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There are twenty-eight acupoints in total.

**Changqiang (GV1)** is located at the end of the spinal column; take it with the patient prone. It indicates: stiffness and spasm of the lumbar and dorsal spine, inability to bend or extend; mania; difficulty in urination and defecation; intestinal wind bleeding; five types of hemorrhoids; five types of strangury; gangrene and erosion of the lower part; severe diarrhea; seminal emission; hematemesis; sunken fontanelle in infants; convulsions and epilepsy; spasms; rectal prolapse; bloody stool. This acupoint is the root for treating the five types of hemorrhoids. ○ An empirical prescription: For "summer wasting" (chronic weakness in summer) causing emaciation in youths, moxibustion on this point is most effective. ○ For dysentery with red and white discharge, moxa cones totaling one hundred applications are burned on the tip of the coccyx; more is better. Also for leakage, five types of hemorrhoids, and parasitic worms eroding the lower region, needle 0.3 cun, take with the patient prone, using intense pain as the threshold; moxibustion is also good, thirty applications daily for seven days, but efficacy is inferior to needling. Also, burning seven applications on the tailbone vertebra is divine for treating rectal prolapse. *Qianjin Fang* calls it Guizhi (Turtle Tail), which is Qionggu (End Bone). *Qianjin Yifang* records: Moxibustion combined with Chengshan (BL58) is best for hemorrhoids (*Yulong Fu*). Needling Dazhu (BL11) treats Qi pain of the small intestine. It is also said: For pediatric rectal prolapse of long duration, first moxa Baihui (GV20), then Changqiang (*Xi Hong Fu*). Combined with Baihui (GV20) specifically treats rectal prolapse. It is also said: Needling Changqiang and Chengshan (BL58) effectively treats newly onset intestinal wind bleeding (*Baizheng Fu*). Baihui (GV20) and Guizhi (Changqiang) treat dysentery (*Lingguang Fu*). Combined with Dadun (LR1) treats hernia of the small intestine (*Tianxing Mijue*).

**Yaoshu (GV2)** is in the interspace below the twenty-first thoracic vertebra, in the depression. Needle 0.2 cun, retain for seven breaths, moxa five applications. One day may needle 0.5 cun, moxa forty-nine applications. It indicates: heaviness and pain of the lumbar and dorsal spine, inability to bend or extend or move; cold bi syndrome from the waist down to the feet with numbness; stiffness and spasm, inability to sit or lie down. Moxibustion applications should correspond to the patient's age. Warm malaria with no sweat; amenorrhea in women; dark urine. After moxibustion, abstain from sexual intercourse and strenuous labor. ○ For sudden lumbar pain, moxa seven applications one inch above the end of the coccyx to stop pain (*Qianjin Fang* says). Combined with Huantiao (GB30) cauterizing needle treats cold wind and cold bi syndrome.

**Yangguan (GV29)** is in the interspace below the sixteenth thoracic vertebra, take with the patient prone. Needle 0.5 cun, moxa three applications. It indicates: knee pain, inability to flex or extend; wind bi with numbness; tendon contraction, inability to walk.

**Mingmen (GV4)** is in the interspace below the fourteenth thoracic vertebra, take with the patient prone. Needle 0.5 cun, moxa three applications. One day may needle 0.3 cun, moxa twenty-seven applications. If the patient is over twenty years old, moxibustion may cause sterility. It indicates: kidney deficiency lumbar pain; red and white leukorrhea; seminal emission in men; tinnitus; cold bi and contraction of hands and feet; hernia; fright; dizziness; headache as if breaking; body heat like fire; bone-steaming tidal fever; anhidrosis; malaria; spasms; tenesmus and abdominal pain. ○ For lumbar pain with immobility, have the patient stand upright, prop a bamboo staff on the ground, measure to the navel, then use that staff to measure the back; moxa at the end of the staff, applications corresponding to the patient's age, effect is excellent. For men with hemorrhoidal fistula and bleeding, rectal prolapse, anorexia, chronic diarrhea; for women with metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, strangury, red and white discharge, all should be moxa-ed. One cun lateral to both sides of this point, across three interspaces, moxa each cun. ○ For lumbar pain, moxa seven applications (*Shennong Jing*). For elderly frequent urination, combine with Shenshu (BL23) moxa (*Yulong Fu*). Combined with Ganshu (BL18) enables blind persons to see the finest hairs (*Biaoyou Fu*). A folk tradition holds that moxa on this point is often effective for chills and fever.

**Xuanxu (GV3)** is below the thirteenth thoracic vertebra, take with the patient prone. Needle 0.3 cun, moxa three or five applications. It indicates: stiffness of lumbar and dorsal spine, inability to flex or extend; accumulation of Qi in the abdomen, pain above and below; indigestion; persistent diarrhea and dysentery.

**Jizhong (GV9)** is in the interspace below the eleventh thoracic vertebra, take with the patient prone. Needle 0.5 cun, **contraindicated for moxibustion**; moxa causes kyphosis. It indicates: wind epilepsy and manic psychosis; abdominal fullness and anorexia; five types of hemorrhoids and accumulations; dysentery; pediatric dysentery with red and white discharge; autumn rectal prolapse where anal pain is unbearable upon each episode, moxa is permissible.

**Zhongshu (GV10)** is in the interspace below the tenth thoracic vertebra, take with the patient prone. Needle 0.5 cun, **contraindicated for moxibustion**; moxa causes curvature of the waist and back. One transmission says this point reduces fever and promotes appetite, may moxa three applications; commonly used and effective, kyphosis has not been observed.

**Jinsuo (GV8)** is in the interspace below the ninth thoracic vertebra, take with the patient prone. Needle 0.5 cun, moxa three or five applications. It indicates: epilepsy, mania, spinal stiffness, wind epilepsy, downward gaze. ○ Combined with Shuidao (ST28) specifically treats spinal stiffness (*Baizheng Fu*).

**Zhiyang (GV9)** is in the interspace below the seventh thoracic vertebra, take with the patient prone. Needle 0.5 cun, moxa three applications. It indicates: stiffness and pain of lumbar and dorsal spine; cold in the stomach, anorexia; shortness of breath, difficulty speaking; fullness in chest, hypochondrium, and limbs; emaciation; sallow complexion; asthenia; leg soreness; heaviness and pain in limbs; chills and fever resolution. ○ One says moxa three applications, asthma resolves immediately. ○ For chills/fever, leg soreness, limb heaviness/pain, cough, moxa three to seven applications (*Shennong Jing*). Resolves jaundice, treats fatigue (*Yulong Fu*).

**Lingtai (GV10)** is in the interspace below the sixth thoracic vertebra, take with the patient prone. Needle 0.3 cun, moxa three applications. Absent in *Jia Yi Jing*, appears in annotation of *Qifu Lun*. It indicates: currently, moxa is used for asthma preventing lying down and chronic cough due to wind-cold; relief occurs when fire reaches.

**Shendao (GV11)** is in the interspace below the fifth thoracic vertebra, take with the patient prone. Needle 0.5 cun, retain for five breaths, moxa five applications. One day may moxa forty-nine to one hundred applications, **contraindicated for needling**. It indicates: cold damage headache; alternating chills and fever; malaria; sorrow; amnesia; palpitations; trismus; inability to open mouth; pediatric wind epilepsy and spasms, may moxa seven applications. ○ Combined with Xinshu (BL15) treats wind epilepsy, bringing peace (*Baizheng Fu*).

**Shenzhu (GV12)** is in the interspace below the third thoracic vertebra, take with the patient prone. Needle 0.5 cun, retain for five breaths, moxa five applications. One day moxa forty-nine applications. It indicates: lumbar and dorsal pain; epilepsy, manic running, anger wanting to kill, spasms; fever, delirium, seeing ghosts; pediatric convulsions and epilepsy. ○ For cough, moxa fourteen applications (*Shennong Jing*). Relieves cough and eliminates back pain (*Yulong Fu*). Combined with Benshen (GB13) treats epilepsy excellently (*Baizheng Fu*). Together with Daodao (GV13), Feishu (BL13), Gaohuang (BL43) treats deficiency damage of five labors and seven injuries, an important method. ○ One transmission says treats seasonal cold damage.

**Daodao (GV13)** is in the interspace below the first thoracic vertebra, take with the patient prone. Needle 0.5 cun, retain for five breaths. One day needle 0.3 cun. It indicates: malaria chills/shivering; spinal stiffness, irritability, fullness; anhidrosis; heavy head; closed eyes; spasms; absent-mindedness and unhappiness. ○ Combined with Shenzhu (GV12), Feishu (BL13), Gaohuang (BL43) treats deficiency damage of five labors and seven injuries (*Qiankun Shengyi*). Combined with Zhonglvyu (GV15) treats epidemic heat. ○ One transmission says this point excels at reducing bone-steaming heat.

**Dazhui (GV14)** is in the depression above the first thoracic vertebra. Needle 0.5 cun, retain for five breaths, moxa five applications. One says applications correspond to age. Dazhui is the Hui-Sea of bones; bone disease patients may be moxa-ed. It indicates: deficiency damage of five labors and seven injuries with fatigue; wind-labor and food-Qi; chronic malaria; lung distension and hypochondriac fullness; vomiting and rebellious Qi; rigidity of back and shoulders; neck stiffness, inability to look back. ○ One says it drains heat from the chest and various hot pathogens. For moxa treating chills/fever, first moxa Dazhui, then Changqiang (GV1), applications by age. ○ One says treats body pain, chills/fever, wind-pathogen pain. ○ One says treats persistent epistaxis, moxa twenty to thirty applications to cure permanently. ○ For intractable malaria, moxa Dazhui before onset until onset time reaches one hundred applications, all will heal. ○ Also says for various irritations, heat, and seasonal warm diseases, moxa Dazhui one hundred applications, needle 0.3 cun to drain. ○ Also treats shortness of breath and aphasia, moxa by age. ○ Also treats neck goiter, moxa one hundred applications and thirty applications each side of Dazhui, one and a half cun away, slightly lower. ○ Bailao (EX-B1) stops deficient sweating (*Yulong Fu*). Treats pediatric acute/chronic convulsions (*Shennong Jing*). Treats various deficiency cold/heat, moxa this point (Master Dou). Treats heat not reaching shoulders (Kuaijie Fangshi). Historically transmitted to treat hundred diseases.

**Yamen (GV15)** is five fen entering the hairline behind the neck, in the depression, take with head extended. Needle 0.2 cun, do not insert deeply, **contraindicated for moxibustion**; moxa causes aphonia. It indicates: neck stiffness and aphasia; excess of Yang-heat; persistent epistaxis; spinal stiffness and opisthotonos; spasms; epilepsy; headache due to wind; anhidrosis; wind-spasm from cold; stroke; corpse-jue (sudden collapse); sudden death without consciousness. ○ Treating Guanchong (SI1) for tongue flaccidity and aphasia is critical (*Baizheng Fu*).

**Fengfu (GV16)** is one cun entering the hairline at the neck, inside the large tendon, in the depression. Needle 0.3 cun, retain for three breaths, **contraindicated for moxibustion**; moxa causes aphonia. It indicates: stroke with tongue flaccidity, sudden aphonia; shivering, sweating; heavy body; hemiplegia; wind-cold headache; neck stiffness, inability to look back; dizziness, upward gaze; epistaxis; sore throat; manic running, fear, fright, palpitations, suicidal ideation. ○ One says it drains heat from the chest, same as Dazhu (BL11), Quepen (ST12), Zhongfu (LU1). ○ Fengfu and Fengchi (GB20) found, hundred wind-diseases vanish instantly. Also says Yangming day two seeks Fengfu. Also says Fengfu is hardest to find, requires effort to gauge depth. If Bladder Qi is not dispersed, seek Sanyinjiao (SP6) instead. ○ Wind-injuring neck stiffness seeks Fengfu (*Tongxuan Fu*). One transmission treats cold-damage vomiting. ○ Evil pathogen lying unconscious, Fengfu governs. Thirteen Ghost Acupoints call this Guizhen (Ghost Pillow), treats hundred evils and mania, needle at the sixth insertion (*Qianjin Fang*).

**Naohu (GV17)** is below the occipital bone, one and a half cun posterior to Qiangjian (GV18), two cun entering the hairline. **Contraindicated for acupuncture and moxibustion**. Needling into Naohu enters the brain causing immediate death; moxa causes aphonia.

**Qiangjian (GV18)** is one and a half cun posterior on the neck. Needle 0.2 cun, moxa five applications. **Contraindicated for moxibustion on the same day**. It indicates: headache and neck stiffness; dizziness; vertigo; irritability; vomiting of saliva/phlegm; manic running. ○ Combined with Fenglong (ST40) treats severe headache (*Baizheng Fu*).

**Houding (GV19)** is one and a half cun posterior to Baihui (GV20), on the occipital bone. Needle 0.2 cun, moxa five applications. It indicates: neck stiffness; frontal pain; migraine; aversion to wind; blurred vision.

**Baihui (GV20)** is one and a half cun posterior to Qianding (GV21), in the center of the vertex, space for a bean, directly between the tips of both ears. Needle 0.2 cun, moxa five applications. *Jia Yi Jing* says: needle 0.3 cun, moxa three applications. Daily moxa on the vertex must not exceed forty-nine applications. It indicates: wind-headache; deafness; nasal congestion; epistaxis; stroke with slurred speech; trismus; excessive weeping; hemiplegia; wind-epilepsy and sudden syncope; opisthotonos; foaming; mental confusion; palpitations and amnesia; malaria; blood-wind in women; pre/post-natal wind diseases; pediatric wind-epilepsy and convulsions; chronic rectal prolapse. ○ One says treats hundred diseases, needle 0.2 cun, drain upon obtaining Deqi. If moxa to one hundred applications, wait three to five days, bleed around the perimeter with a three-edged needle, wash well water to promote Qi circulation; otherwise fire Qi may obstruct upwards causing blindness. ○ One says for weeping/laughing to death, cold limbs, warm body/mouth, needle Renzhong (CV26) 0.3 cun, moxa Baihui three applications for revival. ○ Bian Que treated Crown Prince Guo's corpse-jue, needle San Yang Wu Hui for revival (*Shiji*). ○ For wind-headache, moxa three applications. Pediatric rectal prolapse, moxa three to five applications, cone size like wheat grain (*Shennong Jing*). Combined with Xinhui (GV22) treats sudden stroke (*Yulong Fu*). ○ Combined with Guizhi (Changqiang) treats dysentery (*Lingguang Fu*). For chronic pediatric rectal prolapse, first moxa Baihui, then tailbone. Also says combined with Taichong (LR3), Zhaohai (KI6), Yinjiao (RN7) treats throat diseases (*Xi Hong Fu*).

**Qianding (GV21)** is one and a half cun posterior to Xinhui (GV22), in the bony depression. Needle 0.2 cun, moxa five applications. Daily moxa forty-nine applications. It indicates: wind-headache, dizziness; facial redness and swelling; pediatric convulsions/spasms; clear nasal discharge; neck and jaw swelling. ○ For pediatric acute/chronic convulsions, moxa three applications, cone size like wheat grain (*Shennong Jing*). Combined with Shuigou (GV26) treats puffy facial swelling.

**Xinhui (GV22)** is one cun posterior to Shangxing (GV23), in the depression. Needle 0.2 cun, moxa five applications. Daily moxa fourteen to forty-nine applications. It indicates: cold pain from brain deficiency; wind-headache and swelling; neck pain; scalp swelling from excessive alcohol; wind-epilepsy with clear discharge. ○ One says treats dizziness, facial swelling, nasal congestion, loss of smell, epileptic staring/blindness, may moxa fourteen to forty-nine applications. Initial moxa is painless, becomes painful as disease leaves, stop when painful. For nasal congestion, moxa four days for gradual reduction, seven days for cure. Needle 0.2 cun, retain three breaths, drain upon Deqi. For wind-headache with dandruff and sleepiness, needling is beneficial. After needling, mix salt powder with sesame oil to rub hair roots, curing wind-headache permanently. ○ For wind-headache pain, moxa three applications. Pediatric acute/chronic convulsions, moxa three applications, cone size like wheat grain (*Shennong Jing*). Evil spirits and madness, Xinhui governs, named Guimen (Ghost Gate) (*Qianjin Fang*). Combined with Baihui (GV20) treats sudden stroke (*Yulong Fu*). Connects with Yuzhen (GB13) to treat wind-headache (*Baizheng Fu*).

**Shangxing (GV23)** is one cun entering the hairline straight above the nose, in the depression, space for a bean. Needle 0.3 cun, retain six breaths, moxa five applications. One says bleed with three-edged needle to drain Yang-heat. It indicates: wind-headache; scalp swelling; facial deficiency cold; malaria chills/fever; anhidrosis; epistaxis; foul nasal discharge; nasal congestion, loss of smell; dizziness, eye pain, inability to focus far. Puncture with fine three-edged needle to drain Yang-heat, preventing upward rush to head/eyes. ○ Nasal polyps moxa two hundred applications. Also says combined with Dazhui (GV14) for malaria, reach one hundred applications at onset, cone size like millet seed. Also treat ghost possession, moxa one hundred applications. Thirteen Ghost Acupoints call this Gutang (Ghost Hall), governs hundred evils/manic psychosis, needle at tenth insertion. ○ Treats wind-headache and sinusitis (*Yulong Fu*).

**Shenting (GV24)** is five fen entering the hairline straight above the nose; for high hairlines, at the edge; for low hairlines, two to three fen higher. Moxa three applications, **contraindicated for needling**; needling causes epilepsy and blindness. Daily moxa seven to twenty-one applications. It indicates: manic running/climbing; wind-epilepsy and manic psychosis; opisthotonos; upward gaze, unrecognized people; wind-headache, sinusitis with continuous discharge; headache, tearing; irritability, wheezing; palpitations, insomnia. ○ Specifically regulates wind-headache (*Yulong Fu*).

**Suliao (GV25)** is at the tip of the nose. Needle 0.1 cun, **contraindicated for moxibustion**. It indicates: persistent nasal polyps; difficult breathing; rhinorrhea; epistaxis. One says treat wine-induced wind by bleeding with three-edged needle.

**Shuigou (GV26)** is in the depression of the philtrum below the nose. Needle 0.3 cun, retain six breaths, drain upon Deqi, moxa three to seven applications, cone size like wheat grain. However, moxa is inferior to needling. It indicates: stroke with trismus; sudden collapse from evil qi/ghost strike without consciousness; sudden fainting in epilepsy; polydipsia; generalized edema from fluid retention; plague with facial deviation, all suitable for needling. For wind-water facial edema, needling this point drains fluid for instant cure. ○ One says for fluid-retention edema, only needle this point 0.3 cun, slowly withdraw to drain fluid; needling other points while draining fluid causes death. ○ For pediatric acute/chronic convulsions, moxa three applications, cone size like wheat grain (*Shennong Jing*). Combined with Quchi (LI11) treats paralysis/collapse. Also says combined with Weizhong (BL40) treats lumbar sprain pain. Also says combined with Daling (PC7) frequent draining removes bad breath (*Yulong Fu*). Renzhong (Shuigou) has highest merit for epilepsy, thirteen ghost points need not compete (*Xi Hong Fu*). This point is Guishi (Ghost Market), treats hundred evils/manic psychosis, needle at first insertion. For sudden collapse from evil, pinch below nose first. For ghost-strike sudden death, moxa immediately (*Qianjin Fang*). Combined with Qianding (GV21) treats puffy facial swelling (*Baizheng Fu*). Shuigou combined with Jianshi (PC5) treats evil madness (*Lingguang Fu*).

**Duanduan (CV15)** is at the tip of the upper lip. Needle 0.3 cun, retain six breaths, moxa three applications, cone size like barley seed. It indicates: epilepsy with foaming; gingival pain; polydipsia; epistaxis; trismus; foul-smelling oral ulcers. ○ Dark/scanty urination, Duanduan alone drains Taiyang channel (*Baizheng Fu*).

**Yinjiao (CV16)** is in the gum between the upper teeth and lip. Needle 0.3 cun, reverse direction. Moxa three applications. It indicates: facial redness, irritability; persistent nasal polyps; forehead pain; neck stiffness; excessive tearing; red eye discharge; periodontal swelling/pain; pediatric facial sores, chronic tinea, cautery is also good. ○ Specifically treats nasal polyps (*Baizheng Fu*).