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The Xiyan (Knee Eye) acupoint is located in the depressions on both sides below the patella. It should be needled to a depth of 0.5 cun and moxibustion is contraindicated.
Indications: Incessant cold pain in the knee joints.
Concurrent indications: Hip bone pain, leading to swelling and pain in the legs.

The Guangu (Hip Bone) acupoint is located one cun lateral to Liangqiu (ST34), above the kneecap.
Indications: Redness, swelling, and pain in both knees; Baihu Lijie Feng (White Tiger Joint Pain Syndrome) caused by wandering cold-dampness; Leg Wind (Tui Feng); inability to move the limbs.

Fengshi (Wind Market) is located posteriorly.
Jiaoyi (Exchange Ritual) acupoint:
Treats leukorrhea (red and white discharge) and irregular menstruation in women. Moxibustion is applied to Jiaoyi, located five cun above the medial malleolus.

Yingchi (Camp Pool) acupoint:
Indications: Metrorrhagia and leukorrhea in women. Apply moxibustion to the four Yingchi points, thirty moxa cones per point, located on the pulse at the pool above the anterior and posterior aspects of the medial malleolus. Also known as Yinyang (Yin-Yang).

Louyin (Leak Yin) acupoint:
Treats leukorrhea, emaciation, and soreness of the four limbs in women. Apply thirty moxa cones to Louyin, located five fen below the medial malleolus on the slight arterial pulse.

Zu Taiyin (Foot Taiyin) and Zu Taiyang (Foot Taiyang) acupoints:
Treats difficult labor with foot presentation (nailian). Needle the Foot Taiyin meridian point to a depth of three fen; withdraw the needle only after the fetal foot has entered. The point is located in the depression behind the medial malleolus at the junction of white skin. For retained placenta, needle the Foot Taiyang meridian point to a depth of four fen, located in the depression one cun behind the lateral malleolus.

For pediatric hypertrophy of the tongue (chong she), apply seven moxa cones to the right ankle. Alternatively, apply seven moxa cones to both lateral ankles.
Also treats toothache: apply seven moxa cones to Jiaomai, located anterior to the high bone above the lateral ankle.
Also treats muscle spasms (zhuan jin) and ten finger contracture: apply seven moxa cones above the bone of the lateral ankle.
Also treats vomiting due to inverted stomach (fan wei): apply three moxa cones to a point slightly obliquely forward from below the medial ankle; some say one finger-breadth forward.
Also treats various cases of lochia retention, middle jiao deficiency-cold, and prolapsed flesh: apply three moxa cones to each side above the medial ankle; for two years' duration, apply six moxa cones.

Waihuaijian (Lateral Malleolus Tip) acupoint:
Located three cun above the tip of the lateral malleolus.
Indications: External muscle spasms; can be treated with seven moxa cones or bloodletting.

Huaijian (Malleolus Tip) acupoint:
Located above the tip of the medial malleolus.
Indications: Lower toothache. Also states: For unbearable leg spasms, if internal tendons are tense, apply seven moxa cones to the medial malleolus tip; if external tendons are tense, apply seven moxa cones to the lateral malleolus tip.

Neikunlun (Inner Kunlun) acupoint:
Located in the depression behind the medial malleolus.
Indications: Muscle spasms. Needle to a depth of six fen; upon arrival of qi, apply the reducing method.

Chengming (Receiving Life) acupoint:
Located in the arterial pulse three cun superior to the posterior aspect of the medial malleolus.
Treats mania, fright, and epilepsy. Apply thirty moxa cones, or seven moxa cones daily.

Zuzhong (Heel) acupoint:
Treats cholera with spasms. Apply seventy-three moxa cones to Yongquan (KI1); if ineffective, apply seven moxa cones to the white skin际 at the gathering of tendons on the swollen foot for immediate relief.

Yinyang (Yin-Yang) acupoint:
Located at the junction of white skin under the flexed big toe.
Treats metrorrhagia and leukorrhea with diarrhea in women. Apply moxa cones according to age (suinian zhuang), repeated applications.

Duyin (Unique Yin) acupoint:
Located in the transverse crease under the second toe.
Indications: Dry retching, Fuliang (abdominal mass), Ben Tun (rushing pig syndrome), accumulations, intestinal hernia, retained dead fetus or placenta, chest pain, vomiting of cold sour water. Combined with Taichong (LV3) three cones, Neiguan (PC6) two cones, and Duyin five cones.

Acupoint at the transverse crease of the first segment of the medial side of the big toe:
Apply three moxa cones. Weiqionggu (Tailbone) fifty cones. Treats abdominal masses like a basin below the navel; combined with Guanyuan (CV4) and Neiguan (PC6) thirty cones each, Taichong (LV3), Taixi (KI3), Sanyinjiao (SP6) three cones each, Shenshu (BL23) cones according to age, and Duyin five cones. For enlarged scrotum entering the abdomen, needle Taichong, Duyin, Sanyinjiao, and Guanyuan. For the point on the second toe, apply moxa one cun above the second toe according to age to treat edema.

Acupoints on the little toes of hands and feet:
Indications: Food stagnation poisoning (shizhu). Moxa the tip of the little toe, left for men and right for women, according to age. Also treats early-stage diabetes mellitus (xiaoke): initially moxa the tips of the little toes of both hands and feet and the spinous processes of the neck, according to age. Also moxa Bladder Shu (BL23), spaced three cun horizontally, according to age, repeated every five days. Also treats hernia: moxa the tip of the hand's little toe seven cones, left disease moxa right, right disease moxa left.

Xuexi (Blood Pit), also known as Baichongke (Nest of Hundred Bugs):
Located in the depression three cun above the medial knee margin.
Indications: Kidney wind sores. Needle to a depth of two and a half cun; moxa fourteen cones until cessation.

Qiduan (Qi End) acupoint:
Located at the ends of the ten toes of the feet.
Indications: Hong Kong foot (foot Qi/jambs), moxa three cones daily, miraculous effect.

Heding (Crane Top) acupoint:
Located on the apex of the patella.
Indications: Paralysis and weakness of both feet, moxa seven cones.

Yindu Eight Acupoints:
Located between the four toes of the foot.
Indications: Irregular menstruation in women; treatment must be timed with the menstrual cycle. Needle three fen, moxa three cones.

Tongli (Connecting Reason) acupoint:
Located two cun above the little toe of the foot.
Indications: Metrorrhagia and excessive menstrual bleeding in women. Needle two fen, moxa fourteen cones.

Lvxi (Green Thread) Two Acupoints:
Located at the tip of the medial malleolus.
Indications: Upper toothache, moxa fourteen cones.

Yingchong (Camp Thrust) acupoint: Same as Yingchi.

Neitaichong (Inner Taichong) Two Acupoints:
Located in the depression lateral to the opposite side of Taichong (LV3), separated by a large tendon; take the point when lifting the foot.
Indications: Hernia rushing upward, breathing obstruction. Needle one fen, moxa three cones, extremely effective.

Jiagen (Nail Root) acupoint:
Located in the gap between the nail root and the hidden skin at the corner of the nail on the big toe. Treats hernia, needle one fen.

Acupoint at the transverse crease of the big toe:
Located among the hair tuft (sanmao).
Treats sudden attack by evil heat, suffocation, and toxicity threatening life: moxa the transverse crease of the big toe according to age. Treats yin swelling about to ulcerate and exhaustion: moxa the transverse crease of the proximal phalanx of the big toe five cones, once daily, according to age. Treats testicular hernia: moxa the space between the proximal phalanx of the big toe three cones. Also treats hernia: moxa the white skin际 one cun distal to the tip on the medial side of the big toe according to age, very effective. If bilateral, moxa both sites. Also treats hernia with testicular swelling like a melon entering the abdomen threatening life: moxa the transverse crease below the big toe according to age, applying to the edge of the swelling is miraculous. Also treats fecal incontinence in young and old: moxa three cones at one cun from the nail on both big toes. Also treats sudden epilepsy: moxa seven cones in the hair tuft. Also treats epistaxis with itching: moxa ten cones in the transverse crease and hair tuft of the big toe joint, up to one hundred cones for severe cases; also treats yin swelling. Also treats prolonged nightmares/unconsciousness: moxa twenty-one cones in the hair tuft of both big toes.

Acupoints on the nails of the big toes of hands and feet:
Treats sudden attack by evil spirits. At the philtrum (Renzhong) and the nail roots of the big toes of hands and feet, place the moxa cone such that half is on the nail and half on the flesh. Moxa seven cones; if ineffective, fourteen cones. The cone size should be like a sparrow's droppings.

Fengshi (Wind Market) acupoint:
Located seven cun above the knee, between the two tendons on the lateral side. Another method to locate: stand upright, hang hands straight down, the point is in the depression where the middle fingers reach the thighs. Needle five fen, moxa three to five cones. For mild illness, do not reduce below one hundred cones; for severe illness, moxa five to six hundred cones (from *Qianjin Fang*).
Indications: Soreness and pain in waist and legs, numbness and stiffness in calves, difficulty rising and sitting due to foot Qi. Reduce first, then tonify. For wind pain, tonify first, then reduce. This is a key acupoint for wind diseases and cold pain. Combined with Yinshi (ST31) to drive away weakness in legs and feet (*Yulong Ge*). Treats hemiplegia and pain in both legs from wind stroke: moxa twenty-one cones (*Shennong Jing*).

Ashi (Is-It-Here) Acupoint: Also known as Tianying (Heaven's Response) acupoint.
Combined with Fengmen (BL12), Jianjing (GB21), Fengchi (GB20), Kunlun (BL60), Tianzhu (BL10), Fengfu (GV16), and Jieguxu (GB39) to treat stiff neck; treat according to meridians. Combining Ashi point needling, following the pain to needle, yields miraculous effects if movement is possible.

Acupoint at the nail root of the big toe:
Treats chronic chest pain. Moxa the root of the nail and halfway along the nail of the big toe, seven cones, left for men and right for women. Taichong three cones, Duyin five cones, Zhangmen (LR13) seven cones, immediate relief. If not relieved, continue moxa. For yin hernia, needle one fen, moxa three cones.

Acupoint below the malleolus:
Located at the white skin际 below the medial malleolus.
Treats sudden generalized edema and facial puffiness. Moxa three cones, immediate effect.

Acupoint at the joint of the big toe:
Treats epilepsy. Moxa seven cones at the inner crease of the proximal phalanx of the big toe and at Duyin.