魂门 九节外三寸。针五分,灸五壮。主食饮不下,腹中雷鸣,大便不节,呕吐不住,多涎。
阳纲 十节外三寸。针五分,灸五壮。主小便黄,肠鸣泄泻,消渴身热,面黄怠惰,目黄不嗜食。余同
魂门。
意舍 十一节外三寸。针五分,灸五壮,至一百壮止。主腹满虚胀,大便泄滑,消渴面黄,嗜饮,目赤。
胃仓 十二节外三寸。针五分,灸五壮。主腹内虚胀,水食不消,恶寒不能俯仰,水肿胪胀,食饮不下。
肓门 十三节外三寸。针五分,灸三十壮。主心下坚满,妇人乳有余疾。
志室 十四节外三寸。针五分,灸五壮。主腰脊强,腹痛,阴痛下肿,失精,小便淋沥。
胞肓 十九节外三寸陷中,伏而取之。针灸主治同志室。
秩边 二十节外三寸。针五分,灸三壮。伏而取之。主腰痛、尻重不能举发肿、小便赤黄。以上俱属背部
三行。
承扶 尻臀下、阴股上、横纹中。针五分,禁灸。主腋下肿,脊腰尻臀阴股寒痛,痔疮,小便不禁,大
便直出,遗精,胞寒,又大便难者亦治。
殷门 扶承下六寸。针五分,禁灸。主腰脊不可俯仰,股外肿,因瘀血注之。
浮 委阳上一寸,屈膝取之。针五分,灸三壮。主小腹热,大便坚,膀胱经热,大肠结,股外筋急。
委阳 膝腕横纹尖外廉两筋间,委中外二寸,屈身取之。针七分,灸三壮,主阴跳,遗,小便难,小腹坚
痛引阴中淋沥,腰痛脊强,螈 ,癫疾,头痛筋急,腋肿,胸满膨胀,身热,飞尸遁注,痿厥不仁。
委中 膝腕内 横纹中央动脉。针五分,禁灸。凡患风痹,腰脚重痛,于此刺血,久疾亦皆立已。主
小腹热而偏痛,尿赤难,衄血不止,腰痛侠脊至头皆痛,痔痛,胁下肿痛,脚弱膝挛,腰尻重不能举,半身不
遂,热病汗不出,足热厥逆。余同委阳。
合阳 直委中下一寸。针五分,灸五壮。主腰脊强痛引腹,膝股热, 酸重, 疝,女子崩中,腹痛,肠
,阴痛。
承筋 胫后 股中央,从脚跟上七寸。禁针,灸三壮。主治同承山。
承山 股下分肉间,拱足去地一尺取之。针七分,灸五壮。主头痛,鼻鼽衄,指肿,腰脊痛,腹痛,小腹
疝气,大便难,脚挛胫酸痹,跟痛急,足下热不能久立,转筋,霍乱,螈 ,久痔肿痛,肢肿,寒热汗不出。
飞扬 外踝上七寸骨后。针五分,灸三壮。主头痛目眩,鼻衄,颈项疼,历节风足指不得屈伸,腰痛 痛,
寒疟,狂疟,癫疾吐舌, 反折,痔篡伤痛,野鸡痔,逆气,足痿失履不收。
跗阳 外踝上三寸,飞扬下。针六分,灸三壮。主头重,痿厥风痹, 外廉骨痛,四肢不举,螈 ,
时有寒热。
金门 外踝下骨空陷中。针三分,灸三壮,主癫疾,马痫反张,尸厥暴死,转筋霍乱,脚胫酸,身战不
能久立。
昆仑 外踝后,跟骨上陷中动脉。针五分,灸三壮。主头热目眩如脱,目痛赤肿,鼻鼽衄,腹痛腹胀,
喘逆,大便洞泄,体痛,霍乱,尻腰肿, 跟肿,脚如裂不得履地,风痫口噤,疟多汗,小儿阴肿,头眩痛,
脚痿转筋,尸厥中恶,吐逆咳喘暴痛。
仆参 足后跟骨下陷中,拱足取之。针三分,灸七壮。主足跟痛,足痿,癫痫吐舌鼓颔,狂言见鬼恍惚,
尸厥,烦痛,转筋霍乱,小儿马痫反折。
申脉 外踝下容爪甲白肉际陷中。针三分,禁灸。主目反上视,或赤痛从内 始,腰痛,胫寒热不能久
立坐,癫疾,鼻衄。
京骨 足外侧大骨下赤白肉际陷中。针三分,灸三壮。主头热目眩,白翳从内 始,鼻衄,鼻不利,涕
黄,颈项强痛,脊背及脚难以俯仰, ,疟,癫狂,惊悸,不食,痰注,髀枢痛,淋沥。
束骨 足小指外侧本节后陷中,针三分,灸三壮。主目眩,目赤烂,耳聋,项强,腰痛,肠 ,癫狂,大
便时头痛,疟疾,从脚胫至髀枢中痛不可举。
通谷 足小指外侧本节前陷中。针二分,灸三壮。主头重头痛,目眩,咽疮,鼻衄清涕,项强痛,胸胁满,
心下悸,留饮数欠,热病汗不出。
至阴 足小指端外侧去爪甲角如韭叶。针一分,灸三壮。主头风鼻塞,鼻鼽清涕,耳鸣聋,胸胁痛无常处,
腰胁引痛,小便不利,失精,风寒从足小指起脉痹转筋,寒疟汗不出,足下热。
足少阴穴二十七,涌泉然谷太溪溢,大钟
水泉照海深,复溜交信筑宾实,阴谷膝内附骨后,以上从足走至膝,横骨大赫连气穴,四满中注肓俞脐,商曲
石关阴都密,通谷幽门寸半开,折量腹上分十一,步廊神封膺灵墟,神藏 中俞府毕。
足少阴肾经,左右五十四穴。酉时自至阴交与足心涌泉,循膝腹上行至胸俞府穴止。
涌泉 脚掌中心,屈足卷指取之。针三分,灸三壮。主目眩,喉痹,胁满,心中结热,心痛,咳嗽身热,
风痫,腰痛,女子如妊娠,五指端尽痛,足不得履地,引入腹中痛。
然谷 内踝前起骨下陷中。针三分,灸三壮。刺此多见血;令人立饥欲食。主喉痹,舌下肿,涎出,喘气,
咳唾血,消渴,心恐惧,洞泄,胸中寒,脉代,温疟,阴缩内肿,小腹寒疝抢胸胁,淋沥,男子精溢, 酸 肿
不能履地,一足寒一足热,小儿初生脐风口噤。
太溪 内踝后五分跟骨间动脉陷中。针三分,灸三壮,主咽肿,呕吐口中如胶,善噫咳逆,咳嗽唾血,胁
痛腹痛, 癖疝瘕积聚,与阴相通及足清不仁,热病多汗,黄胆多热少寒,大便难。
大钟 太溪下五分。针二分,灸三壮。主实则小便淋闭,洒洒腰脊强痛,大便闭涩,嗜卧口中热;虚则呕
逆多寒,欲闭户而处,少气不足,胸胀喘息,舌干,咽中多噎不得下,善惊恐不乐,喉中鸣,咳唾血,腹满便
难,多寒少热。
水泉 太溪下一寸。针二分,灸三壮。主月事不来,来即心下闷痛,目不能远视,阴挺出,小便淋沥,腹中
痛。
照海 内踝下四分微前小骨下。针四分,灸三壮。主嗌干,四肢解怠,善悲不乐,久疟卒疝,小腹痛,呕吐
嗜卧,大风偏枯不遂,女子淋沥,阴挺出,阴暴起,疝,小腹热而偏痛,大风默默不知所痛,视如不明。
复溜 内踝后上二寸动脉中。针三分,灸五壮。主目昏,口舌干,涎自出,腹鸣鼓胀,水肿;视溺青赤
黄白,青取井,赤取荣,黄取俞,黑取合;血气泄后肿,五淋,小便如散火,骨寒热,汗注不止,腰脊痛不可
起坐,脚后廉急不可前却,足 上痛,风逆四肢废。
交信 内踝上二寸,复溜前三阴交后,筋骨间。针四分,灸三壮,主气淋, 疝阴急,股引 内廉骨痛,
泄痢赤白,女子崩漏。
筑宾 内踝上、 分中骨后,大筋上、小筋下,屈膝取之,针三分,灸五壮。主小儿疝痛不得乳,癫狂
呕沫,足 痛。
阴谷 膝内附骨后,大筋下、小筋上动脉,屈膝取之。针四分,灸三壮,主舌下肿,膝痛如锥,股内廉
痛,阴痿,妇人漏下,心腹胀满不得息,小便黄。以上俱足膝部。
横骨 阴上横骨中央,宛曲如仰月陷中,曲骨外一寸半。禁针,灸三壮。主五脏虚竭,腹胀,小便难,失
精,阴痛。
大赫 气穴下一寸。针一寸,灸五壮。主虚劳失精,阴上缩,茎中痛,灸三十壮,女子赤沃。
气穴 四满下一寸。左名气穴,右名子户。针一寸,灸五壮。主月水不通,腰脊痛,时泄利。
四满 中注下一寸,针一寸,灸五壮。主腹痛奔豚,脐下积疝,妇人胞中恶血 痛。
中注 肓俞下一寸,针一寸,灸五壮。主小腹热,大便燥。
肓俞 平神阙外一寸半,针一寸,灸五壮,主大便燥,腹痛及大腹寒疝,小腹有热。
商曲 石关下一寸。针一寸,灸五壮。主腹中积聚切痛不食。
石关 阴都下一寸。针一寸,灸五壮。主多呕,脊强不关,大便气结,心满, 反折,妇人胞中恶血逆
痛。
阴都 通谷下一寸。针一寸,灸三壮。主
多唾呕沫,心满气逆肠鸣,热疟便难,妇人无子,胞中恶血绞痛不可忍。
通谷 幽门下一寸。针五分,灸五壮。主头痛目昏,鼻鼽清涕,项强,口 ,暴喑,咽喉不利,心中愤
郁,惊悸,呕吐,胸满留饮,癖积。
幽门 平巨阙外一寸半。针五分,灸五壮。主善呕涎唾沫,食饮不下,泄有脓血,胸痛烦闷,健忘,腹
胀满气逆。以上俱腹部二行。
步廊 神封下一寸六分,去中庭外二寸。针四分,灸五壮。主鼻塞,胸胁支满,喘息不得举臂。
神封 灵墟下一寸六分。针四分,灸五壮。主胸满不得息,咳逆,乳痈恶寒。
灵墟 神藏下一寸六分。针四分。灸五壮。主胸胁支满,喘气,呕吐不食。
神藏 中下一寸六分。针四分,灸五壮。主咳嗽。余同灵墟。
中 俞府下一寸六分。针四分,灸五壮。主喘悸,余同灵墟。
俞府 巨骨下去璇玑外二寸。针灸主治同灵墟。以上俱属膺部二行陷中,仰而取之。
九穴心包手厥阴,天池天泉曲泽深, 门间使内关对,大陵劳宫中冲侵。
手厥阴心胞络经,左右一十八穴。戌时自俞府交与乳旁天池,循手臂下行至中指中冲穴止。
天池 乳外二寸侧胁陷中。针三分,灸三壮。主头痛寒热,胸满腋肿,上气喉中有声。
天泉 曲腋下二寸举臂取之。针三分,灸三壮。主咳逆胸胁支满,膺背胛臂内廉骨痛。
曲泽 肘腕内横纹中央动脉,曲肘取之。针三分,灸三壮。主心痛,逆气,呕涎或血,善惊及伤寒温病
身热口干,肘 掣痛摇头。
门 大陵后五寸。针五分,灸五壮。主心痛,衄血、呕血,惊恐神气不足。
间使 大陵后五寸。针六分,灸七壮。主胸痹引背痛,心悬如饥,卒心痛,肘内廉痛,热病烦心,喜哕喜
动,恶风寒,呕吐,掌热,多惊,腋肿,肘挛急。
内关 大陵后二寸。主面赤热,目昏,目赤,支满,中风,肘挛,实心暴痛,虚心烦惕惕。针六分,灸
三壮。
大陵 掌后横纹两筋两骨陷中。针六分,灸三壮。主头痛,目赤,舌本痛,喉痹嗌干,咳逆呕热喘急,
喜笑喜惊,手掣手挛及肘挛腋肿,心痛烦闷,掌热身热如火,一切风热无汗,疟疾,疮疥。
劳宫 手掌横纹中心,屈中指取之。针三分,灸三壮。主咽嗌痛,大小便见血不止,风热,善怒喜笑,
热病汗不出,怵惕,胸胁不可反侧,咳喘,溺赤,呕吐血,气逆噫不止,食不下,善渴,口中烂,手痹掌热,
黄胆目黄。
中冲 手中指端去爪甲如韭叶陷中。针一分,灸一壮。主头痛如破,神气不足,失忘。余同大陵。
二十三穴手少阳,关冲液门中渚旁,阳池外关支沟正,会宗三阳四渎长,天井清冷渊消泺, 会肩 天
堂,天牖翳风 脉青,颅息角孙丝竹张,禾 耳门听有常。
手少阳三焦经,左右四十六穴。亥时自中冲交与手四指关冲,循臂上行至面耳门穴止。
关冲 手四指端外侧去爪甲角如韭叶。针一分,灸三壮。主风眩头痛,目翳,舌卷舌本痛,口干喉痛,心
烦,臂外廉痛,手不及头,肘疼不能自带衣,肩臂酸重,心痛,风热病烦闷汗不出,掌中热,身热如火,或寒
霍乱,气逆不得卧。
液门 手小指次指本节前陷。针二分,灸三壮。主头痛面热无汗,风寒热,耳痛聋鸣,目涩目眩,齿痛
面赤,咽外肿,内如 肉,寒厥, 疟,呼吸短气,喜惊,臂痛不能上下。
中渚 手小指次指本节后陷中,握掌取之。针二分,灸三壮。主头重,颔颅热痛,目昏面赤,咽肿嗌痛,
耳聋痛,肘臂痛,手指不得屈伸,热病汗不出,目生翳膜,久疟寒热。
阳池 手掌背横纹陷中。针二分,灸三
壮。主热病汗不出,寒热症,或因折伤手腕捉物不得,肩臂痛不得举。
外关 阳池后二寸。针三分,灸三壮。主肘腕酸重不得屈伸,手指尽痛,耳浑浑无所闻,臂痿不仁。
支沟 阳池后三寸,两筋骨间。针二分,灸三壮。主面赤目赤,嗌痛暴喑,口噤,呕吐,霍乱,腋痛及
真心痛,肘臂酸痹,马刀肿, 漏,疮疥,女人脊急,四肢不举,热病汗不出。
会宗 支沟外旁一寸空中。灸三壮。主耳聋,肌肤痛,风痫。
三阳络 阳池后四寸。禁针,灸七壮。主嗜卧,四肢不欲动摇,耳卒聋,齿龋,暴喑不言。
四渎 肘前五寸外廉陷中。主呼吸短气,咽中如 肉状,耳暴聋,下牙痛。
天井 肘上大骨后一寸两筋陷中,屈肘取之。针一寸,灸三壮。主大风默默不知所痛,疟食时发,心痛,
惊,癫痫吐舌,羊鸣戾颈,肩痛,痿痹麻木,咳嗽唾脓。
清冷渊 肘上三寸,伸肘举臂取之。灸三壮。主肩不举,头痛目黄,胁痛振寒。
消泺 肩下臂外间腋斜肘分取之。针五分,灸三壮。主头痛,项如拔,颈有大气,寒热痹。
会 臂前廉去肩头三寸。针五分,灸五壮。主瘿瘤气,咽肿;寒热瘰 ,癫疾,肘节痹,臂酸重,腋急痛,
肘臂痛难屈伸。
肩 肩端外陷, 会上斜,举臂取之。针七分,灸二壮。主臂痛重不举。
天 缺盆上毖骨际陷中。针八分,灸三壮。主肩臂肘痛或引颈项急,寒热胸满,缺盆中痛,汗不出。
天牖 耳下颈大筋外,发际上一寸。禁用针灸。
Hunmen (BL47): Located 3 cun lateral to the spinous process of the 9th thoracic vertebra. Needle 5 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Difficulty in swallowing food and drink, borborygmus in the abdomen, uncontrolled defecation, incessant vomiting, excessive salivation.
Yanggang (BL48): Located 3 cun lateral to the spinous process of the 10th thoracic vertebra. Needle 5 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Yellow urine, borborygmus with diarrhea, Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome) with body heat, sallow complexion with lethargy, yellow eyes with loss of appetite. Other indications are the same as Hunmen (BL47).
Yishe (BL49): Located 3 cun lateral to the spinous process of the 11th thoracic vertebra. Needle 5 fen, moxa up to 100 zhuang. Indications: Abdominal fullness and false distension, loose stools, Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome) with sallow complexion, craving for drinks, red eyes.
Weicang (BL50): Located 3 cun lateral to the spinous process of the 12th thoracic vertebra. Needle 5 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: False abdominal distension, inability to digest water and food, aversion to cold preventing flexion and extension, edema and skin swelling, difficulty in swallowing food and drink.
Huangmen (BL51): Located 3 cun lateral to the spinous process of the 13th thoracic vertebra. Needle 5 fen, moxa 30 zhuang. Indications: Hardness and fullness below the heart, residual diseases of the breasts in women.
Zhishi (BL52): Located 3 cun lateral to the spinous process of the 14th thoracic vertebra. Needle 5 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Stiffness of the waist and spine, abdominal pain, pain in the genitalia and lower limb swelling, seminal emission, dribbling urination.
Baohuang (BL53): Located in the depression 3 cun lateral to the spinous process of the 19th thoracic vertebra; take the point with the patient prone. Acupuncture and moxibustion indications are the same as Zhishi (BL52).
Zhibian (BL54): Located 3 cun lateral to the spinous process of the 20th thoracic vertebra. Needle 5 fen, moxa 3 zhuang; take the point with the patient prone. Indications: Lower back pain, heaviness in the sacrum preventing lifting or causing swelling, dark yellow urine. The above points all belong to the third line of the back.
Chengfu (BL36): Located in the middle of the transverse crease under the buttock and above the posterior thigh. Needle 5 fen, moxibustion prohibited. Indications: Swelling in the axilla, cold pain in the spine, waist, sacrum, buttocks, and posterior thigh, hemorrhoids, urinary incontinence, rectal prolapse, seminal emission, cold uterus, and also treats difficult defecation.
Yinmen (BL37): Located 6 cun below Chengfu (BL36). Needle 5 fen, moxibustion prohibited. Indications: Inability to flex and extend the waist and spine, swelling of the outer thigh due to blood stasis.
Fuxi (BL38): Located 1 cun above Weiyang (BL39); take the point with the knee flexed. Needle 5 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Heat in the lower abdomen, hard stool, heat in the Bladder meridian, dryness in the Large Intestine, spasm of the tendons on the outer thigh.
Weiyang (BL39): Located between the two tendons at the lateral end of the popliteal transverse crease, 2 cun lateral to Weizhong (BL40); take the point with the body bent. Needle 7 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Twitching of the yin, enuresis, difficult urination, hardness and pain in the lower abdomen radiating to the yin with dribbling urination, lower back pain and spinal stiffness, convulsions, epilepsy, headache with tendon spasm, axillary swelling, chest fullness and distension, body heat, Fei Shi Dun Zhu (a type of acute painful condition), Wei Jue (paralysis and cold extremities) with numbness.
Weizhong (BL40): Located at the central artery of the popliteal transverse crease. Needle 5 fen, moxibustion prohibited. For Feng Bi (wind-bi syndrome) with heavy and painful waist and legs, pricking this point to bleed can cure chronic diseases immediately. Indications: Heat and unilateral pain in the lower abdomen, dark and difficult urination, incessant epistaxis, lower back pain extending along the spine to the head, hemorrhoidal pain, swelling and pain in the hypochondrium, weak legs and knee spasms, heaviness in the waist and sacrum preventing lifting, hemiplegia, heat disease without sweat, hot jue-ni (reversal cold) of the feet. Other indications are the same as Weiyang (BL39).
Heyang (BL55): Located 1 cun directly below Weizhong (BL40). Needle 5 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Stiff and painful lower back radiating to the abdomen, heat in the knees and thighs, soreness and heaviness, hernia, menorrhagia in women, abdominal pain, Chang Pi (dysentery), genital pain.
Chengjin (BL56): Located in the center of the calf muscle posterior to the tibia, 7 cun above the heel. Needling is prohibited, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications are the same as Chengshan (BL57).
Chengshan (BL57): Located in the intermuscular space of the calf; take the point by raising the foot one chi off the ground. Needle 7 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Headache, nasal discharge and epistaxis, finger swelling, lower back pain, abdominal pain, lower abdominal hernia, difficult defecation, leg cramps with calf soreness and numbness, heel pain and tightness, heat in the soles preventing long standing, muscle spasms, Huo Luan (cholera-like syndrome), convulsions, chronic hemorrhoids with swelling and pain, limb swelling, alternating chills and fever without sweat.
Feiyang (BL58): Located behind the bone 7 cun above the lateral malleolus. Needle 5 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Headache and dizziness, epistaxis, neck and nape pain, Li Jie Feng (rheumatoid arthritis) preventing flexion and extension of toes, sore lower back pain, cold malaria, manic malaria, epilepsy with tongue protrusion, opisthotonos, perianal trauma and pain, wild chicken hemorrhoids, rebellious qi, foot ataxia and inability to hold shoes.
Fuyang (BL59): Located 3 cun above the lateral malleolus, below Feiyang (BL58). Needle 6 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Heaviness of the head, Wei Jue Feng Bi (paralysis, jue-ni, wind-bi), pain in the bone at the lateral aspect of the ankle, inability to raise the four limbs, convulsions, intermittent chills and fever.
Jinmen (BL60): Located in the depression of the bone void below the lateral malleolus. Needle 3 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Epilepsy, Ma Xian (equine epilepsy) with opisthotonos, Shi Jue (corpse-collision syncope) and sudden death, muscle spasms and Huo Luan (cholera-like syndrome), sore calves, trembling body unable to stand for long.
Kunlun (BL60): Located behind the lateral malleolus, in the depression of the artery above the calcaneus. Needle 5 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Heat in the head and dizzy eyes as if falling out, eye pain with redness and swelling, nasal discharge and epistaxis, abdominal pain and distension, wheezing and reverse qi, profuse diarrhea, body pain, Huo Luan (cholera-like syndrome), swelling of the sacrum and waist, heel swelling, feet feeling like cracking preventing walking, wind epilepsy with locked jaw, malaria with excessive sweating, infantile scrotal swelling, dizziness and headache, foot atrophy and spasms, Shi Jue (corpse-collision syncope) and evil invasion, vomiting, coughing, wheezing, and sudden pain.
Pucan (BL61): Located in the depression below the calcaneus; take the point by raising the foot. Needle 3 fen, moxa 7 zhuang. Indications: Heel pain, foot atrophy, epilepsy with tongue protrusion and jaw clenching, mania with hallucinations and confusion, Shi Jue (corpse-collision syncope), vexing pain, muscle spasms and Huo Luan (cholera-like syndrome), infantile equine epilepsy with opisthotonos.
Shenmai (BL62): Located in the depression at the junction of the nail and white flesh below the lateral malleolus. Needle 3 fen, moxibustion prohibited. Indications: Upward deviation of the eyes, or redness and pain starting from the inner canthus, lower back pain, cold and heat in the shins preventing long standing or sitting, epilepsy, epistaxis.
Jinggu (BL64): Located in the depression at the junction of red and white flesh below the large bone on the lateral side of the foot. Needle 3 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Heat in the head and dizziness, leukoma starting from the inner canthus, epistaxis, nasal obstruction, yellow nasal discharge, stiff neck and pain, difficulty in flexing and extending the back and legs, malaria, mania and epilepsy, palpitations, anorexia, phlegm accumulation, Bi Shu (hip joint) pain, dribbling urination.
Shugu (BL65): Located in the depression behind the metatarsophalangeal joint on the lateral side of the little toe. Needle 3 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Dizziness, red and rotting eyes, deafness, stiff neck, lower back pain, Chang Pi (dysentery), mania and epilepsy, headache during defecation, malaria, pain from the shins to the Bi Shu (hip joint) making movement impossible.
Tonggu (BL66): Located in the depression before the metatarsophalangeal joint on the lateral side of the little toe. Needle 2 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Heaviness and headache, dizziness, throat ulcers, epistaxis with clear nasal discharge, stiff neck and pain, chest and hypochondriac fullness, palpitations below the heart, retained fluid with frequent yawning, heat disease without sweat.
Zhiyin (BL67): Located on the lateral side of the tip of the little toe, about the width of a leek leaf from the corner of the nail. Needle 1 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Wind headache with nasal congestion, nasal discharge with clear rhinorrhea, tinnitus and deafness, migratory chest and hypochondriac pain, pulling pain in the waist and hypochondrium, difficult urination, seminal emission, Mai Bi (meridian obstruction) and spasms starting from the little toe due to wind-cold, cold malaria without sweat, heat in the soles.
The Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian has 27 acupoints: Yongquan (KI1), Ran Gu (KI2), Tai Xi (KI3), Da Zhong (KI4), Shui Quan (KI5), Zhao Hai (KI6), Fu Liu (KI7), Jiao Xin (KI8), Zhu Bin (KI9), Yin Gu (KI10) behind the knee attached to the bone. The above points run from the foot to the knee; Heng Gu (KI11), Da He (KI12), Qi Xue (KI13), Si Man (KI14), Zhong Zhu (KI15), Huang Shu (KI16) level with the umbilicus, Shang Qu (KI17), Shi Guan (KI18), Yin Du (KI19), Tong Gu (KI20), You Men (KI21) opening 1.5 cun from the midline; measuring the abdomen upwards by 11 fen, Bu Lang (KI22), Shen Feng (KI23), Ying Ling Xu (KI24), Shen Zang (KI25), Zhong Shu Fu (KI26) conclude the meridian.
The Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian has 54 acupoints on both sides. At You hour (5-7 PM), qi and blood flow from Zhiyin (BL67) to meet Yongquan (KI1) at the sole of the foot, ascending along the knee and abdomen to stop at Shufu (KI26) in the chest.
Yongquan (KI1): Located in the center of the sole; take the point by flexing the foot and curling the toes. Needle 3 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Dizziness, Bi syndrome of the throat, hypochondriac fullness, knotted heat in the heart, heart pain, cough with body heat, wind epilepsy, lower back pain, sensation of pregnancy in women, pain at the tips of the five toes, inability to walk, pain radiating into the abdomen.
Ran Gu (KI2): Located in the depression below the prominent bone anterior to the medial malleolus. Needle 3 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Pricking this point often draws blood; it makes one feel hungry and desire food immediately. Indications: Bi syndrome of the throat, swelling under the tongue, salivation, asthma, coughing up blood, Xiao Ke (wasting-thirst syndrome), fear in the heart, profuse diarrhea, cold in the chest, Dai pulse (intermittent pulse), warm malaria, retraction of the yin with internal swelling, cold hernia in the lower abdomen rushing to the chest and hypochondrium, dribbling urination, seminal emission in men, soreness and swelling of the feet preventing walking, one foot cold and one foot hot, infantile umbilical tetanus with locked jaw.
Tai Xi (KI3): Located in the depression of the artery between the medial malleolus and the calcaneus, 5 fen posterior to the medial malleolus. Needle 3 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Swollen throat, vomiting with saliva like glue, frequent belching and reverse qi, coughing up blood, hypochondriac and abdominal pain, Pi Xi Hernia Jia Ji Ju (accumulations and masses), connection with the yin region and cold numbness of the feet, heat disease with excessive sweating, jaundice with more heat than cold, difficult defecation.
Da Zhong (KI4): Located 5 fen below Tai Xi (KI3). Needle 2 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Excess pattern: Dribbling and retention of urine, chilliness with stiff and painful waist and spine, constipation, lethargy with heat in the mouth; Deficiency pattern: Vomiting and reverse qi with excessive cold, desire to stay indoors alone, shortness of breath and insufficiency, chest distension and wheezing, dry tongue, globus hystericus preventing swallowing, frequent fright and unhappiness, humming in the throat, coughing up blood, abdominal fullness and difficult defecation, more cold than heat.
Shui Quan (KI5): Located 1 cun below Tai Xi (KI3). Needle 2 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Amenorrhea,闷痛 (stifling pain) in the epigastrium upon menstruation onset, blurred vision, vaginal prolapse, dribbling urination, abdominal pain.
Zhao Hai (KI6): Located 4 fen below the medial malleolus, slightly anterior to the small bone. Needle 4 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Dry throat, flaccidity of the four limbs, propensity to sadness and unhappiness, chronic malaria and sudden hernia, lower abdominal pain, vomiting and lethargy, hemiplegia due to severe wind, dribbling urination in women, vaginal prolapse, sudden onset of yin swelling, hernia, heat and unilateral pain in the lower abdomen, severe wind with unknown pain location, blurred vision.
Fu Liu (KI7): Located in the artery 2 cun posterior and superior to the medial malleolus. Needle 3 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Blurred vision, dry mouth and tongue, spontaneous salivation, abdominal borborygmus and drum-like distension, edema; observe urine color: blue-green select Jing-well point, red select Ying-spring point, yellow select Shu-stream point, black select He-sea point; swelling after leakage of qi and blood, Wu Lin (five types of strangury), urine resembling scattered fire, bone cold and heat, incessant sweating, stiff lower back pain preventing sitting and rising, tightness on the lateral edge of the heel preventing forward and backward movement, pain on the dorsum of the foot, wind rebellion causing limb paralysis.
Jiao Xin (KI8): Located 2 cun above the medial malleolus, anterior to Fu Liu (KI7) and posterior to San Yinjiao (SP6), between the tendon and bone. Needle 4 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Qi strangury, hernia with tension in the yin, pain radiating from the thigh to the medial bone, dysentery with red and white discharge, menorrhagia in women.
Zhu Bin (KI9): Located above the medial malleolus, in the fleshy part behind the bone, above the large tendon and below the small tendon; take the point with the knee flexed. Needle 3 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Infantile hernia pain preventing nursing, mania and epilepsy with foaming at the mouth, foot pain.
Yin Gu (KI10): Located behind the knee attached to the bone, between the large tendon below and small tendon above, in the artery; take the point with the knee flexed. Needle 4 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Swelling under the tongue, knee pain like a awl, pain on the medial aspect of the thigh, impotence, leukorrhea in women, chest and abdominal fullness preventing breathing, yellow urine. The above points all belong to the foot and knee region.
Heng Gu (KI11): Located in the center of the transverse bone above the yin, in the depression curved like an inverted moon, 1.5 cun lateral to Qugu (CV2). Needling is prohibited, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Exhaustion of the five zang organs, abdominal distension, difficult urination, seminal emission, genital pain.
Da He (KI12): Located 1 cun below Qi Xue (KI13). Needle 1 cun, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Consumption with seminal emission, retraction of the yin, pain in the penis, moxa 30 zhuang for women with excessive red leukorrhea.
Qi Xue (KI13): Located 1 cun below Si Man (KI14). Named Qi Xue on the left and Zi Hu (Child's House) on the right. Needle 1 cun, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Amenorrhea, lower back and spine pain, intermittent diarrhea.
Si Man (KI14): Located 1 cun below Zhong Zhu (KI15). Needle 1 cun, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Abdominal pain with Ben Tun (running piglet syndrome), hernia accumulated below the umbilicus, painful evil blood in the uterus of women.
Zhong Zhu (KI15): Located 1 cun below Huang Shu (KI16). Needle 1 cun, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Heat in the lower abdomen, dry stool.
Huang Shu (KI16): Located 1.5 cun lateral to Shenque (CV8). Needle 1 cun, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Dry stool, abdominal pain and cold hernia of the large abdomen, heat in the lower abdomen.
Shang Qu (KI17): Located 1 cun below Shi Guan (KI18). Needle 1 cun, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Accumulation and mass in the abdomen with cutting pain and anorexia.
Shi Guan (KI18): Located 1 cun below Yin Du (KI19). Needle 1 cun, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Frequent vomiting, stiff spine lacking flexibility, qi stagnation in the stool, chest fullness, opisthotonos, painful reverse evil blood in the uterus of women.
Yin Du (KI19): Located 1 cun below Tong Gu (KI20). Needle 1 cun, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Excessive saliva and foamy vomiting, chest fullness with rebellious qi and borborygmus, heat malaria with difficult defecation, infertility in women, unbearable colic from evil blood in the uterus.
Tong Gu (KI20): Located 1 cun below You Men (KI21). Needle 5 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Headache and blurred vision, nasal discharge with clear rhinorrhea, stiff neck, locked jaw, sudden aphonia, throat dysfunction, mental depression, palpitations, vomiting, chest fullness with retained fluid, accumulations.
You Men (KI21): Located 1.5 cun lateral to Juque (CV14). Needle 5 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Frequent vomiting of saliva and foam, inability to swallow food and drink, purulent and bloody diarrhea, chest pain and vexation, amnesia, abdominal distension with rebellious qi. The above points all belong to the second line of the abdomen.
Bu Lang (KI22): Located 1.6 cun below Shen Feng (KI23), 2 cun lateral to Zhongting (CV17). Needle 4 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Nasal congestion, chest and hypochondriac support-fullness, wheezing preventing arm elevation.
Shen Feng (KI23): Located 1.6 cun below Ling Xu (KI24). Needle 4 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Chest fullness and inability to breathe, reverse qi, mastitis with aversion to cold.
Ling Xu (KI24): Located 1.6 cun below Shen Zang (KI25). Needle 4 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Chest and hypochondriac support-fullness, wheezing, vomiting and anorexia.
Shen Zang (KI25): Located 1.6 cun below Zhong Shu Fu (KI26). Needle 4 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Cough. Other indications are the same as Ling Xu (KI24).
Zhong Shu Fu (KI26): Located 1.6 cun below Shu Fu (KI27). Needle 4 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Wheezing and palpitations. Other indications are the same as Ling Xu (KI24).
Shu Fu (KI27): Located 2 cun lateral to Xuanji (CV15) below Jugu (SI10). Acupuncture and moxibustion indications are the same as Ling Xu (KI24). The above points all belong to the second line of the Ying (chest) region in the depressions; take the points with the patient supine.
Nine acupoints of the Pericardium Hand-Jueyin Meridian: Tian Chi (PC1), Tian Quan (PC2), Qu Ze (PC3) deep; Xi Men (PC6), Jian Shi (PC5), Nei Guan (PC6) opposite; Da Ling (PC7), Lao Gong (PC8), Zhong Chong (PC9) invade.
The Pericardium Hand-Jueyin Meridian has 18 acupoints on both sides. At Xu hour (7-9 PM), qi and blood flow from Shu Fu (KI27) to meet Tian Chi (PC1) beside the breast, descending along the arm to stop at Zhong Chong (PC9) of the middle finger.
Tian Chi (PC1): Located in the depression of the lateral rib 2 cun lateral to the nipple. Needle 3 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Headache with chills and fever, chest fullness and axillary swelling, upward qi with sound in the throat.
Tian Quan (PC2): Located 2 cun below the axilla; take the point with the arm raised. Needle 3 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Reverse qi with chest and hypochondriac support-fullness, pain in the bones of the chest, back, scapula, and inner arm.
Qu Ze (PC3): Located at the central artery of the transverse crease of the elbow; take the point with the elbow flexed. Needle 3 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Heart pain, rebellious qi, vomiting of saliva or blood, propensity to fright, body heat and dry mouth in Shang Han (cold damage) and Wen Bing (warm diseases), pulling pain in the elbow with head shaking.
Xi Men (PC4): Located 5 cun posterior to Da Ling (PC7). Needle 5 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Heart pain, epistaxis and hematemesis, fright and insufficiency of divine qi.
Jian Shi (PC5): Located 5 cun posterior to Da Ling (PC7). Needle 6 fen, moxa 7 zhuang. Indications: Chest bi with pain radiating to the back, heart hanging like hunger, sudden heart pain, pain in the medial elbow, heat disease with vexation, propensity to hiccups and movement, aversion to wind and cold, vomiting, palm heat, frequent fright, axillary swelling, elbow spasm and urgency.
Nei Guan (PC6): Located 2 cun posterior to Da Ling (PC7). Indications: Red and hot face, blurred vision, red eyes, support-fullness, stroke, elbow spasm, excess pattern with sudden pain, deficiency pattern with vexation and palpitations. Needle 6 fen, moxa 3 zhuang.
Da Ling (PC7): Located in the depression between the two tendons and two bones at the transverse crease of the wrist. Needle 6 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Headache, red eyes, pain at the root of the tongue, Bi syndrome of the throat and dry throat, reverse qi, vomiting, heat, wheezing and urgency, propensity to laughter and fright, hand pulling and spasms including elbow spasm and axillary swelling, heart pain and vexation, palm heat and body heat like fire, all wind-heat conditions without sweat, malaria, sores and scabies.
Lao Gong (PC8): Located in the center of the transverse crease of the palm; take the point by flexing the middle finger. Needle 3 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Throat pain, incessant bleeding from the large and small intestines, wind-heat, propensity to anger and laughter, heat disease without sweat, fright, inability to turn the chest and hypochondrium, coughing and wheezing, dark urine, hematemesis, incessant rebellious qi and belching, anorexia, thirst, oral ulceration, hand bi and palm heat, jaundice with yellow eyes.
Zhong Chong (PC9): Located in the depression at the tip of the middle finger, about the width of a leek leaf from the corner of the nail. Needle 1 fen, moxa 1 zhuang. Indications: Headache as if breaking, insufficiency of divine qi, forgetfulness. Other indications are the same as Da Ling (PC7).
Twenty-three acupoints of the Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian: Guan Chong (TE1), Ye Men (TE2), Zhong Zhu (TE3) nearby; Yang Chi (TE4), Wai Guan (TE5), Zhi Gou (TE6) straight; Hui Zong (TE7), San Yang Luo (TE8), Si Du (TE9) long; Tian Jing (TE10), Qing Leng Yuan (TE11), Xiao Luo (TE12); Nao Hui (TE13), Jian Liao (TE14), Tian Chuang (TE16); Tian You (TE15), Yi Feng (TE17), Mai Qing (TE18); Lu Xi (TE19), Jiao Sun (TE20), Si Zhu Kong (TE23); He Liao (TE16), Er Men (TE21), Ting Gong (SI19) have regularity.
The Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian has 46 acupoints on both sides. At Hai hour (9-11 PM), qi and blood flow from Zhong Chong (PC9) to meet Guan Chong (TE1) at the fourth finger, ascending along the arm to stop at Er Men (TE21) on the face.
Guan Chong (TE1): Located on the lateral side of the tip of the fourth finger, about the width of a leek leaf from the corner of the nail. Needle 1 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Wind-dizziness and headache, leukoma, curled tongue and pain at the root of the tongue, dry mouth and throat pain, vexation, pain in the lateral arm, inability to reach the head with the hand, elbow pain preventing self-dressing, soreness and heaviness of the shoulder and arm, heart pain, wind-heat disease with vexation and no sweat, heat in the palm, body heat like fire, or cold Huo Luan (cholera-like syndrome), rebellious qi preventing lying down.
Ye Men (TE2): Located in the depression before the metacarpophalangeal joint of the fourth and fifth fingers. Needle 2 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Headache and facial heat without sweat, wind-cold-heat, ear pain and deafness with tinnitus, dry and blurry eyes, tooth pain and red face, external swelling of the throat, internal sensation like a polyp, cold jue-ni, malaria, shortness of breath, propensity to fright, arm pain preventing upper and lower movement.
Zhong Zhu (TE3): Located in the depression after the metacarpophalangeal joint of the fourth and fifth fingers; take the point with a clenched fist. Needle 2 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Heaviness of the head, heat and pain in the jaw and skull, blurred vision and red face, swollen throat and pain, deafness and pain, elbow and arm pain, inability to flex and extend fingers, heat disease without sweat, leukoma, chronic malaria with chills and fever.
Yang Chi (TE4): Located in the depression of the transverse crease on the dorsum of the hand. Needle 2 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Heat disease without sweat, chills and fever syndrome, or inability to grasp objects due to wrist sprain, shoulder and arm pain preventing lifting.
Wai Guan (TE5): Located 2 cun posterior to Yang Chi (TE4). Needle 3 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Soreness and heaviness of the elbow and wrist preventing flexion and extension, pain throughout the fingers, dull hearing, arm atrophy and numbness.
Zhi Gou (TE6): Located 3 cun posterior to Yang Chi (TE4), between the two bones and tendons. Needle 2 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Red face and eyes, throat pain and sudden aphonia, locked jaw, vomiting, Huo Luan (cholera-like syndrome), axillary pain and true heart pain, soreness and numbness of the elbow and arm, scrofula, fistula, sores and scabies, stiff spine in women, inability to raise the four limbs, heat disease without sweat.
Hui Zong (TE7): Located in the hollow 1 cun lateral to Zhi Gou (TE6). Moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Deafness, skin and muscle pain, wind epilepsy.
San Yang Luo (TE8): Located 4 cun posterior to Yang Chi (TE4). Needling is prohibited, moxa 7 zhuang. Indications: Lethargy, unwillingness to move the four limbs, sudden deafness, dental caries, sudden aphonia and inability to speak.
Si Du (TE9): Located in the depression 5 cun anterior to the elbow on the lateral side. Indications: Shortness of breath, sensation of a polyp in the throat, sudden deafness, lower tooth pain.
Tian Jing (TE10): Located in the depression between the two tendons 1 cun posterior to the large bone above the elbow; take the point with the elbow flexed. Needle 1 cun, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Severe wind with unknown pain location, malaria occurring at specific times, heart pain, fright, epilepsy with tongue protrusion, bleating and twisted neck, shoulder pain, atrophy-bi numbness, coughing up pus.
Qing Leng Yuan (TE11): Located 3 cun above the elbow; take the point with the arm extended and raised. Moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Inability to lift the shoulder, headache and yellow eyes, hypochondriac pain with chills.
Xiao Luo (TE12): Located between the shoulder and arm externally, taking the point obliquely from the armpit to the elbow. Needle 5 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Headache, neck feeling like being pulled, large qi in the neck, cold-heat bi.
Nao Hui (TE13): Located 3 cun anterior to the shoulder head on the anterior edge of the arm. Needle 5 fen, moxa 5 zhuang. Indications: Goiter and qi, throat swelling; cold-heat scrofula, epilepsy, elbow joint bi, soreness and heaviness of the arm, urgent pain in the axilla, difficult flexion and extension of the elbow and arm.
Jian Liao (TE14): Located in the depression at the outer end of the shoulder, oblique to Nao Hui (TE13); take the point with the arm raised. Needle 7 fen, moxa 2 zhuang. Indications: Heavy arm pain preventing lifting.
Tian Chuang (SI16): Located in the depression at the supraclavicular fossa above the collarbone. Needle 8 fen, moxa 3 zhuang. Indications: Shoulder, arm, and elbow pain or pulling to the stiff neck, cold-heat and chest fullness, pain in the supraclavicular fossa, no sweat.
Tian You (TE15): Located outside the large tendon of the neck below the ear, 1 cun above the hairline. Acupuncture and moxibustion are prohibited.