崔氏灸穴 崔氏承相灸劳法。外台秘要崔相家传方。及王宝臣经验方。悉编载。然皆差
误。毗陵郡。有石刻最详。予取诸本。参校成此一书。此石刻方。极为委曲。根据此治人。未
尝不验。往往一灸而愈。予在宜成。久病虚弱。亦用此而愈。
夫含灵受气。禀之于五行。摄生乖理降之于六疾。居岐黄广记。蔚有旧经。攻灸兼行。
显著斯疾。骨蒸者。亦名传尸。生谓 。亦称复连。亦曰无辜。丈夫以癖气为根。妇人以
血气为本。无问少长。多染此病。婴孺之流。传注根。其为状也。发干而耸。或聚或散。或
腹中有块。或脑后两边有小结。多者乃至五六。或卧出盗汗。梦与鬼交。虽目视分明。而四
肢无力。上气食少。渐就沉羸。纵延时日。终于 尽。予忝洛州司马尝三十日灸活一十三
人。
前后瘥者。数逾二百。至于狸骨獭肝。徒闻曩说。金牙铜鼻罕见其能。未若此方扶危济急。
非止单攻骨蒸。又别疗气疗风。或瘴或劳。或邪或癖。或患其状甚广。灸活者。不可具录。
略陈梗概。又恐传受讹谬。以误将来。今故具图形状。庶令览者易悉。便所在流布。颇用家
藏。未假外请名医。旁求上药。还魂返魄。何难之有。遇斯疾者。可不务乎。
先两穴令患人平身正立。取一细绳 之。勿令展缩。顺脚底贴肉坚踏之。男左女右。其
绳前头与大拇指端齐。后令当脚跟中心。向后引绳循脚肚贴肉直上。至曲 中。打横纹截断。
又令患人解发。分两边令见头缝。自囟门平分。至脑后。乃平身正坐取向。所截一头。令与
鼻端齐。引绳上至循头。纵至脑后。贴肉垂下。循脊骨引绳向下。至绳尽处。当脊骨。以黑
点记之。黑点不是灸处。又取一绳子。令患人合口。将绳子按于口上。两头至吻。却钩起绳
子中心。至鼻柱根下。如此便齐两吻截断。将此绳展令直。于前记脊骨上黑点。横量取平。
勿令高下。绳子先中折。当中以墨记之。却展开绳子。横量。以绳子上点正压脊骨上黑点为
正。两头取平。令无高下。于绳子两头。以白圈记。白圈是灸穴。以上是第一次。点二穴。
次二穴。令其人平身正坐。稍缩臂膊。取一绳绕项向前。双垂与鸠尾齐。鸠尾必是岐骨。人
有无岐骨者。至双胸前两岐骨下。量取一寸。却是鸠尾也。即双截断。却背翻绳头。向项后
以绳子中停取心。正令当喉咙结骨上。其绳两头夹项。双垂循脊骨以墨点之。黑点不是灸处
。又取一绳子。令其人合口横量。齐两吻截断。还于脊骨上。以黑点横量如法。绳子两头。
以白圈记之。白圈处是灸穴。以上是第二次点穴。连前共四穴。同时灸。日则各七壮。至二
七壮。累灸至一百壮。或一百五十壮。为妙。候疮欲瘥。又根据后法再灸二穴。又次二穴。以
二次量口吻。绳子。于第二次双绳头尽处。黑点上。当脊直上不坚点。令绳中停。中心在墨
点上。下绳尽头。以白圈两穴。白圈是灸处。以上是第三次点两穴。谓之四花。穴灸两穴。
各百壮。三次共六穴。各取离日。量度讫。即下火。唯须三月三日艾最佳。疾瘥。百日内慎
饮食房室。安心静处。将息各一月。后觉不瘥。复初穴上再灸。
凡骨蒸之后。所起辨验。有二十二种。并根据上项灸之。（出济生方）
一、胞蒸。小便赤黄。二、玉房蒸。男遗尿失精、女月漏不调。三、脑蒸。头眩闷热。
四、髓蒸。觉髓沸热。五、骨蒸。齿黑。六、筋蒸。甲焦。七、血蒸。发焦。八、脉蒸。缓
急不调。九、肝蒸。或时饥前昏眩。十、心蒸。舌焦或疮或时胸满闷。十一、脾蒸。唇焦折
或口疮。十二、肺蒸。口干生疮。十三、肾蒸。耳干焦。十四、膀胱蒸。右耳焦。十五、胆
蒸。眼目失光。十六、胃蒸。舌下痛。十七、小肠气。下泄不禁。十八、大肠蒸。右鼻孔疼
痛。十九、三焦蒸。乍寒乍热。二十、肉蒸。别人觉热自觉冷。二十一、皮蒸。皮肉蒸鸡皮
起。二十二、气蒸。变身壮热不自安息。
用尺寸取穴法（出济生方）
凡孔穴尺寸。皆随人身形大小。须男左女右。量手指中心一节。两横纹中心。为一寸。
取艾法（出济生方）
端午日。日未出。于艾中以意求其似人者。辄采之。以灸殊有效。幼时见一书中云。尔
忘其何书也。艾未有真似人者。于明暗间苟以意命之。万法皆妄。无一真者。此何疑耶。
用火法（出济生方）
黄帝曰松、柏、柿、桑、枣、榆、柳、竹等木火用灸。必害肌血。慎不可用。凡取火
者。宜敲石取火。或水精镜子于日得者太阳火。为妙。天阴则以槐木取火。亦良。
治劳瘵
膏肓肺 穴。每穴各灸九壮。仍根据虫醉日。各穴 穴。多灸多为妙。灸后百日。忌煎
生冷热物。毒食。仍戒房事。避风寒。减喜怒。安心静处。将息。若一月犹觉未瘥于初穴上。
再
灸劳病方（出瑞竹堂方）
从下数至第三根短筋。稍尖上。灸二寸炷。男左女右。又于项后数下至第三脊沟点穴。
灸。随病患年纪。几十岁即灸几十炷。
灸劳瘵方
膏肓二穴。可以回生。或肚脐相对。取背脊骨。正对灸。有验。艾炷亦不可多。
骨蒸传尸之病。乍寒乍热。有时唇赤。或颊赤。并痢血多唾。欲得食或不欲食。两脊脉
常急。患人多咳盗汗。以指按捻脊膂四边肉。有时心胸胀满。气急黄瘦。膂中肉尽。遂即着
床。胸前自动。脊膂两边肉尽灸疗即难。如灸。候胸前肉动。非是灸法。如看病患是也。更
不须选离日。即将病患于五道头日午时灸。灸七壮。若先知其病。又缓。即取离日午时大吉。
欲灸覆病患面向下。着地取撅。肋头以病患大拇指。自捻着。展中指。直向脊骨。指头脊膂
中肉小筋上。点记。从点记处。向上至耳下尖头。即中尖。屈绳从初点处。向上还当脊膂点
绳所到记之。更又在屈绳从原点记处。向上还准前点记。一边点四处。两边俱点。总八处。
各须去脊骨远近一种。并须上下相当。下从撅筋。上至耳根取直。共八处。一时下火。艾炷
如枣核大。坚实作灸了。即以灰三匝围坐处。便归家。不须回顾。禁面生冷肉。时忌色。及
杂食。平复后。任根据常未平复。有若犯。重
神素师灸骨蒸咳法
当头耳孔。横量。相离三寸许。相当灸有穴。日灸三壮。至第八日。灸二七了。第三椎
上第二椎下。男取左手。女取右手。头指根据两指头。东西灸。日一七壮。至第八日。各灸五
十壮。复五日。日各灸十五壮。胫取系鞋。横大文量至膝。下中分当胫骨外。日灸一七壮满。
第八日日灸满三十五日了。当背上。皆男左女右取头指取腕文。当指当头灸。日七壮。至第
八日满百壮。妇人肚胀月节不通。取左手头指。当脐量至下腹。当指头灸。日七。满三百壮。
膈上午后灸。膈下午前灸。
又灸法
立脚于系鞋处横文。以手四指于文上量。胫骨外逼胫当四肢中节按之。有小穴。取一缕
麻。
指掌穴（出经效济世方）治劳疾。用纸条比病患手自中指末尽手掌第一横纹。
又益之以半。是为一掌半。将此一掌半纸条。断而为二。去一半不用。以此纸条。自病
人项后第一捶骨当
脐心穴（出经效济世方）令病患赤足于平地上正立。用木杖子自地比至脐心。
截断竹杖。用
取寸法（出经效济世方）取病患中指中节外纹为一寸。切不可用内纹也。指掌
穴用一寸点两穴。脐心穴用一寸二分点两穴。皆于元墨记处。相去一寸。及一寸二分。
非谓两旁各一寸。及一寸二分也。凡此指掌。并取寸。皆男左女右比之。每穴灸七十壮
。至百壮。后凡百忌慎
医者此方立效）
凡风寒之气。客于中。滞而不能发。故瘠不能言。及喉痹失声。皆风邪所为也。入脏皆
杀人。凡尸厥而死。脉动如故。此阳脉下坠。阴脉上争。气闭故也。针入三分补之。以灶突
墨弹丸。将水和服。又针足中指头。去甲如韭叶。又针足大指甲下内侧。去甲三分。
一法以癸亥夜二更。六神皆聚之时。解去下体衣服。于腰下两傍微陷处。针灸家谓之腰
眼。直身半立。用笔点定。然后上床合面而卧。每灼小艾炷七壮。劳虫或吐或泻出。实时平
安。断根不发。更不传染。令病患偃卧。用皮纸条浸湿自项高骨直贴至尾。脊骨。看何处一
点先干。乃穴也。以笔点记。灸二十一壮。此腰眼穴。俗言不可灸。为明堂经不载。是不然。
盖所谓即 也。（出永类钤方）
咒法断伏连解法
上先觅一不开口胡芦。埋入地。取上离日开之。煮取三匙。脂粥内。其中又剪纸钱财将
向新冢上。使病儿面向还道。背冢坐。以纸钱及新综围冢及病患使匝。别将少许纸钱。围外。
与五道将军。使人一手捉葫芦。一手于坐旁以一刀穿地。即以葫芦一手于穿地。及坐葫芦上
。使一不病患。捉两个锁。拍病患背。咒曰。伏连伏连解。伏连伏连不解。刀锁解。又咒曰
。生人特地上。死鬼特地下。生人死鬼。即各异路。咒讫。令不病患。即掷两锁于病患后。
必取二锁相背。不背更取掷。取相背止。乃还。勿反顾。又取离日。令病患骑城外车辙。面
向城门。以水三升。灰三重。围病患。又作七个不翻饼于五道将军。咒曰。天门开。地户闭
。生人死鬼各异路。今五离之日。放舍即归。咒讫乃还。莫回头。此法大良。
按摩法疗骨蒸方\x
上患 等病。必瘦。脊骨自出。以壮丈夫屈手头指。及中指。夹患人脊骨。从大权向
下。尽骨极。揩复向上。来去十二三回。然后以中指于两畔处。极弹之。若是。此病应弹处。
起
削令薄似剑。煮此筒子数沸。及热出筒。笼墨处。按之良久。以刀弹破所角处。又煮筒子重
角之。当出黄白赤水。次有脓出。亦有虫出者。数数如此角之。令恶物出尽。乃即除。当目
明身轻也。
崔氏灸穴法：这是崔相（曾任中书侍郎）传承的艾灸疗法。《外台秘要》收录了崔相的家传方，以及王宝臣的经验方，都已编录其中。然而这些方子都有差错和错误。在毗陵郡（今江苏常州一带），有一块石刻记录最为详细。我参考各种版本，参校后编写成这一本书。这块石刻上的方子，极为详尽周密。依照此法治疗病人，没有不灵验的。往往只需施灸一次就能痊愈。我在宜成任职时，长期患病身体虚弱，也使用此法而痊愈。
大凡有灵性的生命受气于五行，养生违背常理就会招致六种疾病。岐伯与黄帝的广博记载中，有着古老的经典。攻治与艾灸并行，显著地针对这种疾病。“骨蒸”病，又名“传尸”，生者称为“复连”，也称为“无辜”。男子以癖气为病根，女子以血气为本。无论老少，大多感染此病。婴幼儿这类人群，容易传染病根。其症状表现为：头发干枯耸立，或聚拢或散开；腹部可能有肿块，或脑后两边有小结节，多的可达五六个；或者夜间盗汗，梦中与鬼交合；虽然眼睛视力清晰，但四肢无力，气逆食少，逐渐变得消瘦衰弱。即使拖延时日，最终也会因精气耗尽而死。我曾担任洛州司马，曾通过三十天的艾灸救活了十三人。前后治愈的人数超过二百。至于狸骨、獭肝等药，只是听说过去的说法，金牙铜鼻等罕见其疗效。不如这个方子能扶危济急。不仅单治骨蒸，还另外治疗气病、风病，或是瘴气、劳损、邪气、癖积等。患这种病症的范围很广，被艾灸救活的人，无法全部记录。这里略述大概。又担心流传过程中出现讹误，误导后人，所以现在详细绘制图形形状，希望让阅读的人容易知晓，便于到处流传。颇有家藏秘方，无需假借外请名医，旁求上等药物。起死回生，有什么难的？遇到这种疾病的患者，能不致力于此吗？
第一次取穴：先取两个穴位。让患者平身正立。拿一根细绳比量，不要让它伸缩。顺着脚底贴着肉坚实地踩住，男左女右。绳子前端与大脚趾尖齐平，后端对准脚跟中心。向后拉绳子，沿着小腿肚贴着肉直上，直到腘窝（膝盖后方弯曲处）中间。在横纹处截断绳子。再让患者解开头发，分成两边露出头缝。从囟门平分，到脑后，然后平身正坐确定方向。将刚才截断的那一头绳子，让其一端与鼻尖齐平，引着绳子向上沿着头部，纵直到脑后，贴着肉垂下，沿着脊柱将绳子向下引，直到绳子尽头。在脊柱上的位置，用黑点标记。黑点不是灸的地方。再取一根绳子，让患者闭口，将绳子按在嘴上，两端到达嘴角（吻）。再将绳子中心钩起，直到鼻梁根部下方。这样就与两嘴角齐平了，在此处截断绳子。将这根绳子展直，在前面记下的脊柱黑点处，横向测量取平，不要有高下之分。绳子先在中间折叠，在中间用墨汁做记号。再展开绳子，横向测量，以绳子上的点正好压在脊柱黑点上为正位，两头取平，确保没有高下。在绳子两头用白圈标记。白圈是灸穴。以上是第一次，点出两个穴位。
第二次取穴：让患者平身正坐，稍微收缩手臂。取一根绳子绕脖子向前，双股下垂与鸠尾穴（胸剑联合处）齐平。鸠尾一定是歧骨（胸骨下端突起）。有的人没有明显的歧骨，直到双胸前两根歧骨下方，量取一寸，那就是鸠尾穴。即双股截断。再将背面的绳头翻过来，向颈后，以绳子中间停驻在心口，正好对准喉咙结骨（甲状软骨）上方。绳子两头夹住脖子，双股下垂沿着脊柱，用墨点标记。黑点不是灸的地方。再取一根绳子，让患者闭口横向测量，齐两嘴角截断。还在脊柱上，以黑点横向测量如前法。绳子两头用白圈标记。白圈处是灸穴。以上是第二次点穴。连同前面的共四个穴位，同时施灸。白天每个穴位各灸七壮，直到十四壮，累计灸到一百壮，或者一百五十壮，最为妙好。等到疮口快要愈合时，再根据后面的方法再灸两个穴位。
第三次取穴：用第二次量口吻的绳子，在第二次双绳头尽头的黑点处，当脊柱直上不坚硬的地方，令绳子中间停驻，中心在墨点上。下绳尽头，用白圈标出两个穴位。白圈是灸处。以上是第三次点两个穴位。称为“四花”穴。灸这两个穴位，各一百壮。三次共六个穴位，分别选取离日进行。度量完毕后，立即下火。必须选用三月三日的艾草最佳。疾病痊愈后，百日内注意饮食和房事，安心静处，调养一个月。如果之后觉得未痊愈，再在原穴位上重新施灸。
凡是骨蒸病之后，所起的辨别验证，有二十二种。都根据上面的方法施灸。（出自《济生方》）
一、胞蒸：小便赤黄。二、玉房蒸：男子遗尿失精，女子月经漏下不调。三、脑蒸：头晕闷热。四、髓蒸：感觉骨髓沸腾发热。五、骨蒸：牙齿变黑。六、筋蒸：指甲焦枯。七、血蒸：头发焦枯。八、脉蒸：脉搏缓急不调。九、肝蒸：有时饥饿前昏眩。十、心蒸：舌头焦枯或有疮，有时胸闷。十一、脾蒸：嘴唇焦裂或有口疮。十二、肺蒸：口干生疮。十三、肾蒸：耳朵干燥焦枯。十四、膀胱蒸：右耳焦枯。十五、胆蒸：眼睛失明无光。十六、胃蒸：舌下疼痛。十七、小肠气：大便泄泻不禁。十八、大肠蒸：右鼻孔疼痛。十九、三焦蒸：忽冷忽热。二十、肉蒸：别人觉得热，自己觉得冷。二十一、皮蒸：皮肤肌肉像鸡皮一样起粟。二十二、气蒸：身体变成壮热，不能安息。
用尺寸取穴法（出自《济生方》）
凡是孔穴的尺寸，都随着人身形大小而定。须男左女右，量手指中间一节，两横纹中心，为一寸。
取艾法（出自《济生方》）
端午节那天，太阳还没出来时，在艾草中凭心意寻找那些形状似人的，就采集它，用来艾灸特别有效。小时候见一本书里说，忘了是哪本书。艾草中没有真正像人的，在明暗之间姑且凭心意命名它，万法都是虚妄的，没有一个是真的。这有什么可疑的呢？
用火法（出自《济生方》）
黄帝说：松、柏、柿、桑、枣、榆、柳、竹等树木的火用于艾灸，必定伤害肌肤血液，千万不可用。凡是取火，应该敲石取火，或者用水晶镜子在阳光下取得太阳火，最为妙好。天阴则以槐木取火，也很好。
治劳瘵
膏肓、肺俞穴，每穴各灸九壮。仍根据虫醉日（注：原文可能有误，通常指特定吉日或节气），各穴施灸。多灸多为妙好。灸后百日，忌吃煎炸、生冷、冷热之物及毒食。仍戒房事，避风寒，减喜怒，安心静处，调养。如果一个月后仍觉得未痊愈，在初穴上再灸。
灸劳病方（出自《瑞竹堂方》）
从下数至第三根短筋，稍尖上，灸二寸长的艾炷。男左女右。又在项后数下至第三脊沟点穴，施灸。随病患年纪，几十岁就灸几十炷。
灸劳瘵方
膏肓二穴，可以回生。或者肚脐相对，取背脊骨，正对施灸，有验效。艾炷也不可太多。
骨蒸传尸之病，忽冷忽热，有时嘴唇红，有时脸颊红，并伴有痢疾、便血、多唾沫，想吃东西或不想吃东西，两条脊柱旁的脉常紧绷。患者多咳嗽盗汗。用手指按压捻动脊柱两边的肉，有时心胸胀满，气急黄瘦，脊柱中的肉耗尽，随即卧床不起。胸前自动跳动，脊柱两边肉耗尽，灸疗就很难见效。如果灸，要等到胸前肉跳动时，这不是正常的灸法反应，就像看病患一样。更不需要选离日，就将病患在午时施灸。灸七壮。如果先知其病，又缓和，就选离日午时大吉。欲灸时，让病患面向下趴着，在地上取撅起姿势。用病患的大拇指按住肋头，展中指，直向脊骨，指头点在脊膂中间的肉小筋上，点记。从点记处，向上到耳下尖头，即中尖。屈曲绳子从初点处，向上还当脊膂点，绳子所到的地方做记号。又在屈曲绳子从原点记处，向上还准前点记。一边点四处，两边都点，总共八处。各处距离脊骨的远近要一致，并且上下相当。下从撅起的筋，上至耳根取直，共八处，同时下火。艾炷如枣核大，坚实制作灸好了，就用灰三匝围坐在处，便回家，不要回头。禁食生冷肉，按时忌色欲及杂食。平复后，任凭照常。未平复，如果有犯忌，病情会加重。
神素师灸骨蒸咳法
当头耳孔，横向测量，相距三寸左右，相当的位置有穴，日灸三壮，到第八天，灸十四壮。第三椎上第二椎下，男取左手，女取右手，拇指食指根据两指头，东西方向灸。每天一七壮，到第八天，各灸五十壮。再过五天，每天各灸十五壮。胫部取系鞋带处的横大文量到膝，下中分当胫骨外侧，日灸一七壮满。第八天日灸满三十五日了。当背上，皆男左女右取拇指取腕文，当指当头灸。日七壮，到第八天满百壮。妇人肚胀月经不通，取左手拇指，当脐量到下腹，当指头灸。日七壮，满三百壮。膈上午后灸，膈下午前灸。
又灸法
立脚于系鞋处横文，用手四指在纹上量，胫骨外侧逼胫当四肢中节按之，有小穴。取一缕麻线。
指掌穴（出自《经效济世方》）治劳疾，用纸条比量病患手自中指末尽手掌第一横纹，又益之以半，是为一掌半。将此一掌半纸条，断而为二，去一半不用。以此纸条，自病人项后第一椎骨当……
脐心穴（出自《经效济世方》）令病患赤足于平地上正立，用木杖子自地比至脐心，截断竹杖，用……
取寸法（出自《经效济世方》）取病患中指中节外纹为一寸，切不可用内纹也。指掌穴用一寸点两穴，脐心穴用一寸二分点两穴，皆于元墨记处，相去一寸，及一寸二分。非谓两旁各一寸，及一寸二分也。凡此指掌，并取寸，皆男左女右比之。每穴灸七十壮，至百壮。后凡百忌慎……（医者此方立效）
凡风寒之气，客于中，滞而不能发，故羸瘦不能言，及喉痹失声，皆风邪所为也。入脏皆杀人。凡尸厥而死，脉动如故，此阳脉下坠，阴脉上争，气闭故也。针入三分补之，以灶突墨弹丸，将水和服。又针足中指头，去甲如韭叶。又针足大指甲下内侧，去甲三分。
一法以癸亥夜二更，六神皆聚之时，解去下体衣服，于腰下两傍微陷处，针灸家谓之腰眼。直身半立，用笔点定。然后上床合面而卧。每灼小艾炷七壮。劳虫或吐或泻出，实时平安，断根不发，更不传染。令病患偃卧，用皮纸条浸湿自项高骨直贴至尾骶脊骨，看何处一点先干，乃穴也。以笔点记，灸二十一壮。此腰眼穴，俗言不可灸，为明堂经不载，是不然。盖所谓即……也。（出自《永类钤方》）
咒法断伏连解法
上先觅一不开口的葫芦，埋入地下，取上离日开之，煮取三匙，脂粥内。其中又剪纸钱财，将向新冢上，使病儿面向还道，背冢坐，以纸钱及新综围冢及病患使匝。别将少许纸钱，围外，与五道将军，使人一手捉葫芦，一手于坐旁以一刀穿地，即以葫芦一手于穿地，及坐葫芦上，使一不病患，捉两个锁，拍病患背，咒曰：伏连伏连解，伏连伏连不解，刀锁解。又咒曰：生人特地上，死鬼特地下，生人死鬼，即各异路。咒讫，令不病患，即掷两锁于病患后，必取二锁相背，不背更取掷，取相背止，乃还，勿反顾。又取离日，令病患骑城外车辙，面向城门，以水三升，灰三重，围病患。又作七个不翻饼于五道将军，咒曰：天门开，地户闭，生人死鬼各异路，今五离之日，放舍即归。咒讫乃还，莫回头。此法大良。
按摩法疗骨蒸方
上患……等病，必瘦，脊骨自出。以壮丈夫屈手头指，及中指，夹患人脊骨，从大权向下，尽骨极，揩复向上，来去十二三回。然后以中指于两畔处，极弹之。若是，此病应弹处，起……削令薄似剑，煮此筒子数沸，及热出筒，笼墨处，按之良久，以刀弹破所角处，又煮筒子重角之，当出黄白赤水，次有脓出，亦有虫出者，数数如此角之，令恶物出尽，乃即除，当目明身轻也。
Cui's Moxibustion Acupoints: This is the moxibustion therapy inherited from Cui Xiang (who served as Vice Director of the Secretariat). *Waitai Miyao* records Cui Xiang's family-prescribed formulas and Wang Baochen's empirical formulas, which have all been compiled. However, these formulas contain errors and mistakes. In Piling Commandery (modern Changzhou, Jiangsu), a stone inscription provides the most detailed record. I consulted various versions and collated them to compile this book. The formulas on this stone inscription are extremely detailed and meticulous. Treating patients according to this method has never failed. Often, a single session of moxibustion results in a cure. While serving in Yicheng, I suffered from long-term illness and physical weakness, and I also recovered using this method.
Generally speaking, sentient beings receive Qi from the Five Elements. If one's health preservation violates natural principles, it leads to the "Six Diseases." In the extensive records of Qibo and Huangdi, there are ancient classics. Treatment involves both medical intervention and moxibustion, significantly targeting this disease. "Bone-steaming" (Gu Zheng) is also known as "Transmitting Corpse" (Chuan Shi). For the living, it is called "Fu Lian" (Repeating Chain), also referred to as "Wu Gu" (Innocent). In men, the root of the disease lies in "Pi Qi" (accumulated qi/masses); in women, it lies in blood and Qi. Regardless of age, many contract this disease. Infants and young children are prone to transmitting the root of the disease. Its symptoms include: dry and erect hair, which may clump or scatter; possible lumps in the abdomen, or small nodules on both sides behind the head, up to five or six; night sweats during sleep; dreams of sexual intercourse with ghosts; clear vision but weak limbs; upward rushing of Qi, poor appetite, and gradual emaciation. Even if time is prolonged, death eventually comes from the exhaustion of Jing (Essence). I once served as Sima of Luozhou and saved thirteen people through thirty days of moxibustion. The number of cured cases exceeded two hundred. As for remedies like fox bone and otter liver, their efficacy is only heard of in past tales; rare items like gold teeth and copper noses seldom show results. This formula is superior for rescuing critical conditions. It not only treats bone-steaming but also addresses Qi disorders, wind disorders, miasma, consumptive diseases, pathogenic factors, and masses. The scope of such ailments is broad, and those saved by moxibustion cannot be fully recorded. Here, I briefly outline the general principles. Fearing that transmission might lead to errors and mislead future generations, I have now detailed the diagrams and shapes so that readers may easily understand and disseminate them widely. Relying on family-secret formulas, there is no need to invite famous doctors from outside or seek expensive medicines. Bringing back the soul and restoring life, what difficulty is there? For those encountering this disease, can they neglect this?
**First Set of Acupoints:** First, locate two acupoints. Have the patient stand upright. Take a thin string to measure, ensuring it does not stretch or shrink. Place it firmly against the flesh on the sole of the foot, left for men and right for women. Align the front end of the string with the tip of the big toe, and align the back end with the center of the heel. Pull the string backward along the calf,紧贴 the flesh straight up to the middle of the popliteal crease (back of the knee). Cut the string at the transverse crease. Then, have the patient untie their hair, parting it to both sides to expose the midline of the scalp. From the fontanelle, divide equally to the back of the head. Then, sit upright to determine the direction. Take the cut end of the string, align one end with the tip of the nose, and guide the string upward along the head to the back of the head, hanging down紧贴 the flesh. Guide the string downward along the spine until the end of the string. Mark the position on the spine with a black dot. This black dot is not the moxibustion site. Take another string, have the patient close their mouth, and place the string across the mouth, reaching the corners of the lips (kou). Hook the center of the string up to below the root of the nasal bridge. This aligns with the two corners of the lips; cut the string here. Straighten this string and measure horizontally from the previously marked black dot on the spine, ensuring levelness without high or low points. Fold the string in half first, mark the center with ink. Unfold the string and measure horizontally, placing the marked point exactly over the black dot on the spine as the center, ensuring both ends are level. Mark the two ends of the string with white circles. These white circles indicate the moxibustion acupoints. This completes the first set, locating two acupoints.
**Second Set of Acupoints:** Have the patient sit upright, slightly retracting the arms. Take a string around the neck forward, doubling it so it hangs down level with the Jiwei acupoint (sternocostal angle). Jiwei corresponds to the xiphoid process. If the xiphoid is indistinct, measure one cun below the bifurcation of the lower ribs on both sides of the chest; this is Jiwei. Cut the doubled string. Turn the back end of the string around towards the back of the neck, stopping the center at the heart area, aligning it precisely with the upper part of the thyroid cartilage (Adam's apple). The two ends of the string clamp the neck, hanging down along the spine; mark with ink. This black dot is not the moxibustion site. Take another string, have the patient close their mouth and measure horizontally, cutting at the corners of the lips. On the spine, measure horizontally from the black dot as before. Mark the two ends of the string with white circles. These white circle locations are the moxibustion acupoints. This completes the second set. Including the previous ones, there are four acupoints in total. Apply moxibustion simultaneously. During the day, apply seven moxa cones per acupoint, up to fourteen cones, accumulating to one hundred cones, or optimally one hundred fifty cones. When the sores are about to heal, follow the subsequent method to moxibustion two more acupoints.
**Third Set of Acupoints:** Use the string used in the second step to measure the lips. At the ends of the doubled string from the second step, on the black dots on the spine, where the spine is straight but not hard, stop the center of the string, aligning the center with the ink dot. The end of the hanging string marks two acupoints with white circles. These white circles are the moxibustion sites. This completes the third set of two acupoints, known as the "Four Flowers" (Si Hua) acupoints. Moxibustion these two acupoints, one hundred cones each. Three sets total six acupoints. Perform each on a Li Day (auspicious day). After measurement, apply fire immediately. Moxa from the third day of the third lunar month is best. After recovery, observe dietary and sexual restrictions for one hundred days, remain calm and quiet, and recuperate for one month. If not fully recovered after this period, re-moxibustion the original acupoints.
Regarding the differentiation and verification of conditions arising after bone-steaming, there are twenty-two types. All should be treated according to the above methods. (From *Jisheng Fang*)
1. Bladder Steaming: Red and yellow urine.
2. Genital Steaming: Nocturnal emission and spermatorrhea in men; irregular menstruation and leakage in women.
3. Brain Steaming: Dizziness and heat sensation in the head.
4. Marrow Steaming: Sensation of boiling heat in the marrow.
5. Bone Steaming: Blackening of teeth.
6. Tendon Steaming: Brittle nails.
7. Blood Steaming: Brittle hair.
8. Pulse Steaming: Irregular pulse rhythm.
9. Liver Steaming: Dizziness before hunger pangs.
10. Heart Steaming: Dry tongue, ulcers, or chest fullness/stuffiness.
11. Spleen Steaming: Dry/cracked lips or mouth ulcers.
12. Lung Steaming: Dry mouth with ulcers.
13. Kidney Steaming: Dry and brittle ears.
14. Bladder Steaming: Right ear brittleness.
15. Gallbladder Steaming: Loss of vision/luster in eyes.
16. Stomach Steaming: Pain under the tongue.
17. Small Intestine Qi: Involuntary diarrhea.
18. Large Intestine Steaming: Pain in the right nostril.
19. Sanjiao Steaming: Alternating chills and fever.
20. Flesh Steaming: Others feel hot, but the patient feels cold.
21. Skin Steaming: Skin and flesh resemble chicken skin (goosebumps).
22. Qi Steaming: High fever, inability to rest.
**Measurement Method for Acupoints** (From *Jisheng Fang*):
The size of acupoints varies with the body size of the individual. For men, use the left hand; for women, the right hand. Measure the middle segment of the finger, from the center of the proximal interphalangeal joint crease to the distal interphalangeal joint crease, as one cun.
**Method for Selecting Moxa** (From *Jisheng Fang*):
On the Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu), before sunrise, select moxa that resembles human figures by intuition. Using this for moxibustion is particularly effective. I saw in a book (title forgotten) that there are no true human-shaped moxa. Assigning names based on intuition between light and dark makes all methods false; none are true. What is there to doubt?
**Method for Fire** (From *Jisheng Fang*):
Huangdi stated: Fire from pine, cypress, persimmon, mulberry, jujube, elm, willow, bamboo, etc., harms muscles and blood when used for moxibustion. Do not use them. To obtain fire, strike flint or use a crystal lens to focus sunlight (Solar Fire), which is optimal. On cloudy days, use locust wood fire, which is also good.
**Treating Consumptive Disease (Lao Zhai)**:
Moxibustion Gao Huang and Fei Shu acupoints, nine cones per acupoint. Perform on specific auspicious days. More moxibustion is better. After moxibustion, avoid fried, raw, cold, hot foods, and toxic substances for one hundred days. Abstain from sex, avoid wind and cold, reduce emotional fluctuations, remain calm, and recuperate. If not recovered after one month, re-moxibustion the initial acupoints.
**Formula for Moxibustion on Labor Disease** (From *Ruizhutang Fang*):
Count from the bottom to the third short tendon, slightly above the tip, moxibustion with a two-cun cone. Left for men, right for women. Also, count down from the nape to the third spinal groove, mark the acupoint, and moxibustion. The number of cones corresponds to the patient's age in years.
**Formula for Moxibustion on Lao Zhai**:
Gao Huang acupoints can restore life. Align with the umbilicus, find the corresponding point on the spine, and moxibustion. Effective. Do not use too many cones.
**Bone-Steaming Transmitting Corpse Disease**:
Alternating chills and fever, red lips or cheeks, dysentery, hematochezia, excessive salivation, variable appetite, tight pulses along the spine. Patients often cough and sweat at night. Pressing the muscles on both sides of the spine may reveal chest/heart fullness, shortness of breath, jaundice, emaciation, and depletion of paraspinal muscles, leading to bedridden state. Spontaneous movement in the chest indicates severe depletion of paraspinal muscles; moxibustion is difficult here. If moxibustion is performed, wait for chest muscle movement (which is abnormal). Do not select specific days; perform at noon. Apply seven cones. If the disease is known early and mild, choose an auspicious day at noon for best results. Position the patient prone, lifting the torso. Use the patient's thumb to press the rib head, extend the middle finger straight to the spine, marking the small tendon in the paraspinal muscle. From this mark, go up to the tip below the ear (midpoint). Bend a string from the initial mark up to the paraspinal mark. Mark again. Repeat upwards. Four points on one side, eight in total. Distance from the spine should be consistent and symmetrical. From the lifted tendon to the ear root, vertical line, total eight points. Apply fire simultaneously. Cone size like a date pit, firm. After moxibustion, surround the sitting area with ash three times, then go home without looking back. Avoid raw/cold meat, sexual activity, and miscellaneous foods. Upon recovery, resume normal life. If relapse occurs due to violation, condition worsens.
**Master Shen Su's Moxibustion for Bone-Steaming Cough**:
Measure horizontally from the ear canal, approximately three cun apart, locate the acupoint. Moxibustion three cones daily. By the eighth day, fourteen cones. Between the third and second thoracic vertebrae, take the left hand for men, right hand for women. Align thumb and index fingers, moxibustion east-west direction. Seven cones daily. By the eighth day, fifty cones each. After five more days, fifteen cones daily. For the leg, measure from the shoe-tie horizontal crease to the knee, outer tibia. Moxibustion seven cones daily. By the eighth day, complete thirty-five days of treatment. On the back, left for men, right for women, use thumb wrist crease aligned with finger head. Seven cones daily. By the eighth day, one hundred cones. For women with abdominal distension and amenorrhea, use left thumb, measure from umbilicus to lower abdomen, moxibustion at finger tip. Seven cones daily, total three hundred cones. Moxibustion diaphragm acupoints in the afternoon for morning issues, and vice versa.
**Another Moxibustion Method**:
Stand at the shoe-tie horizontal crease. Measure four fingers above the crease. Press the outer tibia at the middle segment of the limb; there is a small acupoint. Take a strand of hemp.
**Finger-Palm Acupoint** (From *Jingxiao Jishi Fang*): Treats labor disease. Use a paper strip to measure from the tip of the middle finger to the first palm crease, add half of that length (one and a half palms). Cut this strip in half, discard one half. Use this strip from the first cervical vertebra at the back of the neck...
**Umbilical Center Acupoint** (From *Jingxiao Jishi Fang*): Have the patient stand barefoot on flat ground. Use a wooden stick to measure from the ground to the umbilicus. Cut the bamboo stick...
**Cun Measurement Method** (From *Jingxiao Jishi Fang*): Measure the outer crease of the middle segment of the middle finger as one cun. Do not use the inner crease. Finger-Palm Acupoint uses one cun to mark two points. Umbilical Center Acupoint uses 1.2 cun to mark two points. Both measured from the original ink mark, spaced one cun and 1.2 cun respectively. Not one cun/1.2 cun on each side. For all finger-palm measurements, use left for men, right for women. Moxibustion seventy to one hundred cones per acupoint. Observe all taboos afterwards. (This formula by the physician takes effect immediately.)
**Wind-Cold Pathogen**:
When wind-cold Qi enters the interior, stagnates, and cannot disperse, it causes emaciation and aphonia, or throat obstruction with loss of voice, all caused by wind pathogen. Entering the zang organs is fatal. In corpse-jue (shijue) death, the pulse still moves. This is due to Yang meridians sinking and Yin meridians rising, causing Qi closure. Needle three fen deep and tonify. Take soot from the chimney, form into a pill, mix with water, and administer. Also needle the tip of the middle toe, removing nail like a leek leaf. Also needle the inner side under the big toenail, three fen from the nail.
**One Method**: On the second watch of Guihai night, when the Six Spirits gather, remove lower body clothing. Locate the slight depression on both sides below the waist, known in acupuncture as Yaoyan (Waist Eye). Stand semi-upright, mark with pen. Then lie face down on bed. Moxibustion seven small cones each time. Labor parasites may be vomited or excreted, bringing immediate peace, cutting off the root, preventing recurrence and contagion. Have the patient lie supine. Wet a leather paper strip, stick it straight from the high bone of the neck to the sacral spine. Wherever a spot dries first, that is the acupoint. Mark with pen, moxibustion twenty-one cones. Commonly said that Yaoyan should not be moxibustioned because it is not recorded in *Mingtang Jing*, this is incorrect. It is actually... (From *Yonglei Qianfang*)
**Incantation to Break Fu Lian**:
First, find a closed gourd, bury it underground. Open it on an auspicious day. Boil and take three spoons, mix into fat congee. Cut paper money, take to a new grave. Make the sick child face the road, back to the grave. Surround the grave and patient with paper money and new cloth. Place some paper money outside for the General Wudao. One person holds the gourd, another pierces the ground with a knife beside the seat. Place the gourd on the hole and sit on it. Have a healthy person hold two locks, pat the patient's back, chanting: "Fu Lian Fu Lian jie, Fu Lian Fu Lian bu jie, dao suo jie." (Break Fu Lian, break Fu Lian; if Fu Lian does not break, knife and lock break.) Chant again: "Living people specifically go up, dead ghosts specifically go down. Living and dead ghosts take different paths." After chanting, the healthy person throws two locks behind the patient. Ensure the locks face away from each other. If not, throw again until they face away. Return without looking back. On an auspicious day, have the patient ride a cart rut outside the city, facing the gate. Surround the patient with three sheng of water and three layers of ash. Make seven unfried cakes for General Wudao. Chant: "Heaven opens, Earth closes, living and dead take different paths. On this Wu Li day, release and return." After chanting, return without looking back. This method is very effective.
**Massage Method for Bone-Steaming**:
For patients with... diseases, who are necessarily emaciated with protruding spines. Have a strong man flex his thumb and middle finger,夹 the patient's spine. From the large curvature downwards to the end of the bones, rub, then upwards. Repeat twelve to thirteen times. Then use the middle finger to flick vigorously on both sides. If this is the case, the affected area will rise... Thin a bamboo tube like a sword, boil it several times. When hot, remove the tube, cover the ink-marked area, press for a long time. Break the corner with a knife. Boil the tube again and cup it. Yellow-white clear fluid will come out, followed by pus, sometimes worms. Repeat this cupping multiple times until all evil substances are expelled, then remove. Vision will become clear, body light.