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Acupuncture treatment for tinnitus selects the points Yemen (TE2, Liquid Gate), Ermen (TE21, Ear Gate), Zhongzhu (TE3, Middle Well), Shangguan (GB7, Upper Gate), Wanggu (GB12, Complete Bone), Linqi (GB14, Approaching Eye), Yanggu (SI5, Yang Valley), Qian Gu (SI3, Front Valley), Houxi (SI3, Rear Stream), Yangxi (LI5, Yang Stream), Pianli (LI6, Partitioned Li), Hegu (LI4, Joining Valley), Taoling (PC7, Great Palace), Taixi (KI3, Great Stream), Jinmen (BL63, Metal Gate). ○ For deafness, select Zhongzhu (TE3), Waiguan (TE5, Outside Pass), Heliao (LI19, Grain Hole), Tinghui (GB2, Hearing Meeting), Tinggong (SI19, Hearing Palace), Hegu (LI4), Shangyang (LI1, Upper Yang), Zhongchong (PC9, Middle Spring). ○ For sudden deafness, select Tianyou (TE10, Heavenly Pivot), Sidu (TE13, Four Ducts). ○ Moxibustion for sudden deafness: Take a piece of Cangzhu Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (Cangzhu), seven fen long, cut one end flat and sharpen the other end to a point. Insert the pointed end into the ear, and moxa-burn seven Zhu on the flat end; for severe cases, burn fourteen Zhu. Effect is felt when heat is perceived inside the ear (from *Bencao Gangmu*).

Acupuncture treatment for clear or turbid nasal discharge involves moxa-burning Shangxing (GV23, Upper Star) for fourteen Zhu. Also select Renzhong (GV26, Human Center), Fengfu (GV16, Wind Mansion); if ineffective, add Baihui (GV20, Hundred Convergences), Fengchi (GB20, Wind Pool), Fengmen (BL12, Wind Gate), Dazhui (GV14, Great Vertebra) (from *Bencao Gangmu*). For nasal congestion with loss of smell, select Yingxiang (LI20, Welcome Fragrance), Shangxing (GV23), Hegu (LI4); if ineffective, moxa-burn Renzhong (GV26), Fengfu (GV16), Bailao (EX-HN24, Hundred Labors), Qian Gu (SI3) (from *Bencao Gangmu*). ○ For foul-smelling nasal discharge, select Shangxing (GV23), Qucha (DU6, Curved Difference), Hegu (LI4), Renzhong (GV26), Yingxiang (LI20) (from *Bencao Gangmu*). ○ For nasal polyps, select Fengchi (GB20), Fengmen (BL12), Fengfu (GV16), Renzhong (GV26), Heliao (LI19) (from Li Dongyuan). ○ For excessive nasal mucus, it is suitable to moxa-burn Xinhui (GV22, Fontanel Meeting), Qianding (GV21, Front Top), Yingxiang (LI20) (from *Zisheng Jing*).

Acupuncture treatment for oral ulcers selects Chengjiang (CV24, Bearing Fluid), Hegu (LI4), Renzhong (GV26), Changqiang (GV1, Long Strength). Also select Jinjin (Extra, Golden Fluid) and Yuye (Extra, Jade Fluid) for bloodletting (from *Bencao Gangmu*). ○ Also select Weizhong (BL40, Central Marsh) for bleeding, and Houxi (SI3); these two points are exterior aspects of the Heart and Kidney meridians respectively (from *Bencao Gangmu*). ○ Moxa-burn Danshu (BL19, Gallbladder Shu) and Xiaochangshu (BL27, Small Intestine Shu) each for seven Zhu, and puncture Dachong (LR2, Great Surge) and Laogong (PC8, Palatial Palace) (from Li Dongyuan). ○ For swollen tongue difficult to speak, select Lianquan (CV23, Connecting Spring), Jinjin and Yuye for bloodletting with a three-edged needle; also select Tantu (CV22, Heavenly Prominence), Shaoshang (LU11, Lesser Shang), Ran gu (KI2, Ravine Valley), Fengfu (GV16) (from *Bencao Gangmu*). ○ For tongue retraction, select Yemen (TE2), Erjian (LI2, Second Interstice) (from *Bencao Gangmu*). ○ For tongue flaccidity with drooling, select Yin gu (KI10, Yin Valley) (from *Bencao Gangmu*). ○ For tongue stiffness, select Yamens (DU15, Speechless Gate); for tongue flaccidity, select Fengfu (GV16) (from *Zisheng Jing*). ○ For severe tongue swelling, first prick the tip of the tongue, or the upper or side parts for bleeding; only the Lianquan (CV23) point under the tongue is contraindicated for needling (from *Huichun Ji*). ○ For tight lips unable to open or close, needle the Tiger's Mouth area (Hegu LI4) on the left for males and right for females, and moxa-burn Chengjiang (CV24) for three Zhu (from *Jisheng Fang*). ○ Whenever there is tongue swelling, there must be "Jinchong" (spasm worms) under the tongue, shaped like mole crickets or silkworms, with head and tail; the head is slightly white and can be cauterized with a red-hot iron to eliminate them (from *Sanyin Fang*). ○ If the tongue swells like a pig's bladder, prick the large vessels on both sides under the tongue to let blood out, which will resolve it. Do not prick the central vessel; otherwise, uncontrolled bleeding leads to death. If the central vessel is mistakenly pricked, cauterize with a heated copper chopstick, or apply Baicaoshuang (herbal ash mixed with vinegar) to the area; it will subside shortly. Many people do not recognize this condition, and delayed treatment results in death (from *Jisheng Fang*).