...its vastness. He uniquely selected one hundred and nineteen points to create mnemonic songs and diagrams. He also gathered essential points for treating diseases, compiling them into a single volume to serve as a concise rule for students to follow. Edited by Liu Jin of Nanchang.

Acupuncture and Moxibustion Essentials in three volumes, and The Gathered Excellencies The Zhenjiu Juying, a highly influential Ming dynasty text in four volumes, compiled by Gao Wu literary name Meigu of Siming.

Quick Essentials of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, compiled by Xu Feng literary name Shantingrui.

Secret Essentials of the Mysterious Mechanism in two volumes, a family transmission of Yang Jishi of Cangzhou.

Classic of Pediatric Massage, compiled by Mr. Chen of Siming.

Excerpts regarding acupuncture and moxibustion were taken from the Comprehensive Medicine Past and Present, Vitality of Heaven and Earth, Introduction to Medicine, and the Elementary Medical Classic. The names of the original authors are found in their respective source books.

The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Zhenjiu Dacheng general collection. The aforementioned books were organized into a single work, divided into ten volumes, and corrected by Jin Yunshu of Jinyang.

Direct Guide to Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Initial Discourse on the Suitability of Treatment Methods

The Yellow Emperor Huangdi: the legendary ancestor and patron of Chinese medicine asked: "When physicians treat diseases, they may use different methods for the same illness, yet all result in a cure. Why is this?"

Qibo The Emperor’s judicial physician and teacher replied: "The geography of the land makes it so.

The East is the region where the energies of Heaven and Earth begin to generate. It is a land of fish and salt, bordering the sea and water. Its people eat fish and crave salt; they are content in their homes and enjoy their food. However, fish causes internal heat, and salt exhausts the blood. Therefore, the people there tend to have dark complexions and loose skin textures. Their illnesses are mostly sores and abscesses yongyang: various types of skin ulcers or swellings. The appropriate treatment for them is stone needles bianshi: ancient stone tools used for bloodletting or lancing abscesses, considered the precursor to metal acupuncture needles. Thus, stone needles originated from the East.

The West is a region of gold and jade, a place of sand and stones, where the energies of Heaven and Earth are gathered and pulled inward. Its people live in the hills and experience much wind; the water and soil are hard and strong. The people do not wear fine silks but rather coarse cloth and mats. They eat rich, fatty foods, so external 'evils' pathogens like wind or cold cannot easily harm their physical bodies. Their diseases arise from within. The appropriate treatment for them is potent herbal decoctions duyao: literally 'poisonous drugs,' referring to strong medicinal formulas intended to purge the body of internal stagnation. Thus, these potent medicines also originated from the West.

The North is where Heaven and Earth..."