条文:
内庭次趾外,本属足阳明,能治四肢厥,喜静恶闻声,瘾疹咽喉痛,
数欠及牙疼,疟疾不思食,耳鸣针便清。
注:[1]内庭穴,在足之大趾次趾外间陷中,属足阳明胃经穴也。
[2]主治四肢厥逆,喜静恶闻人声,瘾疹不快,咽喉肿痛,数欠,
牙龈疼,疟疾,不思饮食,耳内蝉鸣等证。
[3]针三分,留十呼,灸三壮(图一一五)。
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条文:
曲池拱手取,屈肘骨边求,善治肘中痛,偏风手不收,挽弓开不得,
臂痪怯梳头,喉痹促欲死,发热更无休,遍身风癣癞,针着实时瘳。
注:[1]曲池穴,其穴在肘辅骨屈肘骨之中,以手拱胸取之。
[2]主治肘中疼痛,偏风半身不遂,臂痛拉弓不开,两臂瘫痪不能举手向发,
喉痹喘促欲死,伤寒振热,余热不尽,皮肤干燥,痂疥等证。
[3]刺七分,留七呼,灸三壮(图一一六无)。
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条文:
合谷在虎口,两指岐骨间,头疼并面肿,疟病热还寒,体热身汗出,
目暗视茫然,齿龋鼻衄血,口噤不能言,针入深三分,能令人病安。
注:[1]合谷穴,其穴在手大指次指岐骨间陷中。
[2]主治偏正头疼,面目浮肿,疟疾寒热,身体发热,汗不收,
目翳视物不明,齿蠹朽痛,鼻中流血不止。
[3]口噤不开等证。
[4]针三分,留六呼,灸三壮(图一一七无)。
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Neiting (ST44) is located in the depression between the lateral side of the great toe and the second toe, belonging to the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. It can treat cold limbs (cold extremities), a preference for quietness and aversion to hearing sounds, urticaria (wheals), sore throat, frequent yawning, and toothache. For malaria with loss of appetite, needling this point will clear the symptoms.
Note: [1] Neiting (ST44) is located in the depression between the lateral side of the great toe and the second toe; it is an acupoint of the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian.
[2] Indications include cold limbs (cold extremities), preference for quietness and aversion to human voices, sluggish urticaria, swelling and pain of the throat, frequent yawning, gingival pain, malaria, loss of appetite, and tinnitus resembling cicada chirping.
[3) Needle depth: 0.3 cun; retain needle for ten breaths; moxibustion: 3 moxa cones (Fig. 115).
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Quchi (LI11) is obtained by making a fist; locate it at the edge of the elbow bone when flexing the elbow. It is effective in treating pain in the elbow, hemiplegia with inability to adduct the arm, inability to draw a bow due to arm restriction, arm paralysis making it difficult to comb hair, laryngeal obstruction (throat obstruction) with rapid breathing as if dying, continuous fever without cessation, generalized wind-xian leprosy-like skin diseases, which are cured immediately upon needling.
Note: [1] Quchi (LI11) is located in the depression between the lateral epicondyle of the humerus and the radial head when the elbow is flexed; it is located with the hand arched towards the chest.
[2] Indications include pain in the elbow, hemiplegia from wind-stroke, arm pain preventing drawing of a bow, paralysis of both arms preventing raising hands to comb hair, laryngeal obstruction with dyspnea as if dying, shivering fever from Cold Damage, lingering residual heat, dry skin, and scabies-like crusts.
[3] Needle depth: 0.7 cun; retain needle for seven breaths; moxibustion: 3 moxa cones (Fig. 116 none).
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Hegu (LI4) is located in the "tiger's mouth," in the depression between the diverging bones of the thumb and index finger. It treats headache and facial swelling, malaria with alternating chills and fever, body heat with non-stop sweating, dim vision and blurred sight, dental caries pain, epistaxis, trismus (lockjaw) preventing speech. Needling to a depth of 0.3 cun can bring peace to the patient's condition.
Note: [1] Hegu (LI4) is located in the depression between the diverging bones of the thumb and index finger on the hand.
[2] Indications include unilateral or bilateral headache, edema of the face and eyes, malaria with chills and fever, body heat, unremitting sweating, visual obscuration due to corneal opacity, pain from rotten teeth, and persistent epistaxis.
[3] Trismus with inability to open the mouth.
[4] Needle depth: 0.3 cun; retain needle for six breaths; moxibustion: 3 moxa cones (Fig. 117 none).