三里、治膝 酸痛。（铜）阳交、治喉痹。面肿。寒痹。膝 不收。条口、治膝 寒
。足缓履不收。湿痹足下热。阴谷、治膝痛如锥。不得屈伸。膀胱俞、治脚膝无力。（
见瘕癖。）合阳、主膝股重。阴交、治腰膝拘挛。髀关、治膝寒。（明同。）不仁痿厥
。股内筋络急。阳陵泉、治膝伸不得屈。冷脚不仁。偏风半身不遂。脚冷无血色。京骨
、治膝痛不得屈伸。梁丘、治寒痹。膝不能屈伸。阳关、治膝外痛。不可屈伸。风痹不
仁。犊鼻、治膝中痛不仁。难跪起。膝膑痈肿。不溃可治。溃者不治。
三阴交、治膝股内痛。（见 癖。）交信、治膝胫内廉痛。曲泉、（见疝。）膝关、治
痛。（见风痹。）悬钟、治心腹胀满。胃热不嗜食。膝 痛。筋挛。足不收履。坐不能久。
膝眼、疗膝冷痛不已。（明忌灸。）伏兔、疗膝冷。（见风劳。）丰隆、疗腿膝酸痹。（
见尸厥。）合阳、（见脊。）治膝股重。（千铜云注膝 酸。）侠溪、阳关、主膝外廉痛。
膝关、主膝内廉痛引膑。不可屈伸。连腹引喉痛。中封、主膝肿。内踝前痛。大冲
、主膝
膝胫酸痹不仁。）气冲、治腰痛不得俯仰。（见月事。）三里、主膝痿痛。（见唾血。）
风市、疗膝酸。承山、疗膝重。（并见腰脚。）
舍弟行一二里路。膝必酸疼不可行。须坐定以手抚摩久之。而后能行。后因多服附子而
愈。予冬月膝亦酸疼。灸犊鼻而愈。以此见药与灸不可偏废也。若灸膝关三里亦得。但按其穴酸
疼。即是受病处。灸之不拘。
Zusanli (ST36) treats knee soreness and pain. (*Tongren* [Manual of Acupuncture Points]) Yangjiao (GB35) treats throat obstruction (laryngopharyngeal obstruction), facial swelling, cold bi-syndrome (painful obstruction due to cold pathogen), and knee laxity with inability to support weight. Tiaokou (ST38) treats knee coldness, foot weakness with inability to walk properly, and damp-bi syndrome causing heat in the soles of the feet. Yinggu (KI10) treats knee pain like a cone piercing, and inability to flex or extend the joint. Bladder Shu (BL28) treats weakness of the legs and knees. (See *Jia Pi* [Abdominal Masses] section.) Heyang (BL56) primarily governs heaviness in the knees and thighs. Yinjiao (RN7) treats spasm and contracture of the waist and knees. Biguan (ST31) treats knee coldness, numbness and paralysis (wei jue), and acute tension of the meridians and collaterals in the inner thigh. (*Mingtang* records the same.) Yanglingquan (GB34) treats knees that cannot flex after extension, cold and numb feet, hemiplegia from wind-stroke, cold feet lacking blood color. Jinggu (BL64) treats knee pain with inability to flex or extend. Liangqiu (ST34) treats cold bi-syndrome and knees unable to flex or extend. Yangguan (EX-LE5) treats lateral knee pain, inability to flex or extend, and wind-bi syndrome with numbness. Dubi (EX-LE4) treats pain and numbness in the center of the knee, difficulty in kneeling and rising, and abscess/swelling of the patella; if unruptured, it is treatable; if ruptured, it is difficult to treat.
Sanyinjiao (SP6) treats pain in the medial aspect of the knees and thighs. (See *Pi* [Masses] section.) Jiaoxin (KI8) treats pain on the medial aspect of the knees and shins. Ququan (LR8). (See *Shan* [Hernia] section.) Xiguan (EX-LE6) treats pain. (See Wind-Bi section.) Zhongfeng (LR7) treats abdominal distension and fullness, stomach heat with loss of appetite, knee pain, tendon spasms, foot weakness with inability to walk, and discomfort when sitting for long periods. Xiyan (EX-LE2) treats persistent cold pain in the knees. (*Mingtang* contraindicates moxibustion.) Futu (ST32) treats knee coldness. (See Wind-Lao section.) Fenglong (ST40) treats soreness and bi-syndrome in the legs and knees. (See Shi Jue [Corpse Faint] section.) Heyang (BL56). (See Spine section.) Treats heaviness in knees and thighs. (*Qianjin Fang* and *Tongren* note: treats knee soreness and pain.) Xiaxi (GB43) and Yangguan (EX-LE5) primarily govern lateral knee pain. Xiguan (EX-LE6) primarily governs medial knee pain radiating to the patella, inability to flex or extend, and pain radiating to the abdomen and throat. Zhongfeng (LR7) governs knee swelling and pain anterior to the medial malleolus. Dachong (LR3, i.e., Taichong) governs soreness, bi-syndrome, and numbness in the knees and shins. Qichong (ST30) treats lower back pain preventing flexion and extension. (See Menstruation section.) Zusanli (ST36) governs knee atrophy and pain. (See Hemoptysis section.) Fengshi (GB31) treats knee soreness. Chengshan (BL57) treats knee heaviness. (Both see Waist and Feet section.)
My younger brother would inevitably experience severe knee soreness and pain after walking one or two li, making walking impossible. He had to sit down and massage the area with his hands for a long time before he could walk again. Later, he recovered after taking large amounts of Aconite Root (*Fuzi*). In winter, my knees also became sore and painful, which was cured by moxibustion on Dubi (EX-LE4). This demonstrates that herbal medicine and moxibustion should not be neglected. Moxibustion on Xiguan (EX-LE6) and Zusanli (ST36) is also effective. However, where pressing the acupoint elicits soreness and pain, that is the site of pathology; moxibustion can be applied without strict adherence to fixed points.