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Side Human Figure, Diagram 4

Shangguan (GB 2), two acupoints, located at the upper anterior margin of the ear on the prominent bone; when the mouth is open, the depression indicates the point. Moxibustion: one cone. Indications: stiffness and tension of the lips and corners of the mouth, deviation of the mouth and eyes, dental caries pain, tinnitus, and deafness.

Tianchuang (SI 16), two acupoints, located below the angle of the jaw, posterior to Futu (SI 18), in the depression where the artery beats. Moxibustion: three cones. Indications: tinnitus and deafness with inability to hear, swelling of the cheek, pain in the throat, sudden loss of voice (aphonia) with inability to speak, and shoulder pain radiating to the neck preventing turning the head.

Yemen (TE 2), two acupoints, located in the depression between the little finger and the ring finger of the hand. Moxibustion: three cones. Indications: elbow pain with inability to move up and down, malaria with alternating chills and fever, dry eyes, headache, and tearing.

Shugu (BL 65), two acupoints, located on the lateral side of the foot, in the depression distal to the metatarsophalangeal joint of the fifth toe. Moxibustion: three cones. Indications: epilepsy and mania, alternating chills and fever, headache, and vertigo. Qin Chengzu stated: it treats wind-red eyes (redness of eyelids), neonatal red eyes, and ulceration of both eyes.

Zhubin (KI 9), two acupoints, located above the medial malleolus of the foot. Moxibustion: three cones. Indications: infantile hernia, epilepsy, protrusion of the tongue, and intractable vomiting. Zhang Wenzhong treated sudden formation of corneal opacity due to wind-eye, with unbearable pain in both eyes, by moxibusting the apex between the proximal interphalangeal joint of the middle finger, three cones. The moxa cone should be the size of a wheat grain. If the left side is affected, treat the right; if the right side is affected, treat the left.

Qufa (EX-HN 13), two acupoints, located in the depression at the curved corner of the hairline above the ear; the point becomes palpable when clenching the teeth. Moxibustion: three cones. Indications: stiffness and rigidity of the neck, inability to turn the head, toothache, lockjaw with inability to speak.

Duiduan (GV 27), one acupoint, located in the depression anterior to the chin, below the lower lip; take the point with the mouth open. Moxibustion: three cones. Indications: lockjaw, jaw trembling, epilepsy, foaming at the mouth, and intractable epistaxis.

Tiangding (EX-HN 14), two acupoints, located one cun posterior to Futu (SI 18) and Qishe (ST 10), directly opposite the clavicular fossa in the neck, in the depression. Moxibustion: seven cones. Indications: sudden aphonia, pharyngeal swelling, dysphagia, and gurgling sounds in the throat.

Side Human Figure, Diagram 5

Huantiao (GB 30), two acupoints, located in the depression below the greater trochanter of the femur. Moxibustion: three cones. Indications: cold bi-syndrome, wind-dampness, hemiplegia, hemiplegic paralysis, and pain in the waist and hips. Qibo stated: it treats difficulty in stretching, contracting, and turning over during sleep.

Lougou (SP 9), two acupoints, located six cun above the medial malleolus of the foot, in the depression. Moxibustion: three cones. Indications: hot and painful feet, cold and painful legs, pain preventing prolonged standing, numbness and anesthesia.

Jinggu (BL 64), two acupoints, located below the large bone on the lateral side of the foot, in the depression at the junction of the white skin. Moxibustion: five cones. Indications: cold malaria with alternating chills and fever, palpitations with fear, anorexia, atrophy and weakness of the legs, knees, and shins, foot spasms with inability to extend, epilepsy with wild running, self-biting, and coldness of the knees and shins.