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For mastitis (inflammation of the breast), moxibustion is applied to Zulinqi (GB41), Shenmen (HT7), Taixi (KI3), Xia Sanli, Neiguan (PC6), and Geshu (BL17). The Qizhuma point is also moxibusted with seven moxa cones per session.
Breast cancer (Nai Yan) is treatable if the patient is under forty years old, but difficult to cure if over forty. Therefore, young widows or childless women suffering from this condition have a poor prognosis and may die.
For postpartum abdominal pain, moxibustion is applied to Qihai (CV6) with one hundred moxa cones.
This addresses prolonged lochia discharge after childbirth.
Moxibustion is applied to Zhongji (CV3) and Yinjiao (RN7) with one hundred moxa cones each, and Shimen (CV5) with seven to one hundred moxa cones.
For milk stasis (lack of lactation), moxibustion is applied to Danzhong (CV17) with seven to forty-nine (seven times seven) moxa cones. Shaose (SI1) is contraindicated for needling and should be treated with tonification.
For abortion or miscarriage, within every three days, moxibustion is applied to Sanyinjiao (SP6) with seven moxa cones, Zhongji (CV3) and Qugu (CV2) with fifty moxa cones each, and the umbilicus (Shenque, CV8) with three hundred moxa cones.
For vaginal dryness and dyspareunia, moxibustion is applied to Heyinyang and Qugu (CV2) with fifty moxa cones.
For blood leakage (abnormal uterine bleeding with leukorrhea), Yingchong is moxibusted with fifty moxa cones.
For hematuria, Geshu (BL17) is needled at a depth of 0.3 cun, retained for seven breaths, then moxibusted with three moxa cones. Houxi (SI3) and Wanggu (SI4) are also addressed.
For continuous menstruation (metrorrhagia), Yinqiao is moxibusted with three moxa cones, and Yinjiao (RN7) with one hundred moxa cones.

In newborns, within seven days of birth, the umbilical cord naturally withers and falls off. On that day, cooked mugwort shaped like a bull's horn (hollow in the center) is used to moxibust the umbilicus (Shenque, CV8) with seven moxa cones. Removing the cone when it burns halfway prevents abdominal pain permanently.
For fetal epilepsy, milk-induced epilepsy, and convulsive epilepsy, the four Guian points are moxibusted with three moxa cones each. Each session covers four points and takes one shichen (two hours) to burn out completely by blowing on the fire.
For erysipelas (Fire Dan Du), if the pathogenic wind invades the chest and abdomen, death ensues. Immediately use a sharp needle to puncture around the red area to release evil blood. Observe the red areas the next day and puncture as before; this is effective.
For rectal prolapse, Baihui (GV20) is moxibusted with seven moxa cones. The umbilicus can be moxibusted with either fifty or one hundred moxa cones.
For night blindness (Que Mu), one moxa cone is applied at the white flesh margin at the head of the transverse crease on the dorsal side of the nail bed of the thumb, and Jiushu (BL18) is moxibusted with nine moxa cones.
For unclosed fontanelle, moxibustion is applied above and below the umbilicus with three moxa cones each. If the scab from moxibustion has not fallen off but the fontanelle closes first, the effect is significant.
For emaciation and indigestion, Weishu (BL21) is moxibusted. Changgu (Zusanli, ST36), located two cun lateral to the umbilicus, is moxibusted with seven moxa cones.
For enlarged scrotum descending into the abdomen, Taichong (LR3), Duyin, Qichong (ST30), Sanyinjiao (SP6), and Guanyuan (CV4) are selected.
For convulsions, Shendao (GV11), located between the spinous processes of the fifth thoracic vertebra, is moxibusted with seven to one hundred moxa cones for immediate effect.
For critical conditions difficult to save, three moxa cones are applied to both nipples: left for males, right for females.
For sleep startles, hand twitching, and eyes remaining open, three moxa cones are applied to the tips of the thumb and index fingers. Jianshi (PC5), Hegu (LI4), Taichong (LR3), and Taiyuan (LU9) are also addressed.
For fetal epilepsy, Guian points receive three moxa cones each, Jianshi (PC5) thirty moxa cones, Baihui (GV20) nine moxa cones, and the glans penis seven moxa cones.
For urinary retention, Baihui (GV20) is moxibusted with seven moxa cones, Yingchong with three moxa cones each, Dantian with fourteen (two sevens) moxa cones, Yongquan (KI1) with three moxa cones, and Baomen with fifty moxa cones. Alternatively, adzuki bean paste or fried salt is placed in the umbilicus and moxibusted with fifty moxa cones.
For trismus (lockjaw), RanGu (KI2) is moxibusted.
For convulsive epilepsy, Wanggu (SI4) at the central hair whorl receives three moxa cones, the blue vein behind the ear receives three moxa cones, and Taichong (LR3) receives three moxa cones.
For malaria, Shendao (GV11), also known as Zhuangshu, located below the spinous process of the fifth thoracic vertebra, is moxibusted with seven moxa cones.
For excessive fearfulness, RanGu (KI2) is moxibusted.
For excessive crying, Baihui (GV20) is moxibusted.
For acute hernia, Taichong (LR3) is moxibusted.
For red eyes, Hegu (LI4), Kunlun (BL60), Shenmen (HT7), Fengchi (GB20), and Yangjiao (GB39) are moxibusted.
For leukoma obscuring the pupil in spring and autumn, moxibustion is applied above the ninth thoracic vertebra with seven moxa cones, and Jiushu (BL18) with seven moxa cones.
For foul-smelling gingival ulcers, Laogong (PC8) receives one moxa cone.
For umbilical swelling, moxibustion is applied to the spine opposite the umbilicus with three or seven moxa cones.
For sudden darkening of elbow skin, moxibustion is applied half an cun around the umbilicus and one cun below the Jiwei bone (CV15), three moxa cones each.
For wind epilepsy with upward deviation of the eyes, moxibustion is applied above the fifth thoracic vertebra with seven moxa cones, Baihui (GV20) with seven moxa cones, and Kunlun (BL60) with three moxa cones.
For children aged four to five who cannot speak, Xinshu (BL15) is moxibusted, and the apex of the medial malleolus on both feet receives three moxa cones each.
For阴肿 (scrotal swelling), Kunlun (BL60), Taichong (LR3), and Taixi (KI3) are moxibusted.
For bloody and white dysentery, the umbilicus is moxibusted with seven to one hundred moxa cones, and Sanyinjiao (SP6) with seven moxa cones.
For enuresis, Qihai (CV6), Baihui (GV20), and Dadun (LR1) are moxibusted with three moxa cones each.
For vomiting milk, Zhongting (CV16), located 1.6 cun below Danzhong (CV17), is moxibusted with five moxa cones.
For measles entering the eyes, Dazhu (BL11) is moxibusted with seven to twenty-one (three sevens) moxa cones. Treat the specific meridians involved based on the affected area.
For nocturnal crying, the father carries the child, secretly chops a neighbor's fence with a knife without being seen, and ties the chopped piece back. The crying stops immediately, and the child will never cry again.
For edema, Shuifen (CV9) is moxibusted with three moxa cones, Sanyinjiao (SP6) with thirty moxa cones, and Pishu (BL20) with three moxa cones.
For chronic malaria, Guian receives three moxa cones, and Neiting (ST44) receives seven moxa cones.
For foaming and corpse-like coma (Shi Jue), Juque (CV14) is moxibusted with seven moxa cones, and Zhongwan (CV12) with fifty moxa cones.
For infants crying excessively within the first week due to external wind invading the umbilicus affecting the heart and spleen, Hegu (LI4), Taichong (LR3), Shenmen (HT7), and Lieque (LU7) are moxibusted with seven moxa cones each, and Chengjiang (CV24) with seven moxa cones.
For symptoms starting with fright followed by crying, Baihui (GV20) is moxibusted with seven moxa cones, and Jianshi (PC5) and Yinjiao (DU28) are addressed.
For opisthotonos, Baihui (GV20) is moxibusted with seven moxa cones, and Tiantu (CV22) with seven moxa cones.