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The Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian consists of forty-five acupoints.

Chengqi (ST1): Located 0.7 cun below the pupil, directly beneath the eye. Needle 0.3 cun; moxibustion is prohibited. Some texts state that needling is also prohibited and should not be performed. It treats cold tears, itching of the pupil, blurred vision, night blindness, and facial paralysis (deviation of mouth and eye).

Sibai (ST2): Located 1 cun below the pupil, directly beneath the eye. Needle 0.3 cun; moxibustion is prohibited. *Jia Yi Jing* records that seven moxa cones may be applied. Some texts advise caution with needling; excessive depth may cause dark discoloration around the eyes. It treats headache, vertigo, redness of the eyes with nebula, tearing, eyelid itching, facial paralysis, and aphasia.

Juliao (ST3): Located 0.7 cun lateral to the nostril, directly beneath the pupil. Needle 0.3 cun; apply seven moxa cones. It treats facial twitching, swelling and pain of the lips and cheeks, deviation of the mouth and eye, blindness, blurred vision, facial wind, nasal swelling, beriberi, and swelling and pain of the knee and lower leg. Combined with Shenshu (BL23), it treats blood stasis stagnation in the chest and diaphragm.

Dicang (ST4): Located 0.4 cun lateral to the corner of the mouth. Needle 0.3 cun; retain for five breaths; apply seven moxa cones or fourteen cones. For severe cases, apply forty-nine cones. Treat the right side if the disease is on the left, and the left side if the disease is on the right. The moxa cone should be small, like the foot of a hairpin; if too large, it may cause the mouth to deviate to the opposite side. Moxibustion at Chengjiang (CV24) will cure it. It treats hemifacial paralysis, trismus, toothache, cheek swelling, inability to close the eyes, aphonia, drooling, eyelid twitching, blurred vision, and night blindness. ○ Dicang can stop salivation from the corner of the mouth (*Lingguang Fu*); combined with Jiache (ST6), it treats facial paralysis (*Yulong Fu*).

Daying (ST5): Located 1.3 cun anterior to the angle of the mandible, between Xiaguan (ST7) and Renying (ST9). Needle 0.3 cun; retain for seven breaths; apply three moxa cones. It treats wind-spasm, aphonia, trismus, twitching of the lips, cheek swelling, toothache, stiff tongue with inability to speak, eye pain with inability to close the eyes, frequent yawning, wind-stuffing with facial swelling, and alternating chills and fever. ○ Combined with Quanliao (SI18), it treats vertigo (*Baizheng Fu*).

Jiache (ST6): Located 0.8 cun below the ear, in the depression anterior to the angle of the mandible. Needle 0.3 cun; apply three moxa cones. Some texts state seven to forty-nine cones, with the cone size like a wheat grain. It treats stroke-induced trismus, aphonia, facial paralysis, cheek swelling, toothache, difficulty chewing, neck stiffness with inability to look back. For facial paralysis, reduce on the left and tonify on the right; for strabismus, tonify on the left and reduce on the right. ○ Needling this point treats toothache (*Lingguang Fu*); combined with Dicang (ST4), it treats facial paralysis (*Yulong Fu*).

Xiaguan (ST7): Located below Kemrenzhu (ST3), above Tinggong (SI19), at the anterior aspect of the ear where the artery beats. Needle 0.3 cun; retain for seven breaths; apply three moxa cones. *Ben Shu Pian* states: "Needling this point causes inability to open the mouth." If there is dry cerumen in the ear, moxibustion is prohibited. Some texts state that the needle should not be retained for long. It treats hemifacial paralysis, tinnitus, deafness, pain and itching with pus discharge, frequent yawning, and temporomandibular joint dislocation.

Touwei (ST8): Located at the frontal hairline, 1.5 cun lateral to Boshen (EX-HN5), 4.5 cun lateral to Shenting (GV24), directly opposite Lvgu (GB8), slightly elevated. Needle 0.3 cun, inserting subcutaneously; moxibustion is prohibited. It treats cephalalgia due to wind, feeling as if the head were breaking, eye pain as if the eyeball were falling out, tearing, and blurred vision. ○ Combined with Cuanzhu (BL2), it treats eye pain and headache (*Yulong Fu*); combined with Linqi (GB5), it treats tearing (*Baizheng Fu*).

Renying (ST9): Located 1.5 cun lateral to the laryngeal prominence, below Daying (ST5) and above Shuitu (ST10), where the carotid artery is palpable. ○ Moxibustion is prohibited. Note in *Qifu Lun*: "Needle depth may be 0.4 cun; excessive depth may be fatal." It treats vomiting, cholera, chest fullness, wheezing, dyspnea, neck qi stagnation with swelling, and dysphagia. Needle depth 0.4 cun. ○ For tinnitus and lumbar pain, needle this point first, then Ermen (TE21) and Zusanli (ST36) (*Tianxing Mijue*).

Shuitu (ST10): Located anterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle, directly below Renying (ST9), adjacent to Qishe (ST11), lying against the larynx. Needle 0.3 cun; apply three moxa cones. It treats cough with rebellious qi, pharyngeal abscess, shortness of breath, wheezing, and orthopnea.

Qishe (ST11): Located anterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle, directly below Renying (ST9). Needle 0.3 cun; apply five moxa cones. It treats cough with rebellious qi, shoulder swelling, neck stiffness with inability to look back, pharyngolaryngeal obstruction, dysphagia, and goiter.

Quepen (ST12): Located lateral to the laryngeal prominence in the depression of the clavicle, opposite Ruzhong (ST18). Qishe is medial, Quepen is lateral. Needle 0.3 cun; retain for seven breaths; apply three moxa cones. Excessive depth causes rebellious qi; pregnant women are forbidden to be needled. It treats asthma, xiben (a type of asthma/cough), cough, chest fullness, edema, scrofula, alternating chills and fever, swelling and ulceration in the supraclavicular fossa, persistent heat in the chest due to cold damage, pharyngitis with sweating. ○ Some texts state it primarily drains heat from the chest; treatment is similar to Dazhu (BL11), Zhongfu (LU1), and Fengfu (GV16).

Qihu (ST13): Located below the clavicle, bilateral to Shufu (BL18), 2 cun lateral to the midline, 4 cun from the median line, in a depression. Take in supine position. Needle 0.3 cun; apply three or five moxa cones. It treats cough with rebellious qi, chest and back pain, distension, asthma with dyspnea, and loss of taste. ○ This point treats dysphagia; if ineffective, combine with Moxibustion on Qihai (CV6) (*Xihong Fu*); combined with Huagai (RN21), it effectively relieves hypochondriac pain (*Baizheng Fu*).

Kufang (ST14): Located 1.6 cun below Qihu (ST13), 4 cun from the midline, in a depression. Take in supine position. Needle 0.3 cun; apply three or five moxa cones. It treats chest and hypochondriac fullness, cough with rebellious qi, difficult breathing, and expectoration of purulent or turbid sputum.

Wuyi (ST15): Located 1.6 cun below Kufang (ST14), 4 cun from the midline, in a depression. Take in supine position. Needle 0.3 cun; apply five moxa cones. It treats cough with rebellious qi, expectoration of purulent or turbid sputum, body swelling, skin pain sensitive to touch, limb soreness and weakness, spasms, and numbness. ○ Combined with Zhiyin (BL67), it treats widespread wind-itching (*Baizheng Fu*).

Yingchuang (ST16): Located 1.6 cun below Wuyi (ST15), 4.8 cun below Jugu (LI1), 4 cun from the midline, in a depression. Take in supine position. Needle 0.4 cun; apply five moxa cones. It treats chest fullness, shortness of breath, inability to lie flat, borborygmus with diarrhea, mastitis, and alternating chills and fever.

Ruzhong (ST17): At the center of the nipple. Slight needling; moxibustion is prohibited. *Jia Yi Jing* states: "Prohibited to needle." Note in *Qifu Lun*: "Needling or moxibustion here causes ulcerative sores. If clear fluid or pus is present, it is treatable; if polyps form and ulcerate, it is fatal." ○ One transmission states that for retained placenta, moxa cones applied at the tip of the nipple downwards will expel it.

Rugen (ST18): Located 1.6 cun below Ruzhong (ST17), 4 cun from the midline, in a depression. Take in supine position. Needle 0.3 cun; apply three or five moxa cones. It treats lower chest fullness and pain, arm pain, breast pain, aversion to cold with fever, cholera with tetany, and cold limbs. ○ For lower chest fullness and upper asthmatic urgency, apply seven moxa cones (*Shennong Bencao Jing*); combined with Shufu (BL18), it treats asthmatic cough with phlegm-rattle (*Yulong Fu*); treats worry-induced dysphagia (*Jie Jing*); governs food retention and dysphagia (*Huatuo Mingtang*); treats regurgitation and vomiting of food with rebellious qi, applying moxa 1 cun below both nipples until cured (*Qianjin Fang*). Also moxa for cough; chronic cough is a severe condition. Method: locate the depression one finger-breadth below the nipple, directly aligned with the nipple. For women, bend the nipple to measure; the level of the nipple tip is the point. Apply moxa cone size of a small bean, three cones, male left/female right. Heat reaching the muscle brings cure; otherwise, it is untreatable (*Jujia Biyong*).

Burong (ST19): Located 1.5 cun lateral to Youmen (KI15), 2 cun from the midline, opposite Juque (CV14). Needle 0.5 cun; apply five moxa cones. It treats abdominal fullness, masses, radiating pain to chest/back/shoulders/hypochondrium, heart pain, hemoptysis, cough with wheezing, vomiting, phlegm-masses, abdominal borborygmus, anorexia, hernia, and neoplasms.

Chengman (ST20): Located 2 cun below Burong (ST19) from the midline, opposite Shangwan (CV13). Needle 0.3 cun; apply five moxa cones. Also needle 0.8 cun (*Jia Yi Jing*). It treats abdominal distension, borborygmus, hardness and pain in hypochondrium, upper asthmatic urgency, dysphagia, labored breathing, qi stagnation, and hemoptysis. ○ Located 5 cun apart from Juxie and Guan Yuan, named Chengman, it governs borborygmus resembling drumbeats and dysentery; apply fifty moxa cones (*Qianjin Fang*).

Liangmen (ST21): Located 2 cun below Chengman (ST20) from the midline, opposite Zhongwan (CV12). Needle 0.3 cun; apply five moxa cones. Also needle 0.8 cun (*Jia Yi Jing*). Pregnant women are forbidden moxibustion. It treats accumulation of qi in chest/hypochondrium, anorexia, painful qi masses, intestinal slippage with undigested food. May apply seven to twenty-one moxa cones.

Guanmen (ST22): Located 2 cun below Liangmen (ST21) from the midline, opposite Jianli (CV11). Needle 0.8 cun; apply five moxa cones. Some texts say 0.5 cun, three cones. It treats qi accumulation with distension, cutting abdominal pain, dysentery with anorexia, wandering qi with urgent pain beside the umbilicus, malaria with chills, and enuresis.

Taiyi (ST23): Located 2 cun below Guanmen (ST22) from the midline, opposite Xiawan (CV10). Needle 0.8 cun; apply five moxa cones. Some texts say 0.5 cun, three cones. It treats restlessness, mania, and tongue protrusion.

Huaroumen (ST24): Located 2 cun below Taiyi (ST23) from the midline, opposite Shufen (CV9). Needle 0.8 cun; apply five moxa cones. Some texts say 0.5 cun, three cones. It treats mania, retching, hematemesis, double tongue, and stiff tongue.

Tianshu (ST25): Located 2 cun lateral to the umbilicus, 1.5 cun from Huangshu (KI16), in a depression. Needle 0.5 cun; retain for seven breaths; apply five moxa cones. *Bachu* states one hundred cones. *Qianjin* states it is the residence of the soul and spirit; do not needle. Pregnant women are forbidden moxibustion. It treats running piglet syndrome, diarrhea, bloody/dysenteric stools, watery diarrhea, indigestion, edema, abdominal distension, borborygmus, rebellious qi rushing to the chest, inability to stand for long, chronic cold qi wrapping around the umbilicus with cutting pain, restlessness, vomiting, cholera, cold malaria, anorexia, jaundice, emaciation, uterine masses, blood clots, metrorrhagia, irregular menstruation, strangury, leukorrhea. ○ For chronic cold, uterine masses, urinary obstruction, borborygmus, dysentery, and periumbilical cutting pain, apply one hundred moxa cones, repeated three times. For hematemesis with abdominal pain and borborygmus, apply one hundred cones. For delirium and confusion, apply one hundred cones. For cholera with initial dysentery, apply fourteen cones; if not cured, apply another fourteen cones, male left/female right (*Qianjin Fang*). Treats deficiency (*Biaoyou Fu*); combined with Shuiquan (KI5) for menstrual irregularities (*Baizheng Fu*). One transmission states it treats knee pain, abdominal qi masses, chronic diarrhea, and deficiency exhaustion; may apply twenty-one cones.

Wailing (ST26): Located 2 cun below Tianshu (ST25) from the midline, opposite Yinjiao (CV7). Needle 0.3 cun; apply five moxa cones. *Jia Yi Jing* says needle 0.8 cun. It treats abdominal pain, sensation of hanging in the epigastrium, pain radiating downward to the umbilicus.

Daju (ST27): Located 2 cun below Wailing (ST26) from the midline, opposite Shimen (CV5). Needle 0.5 cun; apply five moxa cones. *Jia Yi Jing* says needle 0.8 cun. It treats lower abdominal fullness, thirst, difficult urination, hernia, flaccidity of limbs, palpitations, and insomnia.

Shuidao (ST28): Located 3 cun below Daju (ST27), 2 cun from the midline. Needle 1.5 cun; apply five moxa cones. One day needle 0.85 cun. It treats stiffness and soreness of shoulder/back, heat accumulation in Sanjiao, Bladder, and Kidney, difficulty with urination and defecation, hernia, lower abdominal pain in women radiating to the genitalia, waist and abdominal pain during menstruation, uterine masses, and cold in the cervix. ○ Governs heat qi in Sanjiao, Bladder, and Kidney; apply moxa according to age (*Qianjin Fang*); combined with Jinsuo (DU9) specifically treats spinal stiffness (*Baizheng Fu*).

Guilai (ST29): Located 2 cun below Shuidao (ST28), 2 cun from the midline. Needle 0.8 cun; apply five moxa cones. One day needle 0.25 cun. It treats running piglet syndrome, nine types of hernia, retraction of testicles into the abdomen with pain, and cold accumulation in the uterus in women.

Qichong (ST30): Located 1 cun below Guilai (ST29) at the inguinal ligament, where the pulse is felt in a depression, 2 cun from the midline. Henggu is medial, Qichong is lateral, Chongmen is further lateral. Aligned with Zhongji (CV3), slightly below Henggu, aligned with Guanyuan (CV4), directly above Fushé (ST25), directly below Biguan (ST31). Needle 0.3 cun; retain for seven breaths; apply seven moxa cones. *Jia Yi Jing* warns that moxibustion may cause dyspnea. Some texts prohibit needling; moxa cone size like a barley grain. It treats rebellious qi attacking upward, abdominal fullness, inability to lie straight, running piglet syndrome, hernia, limb soreness, heat in large intestine, body heat, abdominal pain,阴肿 (swelling of genitals), penile pain, irregular menstruation in women, lower abdominal pain, infertility, fetal pressure on the heart during pregnancy, difficult labor, retained placenta. This point drains heat from the Stomach, same as Qichong, Zusanli (ST36), Shangjuxu (ST37), and Xiajuxu (ST39). ○ For stone water, moxa Ran Gu (KI7), Qichong (ST30), Siman (SP16), Zhangmen (LR13) (*Qianjin Fang*); combined with Chongmen (ST30) for leukorrhea and postpartum hemorrhage (*Baizheng Fu*). Governs blood-related disorders; pricking with a three-edged needle to bleed brings immediate cure.

Biguan (ST31): Located on the thigh, posterior to Futu (ST32), obliquely directed towards the knee, 1.2 chi from the knee. Needle 0.6 cun; apply three moxa cones. Some texts say needle 0.3 cun, prohibit moxibustion. It treats lumbar pain, cold knees, numbness of feet, jaundice, flaccidity and bi-syndrome, tightness of tendons in the inner thigh, and pain radiating from lower abdomen to throat.

Futu (ST32): Located 6 cun above the knee, in the raised muscle belly. Take in kneeling position. Needle 0.5 cun; prohibit moxibustion. *Qianjin* states for madness and ghostly speech, apply one hundred cones, or fifty cones. It treats beriberi, cold knees unable to warm, wind-bi, and various diseases of women's eight channels.

Yinshi (ST33): Located 3 cun above the knee, in the depression below Futu (ST32). Take in bowing position. Needle 0.3 cun; retain for seven breaths; prohibit moxibustion. *Zhen Yaotong Lun* states: "The depression below Futu is this point; apply three moxa cones." It treats coldness of waist and knees like pouring water, flaccidity and numbness, inability to flex/extend, cold hernia, lower abdominal fullness, and shortness of breath. ○ For edema and large abdomen, apply moxa according to age (*Qianjin Fang*); combined with Fengshi (GB31) to dispel weakness of legs and feet (*Yulong Fu*); Yinshi treats knee pain (*Tongxuan Fu*); specifically treats cramping of both feet (*Lingguang Fu*); for heart pain and hand tremors, seek Yinshi to eradicate the root (*Xihong Fu*).

Liangqiu (ST34): Located 2 cun above the knee, between two tendons. Needle 0.3 cun; apply three moxa cones. It treats foot/knee pain, cold bi-syndrome with numbness, inability to flex/extend, cold feet, great fright, and breast swelling/pain. ○ For knee pain with inability to flex/extend, apply three or seven moxa cones (*Shennong Bencao Jing*).

Dubi (ST35): Located below the patella, on the bone gap of the large tendon, in the midline depression, resembling a cow's nose. Needle 0.6 cun; apply three moxa cones. One day needle 0.3 cun. *Zhen Jin Lun* states: "Puncture of the knee causing effusion leads to limp; therefore, needling this point must not be done lightly." It treats knee pain and numbness, difficulty kneeling/rising, beriberi. If knee/patellar abscess is ulcerated, it is untreatable; if not ulcerated, it can be treated. If Dubi is hard, do not attack immediately; first wash and soothe, then slight needling for cure. ○ Good at treating wind-pathogen and dampness.

Zusanli (ST36): Located 3 cun below the knee eye, lateral to the tibia, in the depression within the large tendon. Sit with knee vertical, foot lowered. Press heavily until the arterial pulse on the dorsum of the foot stops. Needle 0.5 cun; retain for seven breaths; apply three moxa cones. *Qianjin* states apply two hundred to five hundred cones. It treats cold in stomach, epigastric/abdominal fullness and pain, rebellious qi attacking upward, deficiency of zang/qi and stomach qi, aversion to food odor, abdominal pain, borborygmus, indigestion, constipation, lumbar pain, weak knees with inability to bend/straighten, and small intestine qi. ○ This point drains heat from the Stomach, same as Qichong (ST30), Shangjuxu (ST37), and Xiajuxu (ST39). ○ Treats all diseases: food qi, water qi, gu-toxin, masses, limb fullness/swelling, knee/soreness, unclear vision (Qin Chengzu). Treats five labors and seven injuries, emaciation, deficiency, blood stasis, mastitis (Hua Tuo). After age thirty, if Zusanli is not moxaed, qi rushes to the eyes, causing dim vision, because Zusanli descends qi. ○ One transmission: for heart pain, moxa this point and Chengshan (BL57) for immediate cure, as there is blood stasis; reducing this point cures it. ○ Zusanli and Neiting (ST44) are excellent for abdominal diseases. For heavy body, unwillingness to sit, wind-labor, leg pain, apply fifty cones, needle 0.5 cun tonifying. For evil pathogen shouting/walking, Zusanli governs "Ghost Evil" (*Qianjin Fang*). Treats epigastric fullness, stomach deficiency, indigestion, mass qi, hematemesis, abdominal diseases, five labors/seven injuries, apply seven cones (*Shennong Bencao Jing*). Combined with Shugu (BL65) for neck stiffness/swelling, heavy weight, lumbar paralysis (*Taiyi Ge*); combined with Yangjiao (GB39), Sanyinjiao (SP6) for continuous beriberi, palpitations, deficiency vexation; combined with Shufen (CV9), Yinjiao (CV7) for gu-distension; combined with Taichong (LR3), Zhongfeng (LR4) for difficult walking (*Yulong Fu*); combined with Yinjiao (CV7) for cholera due to evil invasion (*Baizheng Fu*); treats qi congestion; combined with Yanglingquan (GB34), Yinlingquan (SP9), Shenmai (BL62), Zhaohai (KI6) for beriberi and waist diseases (*Lingguang Fu*); treats upper/lower limb diseases, food masses, deficiency asthma; seek Zusanli. For gastric accumulation, needle Xuanji (CV15); this point has many merits. Qihai (CV6) governs five stranguries, but also needs Zusanli. For tinnitus, impending waist fracture, combine Wuhui (GV3); beginning tonification/reduction is wonderful. If needling Jianjing (GB21), must use Zusanli; without it, qi is unregulated. For waist-hip pain, foot swelling/pain, combine Xuanzhong (GB39), Yanglingquan (GB34), Yinlingquan (SP9), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Taichong (LR3); moving qi treats finger numbness. For wrist/bone leg pain, reduce this point; combined with Fengfu (GV16), adjust depth and seek Zusanli; treats bladder qi not dispersed (*Xihong Fu*). Dispels emaciation of five labors, treats cold bi (*Tongxuan Fu*), treats insufficient muscle nourishment (*Jiefang*). For tinnitus/lumbar pain, first Wuhui, then Ermen (TE21), Zusanli; for retained food in stomach, seek Zusanli after raising Xuanji; combined with Erjian (LI2) for toothache/headache/pharyngitis; combined with Qimen (LR14) for cold damage lingering beyond stage without sweat (*Tianxing Mijue*). "Abdomen and stomach, keep Zusanli" (Four General Points); removes heart/hypochondriac pain, abdominal distension, stomach cold, borborygmus/diarrhea, eye swelling, knee/shin soreness, cold damage, emaciation, qi damage, gu-toxin, and various conditions. After age thirty, acupuncture/moxibustion preserves eyesight (Ma Danyang).

Shangjuxu (ST37): Located 3 cun below Zusanli (ST36), in the depression between two bones/tendons. Lift foot to locate. Needle 0.3 cun; apply three moxa cones. *Jia Yi Jing* says needle 0.8 cun. *Qianjin* states apply moxa equal to age in cones. It treats deficiency of zang qi, hemiplegia, beriberi, lumbar/leg/hand/foot numbness, soreness of lower leg, cold bone marrow pain, inability to stand long, abdominal pain beside umbilicus, cutting pain in intestines, incomplete digestion diarrhea, indigestion, wheezing with inability to walk, abdominal/hypochondriac fullness, wild running. ○ This point drains heat from the Stomach, same treatment as Qichong (ST30), Zusanli (ST36), and Xiajuxu (ST39).

Tiaokou (ST38): Located 5 cun below Zusanli (ST36), 1 cun above Xiàlián (ST39). Lift foot to locate. Needle 0.5 cun; apply three moxa cones. *Jia Yi Jing* says needle 0.8 cun. It treats numbness, cold, soreness, swelling, pain of foot/knee, sprain swelling, tetany, damp-bi, heat under foot, foot flaccidity with inability to grasp, inability to stand long. ○ Combined with Chongyang (ST42), Yangjiao (GB39) treats foot flaccidity and difficulty walking (*Tianxing Mijue*).

Xiajuxu (ST39): Located 3 cun below Shangjuxu (ST37), in the depression between two bones/tendons. Squat and lift foot to locate. Needle 0.3 cun; apply three moxa cones. One day needle 0.8 cun. It treats heat in stomach, dry hair/flesh, inability to sweat, shortness of breath, anorexia, sudden fright, mania, pharyngitis, pale face, chest/hypochondriac pain, incomplete digestion with pus/blood diarrhea, small intestine qi, hemiplegia, leg flaccidity, inability to walk, wind-heat/damp-cold bi-syndrome, swelling, foot dorsum flaccidity, mastitis in women. ○ This point drains heat from the Stomach, same as Qichong (ST30), Zusanli (ST36), and Shangjuxu (ST37).

Fenglong (ST40): Located slightly posterior and oblique to Xiàlián (ST39), opposite Yangjiao (GB39). Needle 0.3 cun; apply three moxa cones. It treats headache, facial swelling, pharyngitis, aphasia, wind-reversal, mania seeing ghosts/laughing, cold extremities, stabbing chest pain, difficulty with urination/defecation, lethargy, leg/knee soreness/pain, difficulty flexing/extending, abdominal pain, limb swelling, cold feet, cold-damp. ○ Combined with Shangwan (CV13) for heart pain, vomiting, cold damage with roundworm expulsion (*Taiyi Ge*); combined with Feishu (BL13) for phlegm-cough; combined with Yongquan (KI1), Guanyuan (CV4) to treat corpse-labor (*Yulong Fu*); specifically treats women's heart pain (*Xihong Fu*); combined with Qiangjian (DU19) for unbearable headache.

Jiexi (ST41): Located 1 cun posterior to Chongyang (ST42), in the depression at the shoe-tie area of the ankle. Needle 0.5 cun; retain for five breaths; apply three moxa cones. It treats wind-pathogen, facial edema, headache, vertigo, nebula, rebellious qi rushing upward, wheezing/cough, abdominal distension, epilepsy, vexation, weeping, fright, tetany, cholera, tenesmus, thigh/knee swelling. Also drains stomach heat, excessive hunger with anorexia, fullness after eating, abdominal distension, and treats malaria/chills-fever; must combine with needling Lidui (ST45), Zusanli (ST36), Jiexi (ST41), Shangqiu (SP5) to bleed. ○ Treats abdominal distension, ankle pain, vertigo, headache; may apply seven moxa cones (*Shennong Bencao Jing*); combined with Shangqiu (SP5), Qiuxu (GB41) to chase foot pain (*Yulong Fu*); combined with Yanggu (SI4) for palpitations (*Baizheng Fu*). One transmission: abdominal/flank and lower leg deficiency swelling, moxa is effective. Rebellious qi causing choking near death, moxa is effective.

Chongyang (ST42): Located 5 cun anterior to the malleolus, in the midline between high bones, where the artery beats, 2 cun from Xangu (ST43). Needle 0.3 cun; retain for ten breaths; apply three moxa cones. *Zhen Jin Lun* states: "Puncture the major artery on the dorsum of the foot; if bleeding does not stop, death occurs; this is this point." It treats hemiplegia, facial swelling, facial paralysis, dental caries, cold damage with mania, chills, anhidrosis, abdominal hardness/fullness, anorexia, chills-fever, foot flaccidity, dorsum swelling, or stomach-malaria with initial chills then fever, preference for sunlight/fire, feeling better with fire; needle and bleed when fever is peaking for immediate cooling. ○ Combined with Tiaokou (ST38), Yangjiao (GB39) treats foot flaccidity and difficulty walking (*Tianxing Mijue*).

Xangu (ST43): Located on the dorsum of the foot, 2 cun proximal to Neiting (ST44), in the depression distal to the base of the second toe. Needle 0.5 cun; retain for seven breaths; apply three moxa cones. One day needle 0.3 cun. It treats facial/ocular edema and water diseases, belching, borborygmus, abdominal pain, anhidrosis, chills, malaria, hernia qi, lower abdominal pain. If stomach pulse is wiry, reducing this point balances water and restores stomach qi. ○ For water disease, apply moxa according to age (*Qianjin Fang*); combined with Xiawan (CV10) to calm intra-abdominal borborygmus (*Baizheng Fu*).

Neiting (ST44): Located between the second and third toes, at the end of the web margin. Needle 0.3 cun; retain for ten breaths; apply three moxa cones. *Jia Yi Jing* says needle 0.2 cun, retain twenty breaths. It treats cold extremities, abdominal fullness with dyspnea, aversion to human voice, chills, sore throat, facial deviation, dental caries, epistaxis, urticaria, bloody/dysenteric stools, malaria, anorexia. ○ One transmission: treats chronic malaria and abdominal distension. ○ Combined with Linqi (GB5) regulates lower abdominal qi (*Yulong Fu*); treats abdominal bloating (*Tongxuan Fu*); Zusanli and Neiting are excellent for abdominal diseases (*Qianjin Fang*); treats stone gu-toxin; constipation should be reduced here (*Jie Jing*); combined with Hegu (LI4) for cold malaria, facial swelling, borborygmus (*Tianxing Mijue*); treats cold extremities, preference for quiet/aversion to noise, urticaria, sore throat, frequent yawning, toothache, malaria, anorexia, tinnitus; needling clears (*Ma Danyang*).

Lidui (ST45): Located at the lateral end of the second toe, 0.1 cun from the nail corner (like leek leaf width). Needle 0.1 cun; retain for one breath; apply one moxa cone. It treats corpse-jue, trismus, qi cessation, symptoms like poisoning, abdominal fullness, edema, febrile disease with anhidrosis, chills-fever malaria, anorexia, facial swelling, pharyngitis, dental caries, aversion to wind, nasal obstruction, frequent fright, mania, tendency to sleep, cold feet, knee/patellar swelling/pain. ○ Harmonized with Yinbai (SP1), treats nightmare unrest (*Baizheng Fu*).