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Dadun (Jing-Well) Xingjian (Ying-Spring) Taichong (Shu-Stream) Zhongfeng (Jing-River) Ququan (He-Sea)

○ Dadun, Wood point. Located at the distal end of the great toe, approximately the width of a leek leaf from the nail margin, within the tuft of hair. It is the source of the Foot Jueyin Liver Channel and serves as the Jing-Well point. It treats sudden onset of hernia, frequent urination, enuresis, pain in the glans penis, heart pain, sweating, qi rushing from the genitalia into the abdomen, unilateral scrotal swelling, pain in the lower abdomen and umbilicus, and depression. For symptoms manifesting on the right, treat the left side; for the left, treat the right. It treats abdominal distension and swelling, lower abdominal pain with internal heat, lethargy, and corpse-jue (a state resembling death). For women with unstoppable uterine bleeding, moxibustion of three moxa cones is applicable. Needle insertion depth: 3 fen; retain needle for six breaths. The medial point is Yinbai, and the lateral point is Dadun.

○ Xingjian, Fire point. Located in the depression where the arterial pulse is palpable between the first and second toes. It is the flow of the Foot Jueyin Liver Channel and serves as the Ying-Spring point. It treats difficult urination, leukorrhea, cold hernia, lower abdominal swelling, cough with counterflow qi, hematemesis, low back pain preventing flexion and extension, abdominal distension, heart pain, cyanotic complexion resembling death, dyspnea throughout the day, dry mouth, cold limbs, dry throat, irritability, thirst, photophobia, lacrimation, sighing, epilepsy, and shortness of breath. Moxibustion of three moxa cones is applicable. Needle insertion depth: 6 fen; retain needle for ten breaths.

○ Taichong, Earth point. Located in the depression 2 cun or 1.5 cun proximal to the metatarsophalangeal joint of the great toe. Pressing here reveals the pulsation of the Taichong pulse, which can determine life and death. It is the灌注 (pouring-in) point of the Foot Jueyin Liver Channel and serves as the Shu-Stream point. It treats lumbar pain radiating to the lower abdomen, difficulty in urination resembling strangury, hernia, lower abdominal swelling, loose stools, enuresis, genital pain, cyanosis of the face and eyes, chest and hypochondriac fullness and distension, chills, constipation, hematemesis, continuous metrorrhagia in women, sudden infantile hernia, vomiting and regurgitation, chills during attacks, dry throat, elbow swelling, pain anterior to the medial malleolus, limb soreness and weakness, axillary swelling, mar刀的疡 (scrofula), and lip swelling. Needle insertion depth: 3 fen; retain needle for ten breaths; moxibustion of three moxa cones is applicable.

○ Zhongfeng, Metal point. Located one cun anterior to the tip of the medial malleolus. Take the position with the patient supine and foot extended; it is found in the depression. When the foot is straightened, the point becomes accessible. It is the pathway of the Foot Jueyin Liver Channel. According to the *Xie Jing*, it treats malaria with cyanotic complexion, chills, lower abdominal swelling, anorexia, periumbilical pain, cold feet, loss of appetite, body numbness, cold hernia with lumbar pain, or slight fever. Needle insertion depth: 4 fen; retain needle for seven breaths; moxibustion of three moxa cones is applicable.

○ Ququan, Water point. Located below the medial condyle of the tibia, between the large tendon and the small tendon, in the depression. Take the position with the knee flexed. It is the entry point of the Foot Jueyin Liver Channel and serves as the He-Sea point. It treats blood masses in women, feeling of heat upon palpation like hot water immersion, swelling of the inner thigh and lower abdomen, and uterine prolapse. In men, it treats hernia, pain in the inguinal region, difficulty in urination, recurrent hypochondriac fullness, strangury, shortness of breath, diarrhea and dysentery, inability to move the limbs. In excess patterns, it presents with body heat, vertigo and eye pain, anhidrosis, blurred vision, knee swelling and pain, tendon spasm with limited flexion, mania, epistaxis, wheezing and calling, lower abdominal pain radiating to the throat. Needle insertion depth: 6 fen; moxibustion of three moxa cones. Additionally, it is stated: sit upright, flex the knee, and locate the depression between the medial and lateral tendons. It treats wind-lao, seminal emission, severe body pain, diarrhea, purulent bloody stools, and genital swelling. Moxibustion of three moxa cones is applicable. Needle insertion depth: 6 fen; retain needle for ten breaths.