四十五法
肺胀气抢胁下热痛，灸侠胃管两边相去一寸，名阴都，随年壮。
又，刺手太阴出血，主肺热气上咳嗽，寸口是也。
肺胀胁满，呕吐上气等，灸大椎并两乳上第三肋间各三壮。
凡肺风气痿绝，四肢胀满，喘逆胸满，灸肺俞各两壮，肺俞对乳引绳度之。
肺俞，主喉痹气逆咳嗽，口中涎唾，灸七壮，亦随年壮，可至百壮。
呕吐上气，灸尺泽，在肘中，不三则七。
腹中雷鸣相逐，食不化，逆气，灸上管下一寸，名太仓，七壮。
治奔豚上气法∶
章门，一名长平，二穴在大横外，直脐季肋端，主奔豚腹肿，灸百壮。
又，灸气海百壮，在脐下一寸半。
又，灸关元五十壮，亦可百壮，在脐下三寸。
中极，一名玉泉，在脐下四寸。主奔豚抢心不得息，灸五十壮。
心中烦热奔豚，胃气胀满不能食，针上管入八分，得气即泻。若心痛不能食，为冷气，
宜先补后泻，神验。灸之亦佳，日二七至百止，不瘥倍之。不忌房室。
奔豚冷气，心间伏梁，状如覆杯，冷结诸气，针中管入八分，留七呼，在上管下一寸，
泻五吸，疾出针，须灸，日二七壮至四百止，慎忌房室。
又，中府二穴，主奔豚上下，腹中与腰相引痛，灸百壮。
又，期门二穴，直乳下二肋端旁一寸五分，主奔豚，灸百壮。
又，四满侠丹田两旁相去三寸，灸百壮。（一云三十壮。）主奔豚气，上下抢心腹痛。
凡上气冷发，腹中雷鸣，转叫，呕逆不食，灸太冲，不限壮数。从痛至不痛止，炷如雀
矢大。
第四椎名巨阙俞，主胸膈中气，灸随年壮。
太仓一穴，一名胃募，心下四寸，主心腹诸病，坚满烦痛，忧思结气，寒冷霍乱，心痛
吐下，食饮不消，肠鸣泄痢，灸百壮。
肓募二穴，在乳头斜度至脐中屈去半从乳下行尽度头是，主结气囊裹，针药所不及，灸
随年壮。
脐下结痛，流入阴中，发作无时，此冷气，灸关元百壮。
又，灸天井百壮。
气短不语，灸大椎随年壮。又灸肺俞百壮。又灸肝俞百壮。又灸尺泽百壮。又灸小指第
四指间交脉上七壮。又灸手十指头各十壮。
少年房多短气，灸鸠尾头五十壮。又灸脐孔中二七壮。
乏气，灸第五椎下随年壮。
下气，灸肺俞百壮。
又，灸太冲五十壮，此穴并主肺痿。
灸飞尸法∶
以绳量病患两乳间中屈，又从乳头向外量，使肋KT 于绳头，灸随年壮，主一切注（《千
金》云∶三壮或七壮，男左女右）。
胃管主五毒注，不能食饮，百病，灸至千壮。
忤注，灸手肘尖，随年壮。（尖，一作纹）。
又，第七椎，灸随年壮。
又，灸心下一寸三百壮。
食注，灸手小指头，随年壮，男左女右。
水注，口中涌水出，经云肺来乘肾，食后吐水，灸肺俞及三阴交，随年壮，泻肺补肾。
灸一切注，无新久者，先仰卧，灸两乳两边斜下三寸，名注市，随年壮。
第二肋间名期门，灸随年壮。
（凡中尸者，飞尸、循尸、风尸、尸注也。今皆取一方治之。其状皆腹胀痛急，不得气
息，上冲心胸，两肋或踝肿起，或挛引腰脊，灸乳后三寸，男左女右，可二七壮。不止者，
多其壮数即愈。）
又，两手大指头各灸七壮。
乳下一寸，逐病所在，灸之，病瘥止。
一切恶注，气急不得息欲绝者，及积年不瘥者，男左手虎口纹，于左乳头并四指当小指
节下间灸之，妇人以右手也。
Method 45
For lung distension with qi rebellion, heat and pain in the hypochondrium, moxa the Yin Du (Yindu) acupoint, located one cun on either side of the Xiaweiguan (Jiawei acupoint), with the number of moxa cones corresponding to the patient's age.
Additionally, pricking the Hand-Taiyin Lung Meridian to bleed treats cough due to lung heat and ascending qi; the acupoint is Cun Kou.
For lung distension, hypochondriac fullness, vomiting, and ascending qi, moxa the Dazhui (Great Hammer) acupoint and the third intercostal space between both nipples, three cones each.
In cases of wind-pathogen affecting the lungs leading to flaccidity and exhaustion, distension and fullness of the four limbs, wheezing, and chest fullness, moxa the Feishu (Lung Shu) acupoint, two cones each. The location of Feishu is determined by measuring from the nipple.
The Feishu (Lung Shu) acupoint treats throat obstruction (Hou Bi), qi rebellion, cough, and excessive salivation. Moxa seven cones, or according to age, up to one hundred cones.
For vomiting and ascending qi, moxa the Chize (Creek) acupoint, located in the cubital crease, three or seven cones.
For borborygmus in the abdomen, indigestion, and qi rebellion, moxa the Taicang (Great Granary) acupoint, one cun below the Shangwan (Upper Tube) acupoint, seven cones.
Method for treating Ben Tun (Rushing Pig) with ascending qi:
The Zhangmen (Gate of the Rib) acupoint, also known as Changping, consists of two points located lateral to the Daheng (Great Horizontal) acupoint, directly opposite the end of the costal margin at the level of the umbilicus. It treats Ben Tun and abdominal swelling; moxa one hundred cones.
Additionally, moxa the Qihai (Sea of Qi) acupoint, one hundred cones, located one and a half cun below the umbilicus.
Additionally, moxa the Guanyuan (Gate of Origin) acupoint, fifty cones, or up to one hundred cones, located three cun below the umbilicus.
The Zhongji (Central Pole) acupoint, also known as Yuquan (Jade Spring), is located four cun below the umbilicus. It treats Ben Tun attacking the heart causing dyspnea; moxa fifty cones.
For mental restlessness, heat, Ben Tun, stomach qi stagnation with fullness and anorexia, needle the Shangwan (Upper Tube) acupoint to a depth of eight fen. Upon obtaining De Qi, apply the reducing method. If heart pain and anorexia are caused by cold pathogen, apply tonification first followed by reduction; this is highly effective. Moxibustion is also excellent: fourteen cones daily up to one hundred cones. If not cured, double the dosage. Sexual intercourse is not prohibited.
For Ben Tun with cold pathogen, Fu Liang (Hidden Beam) accumulation in the heart region resembling an inverted cup, and cold stagnation of various qi mechanisms, needle the Zhongwan (Middle Tube) acupoint to a depth of eight fen. Retain the needle for seven breaths. At the point one cun below Shangwan, apply the reducing method during five exhalations. Withdraw the needle quickly. Follow with moxibustion: fourteen cones daily up to four hundred cones. Strictly avoid sexual intercourse.
Additionally, the Zhongfu (Central Palace) acupoints (two) treat Ben Tun with ascending and descending qi, and pulling pain between the abdomen and waist. Moxa one hundred cones.
Additionally, the Qimen (Gate of Period) acupoints (two), located one and a half cun lateral to the second rib end directly below the nipple, treat Ben Tun. Moxa one hundred cones.
Additionally, the Siman (Four Fullnesses) acupoints, three cun lateral to the Dantian, moxa one hundred cones (another source says thirty cones). They treat Ben Tun qi attacking the heart and causing abdominal pain.
In cases of cold-induced ascending qi, borborygmus, turning and crying, vomiting, and inability to eat, moxa the Taichong (Great Surge) acupoint without limiting the number of cones. Continue until the pain ceases. The moxa cone should be the size of a bird's droppings.
The Juxue Shu (Acupoint of Juque) at the fourth thoracic vertebra treats qi stagnation in the chest and diaphragm. Moxa according to age.
The Taicang (Great Granary) acupoint, also known as the Front-Mu point of the Stomach, located four cun below the epigastrium, treats various heart and abdominal diseases, hardness and fullness with irritability and pain, qi stagnation due to worry and thought, cold cholera, heart pain with vomiting and diarrhea, indigestion, borborygmus, and dysentery. Moxa one hundred cones.
The Huangmu (Blind Mu) acupoints (two) are located where a line drawn obliquely from the nipple to the umbilicus meets the extension downwards from the nipple. They treat encapsulated fluid accumulations inaccessible to acupuncture and herbs. Moxa according to age.
For knotting and pain below the umbilicus radiating to the yin region with irregular onset, caused by cold pathogen, moxa the Guanyuan acupoint, one hundred cones.
Additionally, moxa the Tianjing (Heavenly Well) acupoint, one hundred cones.
For shortness of breath and aphonia, moxa the Dazhui acupoint according to age. Additionally, moxa the Feishu acupoint, one hundred cones. Additionally, moxa the Ganshu (Liver Shu) acupoint, one hundred cones. Additionally, moxa the Chize acupoint, one hundred cones. Additionally, moxa seven cones on the crossing vessels above the space between the little finger and ring finger. Additionally, moxa ten cones on each of the ten fingertips.
For young men suffering from shortness of breath due to excessive sexual activity, moxa the head of the Jiutui (Turtledove Tail) acupoint, fifty cones. Additionally, moxa fourteen cones in the center of the umbilicus.
For fatigue and lack of qi, moxa below the fifth thoracic vertebra according to age.
To descend qi, moxa the Feishu acupoint, one hundred cones.
Additionally, moxa the Taichong acupoint, fifty cones. This acupoint also treats Lung Wei (Flaccidity of the Lung).
Method for treating Fei Shi (Flying Corpse) Zhu disease:
Measure the distance between the patient's nipples, bend the rope, then measure outward from the nipple so that the end of the rib aligns with the end of the rope. Moxa according to age. It treats all types of Zhu diseases. (*Qianjin Fang* states: three or seven cones, left for males, right for females).
The Weiguan (Stomach Tube/Jiawei) acupoint treats Wu Du Zhu (Five Poisons Zhu), inability to eat or drink, and various diseases. Moxa up to one thousand cones.
For Wu Zhu (Clashing Zhu), moxa the tip of the elbow. Moxa according to age. ("Tip" may refer to the wrinkle).
Additionally, moxa the seventh thoracic vertebra according to age.
Additionally, moxa three hundred cones one cun below the heart (epigastrium).
For Shi Zhu (Food Zhu), moxa the tip of the little finger according to age, left for males, right for females.
For Shui Zhu (Water Zhu), where water gushes from the mouth, the classics state this is the Lung overacting on the Kidney, with vomiting of water after eating. Moxa the Feishu and Sanyinjiao acupoints according to age, to drain the Lung and tonify the Kidney.
To treat all Zhu diseases regardless of duration, have the patient lie supine first. Moxa three cun diagonally downward from both sides of the nipples. This point is named Zhushi (Zhu Market). Moxa according to age.
The second intercostal space is named Qimen. Moxa according to age.
(Those afflicted by Corpse pathogens include Fei Shi, Xun Shi, Feng Shi, and Shi Zhu. Currently, one formula is used to treat them all. Symptoms include abdominal distension and urgent pain, dyspnea, qi rushing to the chest and heart, swelling of the hypochondrium or ankles, or spasms pulling the waist and spine. Moxa three cun behind the nipple, left for males, right for females, starting with fourteen cones. If ineffective, increase the number of cones until cured.)
Additionally, moxa seven cones on each thumb tip.
One cun below the nipple, moxa according to the location of the disease. Stop when the disease resolves.
For all malignant Zhu diseases with severe dyspnea nearing death, or chronic cases unhealed for years, for males, locate the tiger's mouth wrinkle on the left hand, and moxa at the space between the left nipple and the fourth finger near the joint of the little finger. For females, use the right hand.