（腰强 腰屈）
阴包、治腰尻引小腹痛。（明下云。腰痛连小腹肿。小便不利。）遗溺不禁。（铜）居
腰引小腹痛。（见手痛。）胞肓、治腰痛恶寒。小腹坚急。癃闭重不得小便涩痛。腰背卒痛
。秩边、治腰痛不能俯仰。小便赤涩。腰尻重不能举。（明同。）委中、治腰重不举体。
（见腰脊。）白环俞、治腰髋疼。脚膝不遂。肩井、治因扑伤腰髋疼。腰俞、治腰髋疼
。脊强不得转。命门、主腰腹相引痛。（见螈 。）肺俞、治腰背强痛。阴陵泉、（水
肿。）大肠俞、治腰痛。（明同。）下 、治腰痛不得转侧。阳辅、治腰如坐水。（见膝痛
。）明下、阴市、疗腰如冷水。（见疝。）阴市、疗腰脚如冷水。（见疝。）涌泉、治腰
痛大便难。京门、治腰痛不得俯仰。寒热 胀。引背不得息。肝俞、疗腰痛肩疼。（明）
肾俞、（见劳。）气海俞、中膂俞、（见脊。）疗腰痛。关元俞、膀胱俞、疗风劳腰痛。
胞肓、疗恶气腰背卒痛。下云、腰痛不可忍。俯仰难。恶寒。小便涩。昆仑、疗腰尻重不
欲起。俯仰难。恶闻人音。（下）风市、疗腰尻重。起难。（见腰脚。）肾俞、疗腰痛不可
俯仰转侧难。（下）腰俞、疗腰疼不能久立。腰以下至足不仁。坐起难。腰脊急强。不可俯
仰。腰重如石。难举动。张仲文灸腰痛。（见腰脚。）四肢寒热腰疼不得俯仰。身黄腹满
食呕。舌根直。灸第十一椎上及左右各一寸五分。三处各七壮。（千）腰俞、膀胱俞、长强
、气冲、上 、下 、居 、主腰痛。三里、阴市、阳辅、蠡沟、主腰痛不可顾。申脉
、太冲、阳跷、主腰痛不能举。委阳、殷门、太白、阴陵泉、行间、（铜同）主腰痛不可俯
仰。甲云、委阳、殷门、主腰痛得俯不得仰。束骨、飞扬、承筋、主腰痛
如折。阳辅、主腰痛如锤居中肿痛不可咳。咳则筋缩急。诸节痛上下无常。寒热。涌泉、
主腰痛。大便难。（甲）
京门、主腰痛不可久立。（甲）腰 痛。宜针决膝腰句画中青赤路脉。出血便瘥。（千）
腰痛不得俯仰者。令患人正立。以竹拄地。度至脐断竹。乃以度度背脊。灸竹上头处随年壮
。灸讫藏竹。勿令人得知。腰痛灸脚跟上横文中白肉际十壮良。又灸足巨阳七壮。巨阳在
外踝下。又灸腰目 七壮。在尻上约左右是。又灸八 及外踝上骨约中。腰卒痛。灸
穷骨上一寸七壮。左右一寸。各灸七壮。腰脊痛。灸小肠俞五十壮。（见虚损。）腰背痛
。灸三焦俞随年。（见劳。）
有妇人久病而腰甚疼。腰眼忌灸。医以针置火中令热。谬刺痛处。初不深入。既而疼止
。则知火不负人之说犹信云。
许知可因淮南大水。忽腹中如水吼。调治得愈。自此腰痛不可屈伸。思之、此必肾经感
水气而得。乃灸肾俞三七壮。服麋茸丸愈。（予谓腰痛不可屈伸。灸肾俞自效。不服麋茸丸亦可
舍弟腰疼。出入甚艰。予用火针微微频刺肾俞。则行履如故。初不灸也。屡有人腰背伛
偻来觅点灸。予意其是筋病使然。为点阳陵泉令归灸即愈。筋会阳陵泉也。然则腰疼又不可专泥
肾俞。不灸其他穴也。
风池、治腰伛偻引项筋无力不收。（铜）肺俞、治腰强。（见胸满。）束骨、治腰如折
如结。耳聋恶风寒。目眩项不可顾。目内 赤烂。白环俞、治腰脊挛痛。（见腰脊痛。）
[Lower Back Pain, Stiffness of the Waist, Difficulty in Bending and Straightening the Waist]
Yinbao (KI9): Treats pain in the lower back and sacrum radiating to the hypogastrium. (*Mingtang Jing*, Vol. Lower: "Lower back pain connected with swelling of the hypogastrium, difficult urination.") Enuresis and incontinence. (*Tongren Shuxue Zhenjiu Tujing*) Juliao (GB29): Treats pain in the waist radiating to the hypogastrium. (See entry for Hand Pain.) Baohuang (BL54): Treats lower back pain with aversion to cold, hardness and tension in the hypogastrium, severe strangury causing painful and difficult urination, and sudden pain in the lower back and back. Zhizhong (BL54 is listed as Zhizhong in some contexts but text says Zhibian BL54 contextually fits description, actually text says Zhibian BL54? No, text says Zhibian BL54 is not standard, usually BL54 is Baohuang. Text says "Zhibian". Let's stick to text: Zhibian (likely referring to a point or typo for another, but treating as proper noun from text): Treats inability to bend forward and backward due to lower back pain, red and astringent urine, heaviness in the lumbosacral region making it hard to lift the body. (*Mingtang Jing* agrees). Weizhong (BL40): Treats heaviness in the lower back making it hard to lift the body. (See entry for Lumbar Spine). Baihuanxu (BL30): Treats pain in the lumbar and hip regions, disability of the leg and knee joints. Jianjing (GB21): Treats lumbar and hip pain caused by falls and injuries. Yaoshu (DU2): Treats pain in the lumbar and hip regions, stiffness of the spine preventing rotation. Mingmen (DU4): Primarily treats mutual pulling pain between the lower back and abdomen. (See entry for Convulsion). Feishu (BL13): Treats stiffness and pain in the lower back and back. Yinlingquan (SP9): (See entry for Edema). Dachangshu (BL25): Treats lower back pain. (*Mingtang Jing* agrees). Xialiao (BL32): Treats lower back pain preventing turning to the sides. Yangfu (GB38): Treats a sensation in the waist as if sitting in water. (See entry for Knee Pain). *Mingtang Jing* Vol. Lower: Yanshi (ST32): Treats a sensation in the waist as if drenched with cold water. (See entry for Hernia). Yanshi (ST32): Treats a sensation in the waist and legs as if drenched with cold water. (See entry for Hernia). Yongquan (KI1): Treats lower back pain accompanied by difficulty in defecation. Jingmen (GB25): Treats lower back pain preventing bending forward and backward, alternating chills and fever, abdominal distension, pulling pain in the back causing dyspnea. Ganshu (BL18): Treats lower back pain and shoulder pain. (*Mingtang Jing*). Shenshu (BL23): (See entry for Consumption/Lao). Qihai Shu (BL24), Zhonglv Shu (BL27): (See entry for Spine). Treat lower back pain. Guanyuan Shu (BL26), Pangguang Shu (BL28): Treat wind-cold consumption lower back pain. Baohuang (BL54): Treats sudden pain in the lower back and back caused by evil qi. *Mingtang Jing* Vol. Lower: Unbearable lower back pain, difficulty in bending and straightening, aversion to cold, astringent urination. Kunlun (BL60): Treats heaviness in the lumbosacral region making one unwilling to rise, difficulty in bending and straightening, aversion to hearing human voices. (*Mingtang Jing* Vol. Lower). Fengshi (GB31): Treats heaviness in the lumbosacral region, difficulty in rising. (See entry for Lower Limb). Shenshu (BL23): Treats lower back pain preventing bending forward and backward, difficulty in turning sideways. (*Mingtang Jing* Vol. Lower). Yaoshu (DU2): Treats lower back pain preventing prolonged standing, numbness from the lower waist to the feet, difficulty in sitting up, urgency and stiffness of the lumbar spine, inability to bend forward and backward, heaviness in the waist like a stone, difficulty in movement. Zhang Zhongwen's moxibustion for lower back pain. (See entry for Lower Limb). Chills and fever in the four limbs, lower back pain preventing bending forward and backward, yellow complexion, abdominal fullness, vomiting after eating, straight tongue root. Moxibustion on the upper part of the 11th thoracic vertebra and 1.5 cun to the left and right, three points, each 7 moxa cones. (*Qianjin Fang*). Yaoshu (DU2), Pangguang Shu (BL28), Changqiang (DU1), Qichong (ST30), Shangliao (BL31), Xialiao (BL32), Juliao (GB29): Mainly treat lower back pain. Zusanli (ST36), Yanshi (ST32), Yangfu (GB38), Ligou (LR5): Mainly treat lower back pain preventing looking back. Shenmai (BL62), Taichong (LR3), Yangqiao Mai: Mainly treat lower back pain preventing lifting. Weiyang (BL39), Yinmen (BL37), Taibai (SP3), Yinlingquan (SP9), Xingjian (LR2): (*Tongren Shuxue Zhenjiu Tujing* agrees) Mainly treat lower back pain preventing bending forward and backward. *Jiayi Jing* states: Weiyang (BL39), Yinmen (BL37): Mainly treat lower back pain where one can bend forward but not backward. Shugu (BL65), Feiyang (BL57), Chengjin (BL56): Mainly treat lower back pain as if broken. Yangfu (GB38): Mainly treat lower back pain as if hammered in the center, severe swelling and pain, unable to cough; coughing causes tendon contraction and urgency, pain in all joints varying in location, chills and fever. Yongquan (KI1): Mainly treats lower back pain, difficulty in defecation. (*Jiayi Jing*). Jingmen (GB25): Mainly treats lower back pain preventing prolonged standing. (*Jiayi Jing*). Lower back pain. One should puncture and bleed the blue-red vessels in the lines of the knee, waist, and popliteal fossa; healing occurs upon bleeding. (*Qianjin Fang*). For those with lower back pain preventing bending forward and backward, have the patient stand upright, use a bamboo pole to touch the ground, measure to the navel, cut the bamboo at this length, then use this bamboo to measure along the spinal column. Moxibustion is applied at the head of the bamboo corresponding to the age of the patient in cones. After moxibustion, hide the bamboo so no one knows. Moxibustion on the white flesh margin of the transverse crease of the heel for ten cones is good for lower back pain. Also moxibustion on the Juyang point of the foot seven cones. Juyang is below the lateral malleolus. Also moxibustion on the "Yaomu" point seven cones. Located at the horizontal crease above the coccyx on both sides. Also moxibustion on the Baliao points and the middle of the bone above the lateral malleolus. Sudden lower back pain: Moxibustion one cun above the coccyx seven cones, one cun to the left and right, seven cones each. Lumbar spine pain: Moxibustion Xiaochangshu (BL27) fifty cones. (See entry for Deficiency and Damage). Lower back pain: Moxibustion Sanjiaoshu (BL22) according to age. (See entry for Consumption).
A woman suffered from long-term illness with severe lower back pain. The "waist eye" area is contraindicated for moxibustion. The doctor placed a needle in fire to heat it and mistakenly pricked the painful spot. Initially, it did not penetrate deeply, but subsequently, the pain stopped. Thus, it is known that the saying "fire does not fail people" is credible.
Xu Zhike, due to the great flood in Huainan, suddenly had a sound like water roaring in his abdomen. After treatment, he recovered. Since then, he has had lower back pain preventing flexion and extension. Reflecting on this, it must be that the Kidney Meridian was affected by water qi. He then moxibusted Shenshu (BL23) for 21 cones (3x7) and took Eldeer Antler Pill (Mijun Wan) to recover. (I believe that for lower back pain preventing flexion and extension, moxibustion on Shenshu is effective on its own; taking Mijun Wan is also optional.) My younger brother had lower back pain, making walking very difficult. I used fire needles to gently and frequently prick Shenshu (BL23), and his walking returned to normal; initially, no moxibustion was used. Many people with stooped backs come seeking point moxibustion. I suspect this is caused by tendon issues, so I press Yanglingquan (GB34) and instruct them to moxibustate there, which leads to recovery. This is because Yanglingquan is the Hui-Sea of Tendons. Therefore, lower back pain cannot be exclusively treated by focusing only on Shenshu (BL23) and ignoring other acupoints.
Fengchi (GB20): Treats lumbar stooping pulling the neck tendons, causing weakness and laxity. (*Tongren Shuxue Zhenjiu Tujing*). Feishu (BL13): Treats stiffness of the waist. (See entry for Chest Fullness). Shugu (BL65): Treats lower back pain as if broken or knotted, deafness, aversion to wind and cold, dizziness, inability to turn the neck, redness and ulceration of the inner canthus. Baihuanxu (BL30): Treats spasm and pain of the lumbar spine. (See entry for Lumbar Spine Pain).