厉兑 足大指次指端,去爪甲角如韭叶。针入一分,灸一壮。热疟,主鼻不利、涕黄,口噤吐舌,龋齿,
喉痹,颈戾,心痛,胫寒,寒热疟不嗜食,胀满不得息,尸厥中恶。
二十一穴脾中州,隐白在足大指头,大都太白公孙盛,商丘三阴交可求,漏谷地机阴陵穴,血海箕门冲门
开,府舍腹结大横排,腹哀食窦连天溪,胸乡周荣大包随。
足太阴脾经,左右四十二穴。巳时自冲阳过,交与足大指隐白,循腿腹上行至腋下大包穴止。
隐白 足大指端内侧,去爪甲角如韭叶。针入一分,禁灸。主鼻衄,口渴,喘急,呕吐,胸痛,腹中冷
气胀满,暴泄,胫中寒热,足不能温,卒尸厥不知人。
大都 足大指内侧本节后陷中,针入三分,灸三壮。主目眩,手足厥,呕吐,暴泄,霍乱,心痛,腹胀,热
病汗出。
太白 足大指内侧核骨下陷中。针入三分,灸三壮。主头痛,头重,项痛,霍乱呕吐,或泄有脓血,胸胁
胀痛,腹痛、腹胀、肠鸣,腰痛不可俯仰,热病烦闷,大便难。
公孙 太白后一寸陷中。针入四分,灸三
Lidui (ST45) is located at the lateral end of the second toe, one cun away from the corner of the nail blade. Needle insertion depth: 0.1 cun; moxibustion: 1 cone. It primarily treats heat malaria, nasal obstruction with yellow discharge, trismus with tongue protrusion, dental caries, throat bi syndrome, neck deviation, heart pain, coldness in the lower legs, chills and fever with malaria accompanied by loss of appetite, abdominal distension and fullness with dyspnea, corpse-like fainting, and sudden evil invasion.
The twenty-one acupoints belong to the Spleen, the central earth region. Yinbai (SP1) is at the tip of the big toe; Dadu (SP2), Taibai (SP3), and Gongsun (SP4) are prominent; Shangqiu (SP5) and Sanyinjiao (SP6) can be sought here; Lougu (SP7), Diji (SP8), and Yinlingquan (SP9) follow sequentially; Xuehai (SP10), Jimen (SP11), and Chongmen (SP12) open up; Fushé (SP13), Fujie (SP14), and Daheng (SP15) are arranged; Fu'ai (SP16), Shidou (SP17), and Tianxi (SP18) connect; Xiongxiang (SP19), Zhourong (SP20), and Dabao (SP21) follow.
The Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian has forty-two acupoints on both sides. At the Si hour (9:00-11:00 AM), qi and blood pass through Chongyang (ST42), intersect with Yinbai (SP1) at the big toe, ascend along the leg and abdomen, and terminate at the Dabao (SP21) acupoint under the armpit.
Yinbai (SP1) is located at the medial tip of the big toe, one cun away from the corner of the nail blade. Needle insertion depth: 0.1 cun; moxibustion is prohibited. It primarily treats epistaxis, thirst, rapid breathing, vomiting, chest pain, abdominal coldness with distension and fullness, acute diarrhea, alternating cold and heat in the shins, inability to warm the feet, sudden corpse-like fainting with loss of consciousness.
Dadu (SP2) is located in the depression behind the metatarsophalangeal joint on the medial side of the big toe. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; moxibustion: 3 cones. It primarily treats vertigo, cold extremities, vomiting, acute diarrhea, cholera-like disease, heart pain, abdominal distension, and sweating in febrile diseases.
Taibai (SP3) is located in the depression below the sesamoid bone on the medial side of the big toe. Needle insertion depth: 0.3 cun; moxibustion: 3 cones. It primarily treats headache, heavy head, neck pain, cholera-like vomiting, or diarrhea with pus and blood, distending pain in the chest and hypochondrium, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, borborygmus, low back pain preventing flexion and extension, restlessness in febrile diseases, and difficulty in defecation.
Gongsun (SP4) is located in the depression one cun posterior to Taibai (SP3). Needle insertion depth: 0.4 cun; moxibustion: 3 cones.