（左右凡四十四穴）
1．大抒∶二穴在项后第一椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分陷中。《甲乙经》云足太阳、少阳之会。疗疟，
颈项强不可俯仰，头痛，振寒，螈 ，气实胁满，伤寒汗不出，脊强喉痹，烦满风劳，劳气咳嗽，胸中郁郁，
身热目眩。针入五分，可灸七壮。
2．风门∶二穴，一名热府。在第二椎下，两旁相去各一寸五分，督脉、足太阳之会。治伤寒，颈项强，
目瞑多嚏，鼻鼽出清涕，风劳，呕逆上气，胸背痛，喘气，卧不安。针入五分，留七
呼。今附∶若频刺，泄诸阳热气，背永不发痈疽，可灸五壮。
3．肺 ∶二穴在第三椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分，足太阳脉气所发。治上气呕吐，支满不嗜食，汗不
出，腰背强痛，寒热，喘满虚烦，口干，传尸，骨蒸劳，肺痿，咳嗽。针入三分，留七呼，得气即泻，出《甲
乙》。甄权《针经》云∶在第三椎下两傍，以搭手左取右，右取左，当中指末是穴。治胸中气满，背偻
如龟，腰强，头目眩，令人失颜色。针入五分，留七呼，可灸一百壮。
4．厥阴 ∶二穴在第四椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分。治逆气
呕吐，心痛留结，胸中烦闷。针入三分，可灸七七壮，出《山眺经》。
5．心 ∶二穴在第五椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分。治心中风，狂走，发痫，语悲泣，心胸闷乱烦满，
汗不出，结积，寒热，呕吐，不下食，咳唾血。针入三分，留七呼，得气即泻，不可灸。
6．膈 ∶二穴在第七椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分。治咳而呕逆，膈胃寒痰，食饮不下，胸满，肢肿，
两胁痛，腹胀，胃脘暴痛，热病汗不出，喉痹，腹中积癖，默默嗜卧，四肢怠情不欲动，身常湿，不能食，食
则心痛，周痹身皆痛。针入三分，留七呼，可灸三壮。
7．肝 ∶二穴在第九椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分。治咳引两胁急痛不得息，转侧难，撅胁下与脊相引而
反折，目上视，目眩，循眉头痛，惊狂，鼽衄，起则目KT KT ，目生白翳，咳引胸中
痛，寒疝，少腹痛，唾血短气。针入三分，留六呼，可灸三壮。
8．胆 ∶二穴在第十椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分。治心腹胀
满，呕则食无所出，口苦舌干，咽中痛，食不下，目黄，胸胁不
能转侧，头痛振寒，汗不出，腋下肿。针入五分，可灸三壮。
9．脾 ∶二穴在第十一椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分。治腹胀引胸背痛，食饮倍多，身渐羸瘦，黄胆善欠，
胁下满，泄利体重，四肢不收， 癖积聚，腹痛，不嗜食，痰疟，寒热。针入三分，留七呼，灸三壮。
10．胃 ∶二穴在第十二椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分。治胃中寒，腹胀不嗜食，羸瘦，肠鸣腹痛，胸胁
支满，脊痛筋挛。针入三分，留七呼。可灸，随年为壮。
11．三焦 ∶二穴在第十三椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分。治肠鸣腹胀，水谷不化，腹中痛，欲泄注，目
眩头痛，吐逆，饮食不下，肩背拘急，腰脊强不得俯仰。针入五分，留七呼，可灸三壮。
12．肾 ∶二穴在第十四椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分，与脐平。治虚劳羸瘦，耳聋，肾虚水藏久冷，心腹
胀，两胁满引少腹急痛，目视KT KT ，少气溺血，小便浊出精，阴中疼，五劳七
伤，虚惫，脚膝拘急，足寒如冰，头重身热，振栗，腰中四肢淫
泺，洞泄食不化，身肿如水。针入三分，留七呼，可灸以年为壮，慎如前法。
13．大肠 ∶二穴在第十六椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分。治腰痛，肠鸣腹胀，绕脐切痛，大小便不利，
洞泄食不化，脊强不得俯仰。针入三分，留六呼，可灸三壮。慎猪、鱼、酒、面、生冷物等。
14．小肠 ∶二穴在第十八椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分。治小便赤涩淋沥，少腹 痛，脚肿短气，
不嗜食，大便脓血出，五痔疼痛，妇人带下。针入三分，留六呼，可灸三壮。
15．膀胱 ∶二穴在第十九椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分，足太阳脉气所发。治风劳，腰脊痛，泄利腹
痛，小便赤涩，遗溺，阴生疮，少气，足 寒拘急，不得屈伸，女子瘕聚，脚膝无力。针
入三分，留六呼，可灸三壮。
16．中膂 ∶二穴，一名脊内 ，在第二十椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分，侠脊起肉。治肠冷赤白痢，肾
虚消渴，汗不出，腰脊不得俯仰，腹胀胁痛。针入三分，留十呼，可灸三壮。
17．白环 ∶二穴在第二十一椎下，两傍相去各一寸五分，足太阳脉气所发。治腰脊挛急痛，大小便不
利。《甲乙经》云∶针如腰户法同，挺腹地端身，两手相重支额，纵息令皮肤俱缓，乃取其穴。针入八分，得
气即先泻讫，多补之。治腰髋疼，脚膝不遂，温疟，腰脊冷疼，不得安卧，劳损虚风，不宜灸。慎房劳，不得举重物。
18．上 ∶二穴在第一空腰髁下，夹脊陷中，足太阳、少阳络。治腰膝冷痛，呕逆鼻衄，寒热疟，妇人绝
嗣，阴挺出不禁。针入三分，可灸七壮。
19．次 ∶二穴在第二空，夹脊陷中。治疝气下坠，腰脊痛不得转摇，急引阴器痛不可忍，腰以下至足
不仁，背腠寒，小便赤淋，心下坚胀。可灸七壮，针入三分。
20．中 ∶二穴在第三空，夹脊陷中，厥阴、少阳所结。治丈夫五劳七伤六极，腰痛大便难，腹胀下
利，小便淋涩，飧泄，妇人绝子带下，月事不调。针入二分，留十呼，可灸三壮。
21．下 ∶二穴在第四空，夹脊陷中，足太阳、厥阴所结。治腰痛不得转侧，女子下苍汁不禁，阴
中痛，引少腹急疼，大便下血，寒湿内伤。针入二分，留十呼，可灸三壮。
22．会阳∶二穴，一名利机。在阴尾骨两傍，督脉气所发。治
腹中冷气，泄利不止，久痔，阳气虚乏，阴汗湿。针入八分，可灸五壮。
（左右共四十四穴）
1．大杼：两穴位于项后第一椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处的凹陷中。《甲乙经》记载为足太阳膀胱经与足少阳胆经的交会穴。主治疟疾，颈项僵硬不能俯仰，头痛，寒战，抽搐，气实证见胁肋胀满，伤寒无汗，脊背强直，喉痹，烦闷风劳，虚劳之气咳嗽，胸中郁结不舒，身体发热，目眩。针刺深度五分，可艾灸七壮。
2．风门：两穴，又名热府。位于第二椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处，为督脉与足太阳膀胱经的交会穴。主治伤寒，颈项僵硬，闭目多嚏，鼻流清涕，风劳，呕吐逆气上冲，胸背疼痛，喘息，睡眠不安。针刺深度五分，留针七次呼吸的时间。今附注：若频繁针刺，可泄除诸阳经的热气，背部永不发生痈疽，可艾灸五壮。
3．肺俞：两穴位于第三椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处，为足太阳膀胱经脉气所发之处。主治上气呕吐，胸胁支撑胀满不欲饮食，无汗，腰背强痛，寒热往来，喘满虚烦，口干，传尸劳瘵，骨蒸劳热，肺痿，咳嗽。针刺深度三分，留针七次呼吸的时间，得气后立即泻法，出自《甲乙经》。甄权《针经》记载：在第三椎骨下方两侧，用手搭手取穴，左取右侧，右取左侧，当中指指尖末端即是穴位。主治胸中气满，背曲如龟状，腰强，头目眩晕，使人面色枯槁。针刺深度五分，留针七次呼吸的时间，可艾灸一百壮。
4．厥阴俞：两穴位于第四椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处。主治逆气呕吐，心痛结滞，胸中烦闷。针刺深度三分，可艾灸四十九壮，出自《山眺经》。
5．心俞：两穴位于第五椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处。主治心中风，狂乱奔走，癫痫发作，胡言乱语悲伤哭泣，心胸郁闷烦满，无汗，积块，寒热，呕吐，无法进食，咳唾带血。针刺深度三分，留针七次呼吸的时间，得气后立即泻法，不可艾灸。
6．膈俞：两穴位于第七椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处。主治咳嗽伴呕吐逆气，膈胃寒痰，饮食难下，胸满，肢体肿胀，两胁疼痛，腹胀，胃脘突发疼痛，热病无汗，喉痹，腹中积聚癖块，沉默嗜卧，四肢倦怠不想活动，身体常有湿气，不能进食，进食则心痛，周身痹痛。针刺深度三分，留针七次呼吸的时间，可艾灸三壮。
7．肝俞：两穴位于第九椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处。主治咳嗽牵引两胁急痛导致呼吸困难，转身困难，胁下与脊柱相引而反折，眼睛上视，目眩，沿眉毛部位头痛，惊狂，鼻塞流鼻血，起身时眼前昏花，眼生白翳，咳嗽牵引胸中疼痛，寒疝，少腹疼痛，唾血短气。针刺深度三分，留针六次呼吸的时间，可艾灸三壮。
8．胆俞：两穴位于第十椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处。主治心腹胀满，呕吐则食物无法下行，口苦舌干，咽喉疼痛，饮食不下，目黄，胸胁不能转侧，头痛寒战，无汗，腋下肿胀。针刺深度五分，可艾灸三壮。
9．脾俞：两穴位于第十一椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处。主治腹胀牵引胸背疼痛，饮食倍增，身体逐渐消瘦，黄疸善欠伸，胁下胀满，泄泻体重，四肢无力不收，癖积积聚，腹痛，食欲不振，痰疟，寒热。针刺深度三分，留针七次呼吸的时间，艾灸三壮。
10．胃俞：两穴位于第十二椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处。主治胃中寒邪，腹胀食欲不振，消瘦，肠鸣腹痛，胸胁支撑胀满，脊痛筋挛。针刺深度三分，留针七次呼吸的时间。可艾灸，壮数随年龄而定。
11．三焦俞：两穴位于第十三椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处。主治肠鸣腹胀，水谷不化，腹中疼痛，想要腹泻如水注，目眩头痛，呕吐逆气，饮食不下，肩背拘急，腰脊强直不能俯仰。针刺深度五分，留针七次呼吸的时间，可艾灸三壮。
12．肾俞：两穴位于第十四椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处，与肚脐平齐。主治虚劳消瘦，耳聋，肾虚膀胱久冷，心腹胀满，两胁胀满牵引少腹急痛，视物昏花，少气尿血，小便浑浊出精，阴部疼痛，五劳七伤，虚弱疲惫，脚膝拘急，足冷如冰，头重身热，寒战，腰中及四肢湿冷酸痛，洞泄食不化，身体浮肿如水。针刺深度三分，留针七次呼吸的时间，可艾灸壮数随年龄而定，谨慎遵循前述方法。
13．大肠俞：两穴位于第十六椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处。主治腰痛，肠鸣腹胀，绕脐剧烈疼痛，大小便不利，洞泄食不化，脊背强直不能俯仰。针刺深度三分，留针六次呼吸的时间，可艾灸三壮。禁忌食用猪、鱼、酒、面食、生冷食物等。
14．小肠俞：两穴位于第十八椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处。主治小便赤涩淋沥，少腹疼痛，脚肿短气，食欲不振，大便脓血排出，五痔疼痛，妇人带下病。针刺深度三分，留针六次呼吸的时间，可艾灸三壮。
15．膀胱俞：两穴位于第十九椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处，为足太阳膀胱经脉气所发之处。主治风劳，腰脊疼痛，泄泻痢疾腹痛，小便赤涩，遗尿，阴部生疮，少气，足冷拘急，不能屈伸，女子癥瘕积聚，脚膝无力。针刺深度三分，留针六次呼吸的时间，可艾灸三壮。
16．中膂俞：两穴，又名脊内俞，位于第二十椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处，紧贴脊柱隆起的肌肉旁。主治肠冷赤白痢疾，肾虚消渴，无汗，腰脊不能俯仰，腹胀胁痛。针刺深度三分，留针十次呼吸的时间，可艾灸三壮。
17．白环俞：两穴位于第二十一椎骨下方，两侧距离中线各一寸五分处，为足太阳膀胱经脉气所发之处。主治腰脊挛急疼痛，大小便不利。《甲乙经》记载：针刺方法同腰部户法，俯卧端正身体，两手交叉支撑额头，放松呼吸使皮肤松弛，然后取穴。针刺深度八分，得气后先泻后补。主治腰髋疼痛，脚膝活动不便，温疟，腰脊冷痛，不能安卧，劳损虚风，不宜艾灸。禁忌房事，不得举重物。
18．上髎：两穴在第一骶后孔腰髁下方，夹脊凹陷中，为足太阳、足少阳络脉所过。主治腰膝冷痛，呕吐逆气鼻衄，寒热疟疾，妇人绝嗣，阴挺出不禁。针刺深度三分，可艾灸七壮。
19．次髎：两穴在第二骶后孔，夹脊凹陷中。主治疝气下坠，腰脊疼痛不能转动摇摆，急迫牵引阴器疼痛难忍，腰以下至足麻木不仁，背部腠理寒冷，小便赤涩淋沥，心下坚胀。可艾灸七壮，针刺深度三分。
20．中髎：两穴在第三骶后孔，夹脊凹陷中，为厥阴、少阳经气所结聚。主治男子五劳七伤六极，腰痛大便难，腹胀下利，小便淋涩，飧泄，妇人不孕带下，月经不调。针刺深度二分，留针十次呼吸的时间，可艾灸三壮。
21．下髎：两穴在第四骶后孔，夹脊凹陷中，为足太阳、厥阴经气所结聚。主治腰痛不能转侧，女子白带不禁，阴中疼痛，牵引少腹急疼，大便下血，寒湿内伤。针刺深度二分，留针十次呼吸的时间，可艾灸三壮。
22．会阳：两穴，一名利机。位于尾骨两旁，为督脉气所发。主治腹中冷气，泄利不止，久痔，阳气虚乏，阴部汗湿。针刺深度八分，可艾灸五壮。
(There are forty-four acupoints in total on both sides.)
1. Dashu (BL11, Great Bone): Two points located below the first cervical vertebra at the back of the neck, in the depressions 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides. The *Jia Yi Jing* states it is the meeting point of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Channel and the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Channel. It treats malaria, stiffness of the neck and nape preventing flexion and extension, headache, chills with tremors, convulsions, excess syndrome manifesting as fullness in the hypochondrium, cold damage with absence of sweating, rigidity of the spine, throat obstruction, irritability and wind-lao (consumptive disease), cough due to lao qi (vital energy deficiency), depression in the chest, fever, and dizziness. Needle insertion depth: 0.5 cun; Moxibustion: 7 moxa cones.
2. Fengmen (BL12, Wind Gate): Two points, also known as Refu (Heat Mansion). Located below the second thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides, it is the meeting point of the Du Vessel and the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Channel. It treats cold damage, neck stiffness, closing eyes with frequent sneezing, runny nose with clear discharge, wind-lao, vomiting with rebellious qi rising, chest and back pain, asthma, restlessness during sleep. Needle insertion depth: 0.5 cun; Retain needle for seven breaths. Note: Frequent needling can dissipate heat from all Yang channels, preventing carbuncles and sores on the back forever; Moxibustion: 5 moxa cones.
3. Feishu (BL13, Lung Shu): Two points located below the third thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides, where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Channel emerges. It treats rebellious qi and vomiting, distending fullness in the chest and hypochondrium with loss of appetite, absence of sweating, stiffness and pain in the waist and back, alternating chills and fever, asthma and fullness with deficiency irritability, dry mouth, transmissive tuberculosis (chuan shi), bone-steaming consumption, lung atrophy, and cough. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; Retain needle for seven breaths; Disperse upon arrival of Deqi, as stated in the *Jia Yi Jing*. Zhen Quan's *Zhen Jing* records: Located below the third thoracic vertebra on both sides; use the hand-over-hand method, taking the right side when accessing the left, and vice versa, aligning with the tip of the middle finger. It treats fullness of qi in the chest, kyphosis resembling a turtle, stiff waist, dizziness of head and eyes, causing sallow complexion. Needle insertion depth: 0.5 cun; Retain needle for seven breaths; Moxibustion: 100 moxa cones.
4. Jueyinshu (BL14, Pericardium Shu): Two points located below the fourth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides. It treats rebellious qi and vomiting, heart pain with stagnation, and chest irritability. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; Moxibustion: 49 moxa cones (seven times seven), as recorded in the *Shan Tiao Jing*.
5. Xinshu (BL15, Heart Shu): Two points located below the fifth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides. It treats wind striking the heart, manic running, epilepsy onset, delirious speech with weeping, chest oppression and irritability, absence of sweating, accumulation masses, alternating chills and fever, vomiting, inability to eat, and hemoptysis. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; Retain needle for seven breaths; Disperse upon arrival of Deqi; Moxibustion is contraindicated.
6. Geshu (BL17, Diaphragm Shu): Two points located below the seventh thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides. It treats cough with vomiting and rebellious qi, cold phlegm in the diaphragm and stomach, inability to swallow food and drink, chest fullness, limb edema, pain in both hypochondria, abdominal distension, sudden epigastric pain, heat diseases with absence of sweating, throat obstruction, abdominal accumulations and masses, taciturnity with desire to lie down, lassitude of limbs, dampness in the body, anorexia, heart pain after eating, and generalized bi-syndrome pain. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; Retain needle for seven breaths; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.
7. Ganshu (BL18, Liver Shu): Two points located below the ninth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides. It treats cough pulling into acute pain in both hypochondria preventing breathing, difficulty turning, hypochondriac pain pulling towards the spine causing opisthotonos, upward deviation of the eyes, dizziness, headache along the eyebrows, mania, nasal congestion and epistaxis, visual disturbances upon standing, leukoma, cough pulling into chest pain, cold hernia, lower abdominal pain, hematemesis, and shortness of breath. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; Retain needle for six breaths; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.
8. Danshu (BL19, Gallbladder Shu): Two points located below the tenth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides. It treats abdominal and chest distension, vomiting with inability to pass food, bitter taste and dry tongue, sore throat, dysphagia, jaundice, inability to turn the torso due to chest and hypochondriac discomfort, headache with chills, absence of sweating, and axillary swelling. Needle insertion depth: 0.5 cun; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.
9. Pishu (BL20, Spleen Shu): Two points located below the eleventh thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides. It treats abdominal distension pulling into chest and back pain, excessive appetite, gradual emaciation, jaundice with frequent yawning, hypochondriac fullness, diarrhea with heaviness, flaccidity of limbs, abdominal masses and accumulations, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, phlegmatic malaria, and alternating chills and fever. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; Retain needle for seven breaths; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.
10. Weishu (BL21, Stomach Shu): Two points located below the twelfth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides. It treats cold in the stomach, abdominal distension with loss of appetite, emaciation, borborygmus with abdominal pain, distending fullness in the chest and hypochondria, spinal pain, and tendon spasms. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; Retain needle for seven breaths; Moxibustion: Number of cones corresponds to the patient's age.
11. Sanjiaoshu (BL22, Triple Energizer Shu): Two points located below the thirteenth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides. It treats borborygmus and abdominal distension, indigestion of water and grain, abdominal pain, watery diarrhea, dizziness and headache, vomiting and rebellious qi, dysphagia, stiffness and tension in the shoulder and back, and rigidity of the waist and spine preventing flexion and extension. Needle insertion depth: 0.5 cun; Retain needle for seven breaths; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.
12. Shenshu (BL23, Kidney Shu): Two points located below the fourteenth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides, level with the umbilicus. It treats consumptive weakness and emaciation, deafness, chronic cold in the kidney and bladder, abdominal distension, hypochondriac fullness pulling into acute lower abdominal pain, blurred vision, shortness of breath, hematuria, turbid urine with spermatorrhea, genital pain, five labors and seven injuries, extreme debility, spasticity of ankles and knees, cold feet like ice, heavy head with fever, chills, wet and cold pain in the waist and limbs, profuse diarrhea with undigested food, and edema resembling water retention. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; Retain needle for seven breaths; Moxibustion: Number of cones corresponds to the patient's age; observe precautions mentioned previously.
13. Dachangshu (BL25, Large Intestine Shu): Two points located below the sixteenth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides. It treats lower back pain, borborygmus and abdominal distension, severe periumbilical pain, difficulty in urination and defecation, profuse diarrhea with undigested food, and spinal rigidity preventing flexion and extension. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; Retain needle for six breaths; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. Dietary taboos: pork, fish, alcohol, wheat products, and raw/cold foods.
14. Xiaochangshu (BL27, Small Intestine Shu): Two points located below the eighteenth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides. It treats dark and scanty painful urination, lower abdominal pain, leg edema and shortness of breath, loss of appetite, pus and blood in stool, pain from five types of hemorrhoids, and leukorrhea in women. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; Retain needle for six breaths; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.
15. Pangguangshu (BL28, Bladder Shu): Two points located below the nineteenth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides, where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Channel emerges. It treats wind-lao, lower back and spinal pain, diarrhea and abdominal pain, dark and scanty urination, enuresis, genital ulcers, shortness of breath, cold and spastic legs preventing flexion and extension, uterine masses in women, and weakness of ankles and knees. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; Retain needle for six breaths; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.
16. Zhonglushu (BL29, Middle Spine Shu): Two points, also known as Ji Neishu, located below the twentieth thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides, adjacent to the paraspinal muscles. It treats cold intestines with bloody and white dysentery, kidney deficiency with thirst, absence of sweating, inability to flex and extend the waist and spine, and abdominal distension with hypochondriac pain. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; Retain needle for ten breaths; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.
17. Baihuanxue (BL30, White Ring Shu): Two points located below the twenty-first thoracic vertebra (sacral region), 1.5 cun lateral to the midline on both sides, where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Channel emerges. It treats spasm and pain of the lower back and spine, and difficulty in urination and defecation. The *Jia Yi Jing* states: Needling technique is similar to that of Yao Hu; the patient lies prone with the body straight, hands crossed supporting the forehead, breathing relaxed to loosen the skin, then locate the point. Needle insertion depth: 0.8 cun; Disperse first upon arrival of Deqi, then tonify. It treats lumbosacral pain, immobility of legs and knees, warm malaria, cold pain of the lower back and spine preventing sleep, consumptive deficiency wind; Moxibustion is contraindicated. Taboos: Sexual abstinence and avoiding lifting heavy objects.
18. Shangliao (BL31, Upper Crevice): Two points located below the first sacral foramen, in the depressions beside the spine, connecting the Foot-Taiyang Bladder and Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder channels. It treats cold pain of the lower back and knees, vomiting with rebellious qi and epistaxis, alternating chills and fever in malaria, infertility in women, and uterine prolapse with incontinence. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; Moxibustion: 7 moxa cones.
19. Ciliao (BL32, Secondary Crevice): Two points located in the second sacral foramen, in the depressions beside the spine. It treats hernia with downward dragging, lower back and spinal pain preventing rotation, urgent pain pulling into the genitals unbearable, numbness from lower back to feet, coldness of dorsal pores, dark and painful urination, and hardness and distension in the epigastrium. Moxibustion: 7 moxa cones; Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun.
20. Zhongliao (BL33, Middle Crevice): Two points located in the third sacral foramen, in the depressions beside the spine, where the Jueyin and Shaoyang energies knot. It treats the five labors, seven injuries, and six extremes in men, lower back pain with difficult defecation, abdominal distension with diarrhea, painful and scanty urination, incomplete digestion diarrhea, infertility and leukorrhea in women, and irregular menstruation. Needle insertion depth: 0.2 cun; Retain needle for ten breaths; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.
21. Xialiao (BL34, Lower Crevice): Two points located in the fourth sacral foramen, in the depressions beside the spine, where the Foot-Taiyang and Jueyin energies knot. It treats lower back pain preventing turning, continuous leukorrhea in women, genital pain pulling into acute lower abdominal pain, blood in stool, and internal injury from cold-dampness. Needle insertion depth: 0.2 cun; Retain needle for ten breaths; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.
22. Huiyang (BL35, Meeting of Yang): Two points, also known as Liji, located on both sides of the coccyx, where the Qi of the Du Vessel emerges. It treats cold qi in the abdomen, persistent diarrhea, chronic hemorrhoids, deficiency of Yang qi, and damp sweat in the yin region. Needle insertion depth: 0.8 cun; Moxibustion: 5 moxa cones.