(左右凡一十四穴)
1.曲差∶二穴在神庭傍一寸五分,入发际,足太阳脉气所发。治心中烦满汗不出,头顶痛,身体烦热,
目视不明。针入二分,可灸三壮。
2.五处∶二穴在上星旁一寸五分,足太阳脉气所发。治目不明,头风目眩,螈 ,目戴上不识人。
针入三分,留七呼,可灸三壮。
3.承光∶二穴在五处后一寸五分,足太阳脉气所发,治鼻塞不闻香臭,口 ,鼻多清涕,风眩头痛,
呕吐心烦,目生白膜。针入三分,禁不可灸,忌如前法。
4.通天∶二穴在承光后一寸五分,足太阳脉气所发。治颈项转侧难,鼻塞闷,偏风口 ,鼻多清涕,
衄血头重。针入三分,留七呼,可灸三壮。
5.络却∶二穴,一名强阳,又名脑盖。在通天后一寸五分,
足太阳脉气所发。治青风内障,目无所见,头旋耳鸣。可灸三壮。
6.玉枕∶二穴在络却后一寸五分,侠脑户旁一寸三分,起肉枕骨,入发际上三寸,足太阳脉气所发。
治目痛不能视,脑风疼痛不可忍者。可灸三壮。
7.天柱∶二穴侠项后发际,大筋外廉陷中,足太阳脉气所发,治足不任身体,肩背痛欲折,目瞑视。
今附∶治颈项筋急不
得回顾,头旋脑痛。针入五分,得气即泻立愈。
(左右凡一十二穴)
1.临泣∶二穴在目上,直入发际五分陷中,足太阳、少阳之会。治卒中风不识人,目眩鼻塞,目生白
翳多泪。针入三分,留七呼,得气即泻,忌如前法。
2.目窗∶二穴在临泣后一寸五分,足少阳、阳维之会。治头面浮肿痛,引目外 赤痛。忽头旋,目KT
KT远视不明。针入三分,可灸五壮。今附三度刺目大明。
3.正营∶二穴在目窗后一寸,足少阳、阳维之会。治牙齿痛,唇吻急强,齿龋痛,头项偏痛。针入三
分,可灸五壮。
4.承灵∶二穴在正营后一寸五分,足少阳、阳维之会。治脑
风头疼,恶风寒,鼽鼻塞,息不利。可灸三壮。
5.脑空∶二穴,一名颞 。在承灵后一寸五分,侠玉枕骨下陷中,足少阳、阳维之会。治脑风头痛不
可忍,目瞑心悸,发即为癫风,引目眇,劳疾羸瘦,体热,颈项强不得回顾。针入五
分,得气即泻,可灸三壮。魏公苦患头风,发即心闷乱目眩,华佗当针而立愈。忌如前法。
6.风池∶二穴在颞 后,发际陷中,足少阳、阳维之会。治洒淅寒热,温病汗不出,目眩,苦头痛,
疟,颈项痛不得回顾,目泪出,欠气,多鼻鼽衄,目内 赤痛,气发耳塞目
不明,腰伛偻,引项筋无力不收。针入七分,留七呼,可灸七壮。
(There are fourteen acupoints in total on the left and right sides.)
1. Qucha (Qucha, EX-HN4): Two points located one cun and five fen lateral to Shenting (GV24), entering the hairline; these are sites where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. They treat mental restlessness and fullness, inability to sweat, vertex headache, bodily heat and irritability, and blurred vision. Needle insertion depth is two fen; moxibustion of three moxa cones may be applied.
2. Wuchu (Wuchu, BL3): Two points located one cun and five fen lateral to Shangxing (GV23); these are sites where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. They treat impaired vision, vertigo due to wind-cold (toufeng), convulsions, eyes rolling upward with loss of recognition. Needle insertion depth is three fen; retain the needle for seven breaths; moxibustion of three moxa cones may be applied.
3. Chengguang (Chengguang, BL4): Two points located one cun and five fen posterior to Wuchu (BL3); these are sites where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. They treat nasal congestion with loss of smell and taste, facial paralysis (koujie), excessive clear nasal discharge, vertigo and headache due to wind, vomiting with mental restlessness, and leukoma (white membrane) on the eye. Needle insertion depth is three fen; moxibustion is prohibited; contraindications follow the previous method.
4. Tongtian (Tongtian, BL7): Two points located one cun and five fen posterior to Chengguang (BL4); these are sites where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. They treat difficulty turning the neck, nasal stuffiness, hemifacial paralysis, excessive clear nasal discharge, epistaxis, and heavy sensation in the head. Needle insertion depth is three fen; retain the needle for seven breaths; moxibustion of three moxa cones may be applied.
5. Luoque (Luoque, BL8): Two points, also known as Qiangyang or Gaomai. Located one cun and five fen posterior to Tongtian (BL7); these are sites where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. They treat glaucoma (qingfeng zhangai), blindness, vertigo, and tinnitus. Moxibustion of three moxa cones may be applied.
6. Yuzhen (Yuzhen, BL9): Two points located one cun and five fen posterior to Luoque (BL8), one cun and three fen lateral to Naohu (GV16), arising from the muscular prominence of the occipital bone, entering the hairline three cun above; these are sites where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. They treat eye pain with inability to see, and severe cephalalgia due to brain-wind that is unbearable. Moxibustion of three moxa cones may be applied.
7. Tianzhu (Tianzhu, BL10): Two points located at the posterior hairline of the neck, in the depression lateral to the major tendons; these are sites where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. They treat inability of the legs to support the body, shoulder and back pain feeling as if breaking, and blepharoptosis with blurred vision. Supplementary indication: treats cervical muscle spasm preventing backward rotation of the head, vertigo, and cephalalgia. Needle insertion depth is five fen; upon obtaining Deqi (arrival of qi), apply reducing method for immediate cure.
(There are twelve acupoints in total on the left and right sides.)
1. Linqi (Linqi, GB15): Two points above the eyes, vertically entering the hairline five fen into the depression; these are intersections of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian and the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian. They treat sudden stroke with loss of consciousness, vertigo and nasal congestion, leukoma with excessive tearing. Needle insertion depth is three fen; retain the needle for seven breaths; upon obtaining Deqi, apply reducing method; contraindications follow the previous method.
2. Muchuang (Muchuang, GB16): Two points located one cun and five fen posterior to Linqi (GB15); these are intersections of the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian and the Yangwei Vessel. They treat edema and pain of the head and face, radiating to red and painful outer canthus. Sudden vertigo and blurred distance vision. Needle insertion depth is three fen; moxibustion of five moxa cones may be applied. Supplementary indication: puncture Daming (EX-HN17) three times.
3. Zhengying (Zhengying, GB17): Two points located one cun posterior to Muchuang (GB16); these are intersections of the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian and the Yangwei Vessel. They treat toothache, tension and stiffness of the lips and mouth corners, dental caries pain, and unilateral headache and neck pain. Needle insertion depth is three fen; moxibustion of five moxa cones may be applied.
4. Chengling (Chengling, GB18): Two points located one cun and five fen posterior to Zhengying (GB17); these are intersections of the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian and the Yangwei Vessel. They treat cephalalgia due to brain-wind, aversion to wind and cold, rhinorrhea and nasal congestion, and difficult respiration. Moxibustion of three moxa cones may be applied.
5. Naokong (Naokong, GB19): Two points, also known as Nieyao. Located one cun and five fen posterior to Chengling (GB18), in the depression lateral to the lower part of the Yuzhen bone (BL9); these are intersections of the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian and the Yangwei Vessel. They treat unbearable cephalalgia due to brain-wind, blepharoptosis with palpitations, epilepsy triggered by attacks, contraction of the outer canthus, chronic wasting disease with emaciation, bodily heat, and cervical stiffness preventing backward rotation of the head. Needle insertion depth is five fen; upon obtaining Deqi, apply reducing method; moxibustion of three moxa cones may be applied. Duke Wei suffered from severe cephalalgia (toufeng), with attacks causing mental confusion and vertigo; Hua Tuo cured him immediately with acupuncture. Contraindications follow the previous method.
6. Fengchi (Fengchi, GB20): Two points posterior to Nieyao, in the depression at the hairline; these are intersections of the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian and the Yangwei Vessel. They treat chills and fever, warm disease with anhidrosis, vertigo, severe headache, malaria, cervical pain preventing backward rotation, lacrimation, sighing, excessive rhinorrhea and epistaxis, redness and pain in the inner canthus, ear deafness and blurred vision due to qi disturbance, lumbar kyphosis, and weakness/relaxation of cervical muscles. Needle insertion depth is seven fen; retain the needle for seven breaths; moxibustion of seven moxa cones may be applied.