The level I exercises can be effective for everything. If you were doing a healing on someone, using sword fingers and other related techniques, you would still want that person to do the exercises to maintain their health. The Level I manual,(assuming I have the same one), tells you what to do "after" using sword fingers. Sword fingers break up the energy. You then need to remove that energy and put healing energy back in. I see in my notes, that I have 5 minutes down for holding hands over the head, so if it doesn't work in two, hang in there for a few more minutes. I also see that for sinuses, one should work on the lungs first, then the sinuses. Stay away from the crown point on the head when using sword fingers. Again, level II has more helpful information.