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Cui Shi's prescription for treating sudden wind-induced limb spasms, atrophy, and inability to move is as follows: Take three *sheng* (a traditional Chinese unit of volume) of soybeans (*Glycine max*), carefully select and wash them thoroughly. Drain the water and steam them until the vapor escapes from the steamer lid. Place the patient in the middle [context implies a fumigation or specific positioning therapy] to treat according to the condition.

For treating wind-toxin and dampness attacking the body causing sores with purple skin, pus discharge, tissue necrosis, weakness in walking, and hot skin/flesh:
Bohai Fennel (*Foeniculi Fructus*), Earthworm (*Pheretima*), Red Adzuki Bean (*Vigna angularis*), Sichuan Chinaberry (*Meliae Toosendan Fructus*), Sichuan Aconite Root (*Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata*), Lindera Root (*Linderae Radix*), Black Morning Glory Seed (*Pharbitidis Semen*). (Each 1 *liang*).
Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Use wine-boiled wheat paste to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take fifteen pills each time on an empty stomach with salted water, twice daily.

To treat rebellious Qi in the San Jiao (Triple Burner), relieve severe constipation and abdominal distension, eliminate fatigue and wind pathogens; or for cases where previous medications failed to induce bowel movements, decoct and take this prescription until the bowels open.
Greater Abdominal Skin (*Arecae Pericarpium*) (soaked once in wine, washed three times with soybean juice, then dried by baking), Quince Fruit (*Chaenomelis Fructus*), Purple Perilla Stem (*Perillae Caulis*), Notopterygium Rhizome (*Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix*), Agarwood (*Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum*). (Each 1 *liang*), Sandalwood (*Santalum Album Lignum*).
Grind the above herbs into fine powder. For every one *fen* of powder, add two *zhan* (traditional units of liquid volume) of water. Decoct until one *zhan* remains, strain, and take warm. The effect is achieved when the bowels open; administration is not restricted by time.

Regarding acupuncture points, if the point name is superior but the pathology is inferior, Hong Kong Foot (a term referring to various foot diseases, often related to gout or beriberi) is most suitable for acupuncture. Treating only with needles without moxibustion, or only with moxibustion without needles, is incorrect; one must master both needling and moxibustion.
Perform moxibustion while lying down, using the Miao-stitching technique.
First, moxa Fengshi (GB31) (Indications: leg spasms and pain radiating to the hypochondrium, stiffness; or skin turning blue/purple, withered, blackened like rot, or flaccid paralysis).
Second, moxa Futu (ST32) (Indications: Cold invasion... [text fragment]).
Third, moxa Dubi (ST35) (Indications: knee pain, numbness, difficulty kneeling; if the area is swollen, do not moxa or needle).
Fourth, moxa Xiyan (Extra point) (Indications: cold knees, foot flaccidity, meridian pain).
Fifth, moxa Zusanli (ST36) (Indications: lower back pain preventing prolonged standing, knee pain/swelling, medial pain, foot flaccidity, gait impairment).
Sixth, moxa Shanglian (EX-LE7) (Indications: difficult urination, delirium, abnormal mental state).
Seventh, moxa Jiexu (GB39) (Indications: wind-lao, heavy body, hip joint pain, pulse/bone obstruction, numbness, tendon contraction).
Eighth, moxa Xialian (EX-LE8) (Indications: difficult urination, yellow-red urine).

For these eight points: First, locate Fengshi. Instruct the patient to stand upright with arms hanging straight down, fingers spread, palms covering the thighs. The tip of the middle finger marks the point, located on the large tendon on the lateral aspect of the thigh, near the knee joint.
Apply one hundred moxa cones per point. If one leg is affected, moxa that leg; if both are weak, moxa both. Generally, leg weakness affects both legs. Another method states: if one feels discomfort in the feet, moxa Zusanli (ST36) and Jiexu (GB39) on both sides. If both feet have ailments, moxa all four locations. The quantity of moxa should follow the severity of the disease; even for mild cases, it should not be less than one hundred cones. If there is no improvement, increase the moxa quantity promptly; more is better.