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石门 一穴,在脐下二寸陷者中。灸七壮。主腹大坚,气淋,小便黄,身寒热,咳
逆上气,呕血,卒疝绕脐痛,贲豚气上冲,甄权云∶主妇人因产恶露不止也。
分水 一穴,在下管下一寸陷者中。灸七壮。主水病腹肿,绕脐痛冲胸中,不得息
。甄权云∶主水气浮肿鼓胀肠鸣,状如雷声,时上冲心。日灸七壮,四日罢。
华盖 一穴,在璇玑下一寸陷者中,仰而取之。灸五壮。主胸胁支满,咳逆上气,
喘不能言也。
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上星 一穴,在直鼻上入发际一寸陷者中。灸七壮。主头风目眩,鼻塞不闻香臭。
膻中 一穴,在两乳间陷者中。灸五壮,主胸膈满闷,咳嗽气短,喉中鸣,妇人奶
脉滞,无汗,下灸立愈。岐伯云∶积气干噎。
巨阙 一穴,在鸠尾穴下一寸陷者中。灸七壮。主心痛不可忍,呕血烦心,膈中不
利,胸胁支满,霍乱吐痢不止,困顿不知人。
间使 二穴,在掌后三寸两筋间陷者中。灸七壮。主卒狂惊悸,臂中肿痛,屈
伸难。岐伯云∶主鬼神邪也。
太冲 二穴,在足大趾本节后二寸,骨罅间陷者中。灸五壮。主卒疝,小腹痛,小
便不利如淋状,及月水不通。
青灵 二穴,在肘上三寸,伸肘举臂取之。灸三壮。主肩不举,不能带衣。
不容 二穴,在上管两旁各一寸。灸三壮。主腹内弦急,不得食,腹痛如刀刺,两
胁积气彭彭然。
五枢 二穴,在带脉下二寸,水道傍一寸半陷者中。灸三壮。主阴疝,小腹痛,及
膀胱气攻两胁也。
复留 二穴,在足内踝上二寸,动脉中陷者是。灸七壮。主腰疼痛引脊内,痛不可
俯仰
。善怒多言,足痿不收履,胫寒不自温,腹中雷鸣,兼治腹鼓胀,四肢肿,十水病,女子赤
白漏下,五淋,小便如散灰也。
大都 二脉,在足大趾本节后陷者中。灸三壮。主热病汗不出,手足逆冷,腹满善
呕吐,目眩烦心,四肢肿病。
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妇人怀孕,不论月数,及生产后未满百日,不宜灸之。若绝子,灸脐下二寸三寸间动脉
中三壮。
[Figure of the Upright Human Form, Chapter 6]
Shimen (Gate of Stone) [CV5]: One acupoint, located in the depression two cun below the umbilicus. Moxibustion: seven moxa cones. Indications: Abdominal distension with hardness, Qi-type strangury (strangury characterized by a sensation of gas in urine), yellowish urine, alternating chills and fever, cough with rebellious Qi, hematemesis, sudden hernia with periumbilical pain, Toucan Qi rushing upward to the chest, and epigastric fullness. Zhen Quan stated: It treats women suffering from prolonged lochia after childbirth.
Fenshui (Dividing Water) [CV4]: One acupoint, located in the depression one cun below the xiphoid process. Moxibustion: seven moxa cones. Indications: Edema disease causing abdominal swelling, periumbilical pain radiating to the chest, and dyspnea. Zhen Quan stated: It treats edema due to water qi, tympanites, borborygmus sounding like thunder, and sensations of Qi rushing upward to strike the heart. Apply seven moxa cones daily for four days, then discontinue.
Huagai (Imperial Canopy) [CV20]: One acupoint, located in the depression one cun below Xuanji [CV15], obtained while supine. Moxibustion: five moxa cones. Indications: Fullness and distension in the chest and hypochondrium, cough with rebellious Qi, severe asthma preventing speech.
[Figure of the Upright Human Form, Chapter 7]
Shangxing (Upper Star) [GV23]: One acupoint, located in the depression one cun above the glabella, entering the hairline. Moxibustion: seven moxa cones. Indications: Head wind (cephalalgia), vertigo, nasal congestion, loss of smell.
Danzhong (Center of Chest) [CV17]: One acupoint, located in the depression between the nipples. Moxibustion: five moxa cones. Indications: Chest and diaphragm fullness and oppression, cough with shortness of breath, wheezing in the throat, stagnation of milk flow in women, anhidrosis. Applying moxibustion below this point leads to immediate cure. Qibo stated: It treats dry choking caused by accumulated Qi.
Juque (Great Palace) [CV14]: One acupoint, located in the depression one cun below Jiutui [CV15]. Moxibustion: seven moxa cones. Indications: Unbearable heart pain, hematemesis, vexation, diaphragmatic obstruction, chest and hypochondriac fullness, cholera with intractable vomiting and diarrhea, prostration with unconsciousness.
Jianshi (Intercourse Prevention) [PC5]: Two acupoints, located in the depression between the two tendons three cun above the wrist crease. Moxibustion: seven moxa cones. Indications: Sudden mania, palpitations, swelling and pain in the arm, difficulty in flexion and extension. Qibo stated: It treats diseases caused by evil spirits or pathogens.
Taichong (Great Surge) [LR3]: Two acupoints, located in the depression between the bones two cun proximal to the metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe. Moxibustion: five moxa cones. Indications: Sudden hernia, lower abdominal pain, difficult urination resembling strangury, and amenorrhea.
Qingling (Clear Spirit): Two acupoints, located three cun above the elbow, obtained with the arm extended and raised. Moxibustion: three moxa cones. Indications: Inability to raise the shoulder, inability to put on clothes.
Burong (Unreceiving): Two acupoints, located one cun lateral to the xiphoid process on both sides. Moxibustion: three moxa cones. Indications: Tense and acute pain in the abdomen, inability to eat, stabbing abdominal pain, accumulation of Qi in the hypochondrium causing distension and sound.
Wushu (Five Pivots): Two acupoints, located in the depression two cun below the Dai Mai [GB26] and one and a half cun lateral to Shuidao [ST28]. Moxibustion: three moxa cones. Indications: Yin hernia, lower abdominal pain, and Qi attack from the Bladder channel striking the hypochondrium.
Fuliu (Returning Flow): Two acupoints, located in the depression where the artery beats two cun above the medial malleolus. Moxibustion: seven moxa cones. Indications: Lower back pain radiating to the spine, severe pain preventing flexion and extension, irritability and excessive talking, foot weakness and flaccidity making walking difficult, cold shins lacking warmth, borborygmus in the abdomen. Additionally treats abdominal tympanites, edema of the four limbs, ten types of water diseases, leukorrhea (red and white discharge) in women, five types of strangury, and urine resembling scattered ash.
Dadu (Great Market): Two acupoints, located in the depression proximal to the metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe. Moxibustion: three moxa cones. Indications: Heat diseases with anhidrosis, cold extremities, abdominal fullness, frequent vomiting, vertigo, vexation, and edema of the four limbs.
[Figure of the Upright Human Form, Chapter 8]
During pregnancy, regardless of the gestational age, and within one hundred days postpartum, moxibustion is contraindicated. To induce sterilization, apply three moxa cones to the arterial pulse located between two and three cun below the umbilicus.