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Yinbai (Jing-Well), Dadao (Ying-Spring), Taibai (Shu-Stream), Shangqiu (Jing-River), Yinlingquan (He-Sea)

○ Yinbai, Wood element. Located at the medial end of the big toe, approximately the width of a leek leaf from the corner of the nail. It is the point where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian emerges, classified as a Jing-Well point. Indications: abdominal distension, asthma and chest fullness, inability to lie down comfortably, vomiting, difficulty in eating and drinking, sudden diarrhea, epistaxis, sudden syncope with loss of consciousness, cold feet that cannot be warmed. Needling depth: 0.3 cun. For women with delayed menstruation, needling this point can bring immediate relief.

○ Dadao, Fire element. Located in the depression behind the proximal interphalangeal joint of the big toe. It is the point where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian flows, classified as a Ying-Spring point. Indications: febrile diseases with anhidrosis, cold hands and feet, abdominal fullness, frequent vomiting, irritability and restlessness, regurgitation, vertigo. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones; Needling depth: 0.3 cun.

○ Taibai, Earth element. Located in the depression below the medial malleolus on the medial side of the foot. It is the point where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian pours, classified as a Shu-Stream point. Indications: fever, irritability and abdominal fullness, indigestion, vomiting, purulent bloody diarrhea, lower back pain, bowel irregularities. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.

○ Jiexi, Fire element. Located 1.5 cun posterior to Chongyang, in the depression above the ankle joint. It is the point where the Qi of the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian travels, classified as a Jing-River point. Indications: facial edema due to wind, dark complexion, rebellious Qi rushing upward, abdominal distension, tenesmus, palpitations, swelling of the knee and thigh, muscle spasms, vertigo, headache, epilepsy, mental restlessness, weeping, cholera, cephalalgia due to wind, red face, red eyes. Needling depth: 0.5 cun; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.

○ Zusanli, Earth element. Located 3 cun below the knee, between the two tendons on the lateral aspect of the tibia. Take the point when lifting the foot. It is the point where the Qi of the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian enters, classified as a He-Sea point. Indications: cold in the stomach, cardiac and abdominal distension, deficiency of Stomach Qi, aversion to food odors, borborygmus, abdominal pain, indigestion. Prime Minister Qin stated that this point treats various conditions including food stagnation, fluid retention, gu toxicity, phlegm masses, heaviness and fullness of the four limbs, knee soreness and pain, and blurred vision. Hua Tuo stated that this point treats five types of exhaustion leading to emaciation, seven types of injuries, deficiency and lack of vitality, blood stasis in the chest, mastitis. The *Waitai Mingtang* states that for individuals over thirty years old, if Zusanli is not moxibusted, cold Qi may rush upward affecting the eyes. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones; Needling depth: 0.5 cun.

Yongquan (Jing-Well), Ranggu (Ying-Spring), Taixi (Shu-Stream), Fuliou (Jing-River), Yingu (He-Sea)

○ Yongquan, Wood element. Also known as Dizhong. Located in the depression in the center of the sole, in the hollow formed when flexing the foot and curling the toes. It is the point where the Qi of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian emerges, classified as a Jing-Well point. Indications: lower back pain, difficult defecation, internal heat binding in the heart, wind rashes, wind epilepsy, Heart disease, poor appetite, female infertility, cough, fever, bi syndrome of the throat, chest and hypochondriac pain, vertigo, male presenting with symptoms resembling gu disease, female presenting with symptoms resembling pregnancy, pain extending to the tips of all five toes, inability of the foot to touch the ground. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones; Needling depth: 0.5 cun. Avoid bleeding. Chunyu Yi stated that the mother of King A'mu of Qi suffered from heat and wheezing in the soles of her feet. He diagnosed it as Heat Jue and advised needling the center of the sole, resulting in immediate cure.

○ Ranggu, Fire element. Also known as Longyuan. Located in the depression below the prominent bone anterior to the medial malleolus. It is the point where the Qi of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian flows, classified as a Ying-Spring point. Indications: swelling inside the throat, fearfulness as if being pursued, salivation, wheezing and shouting, shortness of breath, edema of the dorsum of the foot making walking impossible, cold hernia, lower abdominal fullness, desolate pain in the chest and hypochondrium, hemoptysis, bi syndrome of the throat, strangury, female infertility, seminal emission in males, weakness preventing prolonged standing, alternating chills and fever, tongue deviation, irritability and fullness, xiao-ke (wasting-thirst), umbilical wind in newborns, trismus, flaccid paralysis, cold Jue, profuse diarrhea. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones; Needling depth: 0.3 cun. Bleeding should be avoided.

○ Taixi, Earth element. Located in the depression of the pulsating artery posterior to the medial malleolus and above the calcaneus. It is the point where the Qi of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian pours, classified as a Shu-Stream point. Indications: chronic malaria, reverse coughing, heart pain like a needle piercing the heart, cold extremities reaching the joints, dyspnea (prognosis: fatal), vomiting, mouth feeling sticky, frequent belching, cold hernia, febrile disease with anhidrosis, silence and drowsiness, yellow urine, xiao-dan (wasting-thirst), difficult defecation, swollen throat, hemoptysis, phlegm masses, chills and fever, cough, poor appetite, abdominal and hypochondriac pain, emaciation with stiff spine, cold extremities. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones; Needling depth: 0.3 cun.

○ Fuliou, Metal element. Also known as Maoyang or Fu Bai. Located in the depression 2 cun above the medial malleolus. It is the point where the Qi of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian travels, classified as a Jing-River point. Indications: pulling pain in the waist and spine, inability to bend, extend, rise, or sit, blurred vision, irritability and excessive talking, dry tongue, spontaneous salivation, foot flaccidity preventing walking, cold extremities unable to warm themselves, borborygmus in the abdomen, drum-like abdominal distension, edema of the four limbs, ten water diseases, urine varying in color (blue, red, yellow, white, black). Treatment principle: Blue corresponds to Jing-Well, Red to Ying-Spring, Yellow to Shu-Stream, White to Jing-River, Black to He-Sea. Indications also include hemorrhoids with bleeding, post-diarrheal edema, five types of strangury, scattered urination, cold and heat in the large bones, continuous sweating. Moxibustion: 5 moxa cones; Needling depth: 0.3 cun. Retain the needle for three breaths.

○ Yingu, Water element. Located posterior to the medial condyle of the tibia, under the large tendon and above the small tendon. Press to feel the pulse; take the point with the knee flexed. It is the point where the Qi of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian enters, classified as a He-Sea point. Indications: knee pain like a needle piercing, inability to flex or extend, tongue deviation, drooling, irritability and rebellion, difficult urination, acute lower abdominal pain radiating to the genitals, pain along the medial thigh, continuous leukorrhea in females, abdominal fullness and dyspnea, yellow urine, male presenting with symptoms resembling gu disease, female presenting with symptoms resembling pregnancy. Moxibustion: 2 moxa cones; Needling depth: 0.4 cun. Retain the needle for seven breaths.