妇人催乳痛难熬,吐得风痰疾可调。
少泽穴中明补泻,金针下了肿全消。
少泽∶在手小指端外侧,去爪甲如韭叶大。刺一
妇人白带亦难治,须用金针取次施。
下元虚惫补中极,灼艾尤加仔细推。
中极∶在脐下四寸。直针二寸半,灸五十壮。妇人无子,宜刺灸,则有子,先泻后补。
血气攻心,先补后泻。
脾家之疾有多般,反胃多因吐食餐。
黄胆亦须腕骨灸,金针中脘必痊安。
腕骨∶在手腕侧,起骨前陷中。针二分,看虚实补泻,灸三七壮。
中脘∶在脐上四寸。针二寸五分,灸五十壮,补多泻少。
环跳为能治腿风,居 二穴亦相同。
更有委中出毒血,任君行步显奇功。
环跳∶在髀枢研骨下一指,侧卧,伸下足,屈上足方可。针三寸半,补少泻少,可灸。
居 ∶在环跳上一寸,取法如前。
膝疼无力腿如瘫,穴法由来风市间。
更兼阴市奇妙穴,纵步能行任往还。
风市∶在膝外廉上七寸,垂手中指尽处是穴。针入半寸,多补少泻,灸七壮。
阴市∶在膝上正七寸,垂手中指点穴。针入半寸,先补后泻,灸二七壮。
髋骨能医两腿痛,膝头红肿一般同。
膝关膝眼皆须刺,针灸堪称劫病功。
髋骨∶在膝盖上一寸,梁丘穴两旁各五分。直针半寸,灸二七壮,随病补泻。
膝关∶在膝盖骨下,犊鼻穴旁。横针透膝眼,灸二七壮,随病补泻。
膝眼∶在膝下是穴,针三分,禁灸。
Pain caused by milk stasis in women is unbearable; if accompanied by vomiting of wind-phlegm, the condition can be regulated.
Clarify tonification and sedation at Shaose (SI1), after the application of golden needles, the swelling will completely subside.
Shaose (SI1): Located at the ulnar end of the tip of the little finger, approximately the width of a leek leaf from the nail margin. Needle 0.1 cun.
Leukorrhea in women is also difficult to treat; one must apply golden needles sequentially.
For deficiency and exhaustion of the lower yuan, tonify Zhongji (CV3); when applying moxibustion, careful differentiation is especially required.
Zhongji (CV3): Located 4 cun below the umbilicus. Perpendicular needle insertion 2.5 cun, moxa moxibustion 50 moxa-cones. For women with infertility, acupuncture and moxibustion are suitable; conception may follow, using a method of first sedation then tonification.
In cases of blood and qi attacking the heart, use first tonification then sedation.
Diseases of the spleen manifest in various ways; regurgitation often results from vomiting food after meals.
Jaundice should also be treated with moxibustion at Wangu (SI4); combined with acupuncture at Zhongwan (CV12), recovery is certain.
Wangu (SI4): Located in the depression anterior to the styloid process of the ulna on the radial side of the wrist? No, text says "wrist side, before the rising bone" (ulnar side). Located in the depression anterior to the pisiform bone? Text: "in the depression before the rising bone on the side of the wrist". Needle 0.2 cun, apply tonification or sedation according to excess or deficiency, moxa moxibustion 21 moxa-cones.
Zhongwan (CV12): Located 4 cun above the umbilicus. Needle insertion 2.5 cun, moxa moxibustion 50 moxa-cones, tonification predominates over sedation.
Huantiao (GB30) can treat wind-dampness in the legs; the effects of Juliao (GB30? No, Juliao is GB29) are similar.
Furthermore, releasing toxic blood from Weizhong (BL40) allows the patient to walk freely, demonstrating miraculous efficacy.
Huantiao (GB30): Located one finger-width below the greater trochanter. Lie on the side, extend the lower leg, flex the upper leg to locate. Needle insertion 3.5 cun, slight tonification and slight sedation, moxibustion is permissible.
Juliao (GB29): Located 1 cun above Huantiao (GB30), locate as described above.
Knee pain with weakness, legs resembling paralysis; the acupoint method has long been found between Fengshi (GB31).
Combined with the wonderful acupoint Yinshi (ST32), one can stride and move freely.
Fengshi (GB31): Located 7 cun above the lateral knee crease, where the middle fingertip reaches when the arm hangs down. Needle insertion 0.5 cun, more tonification less sedation, moxa moxibustion 7 moxa-cones.
Yinshi (ST32): Located 7 cun directly above the knee, locate by pressing with the middle fingertip when the arm hangs down. Needle insertion 0.5 cun, first tonification then sedation, moxa moxibustion 14 moxa-cones.
Guanyuan? No, text says "Kua Gu" (Hip Bone). Kua Gu can cure pain in both legs; redness and swelling at the knee head are similar.
Both Xiguan (EX-LE4? No, text implies a specific point, likely referring to Xiyan or similar, but text lists Xiguan separately? Wait, text says "Xi Guan Xi Yan jie xu ci". Xi Guan usually refers to a point near the knee. Let's stick to literal translation) and Xiyan (EX-LE7) must be needled; acupuncture and moxibustion are worthy of the merit of seizing and eliminating disease.
Kua Gu (Extra Point): Located 1 cun above the kneecap, 0.5 cun lateral to Liangqiu (ST34) on both sides. Perpendicular needle insertion 0.5 cun, moxa moxibustion 14 moxa-cones, apply tonification or sedation according to the disease.
Xiguan (Extra Point): Located below the patella, beside Dubi (ST35). Transverse needle penetration towards Xiyan, moxa moxibustion 14 moxa-cones, apply tonification or sedation according to the disease.
Xiyan (EX-LE7): Located below the knee joint, this is the acupoint. Needle insertion 0.3 cun, moxibustion is prohibited.