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至阴二穴。金也。在足小指外侧。去爪甲角如韭叶。针二分。灸三壮。
通谷二穴。水也。在足小指外侧本节前陷中。灸三壮。针二分。
束骨二穴。木也。在足小指外侧本节后陷中。灸三壮。针三分。
京骨二穴。在足外侧大骨下赤白肉际陷中。按而得之。针三分。灸七壮。明云、五壮
。素注、三壮。
申脉二穴。阳跷脉所出。在外踝下陷中容爪甲白肉际。针三分。千云、申脉在外踝下
陷中
。明上云、阳跷二穴。在外踝前一寸陷宛中。针三分。素气穴注、阳跷穴是谓申脉。阳跷所
出。在外踝下陷中。新校正云、按刺腰痛篇注、在外踝下五分。缪刺论注、外踝下半寸容爪
甲。
明堂上经有阳跷穴。而铜人无此穴。惟有申脉二穴。阳跷脉所出。在外踝下陷中。与阳
跷穴
同。而未知其故。予按素问气穴论阴阳跷穴注云、阳跷穴是谓申脉。阳跷所出。在外踝下陷
中。以与铜人申脉穴合。是则阳跷即申脉也。故附明堂阳跷于申脉之后。
金门二穴。一名关梁。在外踝下。灸三壮。炷如小麦。针一分。
仆参二穴。一名安耶。在跟骨下陷中。拱足得之。针二分。灸七壮。明云、三壮。
昆仑二穴。火也。在外踝后跟骨上陷中。（素注。细脉动应手。）灸三壮。针三分。明
云、上昆仑针五分。下昆仑外踝下一寸大筋下。
明堂有上昆仑。又有下昆仑。铜人只云昆仑而不载下昆仑。岂铜人不全耶。抑名不同。
未可
知也。但上经云、内昆仑在外踝下一寸。下经云、内昆仑在内踝后五分。未知其孰是。予谓
既云内昆仑。则当在内踝后矣。下经之穴为通。上昆仑在外踝故也。
跗阳二穴。在外踝上三寸。（足太阳穴同。千金亦同。）阳跷 、太阳前少阳后。筋骨间
阳跷
之。灸三壮。针五分。留七呼。明下云∶跗阳在外踝上二寸。（恐二字当作三。）后筋骨
间
宛宛中。灸五壮。素气府论、阴阳跷各一注云、阳跷谓跗阳穴也。在外踝上三寸。太阳前少
阳后。筋骨间阳跷之 。
按素问气府论阳跷穴注云、谓跗阳穴也。在外踝上三寸。窃意阳
跷即跗阳也。及考气穴论
阴阳跷四穴注云、阳跷穴是谓申脉。阳跷所出。则是阳跷乃申脉。非跗阳矣。故明堂下经既
有跗阳在外踝上二寸。上经又有阳跷在外踝前一寸。一寸二寸既异。是跗阳阳跷各是一穴也
。但不知素问之注何故前后相背耶。
飞扬二穴。一名厥阳。在外踝上九寸。（明堂千金并云七寸。）针三分。灸三壮。明云
承山二穴。一名鱼腹。一名肉柱。一名伤山。在兑 肠下分肉间陷中。灸一壮。针七
明云、八分。得气即泻。速出针。灸不及针。止七七壮。下云、五壮。（一云。在腿肚下分
承筋二穴。一名 肠。一名直肠。在 肠中央陷中。灸三壮。禁针。明云、在胫后从
脚根后到上七寸 中央陷中。针三分。千云、从脚根上七寸 中央。不刺。
铜人千金皆云禁针。明堂乃云针三分。亦可疑矣。不针可也。
合阳二穴。在膝约中央下二寸。（千作三寸。）针六分。灸五壮。
委中二穴。土也。在 中央约文中动脉。今附。委中者、血 也。热病汗不出。足热厥
。膝不得屈伸。取其经血。立愈。明云、甄权云、在曲 内两筋两骨中宛宛是。令人面挺
腹地而取之。针八分。留三呼。泻五吸。甲乙云、针五分。留七呼。灸三壮。素注、在足膝
后屈处。 中央约文中。又骨空论云、在膝解后曲脚中。背面取之。
委阳二穴。三焦下辅 也。在足太阳后。出于 中。外廉两筋间。屈伸取之。扶承下六
寸。灸三壮。
针七分。素注、在足 中外廉两筋间。千云、足太阳前少阳后。
浮 二穴。在委阳上一寸。展膝得之。灸三壮。针五分。
殷门二穴。在肉 下六寸。针七分。
扶承二穴。一名肉 。一名阴关。一名皮部。在尻臀下股阴冲上文中。针七分。明下
云、灸三壮。千云、在尻臀下股阴下文中。（一云尻臀下横文中。）
以上诸穴。皆根据铜人经次第而编。明堂上下经有穴而铜人不载。亦或附入。惟有其穴而
无其
名者。无虑数十穴不编。当各根据本经所说而针灸之。不可泥此经之无穴名而不针灸也。扁鹊
灸鬼邪凡十三穴。与铜人明堂同。而其名却异。故不编入。许希针经之穴。既与诸经不同。
其名又异。如兴龙穴之类是已。亦不附入者。不欲以一人之私名。乱诸经之旧穴。以滋后学
者惑也。
Thirty-six Acupoints of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian on Both Sides
Zhiyin (BL67), two acupoints. Element: Metal. Located on the lateral side of the little toe, at a distance from the corner of the nail like the width of a leek leaf. Needle depth: 2 fen; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones.
Tonggu (BL65), two acupoints. Element: Water. Located in the depression anterior to the proximal interphalangeal joint on the lateral side of the little toe. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones; Needle depth: 2 fen.
Shugu (BL64), two acupoints. Element: Wood. Located in the depression posterior to the proximal interphalangeal joint on the lateral side of the little toe. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones; Needle depth: 3 fen.
Jinggu (BL64), two acupoints. Located in the depression between the red and white flesh under the large bone on the lateral side of the foot, palpable upon pressure. Needle depth: 3 fen; Moxibustion: 7 moxa cones. *Mingtang* notes 5 moxa cones; *Suwen* notes 3 moxa cones.
Shenmai (BL62), two acupoints. Source point of the Yang Qiao Mai (Yang Heel Vessel). Located in the depression below the lateral malleolus, at the boundary of red and white flesh accommodating the size of a fingernail. Needle depth: 3 fen. *Qianjin Fang* states: Shenmai is located in the depression below the lateral malleolus. *Mingtang Shangjing* states: The two Yang Qiao acupoints are located in the depression one cun anterior to the lateral malleolus. Needle depth: 3 fen. Note in *Suwen · Qixue Lun*: The Yang Qiao acupoint is named Shenmai. The source of the Yang Qiao vessel is in the depression below the lateral malleolus. New Correction states: According to the note in *Ci Yaotong Pian*, it is located 5 fen below the lateral malleolus; according to the note in *Miao Ci Lun*, it is half a cun below the lateral malleolus, accommodating the size of a fingernail.
*Mingtang Shangjing* lists a Yang Qiao acupoint, but *Tongren* does not record this acupoint, listing only Shenmai (two acupoints) as the source of the Yang Qiao vessel, located in the depression below the lateral malleolus, which coincides with the position of the Yang Qiao acupoint, though the reason remains unknown. I have examined the note in *Suwen · Qixue Lun* regarding Yin and Yang Qiao acupoints: "The Yang Qiao acupoint is named Shenmai. The source of the Yang Qiao vessel is in the depression below the lateral malleolus." This aligns with the Shenmai acupoint in *Tongren*. Thus, Yang Qiao is Shenmai. Therefore, the Yang Qiao from *Mingtang* is appended after Shenmai.
Jinmen (BL63), two acupoints. Also known as Guanliang. Located below the lateral malleolus. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones, cone size like a wheat grain. Needle depth: 1 fen.
Pucan (BL60), two acupoints. Also known as Anye. Located in the depression under the calcaneus, found by arching the foot. Needle depth: 2 fen; Moxibustion: 7 moxa cones. *Mingtang* states: 3 moxa cones.
Kunlun (BL60), two acupoints. Element: Fire. Located in the depression above the calcaneus behind the lateral malleolus. (*Suwen* note: Fine pulse beats against the finger.) Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones; Needle depth: 3 fen. *Mingtang* states: Upper Kunlun needle depth 5 fen; Lower Kunlun is located one cun below the lateral malleolus under the large tendon.
*Mingtang* records both Upper Kunlun and Lower Kunlun, while *Tongren* only records Kunlun without mentioning Lower Kunlun. Is *Tongren* incomplete? Or are the names different? It is uncertain. However, *Shangjing* states: Inner Kunlun is one cun below the lateral malleolus; *Xiajing* states: Inner Kunlun is five fen posterior to the medial malleolus. It is unclear which is correct. I believe that since it is called "Inner" Kunlun, it should be posterior to the medial malleolus. The acupoint in *Xiajing* is more widely accepted because Upper Kunlun is located at the lateral malleolus.
Fuyang (BL59), two acupoints. Located three cun above the lateral malleolus. (Same as Foot-Taiyang meridian points; *Qianjin Fang* agrees.) Yang Qiao and Taiyang are anterior, Shaoyang is posterior, in the space between tendons and bones where the Yang Qiao vessel resides. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones; Needle depth: 5 fen; Retain needle for seven breaths. *Mingtang Xiajing* states: Fuyang is two cun above the lateral malleolus. (Perhaps "two characters" should be read as "three".) In the depression between the posterior tendons and bones. Moxibustion: 5 moxa cones. Note in *Suwen · Qifu Lun* regarding Yin and Yang Qiao: Yang Qiao refers to the Fuyang acupoint. Located three cun above the lateral malleolus, anterior to Taiyang and posterior to Shaoyang, in the space between tendons and bones where the Yang Qiao vessel resides.
According to the note in *Suwen · Qifu Lun* regarding the Yang Qiao acupoint: It refers to the Fuyang acupoint, located three cun above the lateral malleolus. I speculated that Yang Qiao is Fuyang. However, upon examining the note in *Qixue Lun* regarding the four Yin and Yang Qiao acupoints: "The Yang Qiao acupoint is named Shenmai. The source of the Yang Qiao vessel [is here]." This implies that Yang Qiao is Shenmai, not Fuyang. Thus, *Mingtang Xiajing* has Fuyang two cun above the lateral malleolus, and *Shangjing* has Yang Qiao one cun anterior to the lateral malleolus. Since one cun and two cun differ, Fuyang and Yang Qiao are distinct acupoints. It is merely unclear why the notes in *Suwen* contradict each other.
Feiyang (BL58), two acupoints. Also known as Jueyang. Located nine cun above the lateral malleolus. (*Mingtang* and *Qianjin Fang* both state seven cun.) Needle depth: 3 fen; Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones. *Mingtang* states:
Chengshan (BL57), two acupoints. Also known as Yufu, Ruzhu, or Shanggashan. Located in the depression between the muscle bellies below the gastrocnemius. Moxibustion: 1 moxa cone; Needle depth: 7 fen. *Mingtang* states: 8 fen. Discharge immediately upon obtaining Deqi, and remove the needle quickly. Moxibustion is inferior to needling; maximum 7x7 moxa cones. *Xiajing* states: 5 moxa cones. (One version says: below the muscle belly of the calf).
Chengjin (BL56), two acupoints. Also known as Chuanchang or Zhichang. Located in the depression in the center of the gastrocnemius. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones; Needling is prohibited. *Mingtang* states: In the depression in the center of the gastrocnemius, seven cun up from the heel along the posterior leg. Needle depth: 3 fen. *Qianjin Fang* states: In the center of the gastrocnemius, seven cun up from the heel; do not needle.
Both *Tongren* and *Qianjin Fang* state that needling is prohibited, whereas *Mingtang* suggests a needle depth of 3 fen, which is questionable. It is advisable not to needle.
Heyang (BL55), two acupoints. Located two cun below the center of the popliteal crease. (*Qianjin Fang* states three cun.) Needle depth: 6 fen; Moxibustion: 5 moxa cones.
Weizhong (BL40), two acupoints. Element: Earth. Located in the center of the popliteal fossa, in the artery at the crease. Now appended here. Weizhong is the Blood Xi-Cleft point. For heat diseases with no sweat, hot feet with jue-ni (cold extremities), and inability to flex or extend the knee, draining blood from this meridian leads to immediate recovery. *Mingtang* states: Zhen Quan said, it is located in the depression between two tendons and two bones inside the popliteal fossa. Have the patient lie prone with abdomen flat to locate it. Needle depth: 8 fen; Retain needle for three breaths; Discharge method over five inhalations. *Jia Yi Jing* states: Needle depth 5 fen; Retain needle for seven breaths; Moxibustion 3 moxa cones. *Suwen* note: In the flexure behind the knee, in the center of the popliteal crease. Also, *Gukong Lun* states: Behind the separation of the knee, in the fold of the bent leg, accessed from the dorsal side.
Weiyang (BL39), two acupoints. The lower auxiliary shu point of the Sanjiao. Located posterior to the Foot-Taiyang meridian, emerging from the popliteal fossa, between the two tendons on the lateral side. Locate by flexing and extending the leg. Six cun below Fucheng. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones; Needle depth: 7 fen. *Suwen* note: Between the two tendons on the lateral side of the popliteal fossa. *Qianjin Fang* states: Anterior to Foot-Taiyang and posterior to Shaoyang.
Fuxi (BL38), two acupoints. Located one cun above Weiyang, found by extending the knee. Moxibustion: 3 moxa cones; Needle depth: 5 fen.
Yinmen (BL37), two acupoints. Located six cun below the thigh muscle belly. Needle depth: 7 fen.
Fucheng (BL36), two acupoints. Also known as Rouxi, Yinguan, or Pibu. Located in the central crease where the gluteal region meets the posterior thigh. *Mingtang Xiajing* states: Moxibustion 3 moxa cones. *Qianjin Fang* states: In the central crease below the gluteal region and posterior thigh. (One version says: in the horizontal crease below the gluteal region.)
The above acupoints are compiled according to the sequence in *Tongren*. Acupoints recorded in *Mingtang Shangjing* and *Xiajing* but not in *Tongren* are also appended. Those acupoints that exist without specific names, numbering dozens, are not included. One should follow the descriptions in the respective meridians for needling and moxibustion, rather than refraining from treatment simply because an acupoint name is missing in this text. Bian Que’s thirteen acupoints for moxibustion to dispel ghostly pathogens are identical to those in *Tongren* and *Mingtang*, but their names differ, so they are not included. The acupoints in Xu Xi’s *Zhenjing* differ from those in other classics, and their names are also different, such as Xinglong acupoint. These are also not appended, to avoid letting one person’s private naming confuse the traditional acupoints of the classics and mislead later learners.