以男左女右手,中指第一节第二节,相去为一寸(图见前。)
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百会穴(从鼻直上入发际五寸,旋毛陷中,可容指处。督脉)。凡中风、头风,风癫、角弓反张、忘前失后、气绝、
脱肛、目泪、耳聋,针此穴。
上星穴(从发际直上一寸,宜上可容豆处。督脉)。凡脑冷、鼻塞、脑漏、汗不出、目睛痛,针此穴。
神庭穴(从鼻上直入发际五分。督脉)。凡头疼、目眩、出泪、流涕,针此穴。
天突穴(结喉下二寸陷中,低首取之。任脉)。凡喉疮、喉风、哮喘、气噎、肺痈、咯血、喉中有声,针此穴。
上脘穴(脐上五寸,任脉。)凡心腹疼痛,惊悸,痰疾、伏梁、气蛊状如覆盆、风痫等征,针此穴。
中脘穴(脐上四寸,任脉。)凡反胃、吐食、心下胀满状如伏梁、伤寒饮水过多、腹胀、气喘、寒癖,针此穴。
下脘穴(脐上二寸。任脉)。凡腹胀坚硬、 癖气块、小便赤涩、身体羸瘦,针此穴。
气海穴(脐下一寸五分。任脉)。凡男子阳事久惫、妇人经水不调及滞气成块状若覆盆,针此穴。
关元穴(脐下三寸。任脉)。凡男子遗精白浊、脐下冷痛、小便痛涩,妇人赤白带下、经水不调,针此穴。
中极穴(脐下四寸。任脉)。凡男子奔豚抢心、遗沥失精、五淋、七疝、小便赤涩,妇人经水不调、不受胎孕,针此
穴。
临泣穴(从目中上入发际五分陷中,即临泣穴)。足少阳。凡目痛内障、赤白翳、腋肿、胁下痛,针两穴。
客主人(一名上关)穴(耳前骨上宛中间,开口即空处。足少阳)。凡两额暴痛、口眼歪斜、牙关紧闭、失音不语,
针两穴。
期门穴(乳下第二肋疼骨端。足厥阴)。凡伤寒结胁、咳嗽吐脓、腹膨、霍乱、吐泻,妇人热入血室、产后饮食不调,
针两穴。
天枢穴(脐两旁,各开二寸。足阳明)。凡夹脐痛冲少腹、赤白痢疾、泄泻、饮食不化,男子血损,妇人血块,针两
穴。
肩 穴(肩端两骨间陷中,举臂取之)。手阳明。凡手臂酸痛、不能提物,针两穴。
曲池穴(屈手按胸,肘弯横纹尖尽处。手阳明)。凡偏风不遂、两手拘挛、臂细无力、肘内寒冷而痛,针两穴。
手三里穴(曲池下二寸,锐肉端。手阳明)。凡手臂不仁、肘挛疼痛、颊颔红肿、齿痛、瘰 ,针两穴。
风市穴(膝上七寸。外廉两筋间,端立垂手于股,中指尖到处。足少阳)。凡两腿麻木、左瘫右痪、一切香港脚,针两
穴。
内庭穴(足次指三指歧骨陷中。足阳明)。凡水肿、厥逆、咽喉痛、久疟不食、恶闻人声、口歪、齿龋,针两穴。
行间穴(足大指次指歧骨缝间动脉应手陷中。足厥阴)。凡白浊、尿难、腹胀、心疼、咳逆、吐血、烦闷、短气、手
足浮肿、四肢厥冷,针两穴。
大敦穴(足大指端去爪甲韭叶许三毛中。足厥阴)。凡小肠疝气、小便频数、阳上入腹、阴痛偏大、脐腹肿胀而痛、
尸厥如死、香港脚红肿、妇人血崩,针两穴。
Using the distance between the first and second phalanges of the middle finger as one cun (1 inch) standard: for males, use the left hand; for females, use the right hand. (See figure above.)
Baihui (DU20) [Du Meridian]: Located five cun vertically above the nasal tip into the hairline, in the depression of the hair whorl where a finger can fit. Indicated for stroke, cephalalgia due to wind, wind-epilepsy, opisthotonos, amnesia, qi collapse, rectal prolapse, lacrimation, and deafness. Needle this acupoint.
Shangxing (DU23) [Du Meridian]: Located one cun vertically above the anterior hairline, approximately the width of a bean. Indicated for cold brain, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea (brain leakage), anhidrosis, and ocular pain. Needle this acupoint.
Shenting (DU24) [Du Meridian]: Located five fen vertically above the nasal tip into the hairline. Indicated for headache, vertigo, lacrimation, and rhinorrhea. Needle this acupoint.
Tiantu (CV22) [Ren Meridian]: Located two cun below the laryngeal prominence, in the depression; take the point with the head lowered. Indicated for throat sores, wind-throat, asthma, qi obstruction, lung abscess, hemoptysis, and stridor. Needle this acupoint.
Shangwan (CV13) [Ren Meridian]: Located five cun above the umbilicus. Indicated for heart and abdominal pain, palpitations, phlegm disorders, fuliang (subdiaphragmatic mass), qigu (abdominal distension resembling an inverted basin), and wind-epilepsy. Needle this acupoint.
Zhongwan (CV12) [Ren Meridian]: Located four cun above the umbilicus. Indicated for regurgitation, vomiting, epigastric fullness resembling fuliang, excessive water intake after typhoid, abdominal distension, asthma, and hanpi (cold accumulation). Needle this acupoint.
Xiawan (CV10) [Ren Meridian]: Located two cun above the umbilicus. Indicated for hard and distended abdomen, piqui masses (abdominal accumulations), dark and scanty urination, and emaciation. Needle this acupoint.
Qihai (CV6) [Ren Meridian]: Located one cun and five fen below the umbilicus. Indicated for prolonged impotence in men, irregular menstruation in women, and qi stagnation forming masses resembling an inverted basin. Needle this acupoint.
Guanyuan (CV4) [Ren Meridian]: Located three cun below the umbilicus. Indicated for spermatorrhea and white turbidity in men, cold pain below the umbilicus, painful and difficult urination; red and white leukorrhea and irregular menstruation in women. Needle this acupoint.
Zhongji (CV3) [Ren Meridian]: Located four cun below the umbilicus. Indicated for ben tun (gas rushing to the heart) and post-void dribbling in men, five types of strangury, seven types of hernia, dark and scanty urination; irregular menstruation and infertility in women. Needle this acupoint.
Linqi (GB15) [Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian]: Located five fen vertically above the inner canthus into the hairline, in the depression. Indicated for ocular pain with internal opacity, red and white pannus, axillary swelling, and hypochondriac pain. Needle both points bilaterally.
Kerenzhu (ST7) / Shangguan (ST7) [Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian]: Located in the depression on the bone anterior to the ear, which opens when the mouth is opened. Indicated for sudden bilateral frontal headache, facial paralysis (deviated mouth and eye), trismus, aphonia. Needle both points bilaterally.
Qimen (LR14) [Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian]: Located at the end of the second rib below the nipple. Indicated for typhoid syndrome with constraint in the hypochondrium, coughing up pus, abdominal distension, cholera, vomiting and diarrhea; heat entering the blood chamber in women, and dietary imbalance postpartum. Needle both points bilaterally.
Tianshu (ST25) [Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian]: Located two cun lateral to the umbilicus on both sides. Indicated for periumbilical pain radiating to the lower abdomen, dysentery (red and white), diarrhea, undigested food in stool, blood injury in men, and blood masses in women. Needle both points bilaterally.
Jianyu (LI15) [Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian]: Located in the depression between the two bones at the shoulder tip; take the point with the arm raised. Indicated for soreness and pain in the arms and inability to lift objects. Needle both points bilaterally.
Quchi (LI11) [Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian]: Located at the outer end of the transverse cubital crease when the elbow is flexed and pressed against the chest. Indicated for hemiplegia, spasm of both hands, thin and weak arms, coldness and pain in the medial elbow. Needle both points bilaterally.
Shousanli (LI10) [Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian]: Located two cun below Quchi, at the edge of the muscle belly. Indicated for numbness of the arms, elbow spasm and pain, redness and swelling of the cheeks and mandible, toothache, and scrofula. Needle both points bilaterally.
Fengshi (GB31) [Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian]: Located seven cun above the knee, between the two tendons on the lateral aspect; stand upright with arms hanging down, the tip of the middle finger indicates the point. Indicated for numbness of both legs, left hemiplegia and right paralysis, and all forms of xianggangjiao (lower limb bi-syndrome/paralysis). Needle both points bilaterally.
Neiting (ST44) [Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian]: Located in the depression between the metatarsals of the second and third toes. Indicated for edema, reversal cold (jue ni), sore throat, chronic malaria with loss of appetite, aversion to human voice, facial deviation, and dental caries. Needle both points bilaterally.
Xingjian (LR2) [Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian]: Located in the depression between the first and second toes where the arterial pulse is felt. Indicated for white turbidity, difficult urination, abdominal distension, heart pain, reverse cough, hematemesis, irritability, shortness of breath, edema of hands and feet, and cold limbs. Needle both points bilaterally.
Dadun (LR1) [Foot-Jueyin Liver Meridian]: Located at the tip of the big toe, about the width of a leek leaf from the nail, among three hairs. Indicated for intestinal hernia, frequent urination, yang qi rushing into the abdomen, unilateral阴 pain, abdominal swelling and pain, corpse-like fainting (shijue), red and swollen xianggangjiao, and uterine bleeding in women. Needle both points bilaterally.