条文:
颈漏腹下马刀疮,连及胸胁乳痈疡,妇人月经不利病,下临泣穴主治良。
注:[1]临泣穴,主治颈漏,腋下马刀,连乃胸胁,
妇人乳痈,月信不调等证。
[2]针二分,灸三壮。
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条文:
侠溪主治胸胁满,伤寒热病汗难出,兼治目赤耳聋痛,颔肿口噤疾堪除。
注:[1]侠溪穴,主治胸胁支满,伤寒热病汗不出,目赤,耳聋,胸痛,
颔肿,口噤等证。
[2]针三分,灸三壮。
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条文:
窍阴主治胁间痛,咳不得息热躁烦,痈疽头痛耳聋病,喉痹舌强不能言。
注:[1]窍阴穴,主治胁痛,咳逆不得息,发热躁烦,痈疽口干,头痛喉痹,
舌强耳聋等证。
[2]针一分,灸三壮(见图九十六、九十七)。
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条文:
横逆难产灸奇穴,妇人右脚小指尖,炷如小麦灸三壮,下火立产效通仙。
注:[1]妇人横产,子手先出,诸符药不效者,灸此。
[2]其穴在右脚小趾爪甲外侧尖上,即至阴穴也。
[3]灸三壮,艾炷如小麦,下火立产(图九十八)。
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条文:
子户能刺衣不下,更治子死在腹中,穴在关元右二寸,下针一寸立时生。
注:[1]胞衣不出,子死腹中,宜刺子户穴,针入一寸。
[2]其穴在任脉经之关元穴傍右二寸(图九十九)。
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Neck fistula (neck abscess/fistula), Ma Dao sores (scrofula/lymphatic tuberculosis) under the abdomen, and mastitis (breast abscess) extending to the chest and hypochondrium, as well as menstrual irregularities in women, are effectively treated by needling Linqi (GB41).
Note: [1] Linqi (GB41) treats neck fistula, axillary scrofula (Ma Dao), conditions involving the chest and hypochondrium, breast abscess, and irregular menstruation.
[2] Needle depth: 2 fen; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.
Xiaxi (GB43) treats chest and hypochondrial fullness, difficulty in sweating during cold damage febrile diseases, and also treats red eyes, deafness, pain, submandibular swelling, and trismus (lockjaw).
Note: [1] Xiaxi (GB43) treats chest and hypochondrial distension, inability to sweat in cold damage febrile diseases, red eyes, deafness, chest pain, submandibular swelling, and trismus.
[2] Needle depth: 3 fen; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.
Qiaoyin (GB45) treats intercostal pain, cough with inability to breathe deeply, fever with restlessness, carbuncles and sores, headache, deafness, throat obstruction (bi-syndrome), tongue stiffness, and inability to speak.
Note: [1] Qiaoyin (GB45) treats hypochondriac pain, cough with dyspnea, fever and restlessness, dry mouth due to carbuncles, headache, throat obstruction, tongue stiffness, and deafness.
[2] Needle depth: 1 fen; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones (see Figures 96, 97).
For transverse presentation and difficult labor, moxa a special point located at the tip of the woman's right little toe. Use a moxa cone the size of a wheat grain for 3 cones; upon burning, delivery is immediate and efficacy is miraculous.
Note: [1] For transverse presentation where the fetal hand emerges first, when charms and medicines fail, moxa this point.
[2] The point is located at the outer lateral tip of the nail of the right little toe, which is Zhiyin (BL67).
[3] Moxa 3 cones, using a cone the size of a wheat grain; delivery occurs immediately after application (Figure 98).
Zihu can be needled to expel retained placenta and further treats intrauterine fetal death. The point is located 2 cun to the right of Guanyuan (CV4). Needling to a depth of 1 cun results in immediate delivery.
Note: [1] For retained placenta or intrauterine fetal death, needling Zihu is indicated, inserting the needle to a depth of 1 cun.
[2] This point is located 2 cun lateral to the right of Guanyuan (CV4) on the Ren Mai meridian (Figure 99).