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(From *Yijing Guoxiao*)

Various wind diseases causing tremors and dizziness belong to the pathologies of Liver Wood; pain, itching, sores, and ulcers belong to the pathologies of Heart Fire; swelling and distension caused by dampness originate from the Spleen Earth meridian; qi stagnation, depression, and flaccidity are latent in Lung Metal; contraction and traction/spasms caused by cold belong to Kidney Water. These are the key points of diseases governed by the Five Movements (Wu Yun).

Sudden onset of rigidity, limb pain, abdominal tension, and shortening/twisting of sinews all stem from the Foot Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian and Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian, which are the disease-causing characteristics of Jueyin Wind-Wood Qi.
Diseases manifesting as wheezing, vomiting, acid regurgitation, sudden diarrhea with tenesmus, difficult calf spasms, turbid urine or hematuria/diarrhea, tumors, goiter, tubercles, sores, rashes, and macules all relate to the Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian and Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian, resulting from dysfunction of the True Heart and Small Intestine Qi.
Conditions involving rigidity, fluid retention, cholera, fullness in the middle jiao, various diaphragmatic obstruction syndromes, heaviness of the body, vomiting/diarrhea, edema, flaccidity syndromes, and muscles that are loose like mud and do not rebound upon pressure all belong to the Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian and Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian, caused by the central Qi of the Spleen and Stomach.
Heat diseases causing mental confusion, twitching and convulsions, palpitations, spasms, sudden aphonia, vertigo, restlessness, mania, cursing, fright, and counterflow of Qi, along with swelling, pain, sneezing, vomiting, sores, throat obstruction, tinnitus, deafness, difficulty swallowing, blurred vision, and cataracts, or severe shivering as if losing one's spirit, sudden illness, sudden death, and sudden profuse diarrhea, all belong to the Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian and Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian, caused by the Qi of the Sanjiao and Pericardium.
Astringency, dryness, blockage, and skin dryness with scaling/cracking are pathologies of Yangming Dryness-Metal, involving the Lung and Large Intestine Qi.
Clear and cold excretions from above and below, masses (zheng jia), hernias, hard nodules, abdominal fullness and acute pain, dysentery with white clear discharge, lack of appetite after eating, vomit/dysentery with a fishy odor, inability to flex/extend, and cold reversal (jue ni) all belong to the Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian. The Kidney and Bladder constitute Cold-Water, encompassing the pathology of Yin-Yang and the Six Qi (Biao-Ben).

(From *Shenying Jing*)

The Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian: Chize (LU-5) is located in the center of the cubital crease; Lieque (LU-7) is found 1.5 cun lateral on the wrist side; Jingqu (LU-8) is recorded in the depression at the radial pulse (Cunkou); Taiyuan (LU-9) is at the head of the transverse crease of the palm; Yuji (LU-10) is within the dispersed pulse behind the metacarpophalangeal joint; Shaoshang (LU-11) is sought on the medial side of the thumb, precisely where the nail corner resembles the width of a leek leaf.

The Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian: Shangyang (LI-1) is at the medial end of the index finger; Erjian (LI-2) is determined by taking the point before the proximal interphalangeal joint; Sanjian (LI-3) should not be forgotten behind the proximal interphalangeal joint; Hegu (LI-4) is sought in the depression between the bones (metacarpals); Yangxi (LI-5) is detailed on the upper lateral side of the wrist; Shousanli (LI-10) [Note: Text says "Sanli", context implies Hand Sanli given location relative to Quchi] is two cun below Quchi; Quchi (LI-11) is at the lateral aspect of the elbow when flexed; Jianyu (LI-15) is found between the two bones at the shoulder tip; Yingxiang (LI-18) is taken 0.5 cun beside the nostril opening.

The Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian: Touwei (ST-8) and Benshen (GB-13, listed here for reference or error in source text grouping, but traditionally GB) are 1.5 cun into the hairline; Jiache (ST-6) is 8 fen below the ear; Dicang (ST-4) is 4 cun beside the mouth corner; Futu (ST-32) and Yinshi (ST-31) are three cun above; Yinshi (ST-31) is needled three cun above the knee; Zusanli (ST-36) is taken three cun below the knee; Shanglian (ST-34) is governed by being three cun below Xialian; Xialian (ST-33) is three cun below Shanglian; Jiexi (ST-41) is where shoelaces are tied above the ankle; Chongyang (ST-42) and Xiangu (ST-43) are two cun above, with Xiangu lifted two cun posterior to Tinggong (ST-44); Neiting (ST-44) is sought between the outer sides of the second toe; Lidui (ST-45) resembles a leek leaf at the second toe.

The Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian: Yinbai (SP-1) is suitable at the medial angle of the big toe; Dabu (SP-2) is at the white flesh margin behind the joint; Taibai (SP-3) is in the depression below the sesamoid bone; Gongsun (SP-4) is obtained one cun behind the joint; Shangqiu (SP-5) is taken anteriorly below the malleolus; Yinjiao (SP-9) is three cun above the medial malleolus; Yinlingquan (SP-9) is applied below the medial condyle of the tibia.

The Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian: Shaohai (HT-3) is clearly visible behind the elbow joint; Tongli (HT-5) is one cun behind the palm; Shenmen (HT-7) is precisely at the sharp bone behind the palm.

The Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian: Shaoze (SI-1) is taken at the tip of the little finger; Qiangu (SI-2) is before the proximal interphalangeal joint on the lateral side; Houxi (SI-3) is still on the lateral side behind the joint; Wanggu (SI-4) arises under the prominent bone anterior to the wrist; Yanggu (SI-5) is obtained in the wrist below the sharp bone; Xiaohai (SI-8) is five fen from the elbow tip; Tinggong (SI-19) is on the side of the ear tragus resembling a bean.

Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian: Jingming (BL-1) is at the inner canthus; Cuanzhu (BL-2) is in the depression between the two eyebrows; Luoque (BL-8) is four and a half cun behind the hairline. Feishu (BL-13) is below the third thoracic vertebra; Ge Shu (BL-17) is below the seventh; Ganshu (BL-18) is pressed below the ninth; Shenshu (BL-23) is lateral to the fourteenth lumbar vertebra; Gaohuang (BL-43) is calculated at three fen below the fourth/fifth thoracic vertebrae. Weizhong (BL-40) is in the popliteal crease; Chengshan (BL-57) is at the division of the calf muscles; Kunlun (BL-60) is five fen behind the malleolus; Jinmen (BL-63) is selected in the depression below the malleolus. Shenmai (BL-62) is between the tendons and bones below the malleolus, allowing space for a fingernail, do not take randomly.

Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian: RanGu (KI-2) is identified below the bone anterior to the malleolus; Taixi (KI-3) is five fen behind the medial malleolus; Zhaohai (KI-6) is four fen below the malleolus. Fuliou (KI-7) is two cun above the medial malleolus, directly above Taixi by five fen posteriorly.

Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian: Quze (PC-3) is formed at the transverse crease inside the elbow; Jianshi (PC-5) is sought three cun behind the palm; Neiguan (PC-6) begins at two cun without error; Daling (PC-7) is between the two tendons behind the palm; Zhongchong (PC-9) is measured at the tip of the middle finger.

Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian: Yemen (TE-2) is named between the fourth and fifth fingers; Zhongzhu (TE-3) is behind the proximal interphalangeal joint of the fourth finger; Yangchi (TE-4) exists at the dorsal wrist. Waiguan (TE-5) connects two cun behind the wrist; Zhigou (TE-6) is heard three cun behind the wrist; Tianjing (TE-10) is about one cun above the elbow; Jiaosun (TE-20) divides at the opening of the auricle. Sizhukong (TE-23) is pressed in the depression behind the eyebrow; Ermen (TE-21) is in the ear depression, not void.

Foot Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian: Take Tinghui (GB-2), palpate clearly in the depression anterior to the ear; Mu Shang (GB-15) is five cun into the hairline above the eye; Linqi (GB-7) is located here. Mucuang (GB-16) is one and a half cun above Linqi; Fengchi (GB-20) is discussed in the mid-section of the occipital hairline; Jianjing (GB-21) looks at half a cun anterior to the bone; Daimai (GB-41) is eight fen below the ribs. Huantiao (GB-30) is sought in the hollow of the hip pivot; Fengshi (GB-31) appears distinctly between two tendons on the lateral thigh; Yanglingquan (GB-34) is sought one cun below the knee; Yangfu (GB-38) is far at four cun above the malleolus. Juegu (GB-39) follows three cun above the malleolus; Qiuxu (GB-40) has a depression anterior to the malleolus; Linqi/Xiaxi (GB-43) is half a cun posterior to Linqi; Xiaxi (GB-43) is in the gap between the bones of the fourth and fifth toes.

Where exactly is the Jueyin Liver Meridian? Dadun (LR-1) gathers where hair grows on the big toe; Xingjian (LR-2) is in the arterial pulse at the tip of the bone; Taichong (LR-3) has a pulse basis behind the joint; Zhongfeng (LR-4) is one cun anterior to the medial malleolus; Ququan (LR-8) adheres to the two tendons at the crease head. Zhangmen (LR-13) measures two cun above the umbilicus, looking laterally six cun horizontally; Qimen (LR-14) is one and a half cun lateral to the nipple, detailed in the second rib one and a half cun straight down.

Du Meridian: Shuigou (GV-26) is below the nasal column; Shangxing (GV-23) enters the hairline one cun; Baihui (GV-20) is exactly at the vertex; Fengfu (GV-16) holds one cun behind the hairline. Yamen (GV-15) is five fen behind the hairline; Dazhui (GV-14) is stored on the first cervical/thoracic vertebra; Yaoshu (GV-2) is below the twenty-first vertebra, please read the classic texts carefully.

Ren Meridian runs centrally in the abdomen: Guanyuan (CV-4) is recorded three cun below the umbilicus; Qihai (CV-6) is one and a half cun below the umbilicus; Shenque (CV-8) is in the umbilicus as desired; Shuifen (CV-9) is sought one cun above the umbilicus; Zhongwan (CV-12) is taken four cun above the umbilicus; Danzhong (CV-17) is sought between the two nipples; Chengjiang (CV-24) is searched in the depression below the lower lip.