在发际,直鼻上。督脉上一夫发际。灸二七壮至百壮。主肿气,风痫,癫风不识人,羊
鸣,
角弓反张,披发而上歌下哭,多学人言语,惊悸不得安寝,头痛,喘喝,目不可视,目泣出
,鼻清涕出。
在鼻柱端,不宜灸。
在鼻柱下人中。灸三壮。主消渴、饮水无多少,水气遍身肿,失笑无时节,癫痫,语不
识尊
卑,乍喜乍哭,牙关不开,面肿唇动,叶叶肺风,状如虫行,寒热头痛,喘喝,目不可视,
鼻不闻香臭,口 僻不能开,水浆不禁,喑不能言,寒热,卒中恶,风水面肿。
在唇上端。灸三壮。主唇吻强,上齿龋痛。主癫疾吐沫,小便黄,舌干、消渴,衄血不
止。
在唇内,齿上龈缝。灸三壮。主鼻窒,喘息不利,鼻 僻,多涕,鼽衄有疮,鼻息肉,
鼻、
头、额、 中痛,鼻中蚀疮,口不能禁水浆, 僻,口噤不开,项如拔、不可左右顾,面赤
,颊中痛,心烦痛,颈项急,小儿面疮久不除。
在颐前,下唇之下,宛宛中。灸四十九壮,停四五日。灸多则恐伤,阳明脉断,令风不
差。
此灸炷止一分半大。主疗偏风口 ,面肿消渴,面风口不开,口中生疮,目眩瞑,小便黄或
不禁,消渴嗜饮及暴哑不能言。
At one cun posterior to the Mucuang (Eye Window, EX-HN5) acupoint. Apply five moxa cones. It mainly treats various heat syndromes of the Yang meridians.
At the hairline, directly above the nose. Located on the Du Meridian (Governing Vessel), one finger-breadth from the hairline. Apply fourteen to one hundred moxa cones. It mainly treats edema and Qi stagnation, wind epilepsy, dianfeng (epilepsy with mental confusion) causing loss of recognition, bleating like a sheep, opisthotonos, disheveled hair with alternating singing and crying, mimicking others' speech, palpitations and insomnia, headache, panting and shouting, inability to see, tearing, and clear nasal discharge.
At the tip of the nasal bridge. Moxibustion is not suitable here.
At the Renzhong (Water Gap, GV26) acupoint below the nasal bridge. Apply three moxa cones. It mainly treats xiaoke (wasting-thirst syndrome, characterized by excessive thirst regardless of fluid intake), generalized edema due to water qi, episodic laughter without timing, epilepsy, speech lacking respect for hierarchy, alternating joy and crying, trismus (lockjaw), facial swelling with lip tremors, "Ye Ye Lung Wind" (symptoms resembling insects crawling), alternating chills and fever with headache, panting and shouting, inability to see, anosmia, deviation of the mouth unable to open, incontinence of fluids, aphonia, alternating chills and fever, sudden attack of evil pathogens, and facial edema due to wind-water.
At the upper end of the upper lip. Apply three moxa cones. It mainly treats stiffness of the lips and gums, and pain from dental caries in the upper teeth. It also treats epilepsy with foaming at the mouth, yellow urine, dry tongue, xiaoke (wasting-thirst syndrome), and persistent epistaxis.
Inside the lips, in the gingival crevice above the teeth. Apply three moxa cones. It mainly treats nasal obstruction, difficult breathing, nasal deviation, excessive rhinorrhea, rhinitis with epistaxis and sores, nasal polyps, pain in the nose, head, and forehead, corrosive sores in the nose, inability to control fluids in the mouth, facial deviation, trismus, neck stiffness as if pulled, inability to look left or right, red face, cheek pain, heart vexation and pain, neck stiffness, and chronic facial sores in children that do not heal.
Anterior to the chin, in the depression below the lower lip (near Dicang, ST4). Apply forty-nine moxa cones, pausing four to five days between sessions. Excessive moxibustion may damage the body's resistance and sever the Yangming Meridian, making wind disorders difficult to cure. The moxa cone should be only 1.5 fen in size. It mainly treats hemifacial paralysis with mouth deviation, facial edema, xiaoke (wasting-thirst syndrome), inability to open the mouth due to wind, oral ulcers, vertigo and blurred vision, yellow or incontinent urine, excessive thirst and drinking, and sudden aphonia.
Below the mandible, above the laryngeal prominence, between the root of the tongue. Apply three moxa cones. It mainly treats sublingual swelling and difficulty speaking, excessive salivation, cough, shortness of breath and panting, vomiting foam, trismus, acute contraction of the tongue root, and difficulty swallowing.