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[Figure of the Posterior Human Form, Chapter 7]

Tianzhu (GB10): Two acupoints, located in the depressions lateral to the large tendons at the back of the neck. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Dizziness and heaviness of the head, sensation of eyes protruding, stiffness of the neck as if being pulled, neck pain with acute rigidity, and inability to turn the head left or right.

Pohu (BL42): Two acupoints, located three cun lateral to the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra; take the point in the depression when sitting upright. Moxibustion: 5 moxa cones. Indications: Acute pain between the shoulders, inability to turn the head due to stagnant qi in the back, coughing with rebellious qi and wheezing.

Yishe (BL49): Two acupoints, located three cun lateral to the spinous process of the ninth thoracic vertebra in the depressions; take the point by sitting upright and spreading the shoulders wide. Moxibustion: 7 moxa cones. Indications: Distension and fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, back pain, aversion to cold, difficulty swallowing food, vomiting with undigested food retention.

Xuan Shu (GV6): One acupoint, located in the depression below the spinous process of the eleventh thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Accumulated qi moving up and down in the abdomen, generalized pain in the interstices (couli).

Baohuang (BL54): Two acupoints, located three cun lateral to the spinous process of the nineteenth thoracic vertebra in the depressions; take the point while bending forward. Moxibustion: 5 moxa cones. Indications: Severe lower back pain intolerable to bear, difficulty in flexion and extension, aversion to cold, and dysuria (scanty and difficult urination).

Zhonglvyu (BL55): Two acupoints, located one and a half cun lateral to the spinous process of the twentieth thoracic vertebra. Indications: Lower back pain preventing flexion and extension, pain along the spine and back. Upon pressing above and below, if the pain response extends from the nape to this acupoint, applying moxibustion here will lead to immediate cure.

Qiangjian (DU18): One acupoint, located one and a half cun posterior to Houding (GV17) in the depression. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Headache like needle pricks, immobility of the head, neck stiffness as if being pulled, and inability to look left or right. Qibo stated: It also treats wind-phlegm epilepsy.

Yifeng (TE17): Two acupoints, located in the depression behind the mastoid process tip; press to feel traction in the ear. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Tinnitus, deafness, yawning, sudden aphonia (inability to speak), lockjaw (trismus), and facial paralysis (deviation of the mouth and corner of the lip).

Lieque (LU7): Two acupoints, located one cun above the wrist crease in the depression between the bone and tendon. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Hemiplegia, hemiparesis, facial paralysis (mouth and eye deviation), wrist strain, elbow and arm pain, malaria, and variable complexion.

Hegu (LI4): Two acupoints, also known as "Tiger's Mouth," located in the depression between the first and second metacarpal bones. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Indications: Alternating chills and fever in malaria, anhidrosis in febrile diseases, blurred vision, leukoma (white opacity on the cornea), skin crusts and scabies, and generalized urticaria.

Feiyang (BL58): Two acupoints, located seven cun above the external malleolus in the depression. Moxibustion: 5 moxa cones. Indications: Heaviness of the body, difficulty rising, sitting, or walking, inability to retrieve fallen shoes, soreness and heaviness of the feet, tremors, and inability to stand for long periods.

[Figure of the Posterior Human Form, Chapter 8]

Fuyang (BL59): Two acupoints, located two cun above the external malleolus in the depression between the bone and tendon posteriorly. Moxibustion: 5 moxa cones. Indications: Lower back pain preventing prolonged standing, soreness and heaviness of the legs, knees, and shins, muscle spasms, difficulty in flexion and extension, difficulty rising from a seated position, and paralysis of the four limbs.