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The above figures represent the pre-calculated opening of specific acupoints for each hour and day based on the Sexagenary Cycle (Ganzhi, 60 Jiazi), to facilitate acupuncture. This ensures accuracy during urgent situations.

Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel)
Acupoint Examination: Gongsun (SP4). Belongs to the Foot-Taiyin Splein Meridian. Located one cun posterior to the first metatarsophalangeal joint on the medial side of the big toe. To locate, lift the foot and bring the soles of both feet together. Needle depth: one cun. Indications: Diseases of the heart, abdomen, and five Zang organs. It corresponds with Neiguan (PC6) as a Master-Connector pair.
Treating Diseases: [Xijiangyue] Nine types of heartache causing oppression; chest binding and regurgitation difficult to stop; accumulation of wine and food causing bowel sounds; water-food qi disorders and diaphragm disease. Umbilical pain, abdominal pain, hypochondriac distension; intestinal wind, malaria, and heartache; retained placenta and blood confusing the mind; diarrhea where Gongsun brings immediate relief.
For all subsequent conditions, first select Gongsun as the primary point, then select corresponding points (Xu's method):
Nine types of heartache, all types of cold qi: Daling (PC7), Zhongwan (CV12), Yinbai (SP1)
Phlegm obstruction with salivary oppression, dull pain in the chest: Laogong (PC8), Danzhong (CV17), Jianshi (PC5)
Qi obstruction and five types of dysphagia, inability to swallow: Danzhong (CV17), Zusanli (ST36), Taibai (SP3)
Umbilical and abdominal distension, indigestion: Tianshu (ST25), Shuifen (CV9), Neiting (ST44)
Pain under the ribs, difficulty moving: Zhigou (TE6), Zhangmen (LR13), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Incessant diarrhea, tenesmus: Xiawan (CV10), Tianshu (ST25), Zhaohai (KI6)
Stabbing pain in the chest, hidden unhappiness: Neiguan (PC6), Daling (PC7), Zhongwan (CV12)
Distension of both hypochondria, qi attacking pain: Jiegu (GB39), Zhangmen (LR13), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Middle jiao fullness and discomfort, regurgitation and vomiting: Zhongwan (CV12), Taibai (SP3), Zhongkui (EX-LE5)
Phlegm retention in the stomach, spitting clear fluid: Juque (CV14), Zhongwan (CV12), Lidui (ST45)
Food retention in the stomach, unceasing stabbing pain: Zhongwan (CV12), Zusanli (ST36), Jiexi (ST41)
Vomiting phlegm and saliva, incessant dizziness: Danzhong (CV17), Zhongkui (EX-LE5), Fenglong (ST40)
Heart Malaria, causing palpitations: Shenmen (HT7), Xinshu (BL15), Bailao (EX-HN5)
Spleen Malaria, causing aversion to cold and abdominal pain: Shangqiu (SP5), Pishu (BL20), Zusanli (ST36)
Liver Malaria, causing pale complexion, aversion to cold and fever: Zhongfeng (LR4), Ganshu (BL18), Jiegu (GB39)
Lung Malaria, causing cold heart and fear of fright: Lieque (LU7), Feishu (BL13), Hegu (LI4)
Kidney Malaria, causing chills and fever, stiffness and pain of the waist and spine: Dazhong (KI4), Shenshu (BL23), Shenmai (BL62)
Malaria with persistent high fever: Jianshi (PC5), Bailao (EX-HN5), Jiegu (GB39)
Malaria with chills preceding heat: Houxi (SI3), Quchi (LI11), Laogong (PC8)
Malaria with heat preceding chills: Quchi (LI11), Bailao (EX-HN5), Jiegu (GB39)
Malaria with chest and heart pain: Neiguan (PC6), Shangwan (CV13), Daling (PC7)
Malaria with headache and dizziness, unceasing phlegm: Hegu (LI4), Zhongwan (CV12), Lieque (LU7)
Malaria with bone and joint soreness: Pohu (BL42), Bailao (EX-HN5), RanGu (KI2)
Malaria with unquenchable thirst: Guanchong (TE1), Renzhong (GV26), Jianshi (PC5)
Stomach Malaria, causing frequent hunger but inability to eat: Lidui (ST45), Weishu (BL21), Dadu (SP3)
Gallbladder Malaria, causing aversion to cold and fear of fright, restless sleep: Zulinqi (GB41), Danshu (BL19), Qimen (LR14)
Jaundice, swelling of all four limbs, sweat staining clothes: Zhiyang (GV9), Bailao (EX-HN5), Wangu (SI4), Zhongwan (CV12), Zusanli (ST36)
Jaundice, yellowing of skin, face, eyes, and urine: Pishu (BL20), Yinbai (SP1), Bailao (EX-HN5), Zhiyang (GV9), Zusanli (ST36), Wangu (SI4)
Grain Jaundice, dizziness after eating, depression, generalized yellowing: Weishu (BL21), Neiting (ST44), Zhiyang (GV9), Zusanli (ST36), Wangu (SI4), Yinggu (KI10)
Wine Jaundice, yellowing of body and eyes, heart pain, red spots on face, dark yellow urine: Danshu (BL19), Zhiyang (GV9), Weizhong (BL40), Wangu (SI4)
Female Labor Jaundice, yellowing of body and eyes, fever and chills, difficult urination: Guanyuan (CV4), Shenshu (BL23), Zhiyang (GV9), RanGu (KI2)
Yang's Treatment of Conditions:
Irregular menstruation: Guanyuan (CV4), Qihai (CV6), Tianshu (ST25), Sanyinjiao (SP6)
Chest fullness and pain: Laogong (PC8), Tongli (HT5), Daling (PC7), Danzhong (CV17)
Phlegm-heat chest binding: Lieque (LU7), Daling (PC7), Yongquan (KI1)
Wind-pain of four limbs: Quchi (LI11), Fengshi (GB31), Waiguan (TE5), Yanglingquan (GB34), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Shousanli (LI10)
Throat obstruction: Shaoshang (LU11), Fengchi (GB20), Zhaohai (KI6), Jiache (ST6)

Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel)
Acupoint Examination: Neiguan (PC6). Belongs to the Hand-Jueyin Pericardium Meridian. Two cun proximal to the palmar crease, between the two tendons. Locate by making a tight fist. Needle depth: one cun two fen. Indications: Diseases of the heart, gallbladder, spleen, and stomach. It corresponds with Gongsun (SP4) as a Master-Connector pair.
Treating Diseases: [Xijiangyue] Middle jiao fullness and chest oppression, borborygmus, diarrhea, rectal prolapse, food unable to pass the diaphragm due to alcohol injury, hard masses橫亘 in the hypochondria. Women's hypochondriac pain and heartache, chest binding with internal urgency unbearable, unresolved shanghan binding the chest, malaria uniquely treated by Neiguan.
For all subsequent conditions, first select Neiguan as the primary point, then select corresponding points (Xu's method):
Middle jiao fullness and discomfort, stomach shanghan: Zhongwan (CV12), Daling (PC7), Zusanli (ST36), Danzhong (CV17)
Middle jiao epigastric fullness, stabbing pain in both hypochondria: Zhigou (TE6), Zhangmen (LR13), Danzhong (CV17)
Spleen and stomach deficiency-cold, incessant vomiting: Neiting (ST44), Zhongwan (CV12), Qihai (CV6), Gongsun (SP4)
Spleen and stomach qi deficiency, heart and abdominal distension: Taibai (SP3), Zusanli (ST36), Qihai (CV6), Shuifen (CV9)
Pain under the ribs, stabbing pain in the heart pit: Qihai (CV6), Xingjian (LR2), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Masses not dispersing, dull pain in the heart: Daling (PC7), Zhongwan (CV12), Sanyinjiao (SP6)
Food stagnation not dispersing, gradual emaciation: Wangu (SI4), Pishu (BL20), Gongsun (SP4)
Food stagnation and blood mass, dull abdominal pain: Weishu (BL21), Xingjian (LR2), Qihai (CV6)
Five accumulations and qi masses, blood stasis: Ge Shu (BL17), Ganshu (BL18), Dadun (LR1), Zhaohai (KI6)
Viscera deficiency-cold, bilateral hypochondriac pain: Zhigou (TE6), Tongli (HT5), Zhangmen (LR13), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Wind congestion and qi stagnation, stabbing pain in heart and abdomen: Fengmen (BL12), Danzhong (CV17), Laogong (PC8), Zusanli (ST36)
Large intestine deficiency-cold, irreducible rectal prolapse: Baihui (GV20), Mingmen (GV4), Changqiang (GV1), Chengshan (BL57)
Difficult defecation, forceful straining causing prolapse: Zhaohai (KI6), Baihui (GV20), Zhigou (TE6)
Zang poison swelling and pain, unceasing hematochezia: Chengshan (BL57), Ganshu (BL18), Ge Shu (BL17), Changqiang (GV1)
Five types of hemorrhoids, unceasing attacking pain: Heyang (BL58), Changqiang (GV1), Chengshan (BL57)
Five epilepsies and other conditions, foaming at the mouth: Houxi (SI3), Shenmen (HT7), Xinshu (BL15), Guiyan (EX-HN8)
Mental dullness and dementia, unceasing weeping: Tongli (HT5), Houxi (SI3), Shenmen (HT7), Dazhong (KI4)
Frightened heart and madness, failing to recognize kin and strangers: Shaochong (HT9), Xinshu (BL15), Zhongwan (CV12), Shixuan (EX-UE11)
Forgetfulness and loss of memory, disorganized speech: Xinshu (BL15), Tongli (HT5), Shaochong (HT9)
Heart qi deficiency, singing or laughing involuntarily: Lingdao (HT4), Xinshu (BL15), Tongli (HT5)
Palpitations and fright, confused speech: Shaohai (HT3), Shaofu (HT8), Xinshu (BL15), Houxi (SI3)
Inner emptiness and timidity, unsettled spirit: Rugen (ST18), Tongli (HT5), Danshu (BL19), Xinshu (BL15)
Frightened heart with stroke, unconsciousness: Zhongchong (PC9), Baihui (GV20), Dadun (LR1)
Various deficiencies of the heart, palpitations and fright: Yinxian (HT6), Xinshu (BL15), Tongli (HT5)
Heart deficiency and gallbladder cold, trembling of the four limbs: Danshu (BL19), Tongli (HT5), Zulinqi (GB41)

Du Mai (Governor Vessel)
Acupoint Examination: Houxi (SI3). Belongs to the Hand-Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian. In the lateral groove of the fifth metacarpophalangeal joint. Locate by making a tight fist. Needle depth: one cun. Indications: Diseases of the head, face, neck, and nape. It corresponds with Shenmai (BL62) as a Master-Connector pair.
Treating Diseases: [Xijiangyue] Spasm and tremor of hands and feet, aphasia and epilepsy from stroke, headache, swollen eyes with flowing tears, widespread pain in legs, knees, back, and waist. Neck stiffness from unresolved shanghan, swollen teeth, cheeks, throat, and pharynx, hand and foot numbness from traumatic wind, night sweats treated first by Houxi.
For all subsequent conditions, first select Houxi as the primary point, then select corresponding points (Xu's method):
Spasm of hands and feet, difficulty flexing and extending: Zusanli (ST36), Quchi (LI11), Chize (LU5), Hegu (LI4), Xingjian (LR2), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Trembling of hands and feet, inability to walk or grasp objects: Yangxi (LI5), Quchi (LI11), Wangu (SI4), Taichong (LR3), Jiegu (GB39), Gongsun (SP4), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Neck stiffness and pain, inability to look back: Chengjiang (CV24), Fengchi (GB20), Fengfu (GV16)
Swelling and redness of cheek pain: Daying (ST5), Jiache (ST6), Hegu (LI4)
Throat obstruction, inability to swallow water or grain: Tiantu (CV22), Shangyang (LI1), Zhaohai (KI6), Shixuan (EX-UE11)
Double tonsillitis (Shuang E Feng), complete throat closure: Shaoshang (LU11), Jinjin, Yuye (EX-HN14, EX-HN15), Shixuan (EX-UE11)
Single tonsillitis (Dan E Feng), throat swelling and pain: Guanchong (TE1), Tiantu (CV22), Hegu (LI4)
Regular and irregular headaches and pain at both temple angles: Lieque (LU7), Hegu (LI4), Taiyang Purple Vein, Toulinqi (GB15), Sizhukong (SJ23)
Unceasing pain at both eyebrow corners: Cuanzhu (BL2), Yangbai (GB14), Yintang (EX-HN3), Hegu (LI4), Touwei (ST8)
Dizziness and heaviness of head and eyes, Taiyang headache: Hegu (LI4), Taiyang Purple Vein, Touwei (ST8)
Head and neck stiffness, radiating to shoulder and back pain: Chengjiang (CV24), Baihui (GV20), Jianjing (GB21), Zhongzhu (TE3)
Alcoholic headache, unceasing vomiting, aversion to human voices: Yongquan (KI1), Lieque (LU7), Bailao (EX-HN5), Hegu (LI4)
Red and swollen eyes, unceasing tearing from wind: Cuanzhu (BL2), Hegu (LI4), Xiaogu Kong (EX-HN18), Zulinqi (GB41)
Traumatic wind, triggered by other matters, whole body fever and rigidity: Dadun (LR1), Hegu (LI4), Xingjian (LR2), Shixuan (EX-UE11), Taiyang Purple Vein (Use sharp needle to bleed)
Yang's Treatment of Conditions:
Cough with cold phlegm: Lieque (LU7), Yongquan (KI1), Shenmai (BL62), Feishu (BL13), Tiantu (CV22), Sizhukong (SJ23)
Head and eye dizziness: Fengchi (GB20), Mingmen (GV4), Hegu (LI4)
Head and neck stiffness: Chengjiang (CV24), Fengfu (GV16), Fengchi (GB20), Hegu (LI4)
Toothache: Lieque (LU7), Renzhong (GV26), Jiache (ST6), Lvxi (KI6), Taiyuan (LU9), Hegu (LI4)
Deafness: Tinghui (GB2), Shangyang (LI1), Shaochong (HT9), Zhongchong (PC9)
Traumatic wind syndrome: Chengjiang (CV24), Hegu (LI4), Baxie (EX-UE10), Houxi (SI3), Waiguan (TE5), Siguan (Four Gates)

Yang Qiao Mai (Yang Heel Vessel)
Acupoint Examination: Shenmai (BL62). Belongs to the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian. In the depression below the lateral malleolus, at the junction of red and white skin. Locate while standing upright. Needle depth: one cun. Indications: Wind pathogens of the four limbs and carbuncle-toxin diseases. It corresponds with Houxi (SI3) as a Master-Connector pair.
Treating Diseases: [Xijiangyue] Stiffness of waist and back, leg swelling, aversion to wind, spontaneous sweating, headache, thunder-head, red eyes, brow bone pain, numbness and spasm of hands and feet, cold arms. Mastitis, deafness, epistaxis, epilepsy, limb irritation, generalized edema, profuse sweating, Shenmai needling yields results.
For all subsequent conditions, first select Shenmai as the primary point, then select corresponding points (Xu's method):
Waist and back stiffness, inability to bend or extend: Yaoshu (BL23), Gaohuang (BL43), Weizhong (BL40) (Puncture purple vein to bleed)
Irritating pain of joints, radiating to lower back and legs: Jianyu (LI15), Quchi (LI11), Kunlun (BL60), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Stroke with unconsciousness: Zhongchong (PC9), Baihui (GV20), Dadun (LR1), Yintang (EX-HN3), Hegu (LI4)
Stroke with aphasia: Shaoshang (LU11), Qianding (GV21), Renzhong (GV26), Danzhong (CV17), Hegu (LI4), Yamenh (GV15)
Stroke with hemiplegia: Shousanli (LI10), Wangu (SI4), Hegu (LI4), Jiegu (GB39), Xingjian (LR2), Fengshi (GB31), Sanyinjiao (SP6)
Stroke with hemiplegia and constant pain: Jiegu (GB39), Taiyuan (LU9), Quchi (LI11), Jianyu (LI15), Zusanli (ST36), Kunlun (BL60)
Stroke with numbness and anesthesia of four limbs: Zhou Liao (SI11), Shanglian (LI13), Yuji (LU10), Fengshi (GB31), Xiguan (EX-LE8), Sanyinjiao (SP6)
Stroke with itching of hands and feet, inability to grasp: Jianliao (TE14), Wangu (SI4), Hegu (LI4), Xingjian (LR2), Fengshi (GB31), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Stroke with facial deviation, continuous pulling: Renzhong (GV26), Hegu (LI4), Taiyuan (LU9), Shixuan (EX-UE11), Tongziliao (SI19), Jiache (ST6) (Needle this point 1 fen, subcutaneously towards Dicang. Left lesion drain right, right lesion drain left, moxa 14 moxibustions)
Stroke with opisthotonos, blindness: Baihui (GV20), Bailao (EX-HN5), Hegu (LI4), Quchi (LI11), Xingjian (LR2), Shixuan (EX-UE11), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Stroke with locked jaw, slurred speech: Dicang (ST4) (Suitable for trans-acupuncture), Jiache (ST6), Renzhong (GV26), Hegu (LI4)
Pain of waist, spine, nape, and back: Shenshu (BL23), Renzhong (GV26), Jianjing (GB21), Weizhong (BL40)
Lower back pain, difficulty moving: RanGu (KI2), Gaohuang (BL43), Weizhong (BL40), Shenshu (BL23)
Carbuncle on dorsum of foot, named Fabei: Neiting (ST44), Xiaxi (GB43), Xingjian (LR2), Weizhong (BL40)
Carbuncle on dorsum of hand, named Fujin Fabei: Yemen (TE2), Zhongzhu (TE3), Hegu (LI4), Waiguan (TE5)
Carbuncle on dorsal arm, named Fugu Ju: Tianfu (LU3), Quchi (LI11), Weizhong (BL40)
Yang's Treatment of Conditions:
Carbuncle on shoulder blade: Weizhong (BL40), Xiaxi (GB43), Shixuan (EX-UE11), Quchi (LI11), Yemen (TE2), Neiguan (PC6), Waiguan (TE5)
Generalized body pain: Taiyuan (LU9), Zusanli (ST36), Quchi (LI11)
Poisonous swelling of beard and mustache: Taiyang (EX-HN5), Shenmai (BL62), Taixi (KI3), Hegu (LI4), Waiguan (TE5)
Abscess on neck and occiput: Bailao (EX-HN5), Hegu (LI4), Shenmai (BL62), Jiangjian (GV18), Weizhong (BL40)
Severe headache preventing lowering of head: Shenmai (BL62), Jinmen (BL63), Chengjiang (CV24)
Difficulty turning neck: Houxi (SI3), Hegu (LI4), Chengjiang (CV24)

Dai Mai (Girdle Vessel)
Acupoint Examination: Zulinqi (GB41). Belongs to the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian. On the lateral side between the fourth and fifth toes, in the groove between bone and tendon at the metatarsophalangeal joint, one cun away. Needle depth: five fen, release blood along the skin for one cun. Indications: Diseases of the four limbs. It corresponds with Waiguan (TE5) as a Master-Connector pair.
Treating Diseases: [Xijiangyue] Stroke of hands and feet preventing lifting, pain, numbness, fever, and spasm, headache, swelling of head, neck, and cheeks, swollen red painful eyes, vertigo. Toothache, deafness, swollen throat, floating wind causing itching and tendon pulling, leg pain, hypochondriac distension, lateral rib pain, Zulinqi needling is effective.
For all subsequent conditions, first select Zulinqi as the primary point, then select corresponding points (Xu's method):
Swelling and pain of foot dorsum, long-standing and undissipated: Xingjian (LR2), Shenmai (BL62)
Numbness of hands and feet, insensitivity to itch and pain: Taichong (LR3), Quchi (LI11), Daling (PC7), Hegu (LI4), Zusanli (ST36), Zhongzhu (TE3)
Trembling of both feet, inability to step: Taichong (LR3), Kunlun (BL60), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Trembling of both hands, inability to grasp: Quze (PC4), Wangu (SI4), Hegu (LI4), Zhongzhu (TE3)
Contraction of toe joints, tight tendons unable to open: Ten toe joints, make a fist, fingertip (Moxibustion with wheat-sized cone, 5 moxibustions), Qiuxu (GB40), Gongsun (SP4), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Contraction of finger joints, pain on extension and flexion: Ten finger joints, make a fist, fingertip (Moxibustion with wheat-sized cone, 5 moxibustions), Chize (LU5), Yangxi (LI5), Zhongzhu (TE3), Wuhu
Heat in sole, named Wet-Heat: Yongquan (KI1), Jinggu (BL64), Hegu (LI4)
Redness and swelling of lateral malleolus, named Chuankuai Feng: Kunlun (BL60), Qiuxu (GB40), Zhaohai (KI6)
Heat in foot dorsum, pain in five toe joints: Chongyang (ST42), Xiaxi (GB43), Ten foot xuan points
Heat in hands, pain in five fingers: Yangchi (TE4), Yemen (TE2), Hegu (LI4)
Redness, swelling, and pain of both knees, named Crane-Knee Wind: Xiguan (EX-LE8), Xingjian (LR2), Fengshi (GB31), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Bone prominence and pain at wrist, named Raohuai Feng: Taiyuan (LU9), Wangu (SI4), Daling (PC7)
Pain of waist and hip, named Hanshan: Wushu (GB26), Weizhong (BL40), Sanyinjiao (SP6)
Arm pain radiating to shoulder and back: Jianjing (GB21), Quchi (LI11), Zhongzhu (TE3)
Pain of thigh and hip, named Tuchak Feng: Huantiao (GB30), Weizhong (BL40), Yanglingquan (GB34)
White Tiger Joint Wind pain: Jianjing (GB21), Zusanli (ST36), Quchi (LI11), Weizhong (BL40), Hegu (LI4), Xingjian (LR2), Tianying (Ashi point) (Needle painful area, strong stimulation to bleed)
Roaming wind, wandering pain of four limbs: Tianying (Ashi point), Quchi (LI11), Zusanli (ST36), Weizhong (BL40)
Floating wind, generalized itching: Baihui (GV20), Bailao (EX-HN5), Mingmen (GV4), Taiyang Purple Vein, Fengshi (GB31), Jiegu (GB39), Shuifen (CV9), Qihai (CV6), Xuehai (SP10), Weizhong (BL40)
Redness, swelling, and severe pain of head and neck: Chengjiang (CV24), Fengchi (GB20), Jianjing (GB21), Fengfu (GV16)
Kidney deficiency lower back pain, difficulty in sexual activity: Shenshu (BL23), Jizhong (GV9), Weizhong (BL40)
Sprain and contusion lower back pain, difficulty moving: Jizhong (GV9), Yaoshu (BL23), Shenshu (BL23), Weizhong (BL40)
Deficiency-dampness stagnation lower back pain, weakness in movement: Jizhong (GV9), Yaoshu (BL23), Shenshu (BL23), Weizhong (BL40)
Various deficiencies and hundred damages, weakness of four limbs: Bailao (EX-HN5), Xinshu (BL15), Zusanli (ST36), Guanyuan (CV4), Gaohuang (BL43)
Liver accumulation under hypochondrium, qi mass with stabbing pain: Zhangmen (LR13), Zhigou (TE6), Zhongwan (CV12), Daling (PC7), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Yang's Treatment of Conditions:
Spasm of hands and feet: Zhongzhu (TE3), Chize (LU5), Jiegu (GB39), Baxie (EX-UE10), Yangxi (LI5), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Wandering pain of four limbs: Zusanli (ST36), Weizhong (BL40), Mingmen (GV4), Tianying (Ashi point), Quchi (LI11), Waiguan (TE5)
Soreness and pain of knee and shin: Xingjian (LR2), Jiegu (GB39), Taichong (LR3), Xiyan (EX-LE9), Zusanli (ST36), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Cold bi-pain of leg: Siguan (Four Gates), Jiegu (GB39), Fengshi (GB31), Huantiao (GB30), Sanyinjiao (SP6)
Cold bi-pain of arm: Jianjing (GB21), Quchi (LI11), Waiguan (TE5), Zusanli (ST36)
Soreness and pain of all joints: Hunmen (BL47), Jiegu (GB39), Mingmen (GV4), Waiguan (TE5)

Yang Wei Mai (Yang Linking Vessel)
Acupoint Examination: Waiguan (TE5). Belongs to the Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian. On the dorsal aspect of the hand, two cun proximal to the wrist, in the depression between the radius and ulna. Locate with hand prone. Needle depth: one cun two fen. Indications: Wind-cold, meridian, and skin diseases. It corresponds with Zulinqi (GB41) as a Master-Connector pair.
Treating Diseases: [Xijiangyue] Swelling and pain of joints, cold knees, paralysis of four limbs, headache, attack on bones and tendons of back and hips, pain of head, neck, and brow bone. Heat and numbness of hands and feet, night sweats, traumatic wound with red eyes, shanghan with spontaneous sweating and surface heat, Waiguan is paramount.
For all subsequent conditions, first select Waiguan as the primary point, then select corresponding points (Xu's method):
Redness and swelling of arm, pain of joints: Zhou Liao (SI11), Jianyu (LI15), Wangu (SI4)
Redness, swelling, and pain of medial malleolus, named Raohuai Feng: Taixi (KI3), Qiuxu (GB40), Zulinqi (GB41), Kunlun (BL60)
Pain of finger joints, inability to extend and flex: Yanggu (SI5), Wuhu, Wangu (SI4), Hegu (LI4)
Pain of toe joints, inability to walk: Neiting (ST44), Taichong (LR3), Kunlun (BL60)
Heat accumulation in five zang, unceasing hematemesis, treat with five zhu-shu points and Blood Meeting point: Xinshu (BL15), Feishu (BL13), Pishu (BL20), Ganshu (BL18), Shenshu (BL23), Ge Shu (BL17)
Heat accumulation in six fu, unceasing bleeding, treat with six fu-shu points and Blood Meeting point: Danshu (BL19), Weishu (BL21), Xiaochangshu (BL27), Dachangshu (BL25), Pangguangshu (BL28), Sanjiaoshu (BL22), Ge Shu (BL17)
Unceasing epistaxis, named Blood running wild: Shaoze (SI1), Xinshu (BL15), Ge Shu (BL17), Yongquan (KI1)
Hematemesis with fainting and unconsciousness: Ganshu (BL18), Ge Shu (BL17), Tongli (HT5), Dadun (LR1)
Deficiency with rebellious qi, unceasing hematemesis: Gaohuang (BL43), Ge Shu (BL17), Dantian (CV4), Ganshu (BL18)
Hematemesis and epistaxis, yang invading yin, blood heat running wild: Zhongchong (PC9), Ganshu (BL18), Ge Shu (BL17), Zusanli (ST36), Sanyinjiao (SP6)
Blood cold also causes vomiting, yin invading yang, named Heart-Lung meridians vomiting blood: Shaoshang (LU11), Xinshu (BL15), Shenmen (HT7), Feishu (BL13), Ge Shu (BL17), Sanyinjiao (SP6)
Stiff tongue, difficulty speaking, and white coating: Guanchong (TE1), Zhongchong (PC9), Chengjiang (CV24), Juquan (EX-HN16)
Double tongue swelling, extreme heat making speech difficult: Shixuan (EX-UE11), Haiquan (CV23), Jinjin, Yuye (EX-HN14, EX-HN15)
Oral ulcers, named Kuchao Feng: Duenduan (CV15), Zhigou (TE6), Chengjiang (CV24), Shixuan (EX-UE11)
Protruding tongue, named Yang Strong: Yongquan (KI1), Duenduan (CV15), Shaochong (HT9), Shenmen (HT7)
Retracted tongue, difficulty speaking, named Yin Strong: Xinshu (BL15), Danzhong (CV17), Haiquan (CV23)
Cracked lips, bleeding and dry pain: Chengjiang (CV24), Shaoshang (LU11), Guanchong (TE1)
Scrofula on neck, nodules around neck, named Pan She Li: Tianjing (TE10), Fengchi (GB20), Zhoujian (EX-UE12), Quepen (ST12), Shixuan (EX-UE11)
Scrofula extending to chest and connecting to axilla, named Gua Teng Li: Jianjing (GB21), Danzhong (CV17), Daling (PC7), Zhigou (TE6), Yanglingquan (GB34)
Swollen nodule at left ear root, named Huidai Li: Yifeng (TE17), Houxi (SI3), Zhoujian (EX-UE12)
Swollen nodule at right ear root, named Fengwo Li: Yifeng (TE17), Jiache (ST6), Houxi (SI3), Hegu (LI4)
Redness, swelling, and pain of ear root: Hegu (LI4), Yifeng (TE17), Jiache (ST6)
Redness, swelling, and non-resolving neck, named Xiang Ju: Fengfu (GV16), Jianjing (GB21), Chengjiang (CV24)
Cornea opacity, gritty sensation and difficulty opening eyes: Jingming (BL1), Hegu (LI4), Ganshu (BL18), Yuwei (EX-HN4)
Marginal blepharitis, cold tears from wind: Cuanzhu (BL2), Sizhukong (SJ23), Erjian (LI2), Xiaogu Kong (EX-HN18)