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[Background Information]
Book: Zhenjiu Dacheng (Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion)
Chapter: Xianjue for Manipulation Techniques of Each Acupoint on the Yin Palm Diagram / Pediatrics
Category: Acupuncture

Diagram of the Front Side of a Male Child's Left Hand [Image Placeholder]
The area from the palm base to Tianhe (Conception Vessel 17, CV17) is the upper part; the area from Tianhe to the fingertips is the lower part.

Diagram of the Back Side of a Male Child's Left Hand [Image Placeholder]
1. Pinching Liangmenshan (Two Gates Door): Induces sweating from the zang-fu organs. Pinch and knead both hands, using the middle finger as the boundary. If the child has high fever with excessive sweating, stop kneading immediately. This method also treats Ji Jingfeng (Acute Convulsion), characterized by deviation of the mouth and eyes. When deviated to the left, apply heavier pressure on the right; when deviated to the right, apply heavier pressure on the left.
2. Pinching Erren Shangma (Two People Mounting Horse): Tonifies the Kidney, clears the spirit, regulates qi, and revives coma (Chen Gu). The nature is mild and gentle.
3. Pinching Wailaogong (Outer Laogong): Harmonizes heat in the zang-fu organs. Effective for generalized tidal fever and distended blue veins on the abdomen.
4. Pinching Yiwo Feng (One Nest Wind): Treats abdominal pain. For critical conditions where lips and sclera turn white and death follows crying, it expels wind and clears heat.
5. Pinching Wuzhi Jie (Five Finger Joints): Used for wind-cold invasion or fright from water, causing frequent spasms of the four limbs and a bluish complexion.
6. Pinching Jingning (Spirit Peace): Used for wheezing with phlegm, dry heaving, and Pi Ji (abdominal masses or stagnation).
7. Pinching Weiling (Majestic Spirit): Treats sudden death due to acute convulsions. If sound is produced upon pinching, it is treatable; if silent, it is difficult to treat.
8. Pinching Yangchi (Yang Pool): Stops headache, tonifies and clears Kidney Water, treats constipation or urinary retention with yellow/red urine, upward rolling of the eyes, and induces sweating.
9. Pushing Waiguan (Outer Pass) and Jianshi (Intercalated Sea): Stops muscle spasms (Zhuan Jin), vomiting, and diarrhea. Wuba Gua (Outer Eight Trigrams) unblocks qi and blood throughout the body and opens zang-fu obstructions, bringing meridians to a state of peace and free flow.

Diagram of the Front Side of a Female Child's Right Hand [Image Placeholder]
Diagram of the Back Side of a Female Child's Right Hand [Image Placeholder]

(Acupuncture uses filiform needles; moxa cones should be the size of wheat grains or sparrow droppings.)

According to *Xiao'er Anmo Jing* (Treasure Mirror): For Ji Jingfeng (Acute Convulsion) and Man Jingfeng (Chronic Convulsion), moxibustion is applied to the aforementioned points. If there is no improvement, moxa three burns (Zhuang) at Canzhu (Bladder 2, BL2) and Renzhong (Governor Vessel 26, GV26).
Some argue that Ji Jingfeng belongs to the Liver and Man Jingfeng belongs to the Spleen, but *Treasure Mirror* does not distinguish them. Moxibustion is applied to Qian Ding (Governor Vessel 20, GV20) and Canzhu (BL2); both belong to the Taiyang and Du Mai (Governor Vessel), though the rationale is not detailed.
For pediatric Man Jingfeng (Chronic Convulsion), moxa seven Zhuang at Chize (Lung 5, LU5). For newborns suffering from Qifeng Cuokou (Neonatal Tetanus/lockjaw), moxa three Zhuang at RanGu (Kidney 2, KI2), or needle 0.3 cun without bleeding, yielding immediate effect. For pediatric epilepsy, Jia Ju (abdominal masses), and stiff spine with mutual pulling, moxa thirty Zhuang at Changqiang (Governor Vessel 1, GV1). For pediatric epilepsy and convulsions with dizziness, moxa seven Zhuang at Shenting (Governor Vessel 24, GV24). For pediatric Feng Xian (Wind Epilepsy), which manifests first by flexing fingers as if counting objects before onset, moxa three Zhuang at the depression directly above the nasal bridge aligned with the hairline. For pediatric Jing Xian (Fright Epilepsy), which manifests first with frightened crying before onset, moxa three Zhuang at the center of the whorl on the top of the head, and also at the cyanic veins behind both ears. For persistent Pi Qi (accumulated masses) in children that does not dissipate, moxa seven Zhuang at Zhangmen (Liver 13, LR13), and fourteen Zhuang at the center of the spine behind the umbilicus. For children with fullness under the ribs, dysentery with heavy body, flaccidity of the four limbs unable to hold themselves, Jia Pi accumulations, abdominal pain with loss of appetite, and alternating chills and fever like malaria, as well as for treating abdominal distension radiating to the back, polyphagia followed by gradual emaciation and jaundice, moxa seven Zhuang at the sides of the spinous process of the eleventh thoracic vertebra, each 1.5 cun away. For pediatric Jaundice, moxa three Zhuang. For pediatric Gan Syndrome (malnutrition) with rectal prolapse, emaciation, thirst, and wasted appearance, where various prescriptions fail, moxa three Zhuang at the depression 3 cun above the coccyx (Weilu). During the Sanfu days (dog days), combine this with bathing in willow soup, performing moxibustion at noon. After moxibustion, wipe with silk; if Gan worms are seen exuding with sweat, this method is miraculous. For children with severe emaciation, Ben Tun (Qi rushing from lower abdomen to chest/throat), abdominal distension, lethargy of the four limbs, and inability to lift shoulders and back, moxa at Zhangmen (LR13). For infants vomiting milk, moxa one Zhuang at Zhongting (Conception Vessel 12, CV12). For pediatric rectal prolapse with bloody stool, if late autumn treatments fail, moxa one Zhuang at Guiwei (Governor Vessel 1, GV1 - note: often synonymous with Changqiang in some contexts, here distinct). For rectal prolapse, moxa three Zhuang at Shenque (Conception Vessel 8, CV8); *Qianjin Fang* states: use the number of Zhuang equal to the child's age. For chronic rectal prolapse unresponsive to treatment, and for Feng Xian or Zhong Feng (Stroke) presenting with opisthotonos, excessive crying, inappropriate speech, irregular onset, and even salivation, moxa seven Zhuang at Baihui (Governor Vessel 20, GV20).