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Blood stasis in the chest: Select Jueque (CV14), Xiasanli, Feishu (BL13), Gaohuangshu (BL43), Neiguan (PC6).

Disorder of the Sanjiao (Triple Burner) leads to dryness and thirst due to exhaustion of the five Zang organs' fluids; this is caused by the failure of Water and Fire to interact harmoniously.
Xiaoke (Wasting-thirst / Diabetes-like symptoms) with excessive drinking: Select Renzhong (GV26), Duanduan (GV27), Yinbai (SP1), Chengjiang (CV24), RanGu (KI2), Shenmen (HT7), Neiguan (PC6), Sanjiaoshu (BL22).
Kidney deficiency type Xiaoke: Select RanGu (KI2), Shenshu (BL23), Yaoshu (GV3), Feishu (BL13), Zhonglvshu (BL27, located two cun lateral to the spine below the 20th thoracic vertebra on the raised muscle tissue), moxa three Zhu.
Thirst after eating: Needle Zhongwan (CV12), Sanjiaoshu (BL22), Weishu (BL21), Taiyuan (LU9), Lieque (LU7), all using the reducing method.

Deficiency of Wei Qi (Defensive Qi) causes spontaneous sweating; external constraint by Cold pathogen causes absence of sweating. The Lung governs the skin and hair; exterior deficiency leads to spontaneous sweating. ○ Hematemesis (vomiting blood) and epistaxis (nosebleed) are both caused by Lung heat and reckless movement of Heart blood. For skin conditions, reduce Heat from the Heart and Lungs.
Tetany (muscle spasm) with no sweating: Select Qiaoyin (GB44), Taiyuan (LU9), Kongzui (LU6), moxa three Zhu; Yanglingquan (GB34), Danshu (BL19). For spasms of both arms, acupoints can be adjusted mutually.
Vexation in the heart with no sweating: Select Kongzui (LU6), moxa three Zhu; Qucha (GV7), Xinxu (BL15), Taiyuan (LU9), Shenmen (HT7), Jueque (CV14). Points between the fingers of hands and feet can also be needled.
Bone cold-heat with profuse sweating: Select Fuliu (KI7), Xiasanli, Shenmen (HT7).
Sweating with epistaxis: Select Chengjiang (CV24), Hegu (LI4), Kunlun (BL60), Shangxing (GV23), Shenmen (HT7), Taichong (LR3).
Body heat like fire with no sweating: Select Mingmen (GV4), Zhongwan (CV12), Danshu (BL19), Kongzui (LU6), moxa three Zhu; Feishu (BL13), Taixi (KI3), Hegu (LI4), Zhigou (TE6).
Night sweats: Select Feishu (BL13), moxa three Zhu; Yindu (SP15, one and a half cun lateral to Jueque, two cun further down vertically), moxa two Zhu.
Deficient sweating: Reduce Hegu (LI4); tonify Fuliu (KI7), Xiasanli, Yindu (SP15), Ququan (LR8), all moxa three Zhu; Zhaohai (KI6), Yuji (LU10).
Cough with no sweating: Select Yuji (LU10), Qiaoyin (GB44), Danshu (BL19), Shangyang (LI1), Shangxing (GV23), Feishu (BL13), Xinxu (BL15), Ganshu (BL18), Ququan (LR8), moxa three Zhu; Kongzui (LU6), moxa three Zhu.

Winter injury by Cold leads to Spring Warm diseases (Epidemics).
Taiyang Meridian disease: On the first or second day, fever and aversion to cold, headache, stiffness and pain in the waist and spine, radial pulses at the Chi position are floating, belonging to the Bladder meridian.
Yangming Meridian disease: On the second or third day, body heat, eye pain, nasal dryness, inability to lie down, radial pulses at the Chi position are long, belonging to Stomach Earth.
Shaoyang Meridian disease: On the third or fourth day, pain in the chest and hypochondrium with deafness, or bitter taste in the mouth and dry tongue, or alternating chills and fever with vomiting, radial pulses at the Chi position are wiry, belonging to Gallbladder Wood.
Taiyin Meridian disease: On the fourth or fifth day, abdominal fullness, dry throat, dampness in hands and feet, or spontaneous diarrhea with thirst, or abdominal pain, radial pulses at the Chi position are deep and fine, belonging to Spleen Earth.
Shaoyin Meridian disease: On the fifth or sixth day, dry mouth and tongue with aversion to cold, radial pulses at the Chi position are deep, belonging to Kidney Water.
Jueyin Meridian disease: On the sixth or seventh day, vexation and distension, retraction of the testicles, radial pulses at the Chi position are faint and slow, belonging to Liver Wood.
These are the syndromes of the Three Yin and Three Yang meridians. ○ Medical texts state: At the onset, transmission occurs only through the Foot meridians, not the Hand meridians.
It is also said: Transmission following the generation cycle of the Five Elements leads to survival; transmission following the overcoming cycle leads to death. ○ Generation cycle: Metal generates Water, Water generates Wood, Wood generates Fire, Fire generates Earth, Earth generates Metal. Overcoming cycle: Metal overcomes Wood, Wood overcomes Earth, Earth overcomes Water, Water overcomes Fire, Fire overcomes Metal.
It is also said: On the first day, treat Fengfu (GV16); on the second day, treat Sanjian (LI3); on the third day, treat Zhongzhu (TE3) and Linqi (GB41); on the fourth day, treat Shaoshang (LU11) and Yinbai (SP1); on the fifth day, treat Shenmen (HT7) and Taixi (KI3); on the sixth day, treat Lingdao (HT4), Zhongfeng (LR4), and Jianshi (PC5).
Exterior disorders affecting the Fu organs: Select Yanggu (SI2), Zhigou (TE6), Yangxi (LI5), Yangfu (GB38). Interior disorders affecting the Zang organs: Select Shangqiu (SP5), Fuliu (KI7), Jingqu (LU8), Lingdao (HT4), Jianshi (PC5).
Syndromes resembling Wind-stroke, Dampness invasion (lockjaw and opisthotonos), or epilepsy should be treated according to the daily acupuncture protocol for Cold damage.
Cold damage flow and distribution: Select Taichong (LR3) and Neiting (ST44); needling these two points generally controls and reduces chills and fever.
On the hand: Select Taichong (LR3), Neiting (ST44), Shousanli (LI10), needle together. On the foot: Select Taichong (LR3), Neiting (ST44), needle together. On the back: Select Taichong (LR3), Neiting (ST44), Jianshi (PC5), needle together. On the abdomen: Select Taichong (LR3), Neiting (ST44), Xiasanli, needle together.
Cold damage involving sexual misconduct, fever, food regurgitation from the mouth and nose: Select RanGu (KI2); needling enables swallowing of food immediately, miraculous effect.
Yin syndrome Cold damage lingering with unresolved fever is due to insufficiency of Middle Qi. Moxa the navel for one hundred Zhu; if ineffective, add fifty Zhu, or fill the navel with salt and moxa.
For Cold damage unresolved after six days: Select Qimen (LR14), Guanyuan (CV4), Taichong (LR3), Xiasanli, Neiting (ST44).
Residual heat not yet exhausted: Select Quchi (LI11), Hegu (LI4), Taichong (LR3), Xiasanli, Neiting (ST44).
Cold damage with grief and fear: Select Taichong (LR3), Neiting (ST44), Shaochong (HT9), Tongli (HT5).
Pain along the spine: Select Dachong (LR3 - likely typo for Taichong in source context or specific point), Neiting (ST44), Weizhong (BL40), Kunlun (BL60).
Dry mouth: Select Quze (PC3), Shenmen (HT7).
Stiff neck and closed eyes: Select Fengmen (BL12), Weizhong (BL40), Taichong (LR3), Neiting (ST44), Xiasanli, Sanyinjiao (SP6).
Heat disease with vexation in the heart, cold feet, and excessive sweating: First needle RanGu (KI2), Taixi (KI3), Xingjian (LR2), all using the tonifying method.
Heat disease with vexation in the heart and no sweating: Select Zhongchong (PC9), Laogong (PC8), Shaochong (HT9), Guanchong (TE17), Daling (PC7), Yangxi (LI5), Quze (PC3), Kongzui (LU6), moxa three to five Zhu, sweating ensues immediately.
Another prescription: For no sweating after five days, select Taiyuan (LU9) and retain the needle for one shichen (two hours). If less than five days have passed, Quze (PC3) is contraindicated for needling.
Heat disease with extreme heat, headache, and desire to drink: After three days, tie a soft cord around the upper arm below the shoulder at the Qingluo (blue collaterals) above and below the Chize (LU5) point on both left and right sides, puncture deeply to bleed heavily, discarding blood like feces, miraculous effect. Bleeding is equivalent to sweating.
Toad plague: After military conflicts, pervasive killing energy touches and injures people, causing intense epidemic heat, swollen and blocked throat, lockjaw, inability to speak or eat, swelling under the chin resembling a toad's throat, gasping breath, death on the third day, hence called Toad plague. Its heat is contagious; it may manifest as Big Head Plague, or infect healthy individuals leading to sudden qi collapse, or cause severe swelling and death from heat. Urgently use a three-edged needle to pierce the Yang blood collaterals on the forehead and the Taiyang blood collaterals, releasing much evil blood. Then tie a thin thread below the shoulders, immediately needle the large and small blood collaterals at Chize (LU5) bilaterally and the blood collaterals at Weizhong (BL40), discarding blood like feces, then drinking water returns within a few days, miraculous effect.
Big Head Plague: Appearance like red silk vapor, rainbow-like band across the forehead and temples in a horizontal line, still swelling the whole face, ears, eyes, mouth, and nose disappear into a lump of flesh, silent and gasping, death on the sixth or seventh day, caused by Heat invading the Heart and Lungs. Treatment method is as above, but urgently treat before critical condition.