甲戌春，往上海某医院，为某姓治第四期梅毒入络。因其心脏衰弱，该院无法疗治，而由某君求余
针之，是以间日必一往。一日闻女病室中，有北方口音之女子，嘤嘤作泣。余问故，某君
谓此是警局董队长之妻，今将锯腿，是以悲泣。询其病状，则云
脚面红肿而痛，已住院六月不瘥。某君怂恿予为之设法，余怜此妇如无足几等于死，即往详询病情，始知由郁
热而兼外感，邪留经络，中西杂治，药石乱投。断以温补之剂，邪不能出，下注于足，以致红肿大痛，气上
冲心，日夜不安，寝食俱废者数月。余谓此病无需锯腿，可用别法以救之。而该院之某医，谓君能愈此
病乎？余云中西医皆能愈，独君不识此症耳。先以提毒散瘀外治之法，即在委中放毒血盈升，针三里、悬钟、
三阴交等穴，次日即安，十日大愈。节至中天，惠我角黍金丸，夫妻同来，叩谢再生之恩也。
叶氏媪，六十又三，患肩背痛，由颈循督脉而下七八寸，转侧不能，因此两臂亦痛不能举，日夜呼号，
惨不忍闻。诊其脉沉迟，舌绛滑。《灵枢》云气胜有余肩背痛，适在督脉之上，肺实
可知。先泻其肺俞，当夜即能安睡，再针肩井、肩 、曲池而愈。
朱右，年四十二，体素弱，中脘常隐隐作痛已十余年，时发时愈。近月连痛不已，甚且至于昏厥。初以手
按之，痛可暂止，继则拒按，似觉有一气块由下而上，如至鸠尾处则大痛，再至咽间则厥矣。脉大而数，舌黄
黑且垢腻，断为浊阴之气结于胃脘不散。为针中脘、三里而痛渐止，再刺关元、照海，即下黑色
如栗之矢若干粒而愈。
甲戌年春天，我前往上海某医院，为一名患有第四期梅毒入络的患者治疗。因为其心脏衰弱，医院无法救治，于是由该患者的家属请求我为其施针，因此我每隔一天必去一次。有一天，我听到女病房里有一位带有北方口音的女子在低声哭泣。我问其原因，那位家属说这是警局董队长的妻子，现在将要锯掉腿，所以悲伤哭泣。询问她的病情，她说脚面红肿疼痛，已经住院六个月没有痊愈。那位家属怂恿我设法救治，我怜悯这位妇人如果没有双脚几乎等于死亡，便前去详细询问病情，才知道是由于郁热兼受外感，邪气滞留经络，中西药混合治疗，药物乱用。被断定为使用温补药剂，导致邪气不能排出，向下流注于足部，以致红肿剧痛，气机上冲心脏，日夜不安，寝食俱废长达数月。我对他们说此病不需要锯腿，可以用其他方法来救治。而医院里的某位医生说：“你能治好这个病吗？”我说中西医都能治好，唯独你不懂这个病症罢了。先用提毒散瘀的外治方法，即在委中穴放出毒血满升，针刺三里、悬钟、三阴交等穴位，第二天就安稳了，十天基本痊愈。到了端午节（中天），患者赠送粽子金丸，夫妻二人一同前来，叩谢再生之恩。
叶姓老妇人，六十三岁，患肩背痛，从颈部沿着督脉向下延伸七八寸，身体转动困难，因此双臂也疼痛不能举起，日夜呼号，惨不忍闻。诊察其脉象沉迟，舌质绛红且滑腻。《灵枢》中说“气胜有余则肩背痛”，正好位于督脉之上，可知肺气实盛。先泻肺俞穴，当夜就能安睡，再针刺肩井、肩髎、曲池穴而痊愈。
朱右，四十二岁，体质一向虚弱，中脘穴处常隐隐作痛已有十多年，时发时愈。近一个月连续疼痛不止，甚至导致昏厥。起初用手按压，疼痛可以暂时停止，后来则拒绝按压，感觉有一股气块由下向上移动，如果到达鸠尾处则剧烈疼痛，再上行至咽喉间就会昏厥。脉象大而数，舌苔黄黑且垢腻，断定为浊阴之气结聚于胃脘不散。为其针刺中脘、三里穴，疼痛逐渐停止，再刺关元、照海穴，随即排出若干粒如栗子般黑色的粪便而痊愈。
In the spring of the Ji Xu year, I went to a certain hospital in Shanghai to treat a patient with fourth-stage syphilis affecting the collaterals. Due to his heart weakness, which the hospital could not manage, the patient's relative requested my acupuncture treatment, so I visited every other day. One day, I heard a woman with a Northern accent weeping softly in the women's ward. When I asked about the cause, the relative told me she was the wife of Captain Dong from the police station, who was scheduled for leg amputation, hence her grief. Upon inquiring about her condition, she reported redness, swelling, and pain on the dorsum of the foot, having been hospitalized for six months without improvement. The relative urged me to find a solution. Pitying this woman that life without feet would be akin to death, I went to inquire in detail. It turned out that due to stagnant heat combined with external contraction, pathogenic factors remained in the meridians. Mixed Chinese and Western treatments were applied indiscriminately. Prescribed warming and tonifying agents prevented the expulsion of pathogens, causing them to sink downward into the foot, resulting in severe redness, swelling, and pain. Qi rushed upward to the heart, causing restlessness day and night, disrupting sleep and appetite for months. I stated that amputation was unnecessary and that other methods could save her. A doctor at the hospital questioned, "Can you cure this disease?" I replied, "Both Chinese and Western medicine can cure it; only you fail to recognize this syndrome." First, an external treatment method to extract toxins and dissipate blood stasis was used. Bloodletting was performed at Weizhong (BL40), releasing a full sheng of toxic blood. Acupuncture points Zusanli (ST36), Xuanzhong (GB39), and Sanyinjiao (SP6) were needled. The next day, she felt stable, and within ten days, she largely recovered. During the Dragon Boat Festival, she presented zongzi and golden pills, and the couple came together to kowtow, thanking us for their rebirth.
An elderly surnamed Ye, aged sixty-three, suffered from shoulder and back pain extending from the neck down along the Du Meridian for seven or eight cun. She could not turn her body, and consequently, both arms were painful and unable to lift. She cried out day and night, a scene too miserable to bear. Her pulse was deep and slow, and her tongue was crimson and slippery. The *Ling Shu* states, "Excess of Qi leads to shoulder and back pain." Since the pain was located on the Du Meridian, it indicated excess Lung Qi. The Feishu (BL13) point was first reduced (sedated). That very night, she slept peacefully. Subsequently, Jianjing (GB21), Jianliao (TE14), and Quchi (LI11) were needled, leading to recovery.
Zhu You, aged forty-two, had always been physically weak. He had experienced dull pain in the Zhongwan area for over ten years, which came and went. In the recent month, the pain became continuous, even leading to syncope. Initially, pressing with the hand temporarily relieved the pain, but later he rejected pressure. He felt a mass of Qi moving upward from below; if it reached the Jiwei area, severe pain occurred, and if it ascended further to the throat, syncope ensued. His pulse was large and rapid, and his tongue coating was yellow, black, and greasy. This was diagnosed as turbid Yin Qi knotting and failing to disperse in the stomach region. Needling Zhongwan (CV12) and Zusanli (ST36) gradually stopped the pain. Subsequent needling of Guanyuan (CV4) and Zhaohai (KI6) resulted in the passage of several bean-sized, black fecal pellets, leading to recovery.