Verses on Acu-moxibustion Treatment have played an important role in the pervasion and spread of indications of acupoints. Abundant verses are widely cited in different versions of the textbook Acupuncturology for university and college students in China. Some contents about clinical indications of acupoints are even listed in partial verses. However

one important issue should be noted that the source of some indications of acupoints summarized in these verses needs being investigated

and the indications of some acupoints have been seldom mentioned in literature. For example

Sizhukong (TE 23) is used to treat toothache

Diwuhui (GB 42) used to treat tinnitus

Shangqiu (SP 5) used to treat jaundice

Chongmen (SP 12) selected to treat metrorrhagia

metrostaxis and abnormal vaginal discharge

Sanjiaoshu (BL 22) chosen to treat dysentery

etc. These descriptions (indications of these acupoints) need being verified in clinical practice

and thus should be used cautiously. Moreover

the verse is a type of barriers of literature in which some errors may occur in the course of spread from generation to generation and are also inherited in verses. For instance

Fubai (GB 10) is employed to treat scrofula

Yanggang (BL 48) employed to treat jaundice

Yishe (BL 49) used to treat vomiting and difficulty in swallowing

Shiguan (KI 18) taken to treat sterility

Yamen (GV 15) taken to treat epilepsy

etc. Therefore

the editors of teaching materials for acu-moxibustion should take a very cautious attitude when using such kinds of contents in verses.