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(From *Zhenjiu Juying*)

Fever: Caused by wind-cold pathogens invading the skin and causing Yang Qi to be constrained and unable to diffuse; this is exterior heat. If Yang Qi sinks into the Yin compartments and steams/burns from within, this is interior heat.

No sweating, aversion to cold with shivering: Points Yuzhen (BL16), Dazhu (BL11), Ganshu (BL18), Geshu (BL17), Daodao (DU13).

Body fever with aversion to cold: Point Houxi (SI3).

Body fever with sweating, but cold feet: Point Dadu (SP2).

Body fever, headache, inability to eat: Point Sanjiaoshu (BL22).

No sweating: Points Hegu (LI4), Houxi (SI3), Yangchi (TE4), Lidui (ST45), Jiexi (ST41), Fengchi (GB20).

Body fever with panting/asthma: Point Sanjian (LI3).

Residual heat not fully cleared: Point Quchi (LI11).

Vexation, fullness, and no sweating: Points Fengchi (GB20), Mingmen (DU4).

Sweating with alternating chills and fever: Points Wuchu (BL9), Cuanzhu (BL2), Shangwan (CV13).

Vexation of heart and tendency to vomit: Points Juque (CV14), Shangqiu (SP5).

Body fever, headache, no sweating: Points Ququan (LR8), Shendao (DU11), Guanyuan (CV4), Xuanlu (GB7).
The above are recorded in *Zhenjing* (Needle Classic).

Six pulses deep and fine, two or three beats per respiration: Points Qihai (CV6) [moxibustion], Guanyuan (CV4) [moxibustion].

Shaoyin disease with fever: Point Taixi (KI3) [moxibustion].

Aversion to cold: Those with fever and aversion to cold originate from the intestines; those without fever and only aversion to cold originate from the Yin channels.

Aversion to cold on the back with a normal mouth sensation (no dryness/thirst): Point Guanyuan (CV4) [moxibustion].

Aversion to wind: With sweating indicates Wind Strike, damaging Wei Qi; without sweating and aversion to wind indicates Cold Damage, damaging Ying Qi. First needle Fengfu (DU16) and Fengchi (GB20), then administer Guizhi Gegen Tang (Cinnamon Twig and Pueraria Decoction).

Fullness in chest and hypochondrium accompanied by delirium: Pathogenic factors move from exterior to interior, first injuring chest/hypochondrium, then entering the Heart. Point Qimen (LR14).

Jie Xiong (Chest Binding Syndrome): Closure of Zang-Fu Qi preventing circulation. Pain upon pressure indicates Minor Jie Xiong; spontaneous pain without pressure indicates Major Jie Xiong. Points Qimen (LR14) [needle], Feishu (BL13) [needle].

Women with blood-binding Jie Xiong and Heat entering the Blood Chamber: Point Qimen (LR14) [needle]. Additionally, make a cake from seven grains each of Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) and Badou (Crotonis Fructus), place it on the umbilicus, and apply moxibustion.

Ke Ni (Hiccup/Rebellious Qi): Disharmony of Qi in the chest, sound produced by conflict between Water and Fire. Point Qimen (LR14) [needle].

Fullness in lower abdomen: Upper part relates to Qi stagnation, lower part to urinary retention. When urine should exit but does not, accumulation causes fullness, or there is urgent abdominal pain. Needle Weizhong (BL40). Or select points such as Duoming (EX-UE11).

Fan Zao (Restlessness/Vexation): Pathogen is in the interior. "Fan" refers to internal unrest; "Zao" refers to external restlessness. In Shaoyin disease after six or seven days, with faint pulse and cold extremities, accompanied by vexation and restlessness, apply moxibustion.

Xu Xue (Accumulated Blood): Heat toxin flows downward causing blood stasis. Shaoyin syndrome with diarrhea and pus/blood in stool; Yangming syndrome with bloody stool and delirium, indicating Heat has entered the Blood Chamber, with sweating only on the head. Needle Qimen (LR14).

Ou Tu (Vomiting): Exterior pathogen transmits to the interior, causing rebellious Qi rising. Normal mouth sensation, faint, choppy, and weak pulse. Moxa the Jueyin channel.

Zhan Li (Shivering/Trembling): "Zhan" (shaking) indicates Righteous Qi overcoming the pathogen; "Li" (trembling) indicates the pathogen overcoming Righteous Qi. Conflict between pathogen and Righteous Qi causes mental fear and external trembling, indicating the disease is about to resolve. If pathogen is internally excessive and Righteous Qi is extremely deficient, causing mental trembling and jaw clenching without body shaking, it will subsequently develop into Cold Reversal. Moxa Yuji (LU10).

Si Ni (Four Reversals/Cold Extremities): Cold extremities due to accumulated cold becoming severe, Six Fu organs' Qi failing externally, cold/reversal in calves/shins belongs to Shaoyin. Body coldness belongs to Jueyin. Moxa Qihai (CV6), Shenshu (BL23), Ganshu (BL18).

Jue (Reversal/Cold Extremities): Cold extremities due to latent/sunken Yang Qi and rebellious trapped heat causing cold hands/feet; can be treated with needling. For rapid pulse with reversal, apply moxibustion.

Yu Mao (Depression/Dizziness/Coma): "Yu" means Qi constraint; "Mao" means unclear spirit, i.e., coma. Often caused by extreme deficiency combined with cold, or induced by vomiting/purging. Needle Jing-well points of Taiyang and Shaoyang channels.

Headache illness, or dizziness/heaviness resembling Jie Xiong: Needle Dazhui (DU14), Feishu (BL13), Ganshu (BL18). Strictly avoid diaphoresis (sweating therapy).

Zi Li (Spontaneous Diarrhea): Loose stools occurring without prior purgative treatment. Faint and choppy pulse, vomiting with sweating, likely to defecate again. If urine volume decreases instead, warm the upper jiao and apply moxibustion to dissipate Yin Cold. If urine flows freely, hands are not cold, but fever occurs and pulse is imperceptible, moxa Taixi (KI3).

Shaoyin diarrhea with pus and blood in stool: General needling method applies.

Huo Luan (Cholera-like Syndrome): Sudden vomiting and diarrhea, chaotic disturbance. Pathogen in Middle Jiao, Stomach Qi disordered, Yin-Yang separation, leading to vomiting, diarrhea, agitation, and confusion. Or twisting abdominal pain like stabbing. Needle Weizhong (BL40).

Abdominal Pain: Can be Excess or Deficiency, involving Cold, Heat, Dryness, or old fecal accumulation. No pain on pressure indicates Deficiency; pain indicates Excess, requiring combined moxibustion. Without moxibustion, cold accumulation may persist, worsening the condition over time. Needle Weizhong (BL40).

Yin Du / Yin Zheng (Yin Toxin / Yin Syndrome): Yin pathology dominates, causing slight Yang to diminish at the top, resulting in heaviness, cold extremities, throbbing pain in navel/abdomen, reversal/cold limbs, and six pulses deep and fine. Moxa Guanyuan (CV4), Qihai (CV6).

Taiyang and Shaoyang Concurrent Disease: Needle Feishu (BL13), Ganshu (BL18). If headache occurs, needle Dazhui (DU14).

Xiao Bian Bu Li (Difficult Urination): Pathogen retained internally, Jin Ye (Body Fluids) not circulating. Severe Yin-Cold with lower closure: apply moxibustion.

Yin Zheng (Yin Syndrome): Difficult urination, retracted scrotum, agonizing abdominal pain. Moxa Shimen (CV5).

Bu Ren (Numbness/Loss of Sensation): Lack of flexibility, sensations of itching, pain, or cold. Caused by Righteous Qi being blocked by pathogens, stagnating and not dispersing, due to deficiency of Blood and Qi. As Yu Ren diagnosed the Crown Prince of Guo's corpse-like syncope, treating depression/dizziness/numbness as curable, and achieving recovery through needling, this was the diagnosis of a divine physician. However, if the pulse is floating and large, sweat is like oil, panting is unceasing, and the body is numb, could Yu Ren have cured it?
The above is seen in Liu Shi Shanghan Zhili (Liu's Treatment Examples for Cold Damage).