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Quze (PC3), treats wind rash. The arm, elbow, and wrist are prone to trembling or shaking. (*Tongren Shuxue Zhenjiu Tujing*) Jianyu (LI15), treats wind-heat urticaria. (*Mingtang* states: Acupuncture can treat deficiency caused by wind pathogen.) Quchi (LI11), needling treats wind-induced urticaria. Yongquan (KI1), (*Mingtang* agrees), Huantiao (GB30), (*see Knee section*), treats wind rash. Xiakunlun (BL60), cures wind rash, wind-heat, and wind-cold bi-syndrome. (*Mingtang*) Quchi (LI11), cures pain from wind rash. (*see Pianfeng section*) Futu (ST32), (*see Fenglao section*), cures urticaria. Hegu (LI4) and Quchi (LI11), cure generalized wind rash in both adults and children. (*Lower Body Section*)

The *Qianjin Fang* states: People suffering from wind rash often experience blurred vision. One should first expel the wind pathogen, and the blurred vision will naturally improve. Thus, blurred vision can also result from excessive wind rash. Should not wind rash be treated first?

The *Qianjin Yifang* records a method for moxibustion on red rashes caused by wind-heat with itching, where scratching immediately leads to ulceration. Take one long mugwort stalk. With intense focus using both hands, locate the affected area. Have the patient stand facing a wall. Hold the mugwort stalk against the wall with both hands, extend all ten fingers, align the tip of the middle finger with the stalk, and apply a large moxa cone on the stalk. Stop when the stalk burns through. Ten moxa cones per site lead to recovery. If the condition recurs after recovery, repeat the treatment according to this method for permanent cure. For urticaria, moxa Quchi (LI11) according to the patient's age (Sui Nian Zhuang). For headache accompanied by urticaria, moxa Tianchuang (SI16) seven times.

Feiyang (BL58), Yongquan (KI1), Hanyan (GB7), and Houding (GV19) govern sweating in Lijie syndrome. (*Qianjin Fang*, see Neck/Shoulder section) Feiyang (BL58) treats Lijie wind. The toes cannot flex or extend; there is dizziness, vertigo, and rebellious qi. (*Tongren Shuxue Zhenjiu Tujing*)

Shexiang Wan (Musk Pill) is particularly effective for Baihu Lijie (White Tiger Lijie) wind. It addresses various wind pains that migrate without fixed location, feeling like insects crawling under the skin, quiet during the day but severe at night. When Xu Shumi was in Shechuan, a woman in his household suffered from migrating whole-body pain, which flared up at night, feeling as if insects were biting her muscles. Others often treated it as a ghostly affliction. I said, "This is precisely Lijie disease." After taking three doses, she recovered. (*See Benshi Fang*) Generalized pain and itching like insect bites, where scratching causes skin peeling and ulceration; moxa Quchi (LI11). (*see Dingchuang section*)

In *Liangfang*, herbal medicines for treating leprosy failed after half a month of use. However, applying fourteen moxa cones to each knee eye (Xiyan points) proved effective. Physicians serving Chancellor Chang'an treated countless cases, including leprosy and other severe diseases. Many prescriptions from *Qianjin Fang* showed variable efficacy. Only those combined with fine powder of Silk Leaf (*Broussonetia papyrifera* leaf), made into pills the size of wutong seeds using steamed rice paste from Di Huang (Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata), taken two to three times daily, forty to fifty pills per dose, washed down with tea water, showed especially rapid effects, though they were difficult to administer. Even after recovery, continued intake is advisable; it has been administered to many others with miraculous results. Furthermore, moxing Quchi (LI11), Hegu (LI4), Zusanli (ST36), and Yangjiao (GB39) yields even better results. When I pressed these acupoints on patients, they all reported soreness and pain, confirming accurate point selection.