Moxibustion is applied to the Pishu (BL20) acupoint for 100 moxa cones. Moxibustion is also applied to the Sanjiaoshu (BL22) acupoint for 100 moxa cones. Moxibustion is further applied to the Shenshu (BL23) acupoint for 100 moxa cones. Moxibustion is additionally applied to the Zhangmen (LR13) acupoint for 100 moxa cones; this point is located at the end of the floating rib.

Formula for treating lower back pain with difficult urination and severe discomfort due to bladder torsion (Baopzhuan):
Apply moxibustion to the Yuquan (EX-CA3) acupoint for 7 moxa cones. The acupoint is located one cun below the Guanyuan (CV4) acupoint. For adults, measure eight cun downwards from the epigastrium to locate the Yuquan acupoint; for children, adjust the dosage accordingly. Apply moxibustion to the side of the fifteenth thoracic vertebra for 50 moxa cones. Apply moxibustion one cun below the umbilicus. Apply moxibustion four cun below the umbilicus; the number of moxa cones should be adjusted according to the patient's age.

(One Treatise)
The treatise states: The Sanjiao (Triple Burner), also known as the Three Passes, comprises three parts. The Upper Jiao is named "San Guan Fan She" (Three Tubes Reflection), the Middle Jiao is named Huoluan (Cholera-like disorder), and the Lower Jiao is named Zoubu (Wasting away). Together they form one entity, having a name but no fixed form. They govern the circulation of Shen (Spirit/Essence) between the Five Zang and Six Fu organs, penetrating the entire body. Their function can be perceived but not seen. They harmonize Jing-Qi (Essence and Qi), unblock water passages, and regulate Qi within the intestines and stomach. These principles must be understood. The Sanjiao is referred to as the "Clear Fu Organ" and is alternatively called the Jade Sea. Although the water passages connect to the Pangguang (Urinary Bladder), they are distinct in function. The Upper, Middle, and Lower Jiao are collectively termed the "Solitary Fu Organ." Ying Qi (Nutritive Qi) originates from the Middle Jiao, while Wei Qi (Defensive Qi) originates from the Upper Jiao. Ying Qi is the Qi pathway within the Luo (Connecting) vessels, and Wei Qi is the Qi pathway within the Jing (Main) vessels. The shape, thickness, and size of the Sanjiao are said to resemble those of the Pangguang (Urinary Bladder).

When disease occurs in the Sanjiao, abdominal distension and Qi stagnation manifest, with the lower abdomen becoming particularly hard, leading to urinary retention. If fluid overflows, it becomes edema; if it remains stagnant, it causes distension. The diagnostic sign appears in the large Luo vessel outside the Foot-Taiyang channel, and can also be observed in the pulse between the Taiyang and Shaoyang channels. Treatment involves selecting the Weiyang (BL39) acupoint.

If there is swelling and pain in the lower abdomen with inability to urinate, the pathogenic factor is in the Sanjiao. One should select the large Luo vessel of the Taiyang channel and observe its knotted pulses. If there is knotting in the small Luo vessels of the Jueyin channel accompanied by blood stasis, and the swelling extends upward to the epigastrium, select the Zusanli (ST36) acupoint.

In cases of Sanjiao distension, Qi fills the subcutaneous tissue, feeling taut and non-firmly painful (another version describes it as taut and firm). Chronic cough that transmits to the Sanjiao results in coughing accompanied by abdominal...

The Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian originates at the tip of the fourth finger (ring finger), ascends between the fingers, emerges on the dorsal aspect of the wrist, runs between the two bones of the forearm, ascends through the elbow, continues along the lateral aspect of the upper arm to the shoulder, crosses posterior to the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian, enters the supraclavicular fossa (Quepen), connects with the Danzhong (Chest Center), disperses to and links with the Xinbao (Pericardium), passes downward through the diaphragm, and extensively belongs to the Sanjiao. A branch arises from the Danzhong, ascends to emerge from the supraclavicular fossa, goes up the neck, flanks the ear, ascends straight out above the ear to the apex, then curves down to the cheekbone reaching the outer canthus. Another branch enters the ear from behind the ear, emerges anterior to the ear, passes anterior to the Shangguan (Guest Master) acupoint, crosses the cheek, and reaches the outer canthus. When this meridian is disturbed, pathology manifests as deafness, sore throat, and pharyngeal obstruction. This meridian governs diseases arising from Qi, characterized by sweating, pain in the outer canthus, cheek swelling, and pain in the area behind the ear, shoulder, elbow, and lateral arm, with dysfunction of the fourth finger. For these conditions, excess patterns are treated with draining methods, deficiency patterns with tonifying methods, heat patterns with rapid needle manipulation, cold patterns with retained needle manipulation, sinking Yang with moxibustion, and neither-excess-nor-deficiency patterns are treated by selecting points from the same meridian. In excess patterns, the Renying (ST9) pulse is more than twice as strong as the Cunkou (Radial) pulse; in deficiency patterns, the Renying pulse is weaker than the Cunkou pulse.