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Nine acupoints in total.

Tianchi (PC1): Located one cun behind the nipple, five fen below. Needle 3 fen, moxa 3 zhuang.
Indications: Blurred vision, headache, chest and hypochondriac fullness and oppression, cough with counterflow qi, swelling and pain in the arm and axilla, inability to lift the four limbs, ascending qi, alternating chills and fever, malaria, heat disease with no sweating. ○ Treats neck fistula and scrofula. Moxa 100 zhuang (from *Qianjin Fang*). Combined with Weiyang (BL39) to treat axillary swelling; needle it for rapid resolution (from *Baizheng Fu*).

Tianquan (PC2): Located on the medial aspect of the arm, one cun directly below Jiquan (HT1). For slightly larger constitutions, needle 6 fen, moxa 3 zhuang; or needle 2 fen per day (textual ambiguity retained).
Indications: Aversion to wind and cold, chest and hypochondriac pain, limb fullness, cough with counterflow qi, pain in the anterior chest, back, scapula, and arm.

Quze (PC3): Located at the midpoint of the transverse cubital crease on the medial aspect of the arm, posterior to Chize (LU5) of the Lung Meridian. Needle 3 fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa 3 zhuang.
Indications: Heartache, susceptibility to fright, body heat, vexation and thirst, shaking and pulling pain in the arm and elbow with inability to extend, vomiting due to Cold Damage, counterflow qi. ○ Combined with Shaoshang (LU11) to treat blood-deficiency thirst (from *Baizheng Fu*).

Ximen (PC4): Located five cun proximal to the wrist crease on the palm side. Needle 3 fen, moxa 5 zhuang.
Indications: Vomiting, epistaxis, heartache, retching, fright, insufficiency of divine spirit, chronic hemorrhoids.

Jianshi (PC5): Located three cun proximal to the wrist crease on the palm side. Needle 3 fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa 5 zhuang.
Indications: Chest fullness and pain from Cold Damage, sensation of emptiness in the heart like hunger, vomiting of saliva, shortness of breath, stroke with qi obstruction, coma and aphasia, sudden mania, palpitations in the chest, aversion to wind and cold, cholera with dry heaving, axillary swelling, elbow spasm, sudden heartache, frequent fright, globus hystericus, irregular menstruation in women, pediatric external pathogenic invasion, chronic malaria. Moxa according to age for "ghost evil." ○ If dry heaving persists and food is immediately vomited, moxa 30 zhuang. If the pulses in the four limbs are absent, moxibustion restores them; this method can revive the dead. Also treats sudden death by moxa for 100 breaths. In the system of Thirteen Ghost Points, this point is named "Ghost Road"; needle it to treat hundred evils, mania, and madness, specifically during the ninth needling session (from *Qianjin Fang*). Treats spleen cold, alternating chills and fever, generalized sores and scabies; moxa 7 zhuang (from *Shennong Jing*). Combined with Fengchi (GB20) and Huantiao (GB30) to treat malaria. Also combined with Qihai (CV6), Zhongji (CV3), and Zusanli (ST36) to treat lower abdominal difficulty in urination/defecation (from *Taiyi Ge*). Treats malaria (from *Yulong Fu*). Combined with Tianding (SI16) to treat aphasia, do not delay (from *Baizheng Fu*). Combined with Shuigou (GV26) to treat evil-induced madness (from *Lingguang Fu*). Treats frequent hiccups in heat disease (from *Kuaijie Fang*).

Neiguan (PC6): Located two cun proximal to the wrist crease between the two tendons, opposite Waiguan (TE5). Needle 5 fen, moxa 5 zhuang.
Indications: Stroke with loss of will. Excess pattern: sudden severe heart pain. Deficiency pattern: vexation, palpitations, hot face, blurred vision, limb fullness, elbow spasm, unremitting chronic malaria, chest fullness, intestinal pain. Tonify deficiency, drain excess; moxa for sores. ○ Treats heart pain, abdominal distension, and various internal abdominal diseases; moxa 7 zhuang (from *Shennong Jing*). Combined with Zhaohai (KI6) to treat abdominal masses (from *Yulong Fu*). Combined with Gongsun (SP4) to treat abdominal pain (from *Xi Hong Fu*). For Cold Damage affecting the Taiyin Meridian on the fourth day, first use Zhaohai and Gongsun, then Neiguan (from *Lanjiang Fu*). Combined with Jianli (CV11) to dispel chest distress (from *Baizheng Fu*). Needle Neiguan for chest fullness and abdominal pain (from *Biao You Fu*).

Daling (PC7): Located in the depression at the midpoint of the transverse palmar crease. Needle 3 fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa 3 zhuang.
Indications: Heat disease with no sweating, pain at the root of the tongue, wheezing and cough, hematemesis, sensation of emptiness in the heart like hunger, uncontrollable laughter, headache, shortness of breath, chest and hypochondriac pain, fright, weeping, vomiting, counterflow qi, bi syndrome of the throat, dry mouth, red eyes, spasm and pain of the elbow and arm, hematuria. ○ Treats chest pain and sores on the anterior chest; moxa 3 zhuang (from *Shennong Jing*). Moxa 50 zhuang for hematemesis and vomiting. For sudden lumbar swelling, deep-seated abscesses, joint swelling, wandering wind-heat-toxin, etc., if any abnormality is felt initially, urgently apply moxa. Moxa 5 zhuang between the two tendons posterior to the first palmar crease; effect is immediate. Treat left side by moxaing the right, treat right side by moxaing the left, treat midline by moxaing both hands. This is also the "Ghost Heart" point, treating hundred evils, mania, and madness; needle it during the fourth session (from *Qianjin Fang*). Combined with Laogong (PC8) to treat heart stuffiness and skin sores. Combined with Renzhong (GV26) and frequently drained to remove bad breath. Combined with Waiguan (TE5) and Zhigou (TE6) to treat abdominal pain and constipation (from *Yulong Fu*).

Laogong (PC8): Located in the center of the palm, found by flexing the middle and ring fingers. Needle 2 fen, moxa 3 zhuang.
Indications: Stroke with uncontrollable crying and laughing, heat disease with no sweating, hypochondriac pain preventing turning, hematemesis and epistaxis, belching, counterflow qi, vexation and thirst, inability to eat, chest/hypochondriac/limb fullness, fishy odor in the mouth, jaundice, hand numbness, hematochezia and hematuria, hot hemorrhoids. ○ For heart vexation and pain, needle 5 fen and tonify (from *Qianjin Fang*). Combined with Daling (PC7) to treat heart stuffiness and skin sores (from *Yulong Fu*). Treats fatigue (from *Lingguang Fu*). Combined with Houxi (SI3) to treat Sanxiao (wasting-thirst) and jaundice (from *Baizheng Fu*). Can relieve stomach reversal and heart pain (from *Tongxuan Fu*). Treats melancholic dysphagia (from *Kuaijie Fang*). Effective for mania when moxaed.

Zhongchong (PC9): Located at the tip of the middle finger, one feiye width from the nail bed. Needle 1 fen, retain for three breaths, moxa 1 zhuang.
Indications: Heat disease with no sweating, headache as if splitting, body heat like fire, heartache with vexation and fullness, stiff tongue and pain, stroke with unconsciousness. ○ Treats infant night crying and excessive weeping; moxa 1 zhuang, cone size like a wheat grain (from *Shennong Jing*). Combined with Lianquan (CV23) to treat sublingual swelling and pain (from *Baizheng Fu*). Another view states it treats insufficiency of divine spirit and loss of will. ○ For sudden collapse from wind-stroke, coma with phlegm-saliva obstruction, unconsciousness, locked jaw, inability to take medicine, urgently needle Shaoshang (LU11), Shangyang (LI1), Zhongchong (PC9), Guanchong (TE1), Shaochong (HT9), and Xiaozhe (SI1) with a three-edged needle to promote blood and qi circulation; this is the miraculous secret for resuscitation (from *Qiankun Shengyi*).