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The Eight Crossing Points (Jiao Jing Ba Xue) are the essence of acupuncture. However, it is unknown which physician originally described them. The preface states that they were transmitted by a hermit of Mount Shaoshi, and their efficacy has been verified more profoundly in recent times. In my youth, I obtained the original text from the recluse Song Zihua. I practiced this technique for forty-one years between the Yellow River and the Huai River, rescuing numerous critical patients with immediate results, which are too numerous to count. My passion for this technique was no less than Liu Ling's (courtesy name Bolun) love for wine. Alas, I regret that when I first began learning this art, my understanding of the mental principles was incomplete, and my manual skills were not yet refined, when war and fire repeatedly struck, causing all my family's medical charts and the original texts to be lost. It has been fifteen years since then; I have eagerly sought them but without success. Recently, I obtained them from the Wang family in Tongtai Beizi. The originals were exactly as those kept in old families, with only one or two characters erroneous or illegible, which did not cause any harm. I re-verified this technique, finding it precise and swift in every aspect, curing diseases without exception. If diagnosis is clear and the upper and lower meridians are coordinated to attack the disease, like assembling royal troops to capture minor traitors and thieves, even if there are failures, they would be few. Oh! How miraculous this technique is! To obtain it now is indeed Heaven's great favor upon me. However, my passion is not for personal gain, but for the well-being of the people, wishing that they might be free from itching, epilepsy, pain, chronic weakness, disability, and severe illness. As for whether students share this passion, that is beyond my presumption.

Gongsun (SP4): Two points, belonging to the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian. Located in the depression 1 cun posterior to the base of the medial side of the big toe. Ask the patient to sit with feet curled inward, soles facing each other, to locate the point. Paired with Neiguan (PC6).

Neiguan (PC6): Two points, belonging to the Hand-Jueyin Pericardium Meridian. Located 2 cun proximal to the wrist crease. Ask the patient to sit steadily and press the hand to locate. Used independently (or specifically paired depending on context, here translated as used independently/specifically).

Linqi (GB41): Two points, belonging to the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian. Located in the depression 1 cun distal to the base of the fourth toe. Another saying: 1.5 cun distal to Xiaxi (GB41). Ask the patient to hang the foot down to locate. Also paired with Waiguan (TE5).

Waiguan (TE5): Two points, belonging to the Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian. Located 2 cun proximal to the wrist crease, branching off from the Heart Master (Pericardium). Ask the patient to sit steadily and turn the hand over to locate. Used independently.

Houxi (SI3): Two points, belonging to the Hand-Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian. Located in the depression on the lateral side of the little finger, posterior to the metacarpophalangeal joint. Ask the patient to sit steadily and turn the hand over to locate. Paired with Shenmai (BL62).

Shenmai (BL62): Two points, belonging to the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian. Located in the depression below the lateral malleolus, at the junction of red and white skin. Ask the patient to sit with feet hanging down, or lie on the side to locate. Paired with Houxi (SI3).

Zhaohai (KI6): Two points, belonging to the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian. Located in the depression below the medial malleolus, at the junction of red and white skin. Ask the patient to sit steadily with soles facing each other to locate. Paired with Lieque (LU7).

Lieque (LU7): Two points, belonging to the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian. Located 1.5 cun proximal to the wrist crease. Cross the hands, locate at the tip of the fingers, in the gap between tendons and bones. Paired with Zhaohai (KI6).

Gongsun (SP4) governs twenty-seven conditions:
Nine types of heart pain (Heart, Stomach);
Phlegm obstruction and salivary oppression (Heart, Stomach);
Umbilical and abdominal pain with distension (Sanjiao, Stomach);
Hypochondriac pain (Heart, Spleen);
Postpartum blood confusion (Heart Master/Pericardium);
Retention of placenta (Small Intestine, Stomach);
Incessant diarrhea (Large Intestine, Stomach);
Qi pain (Heart, Stomach);
Tenesmus (Large Intestine, Sanjiao);
Cold damage chest binding (Small Intestine, Heart);
Water obstruction and alcoholic phlegm (Liver, Stomach);
Fullness and discomfort with regurgitation and vomiting (Stomach);
Abdominal and hypochondriac fullness and pain (Spleen, Stomach);
Intestinal wind bleeding (Large Intestine, Bao Luo/Pericardium);
Rectal prolapse in adults and children (Large Intestine, Lung);
Qi obstruction (Heart, Lung);
Food obstruction unable to descend (Stomach, Spleen);
Food stagnation pain (Stomach, Spleen);
Masses and pediatric food masses (Small Intestine, Heart Master);
Minor pillow pain (Small Intestine, Sanjiao);
Alcoholic masses (Stomach, Sanjiao);
Borborygmus (Small Intestine, Stomach);
Blood stabbing pain (Liver, Spleen);
Pediatric spleen diarrhea (Spleen, Kidney);
Diarrhea with abdominal pain (Large Intestine, Stomach);
Stabbing pain in the chest (Heart);
Malaria heart pain (Pericardium).
All the above conditions are governed by Gongsun. First needle Gongsun, then needle Neiguan.

Neiguan (PC6) governs twenty-five conditions:
Fullness and discomfort (Heart, Stomach);
Unresolved cold damage (Heart Master);
Chest and heart palpitations/fullness (Liver, Stomach);
Indefinite vomiting and reversal (Spleen, Stomach);
Chest fullness and phlegm obstruction (Lung, Heart);
Abdominal pain (Stomach);
Diarrhea with slippery intestines (Large Intestine);
Alcoholic phlegm and chest pain (Heart Master);
Undigested rice and grain (Stomach);
Horizontal and vertical Qi (Liver, Stomach);
Pediatric rectal prolapse (Large Intestine, Lung);
Nine types of heart pain (Heart Master, Stomach);
Hypochondriac pain (Liver, Gallbladder);
Women's blood stabbing pain (Liver);
Borborygmus (Large Intestine);
Mass pain (Liver, Spleen);
Men's alcoholic masses (Spleen, Lung);
Water obstruction and epigastric fullness/pain (Spleen, Stomach);
Qi obstruction and inability to eat (Stomach, Heart, Lung);
Abdominal and hypochondriac distending pain (Spleen, Stomach, Heart Master);
Intestinal wind bleeding (Large Intestine);
Cold damage chest binding (Stomach);
Tenesmus (Small Intestine);
Food obstruction unable to descend (Heart Master, Stomach);
Malaria chills and fever (newly added, effective) (Gallbladder).
All the above conditions are governed by Neiguan.

Linqi (GB41) governs twenty-five conditions:
Dorsum foot swelling and pain (Stomach);
Numbness of hands and feet (Small Intestine, Sanjiao);
Trembling of fingers (Liver, Heart Master);
Red eyes with cold tears (Bladder);
Sore throat and swelling (Sanjiao);
Spasm of hands and feet (Liver, Kidney);
Hypochondriac pain (Gallbladder);
Toothache (Stomach, Large Intestine);
Heat in hands and feet (Stomach, Heart Master);
Resolving cold damage (Bladder);
Hip and thigh pain (Gallbladder);
Swelling and pain of feet and knees (Stomach, Liver);
Paralysis of four limbs (Gallbladder);
Head wind swelling (Bladder);
Head and neck swelling (Bladder);
Floating wind itching (Lung);
Body swelling (Kidney, Stomach);
Body numbness (Liver, Spleen);
Dizziness of head and eyes (Bladder);
Sinew spasm and bone pain (Liver, Stomach);
Cheek and jaw pain (Large Intestine);
Thunder-head wind (Gallbladder);
Eye and eye socket swelling and pain (Liver, Heart);
Stroke with inability to raise hands and feet (Kidney);
Deafness (Kidney, Gallbladder).
All the above conditions are governed by Linqi. First needle Linqi, then needle Waiguan.

Waiguan (TE5) governs twenty-seven conditions:
Joint swelling and pain (Kidney);
Cold pain of arms (Sanjiao);
Epistaxis (Lung);
Heat in hands and feet (Sanjiao);
Pain in finger joints with inability to flex (Sanjiao);
Pain in the brow ridge (Bladder);
Pain in hands and feet (Stomach);
Fear of wind postpartum (Kidney, Stomach);
Spontaneous sweating from cold damage (Stomach, Lung);
Head wind (Bladder);
Paralysis of four limbs (Gallbladder, Stomach);
Pain of sinews and bones (Liver, Kidney);
Tearing in wind (Liver);
Red and painful eyes (Liver, Heart);
Swelling and pain of back and waist (Kidney);
Numbness, pain, and weakness of hands and feet (Stomach);
Eye swelling (Heart);
Head wind with dizziness and pain (Bladder);
Exterior heat from cold damage (Bladder);
Broken wind (tetanus) (Stomach, Liver);
Arm pain (Large Intestine, Sanjiao);
Head and neck pain (Small Intestine);
Night sweats (Heart Master);
Corneal opacity or dryness (Liver);
Body swelling postpartum (Stomach, Kidney);
Waist and hip pain (Kidney);
Thunder-head wind (Gallbladder).
All the above conditions are governed by Waiguan.

Houxi (SI3) governs twenty-four conditions:
Spasm of hands and feet (Liver);
Trembling of hands and feet (Liver, Sanjiao);
Head wind pain (Sanjiao, Bladder);
Unresolved cold damage (Bladder);
Incessant night sweats (Lung, Heart);
Aphasia from stroke (Bao Luo/Pericardium, Liver);
Toothache (Stomach, Large Intestine);
Epilepsy with foaming (Stomach);
Stiffness and pain of back and waist (Kidney);
Pain of sinews and bones (Liver, Stomach);
Throat obstruction (Kidney, Lung, Stomach);
Swelling and pain of cheeks (Stomach, Small Intestine);
Stiffness or pain of neck from cold damage (Bladder);
Swelling and pain of knees and shins (Kidney);
Numbness of hands and feet (Stomach);
Red and swollen eyes (Liver, Heart);
Headache from cold damage (Bladder);
Inability to sweat from exterior (Lung, Stomach);
Tearing from wind (Liver, Gallbladder);
Convulsions from broken wind (Liver);
Sweating and fear of wind postpartum (Lung);
Bi syndrome of throat (Kidney, Liver);
Leg and knee pain (Stomach);
Hand paralysis (Large Intestine).
All the above conditions are governed by Houxi. First needle Houxi, then needle Shenmai.

Shenmai (BL62) governs twenty-five conditions:
Stiffness and pain of back and waist (Bladder); Joint vexing pain (Kidney, Liver);
Paralysis of hands and feet (Stomach, Gallbladder); Headache from cold damage (Bladder);
Body swelling and fullness (Stomach); Spontaneous sweating of head and face (Stomach);
Epilepsy (Liver); Red, swollen, and painful eyes (Bladder);
Spontaneous sweating from wind-cold (Stomach); Itching and pain from head wind (Gallbladder);
Brow ridge pain (Bladder); Thunder-head wind (Gallbladder);
Arm pain (Large Intestine); Cold arm (Sanjiao);
Spontaneous sweating postpartum (Kidney); Epistaxis (Lung);
Broken wind (tetanus) (Liver); Joint swelling and pain (Kidney, Liver);
Knee and leg swelling and pain (Stomach); Deafness (Kidney);
Numbness of hands and feet (Gallbladder); Mastitis (Stomach);
Head wind from washing hair (Bladder); Spasm of hands and feet (Liver, Kidney);
Fear of wind postpartum (Kidney).
All the above conditions are governed by Shenmai. First needle Shenmai, then needle Houxi.

Lieque (LU7) governs thirty-one conditions:
Cold pain and diarrhea (Spleen);
Blood accumulation or败血 (decayed blood) in women (Liver);
Sore throat and swelling (Stomach);
Death fetus retention and placenta retention (Liver);
Swelling and pain of teeth (Stomach, Large Intestine);
Small intestine Qi pulling pain (Small Intestine);
Hypochondriac mass pain (Liver, Lung);
Expectoration of pus and blood (Lung);
Cough with cold phlegm (Lung);
Qi (Stomach);
Food dysphagia (Stomach);
Pulling pain of umbilicus and abdomen (Spleen);
Heart and abdominal pain (Spleen);
Borborygmus and dysentery (Large Intestine);
Itchy, painful, and bleeding hemorrhoids (Large Intestine);
Abdominal pain with diarrhea and dysentery (Spleen);
Lower back pain postpartum (Kidney, Liver);
Postpartum mania (Heart);
Postpartum aphasia (Pericardium);
Undigested rice and grain (Spleen, Kidney);
Men's alcoholic masses (Stomach, Liver);
Breast abscess swelling and pain (Stomach);
Blood masses in women (Liver, Kidney);
Persistent warm malaria (Gallbladder);
Incessant vomiting (Spleen, Stomach);
Hematuria (Small Intestine);
Urinary retention (Bladder);
Fecal impaction (Large Intestine);
Purulent bloody stool (Large Intestine);
Chest and diaphragm pain and fullness (Heart, Stomach);
Various accumulations, purulent phlegm, and obstruction (Heart, Stomach).
All the above conditions are governed by Lieque. First needle Lieque, then needle Zhaohai.

Zhaohai (KI6) governs twenty-nine conditions:
Throat obstruction (Stomach);
Cold pain of lower abdomen (Kidney, Liver);
Scanty, difficult, and obstructed urination (Bladder);
Blood fainting in women (Lung, Kidney);
Bladder Qi pain (Bladder);
Placenta retention (Kidney);
Umbilical abdominal pain (Spleen);
Lower abdominal fullness (Small Intestine);
Dysenteric bleeding (Large Intestine);
Inability to ingest food with regurgitation and vomiting (Stomach);
Men's masses and alcoholic accumulation (Lung, Liver);
Borborygmus, dysentery, and abdominal pain (Large Intestine);
Fullness and discomfort (Stomach);
Indigestion (Stomach);
Blood accumulation in women (Kidney, Heart Master);
Child pillow pain (Stomach, Liver);
Dystocia (Kidney, Liver);
Diarrhea (Spleen);
Vomiting (Stomach);
Alcoholic disease (Spleen);
Qi (Stomach);
Qi masses (Spleen, Liver, Kidney);
Alcoholic Bi (Stomach, Liver);
Qi obstruction (Heart Master);
Constipation (Large Intestine);
Jaundice from diet and labor (Spleen, Stomach);
Intestinal wind itching (Large Intestine);
Mass pain (Liver, Lung);
Hot jue of feet (Heart Master).
All the above conditions are governed by Zhaohai. First needle Zhaohai, then needle Lieque.

The above method involves first needling the point for the main symptom, locating points according to the disease's position on the left, right, upper, or lower body. One must still follow the meridians, palpate, guide, and remove the pathogen according to the method. If the disease persists, one must seek the paired point (He-sea point connection). If it still does not resolve, one must retain the needle to await the arrival of Qi, allowing the upper and lower meridians to connect, until the patient feels relief from their suffering, and then withdraw the needle.