the depression below the spinous process of the tenth thoracic vertebra, each three cun away from the midline bilaterally. Take the point while sitting upright. It is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. It treats abdominal fullness and distension, diarrhea, dark and scanty urination, fever, and jaundice. Moxibustion: three moxa cones; Acupuncture: insert 0.5 cun.

9. Yishe (BL49, Intention Residence): Two points located in the depression below the spinous process of the eleventh thoracic vertebra, each three cun away from the midline bilaterally. Take the point while sitting upright. It is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. It treats abdominal fullness and false distension, loose stools, back pain with aversion to wind and cold, inability to swallow food and drink, incessant vomiting, Xiao-ke (wasting-thirst), and jaundice. Moxibustion: fifty to one hundred moxa cones; Acupuncture: insert 0.5 cun.

10. Weicang (BL50, Stomach Granary): Two points located below the spinous process of the twelfth thoracic vertebra, each three cun away from the midline bilaterally. It is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. It treats internal false abdominal distension, edema, inability to swallow food and drink, aversion to cold, and inability to flex and extend the back and spine. Moxibustion: thirty-five moxa cones; Acupuncture: insert 0.5 cun.

11. Mangmen (BL51, Omentum Gate): Two points located below the spinous process of the thirteenth thoracic vertebra, each three cun away from the midline bilaterally in the intercostal spaces. Other classics state: They align vertically with Jiwei (CV15). They treat hardness in the epigastrium resembling a large stone, and residual diseases in women’s breasts. Moxibustion: thirty moxa cones; Acupuncture: insert 0.5 cun.

12. Zhishi (BL52, Will Chamber): Two points located in the depression below the spinous process of the fourteenth thoracic vertebra, each three cun away from the midline bilaterally. It is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. It treats stiff and painful lumbar spine, indigestion, hardness and urgency in the abdomen, genital pain, lower limb swelling, seminal emission, and dribbling urination. Acupuncture: insert 0.5 cun; Moxibustion: three moxa cones.

13. Baohuang (BL53, Uterine Omentum): Two points located in the depression below the spinous process of the nineteenth thoracic vertebra, each three cun away from the midline bilaterally. Take the point while prone. It is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. It treats lower back pain, aversion to cold, hardness and urgency in the lower abdomen, strangury with heaviness, difficult and painful urination, and sudden lower back and back pain. Moxibustion: thirty-five moxa cones; Acupuncture: insert 0.5 cun.

14. Zhibian (BL54, Rank Edge): Two points located in the depression below the spinous process of the twentieth thoracic vertebra, each three cun away from the midline bilaterally. Take the point while prone. It is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. It treats lower back pain preventing flexion and extension, dark and scanty urination, heavy sacrum unable to lift, and swelling from five types of hemorrhoids. Acupuncture: insert 0.5 cun; Moxibustion: three moxa cones. Observe contraindications as mentioned previously.