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【主治】积冷虚乏，脐下绞痛，冷气入腹，脐下结块，遗精白浊，七疝五淋，妇人带下，经
水不通，不妊或妊娠下血。
石门（一名命门，一名丹田） 在脐下二寸。三焦募也。妇人禁针禁灸，犯之终身
绝孕。男子针八分，灸二七壮。
【主治】小便不利，腹痛泻泄不止，卒疝血淋。
气海（一名脖 ，一名下肓） 在脐下一寸半宛宛中。男子生气之海。针八分，灸七壮。
【主治】下焦冷痛，阳虚真气不足，贲豚七疝，小肠膀胱 瘕结块状为覆杯，脐下冷气，阳
脱欲死，阴证卵缩，四肢厥冷，妇人赤白带下，月事不调，小儿遗尿。
阴交（一名横户） 在脐下一寸，当膀胱上口。三焦之募，任脉少阴冲脉之会。针
八分，灸百壮。
【主治】小腹气痛引阴中，不得小便，疝痛阴汗湿痒，贲豚，腰膝拘挛，妇人崩中带下阴痒。
神阙（一名气舍） 当脐中。禁针，灸三壮。
【主治】中风不省人事，腹中虚冷，肠鸣泻泄不止，水肿鼓胀，小儿风痫角弓反张，脱肛。
水分 在下脘下一寸，脐上一寸。穴当小肠下口。至是而泌别清浊，水液入膀胱，
滓渣入大肠，故曰水分。禁针，灸七壮。
【主治】水病腹坚肿如鼓，绕脐痛，肠鸣泄泻，小儿陷囟。
下脘 在建里下一寸，脐上二寸。穴当胃之下口，小肠上口，水谷于是入焉。足太
阴任脉之会。针八分，灸二七壮至百壮。
【主治】脐下厥气，肠坚痛，寒谷不化，癖块连脐，瘦弱少食，翻胃。
建里 在中脘下一寸，脐上三寸。针五分，灸五壮。
【主治】腹胀身肿，心痛上气，肠鸣呕逆不食。
中脘（一名太仓） 在上脘下一寸，脐上四寸，居心蔽骨与脐之中。胃之募，手太
阳少阳足阳明任脉之会。针八分，灸二七壮至百壮。
【主治】五隔五噎，翻胃不食，腹胀脾疼，心积伏梁，面黄温疟，霍乱吐泻，寒热不已。
上脘（一名胃脘） 在巨阙下一寸五分，去蔽骨三寸，脐上五寸。上脘中脘属胃络脾，足阳明手太阳任脉之会。针
八分，灸二七壮至百壮。
【主治】腹中雷鸣，饮食不化，霍乱吐利，翻胃呕吐食不下，伏梁积聚，黄胆惊悸，吐涎沫呕血。
巨阙 在鸠尾下一寸。心之募。针六分，灸七壮。
【主治】上气咳逆，胸满气短，九种心痛，蛔痛，痰饮咳嗽，霍乱腹胀，恍惚发狂，黄胆中
膈不利，烦闷卒心痛，尸厥。
鸠尾 蔽骨之端，在臆前蔽骨下五分，人无蔽骨者，从歧骨际下行一寸曰鸠尾。禁灸，禁针。
中庭 在膻中下一寸六分陷中。针三分，灸五壮。
【主治】胸胁支满，噎塞呕吐食不下。
膻中 在玉堂下一寸六分，横两乳间陷中，仰而取之。禁针，灸七壮。
【主治】上气短气，咳逆噎气隔食，喉鸣气喘，肺痈吐沫脓血，妇人乳汁少。
玉堂（一名玉英） 在紫宫下一寸六分陷中。针三分，灸五壮。
【主治】胸膺疼痛，心烦咳逆上气，喘急不得息，呕吐寒痰。
紫宫 在华盖下一寸六分陷中，仰而取之。针三分，灸五壮。
【主治】胸胁支满，膺痛食不下，咳逆上气，吐血烦心。
华盖 在璇玑下一寸陷中，仰而取之。针三分，灸五壮。
【主治】咳逆喘急，上气哮嗽，喉痹水饮不下。
璇玑 在天突下一寸陷中，仰面取之。针三分，灸五壮。
【主治】胸胁满，咳逆上气，喉鸣喘不能言，水饮不下。
天突 在颈结喉下四寸宛宛中。阴维任脉之会。针一分，灸三壮。
【主治】上气咳逆，喘嗽喉痹，五噎呕吐咯脓血，咽肿暴喑。
廉泉（一名舌本） 在颔下结喉上四寸中央，仰面取之。维脉任脉之会。针二分，灸三壮。
【主治】咳嗽喘息，上气吐沫，舌下重难言，舌根急缩不食，涎退场门疮。
承浆（一名悬浆） 唇棱下陷中，开口取之。大肠脉胃脉督脉任脉之会。针二分，灸三壮。
【主治】偏风半身不遂，口眼 斜，暴喑不能言。
任之为病，其苦内结，男子为七疝，女子为瘕聚。
督脉者，为奇经八脉之一脉也。起于下极之俞，并于脊里上至风府入脑上巅，循额至鼻柱。
属阳脉之海也。云为海者，以其总为阳脉之纲，故曰海也。行背中行，凡二十七穴。
长强（一名气之阴 ，一名撅骨） 在脊 骨端计三分，伏地取之乃得。足少阴少阳结
会。督脉别走任脉。针三分，灸五壮。
【主治】肠风下血久痔，五淋洞泄，失精呕血，小儿囟陷，惊痫螈 。
腰俞（一名腰柱，一名腰户） 在二十一椎节下间宛宛中。针八分，灸七壮。
【主治】腰脊痛不得俯仰，温疟汗不出，妇人经闭溺赤。
阳关 在十六椎节下间，坐取之。针五分灸三壮。
【主治】膝痛不可屈伸，风痹不仁，筋挛不行。
命门（一名属累） 在十四椎节下间，伏取之。针五分，灸二壮。
【主治】头痛如破，身热如火，骨蒸汗不出， 疟腰腹痛。
悬枢 在十三椎下，伏取之。针三分，灸三壮。
【主治】腰脊强不得屈伸，积气上下，水谷不化，泻痢不止。
脊中（一名神宗，一名脊俞） 在十一椎节下间，俯而取之。针五分，禁灸。
[Diagram of Acupoints on the Conception Vessel of the Extraordinary Meridians]
[Indications]: Accumulation of cold pathogenic factors leading to physical weakness and fatigue, severe colic below the umbilicus, cold qi invading the abdomen, masses forming below the umbilicus, spermatorrhea and leukorrhea (white turbidity), seven types of hernia and five types of strangury, vaginal discharge in women, amenorrhea, infertility, or bleeding during pregnancy.
Shimen (ST25) [also known as Mingmen (CV12) or Dantian]: Located 2 cun below the umbilicus. It is the Front-Mu point of the Sanjiao (Triple Burner). Needling and moxibustion are contraindicated for women; violating this prohibition may lead to lifelong sterility. For men, needle depth is 8 fen, and moxibustion consists of 14 moxa cones (zhuang).
[Indications]: Difficulty in urination, abdominal pain with persistent diarrhea, sudden onset of hernia and hematuria.
Qihai (CV6) [also known as Boyang or Xiawang]: Located in the depression 1.5 cun below the umbilicus. It is the Sea of Vital Qi for men. Needle depth is 8 fen, and moxibustion consists of 7 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Cold pain in the lower jiao, deficiency of true qi due to yang deficiency, Ben Tun (fleeing pig) sensation and seven types of hernia, masses in the small intestine and bladder resembling an inverted cup, cold qi below the umbilicus, impending death from yang collapse, Yin syndrome with retraction of the testes, cold limbs, red and white leukorrhea in women, irregular menstruation, and enuresis in children.
Yinjiao (CV7) [also known as Henghu]: Located 1 cun below the umbilicus, directly at the upper opening of the urinary bladder. It is the Front-Mu point of the Sanjiao and the intersection of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel), Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, and Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel). Needle depth is 8 fen, and moxibustion consists of 100 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Qi pain in the lower abdomen radiating to the genitalia, inability to urinate, hernia pain with sweaty and itchy scrotum, Ben Tun sensation, stiffness and spasm of the waist and knees, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea, and vulvar pruritus in women.
Shenque (CV8) [also known as Qishe]: Located in the center of the umbilicus. Needling is prohibited; moxibustion consists of 3 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Coma due to wind-stroke, deficiency-cold in the abdomen, borborygmus with persistent diarrhea, edema and abdominal distension resembling a drum, pediatric wind-phlegm convulsions with opisthotonos, and rectal prolapse.
Shuifen (CV9): Located 1 cun below Xiawan (CV10) and 1 cun above the umbilicus. The acupoint corresponds to the lower opening of the small intestine. Here, clear and turbid fluids are separated; fluid enters the urinary bladder, while dregs enter the large intestine, hence the name Shuifen (Water Divider). Needling is prohibited; moxibustion consists of 7 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Water disease with hard and swollen abdomen like a drum, periumbilical pain, borborygmus and diarrhea, and sunken fontanelle in infants.
Xiawan (CV10): Located 1 cun below Jianli (CV11) and 2 cun above the umbilicus. The acupoint corresponds to the lower opening of the stomach and the upper opening of the small intestine, where food and drink enter. It is the intersection of the Foot-Taiyin Spleen Meridian and the Ren Mai. Needle depth is 8 fen, and moxibustion consists of 14 to 100 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Rebellious Qi below the umbilicus, hardness and pain in the intestines, indigestion of cold foods, fixed masses connected to the umbilicus, emaciation with poor appetite, and regurgitation (Fan Wei).
Jianli (CV11): Located 1 cun below Zhongwan (CV12) and 3 cun above the umbilicus. Needle depth is 5 fen, and moxibustion consists of 5 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Abdominal distension and body swelling, heart pain with rebellious Qi, borborygmus, vomiting, and inability to eat.
Zhongwan (CV12) [also known as Tai Cang]: Located 1 cun below Shangwan (CV13) and 4 cun above the umbilicus, situated midway between the xiphoid process (heart shield bone) and the umbilicus. It is the Front-Mu point of the Stomach and the intersection of the Hand-Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian, Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian, Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian, and Ren Mai. Needle depth is 8 fen, and moxibustion consists of 14 to 100 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Five types of Di obstruction and five types of Ye dysphagia, regurgitation with inability to eat, abdominal distension and spleen pain, Xin Ji Fu Liang (fixed mass in the heart region), yellow complexion with warm malaria, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, and persistent alternating chills and fever.
Shangwan (CV13) [also known as Wei Wan]: Located 1.5 cun below Juque (CV14), 3 cun from the xiphoid process, and 5 cun above the umbilicus. Shangwan and Zhongwan connect the Stomach and Spleen; it is the intersection of the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian, Hand-Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian, and Ren Mai. Needle depth is 8 fen, and moxibustion consists of 14 to 100 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Borborygmus in the abdomen, undigested food, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, regurgitation and vomiting with inability to swallow, Fu Liang accumulation, jaundice with palpitations, salivation, and hematemesis.
Juque (CV14): Located 1 cun below Jiutui (CV15). It is the Front-Mu point of the Heart. Needle depth is 6 fen, and moxibustion consists of 7 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Rebellious Qi with cough and wheezing, chest fullness and shortness of breath, nine types of heart pain, ascariasis pain, phlegm-fluid retention with cough, cholera with abdominal distension, mental confusion and mania, jaundice with middle jiao obstruction, irritability with sudden heart pain, and corpse-like fainting (Shi Jue).
Jiutui (CV15): Located at the tip of the xiphoid process, 5 fen below the xiphoid process in the anterior thorax. In individuals without a distinct xiphoid process, measure 1 cun downward from the costal angle junction. Moxibustion and needling are prohibited.
Zhongting (CV16): Located in the depression 1.6 cun below Danzhong (CV17). Needle depth is 3 fen, and moxibustion consists of 5 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Fullness and supportiveness in the chest and hypochondrium, dysphagia, vomiting, and inability to eat.
Danzhong (CV17): Located 1.6 cun below Yutang (CV19), in the depression between the two nipples. Take the point in the supine position. Needling is prohibited; moxibustion consists of 7 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Rebellious Qi and shortness of breath, cough with dysphagia and food blockage, stridor and asthma, lung abscess with expectoration of purulent blood and foam, and scanty lactation in women.
Yutang (CV19) [also known as Yuying]: Located in the depression 1.6 cun below Zigong (CV20). Needle depth is 3 fen, and moxibustion consists of 5 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Pain in the chest and pectoral region, irritability with cough and rebellious Qi, rapid breathing with difficulty in respiration, and vomiting of cold phlegm.
Zigong (CV20): Located in the depression 1.6 cun below Huagai (CV21). Take the point in the supine position. Needle depth is 3 fen, and moxibustion consists of 5 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Fullness and supportiveness in the chest and hypochondrium, chest pain with inability to eat, cough with rebellious Qi, hemoptysis, and irritability.
Huagai (CV21): Located in the depression 1 cun below Xuanji (CV22). Take the point in the supine position. Needle depth is 3 fen, and moxibustion consists of 5 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Cough with rebellious Qi and rapid breathing, asthma with cough, throat obstruction with inability to swallow water.
Xuanji (CV22): Located in the depression 1 cun below Tiantu (CV23). Take the point with the face up. Needle depth is 3 fen, and moxibustion consists of 5 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Chest and hypochondriac fullness, cough with rebellious Qi, stridor and asthma with inability to speak, and inability to swallow water.
Tiantu (CV23): Located in the depression 4 cun below the laryngeal prominence (Adam's apple). It is the intersection of the Yinwei Mai (Linking Vessel) and the Ren Mai. Needle depth is 1 fen, and moxibustion consists of 3 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Rebellious Qi with cough, asthma and throat obstruction, five types of dysphagia with vomiting and expectoration of pus and blood, sore throat with sudden loss of voice.
Lianquan (CV23) [also known as Sheben]: Located in the center 4 cun above the laryngeal prominence under the chin. Take the point with the face up. It is the intersection of the Weimai (Linking Vessel) and the Ren Mai. Needle depth is 2 fen, and moxibustion consists of 3 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Cough and wheezing, rebellious Qi with foamy sputum, heaviness under the tongue with difficulty in speech, acute retraction of the tongue root with inability to eat, and sores in the mouth and anus due to saliva drainage.
Chengjiang (CV24) [also known as Xuanjiang]: Located in the depression below the labial frenulum. Take the point with the mouth open. It is the intersection of the Large Intestine Meridian, Stomach Meridian, Du Mai (Governor Vessel), and Ren Mai. Needle depth is 2 fen, and moxibustion consists of 3 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Hemiplegia due to wind-stroke, deviation of the mouth and eyes, sudden loss of voice with inability to speak.
Pathologies of the Ren Mai manifest as internal knotting and distress; in men, this presents as seven types of hernia, and in women, as Jia Ju (masses and accumulations).
The Du Mai (Governor Vessel) is one of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels. It originates from the Shu point at the lower extreme, runs parallel within the spinal column, ascends to Fengfu (GV16), enters the brain, reaches the vertex, follows the forehead to the nasal bridge. It is considered the Sea of Yang Meridians. It is called the "Sea" because it commands the network of all Yang meridians. It travels along the midline of the back and comprises twenty-seven acupoints.
Changqiang (GV1) [also known as Qi Zhiyin or Juegu]: Located 3 fen from the end of the coccyx. Take the point in the prone position. It is the intersection of the Foot-Shaoyin Kidney Meridian and Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian. The Du Mai diverges to connect with the Ren Mai. Needle depth is 3 fen, and moxibustion consists of 5 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Blood in stool due to intestinal wind and chronic hemorrhoids, five types of strangury with profuse diarrhea, seminal emission with hematemesis, sunken fontanelle in infants, and convulsions due to fright-epilepsy.
Yaoshu (GV2) [also known as Yaozhu or Yaohu]: Located in the depression between the spinous processes of the 21st thoracic vertebra. Needle depth is 8 fen, and moxibustion consists of 7 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Low back and spine pain preventing flexion and extension, warm malaria with absence of sweating, amenorrhea, and dark urine in women.
Yangguan (GV3): Located below the spinous process of the 16th thoracic vertebra. Take the point in the sitting position. Needle depth is 5 fen, and moxibustion consists of 3 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Knee pain preventing flexion and extension, wind-bi numbness and insensitivity, tendon spasms with difficulty walking.
Mingmen (GV4) [also known as Shulei]: Located below the spinous process of the 14th thoracic vertebra. Take the point in the prone position. Needle depth is 5 fen, and moxibustion consists of 2 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Headache as if splitting, body heat like fire, bone-steaming fever with absence of sweating, malaria with low back and abdominal pain.
Xianshu (GV5): Located below the 13th thoracic vertebra. Take the point in the prone position. Needle depth is 3 fen, and moxibustion consists of 3 moxa cones.
[Indications]: Stiffness of the low back and spine preventing flexion and extension, accumulation of Qi moving up and down, indigestion of food and water, and persistent dysentery and diarrhea.
Jizhong (GV6) [also known as Shenzong or Shuyu]: Located between the spinous processes of the 11th thoracic vertebra. Take the point in the prone position. Needle depth is 5 fen; moxibustion is prohibited.