针灸法妒乳取太渊○乳痈取膺窗乳中乳根巨虚下廉太冲复溜○乳痈诸药不能止痛足三里
穴针入五分痛立止(纲目)
针灸法腹痛取内关支沟照海巨阙足三间(纲目)○脐腹痛取阴陵泉大冲足三里支沟中脘关
元天
枢公孙三阴交阴谷腹中切痛取公孙(灵枢)○脐中痛溏泄灸神阙即效○积痛取气海中脘隐白(
纲目)○脐腹痛甚灸独阴神效(得效)
针灸法腰痛灸肾俞三七壮即瘥(纲目)○腰曲不能伸针委中出血立愈(丹心)○腰背疮以
针决腰
膝句画中青赤络脉出血便瘥(得效)○腰痛不得俯仰令患人正立以竹拄地度至脐断竹乃以度背
脊灸竹上头尽处随年壮灸讫藏竹勿令人知(资生)○神仙灸法治腰痛灸曲 两纹头左右脚四处
各三壮每灸一脚二火齐下艾炷才烧至肉初觉痛便用二人两边齐吹至火灭午时着灸至人定以来
脏腑自动一二行或转动如雷声其疾立愈此法神效(纲目)○肾虚腰痛取肾俞人中委中肩井(纲
目)○挫闪腰痛取尺泽勿灸委中人中阳陵泉束骨昆仑下 气海(纲目)○腰痛昆仑委中出血又
取肾俞中膂俞腰俞(纲目)○腰强痛命门昆仑志室行间复溜(纲目)
针灸法胁痛取悬钟窍阴外关三里支沟章门中封阳陵泉行间期门阴陵泉(纲目)○胁并胸痛
不可
忍取期门章门行间丘墟涌泉支沟胆俞(纲目)○胸胁胀痛取公孙三里大冲三阴交(纲目)○腰胁
痛取环跳至阴太白阳辅(纲目)○胁肋痛取支沟外关曲池(纲目)○两胁痛取窍阴大敦行间(内
经)
针灸治疗乳痈(乳腺炎)的方法:取太渊穴;治疗乳痈疼痛,取膺窗、乳中、乳根、上巨虚、太冲、复溜穴;若乳痈各种药物都无法止痛,可针刺足三里穴,进针五分深,疼痛立即停止(出自《纲目》)。
针灸治疗腹痛的方法:取内关、支沟、照海、巨阙、足三间穴(出自《纲目》);脐部周围腹痛,取阴陵泉、大冲、足三里、支沟、中脘、关元、天枢、公孙、三阴交、阴谷穴;腹部剧烈绞痛,取公孙穴(出自《灵枢》);脐中疼痛伴有便溏泄泻,艾灸神阙穴即见效;积聚性疼痛,取气海、中脘、隐白穴(出自《纲目》);脐腹疼痛剧烈,艾灸独阴穴,效果神奇(出自《得效》)。
针灸治疗腰痛的方法:艾灸肾俞穴三七壮,即可痊愈(出自《纲目》);腰部弯曲不能伸展,针刺委中穴放血,立时痊愈(出自《丹心》);腰背部疮疡,用针刺破腰膝部位画线处的青赤色络脉出血,即可痊愈(出自《得效》);腰痛导致无法俯仰,让患者直立,用竹子拄地,量至肚脐处折断竹竿,再用此竹竿度量背脊,在竹竿顶端对应的位置,按患者年龄决定灸壮数进行艾灸,灸完后藏起竹竿不要让人知道(出自《资生》);神仙灸法治疗腰痛,艾灸曲骨两侧纹头及左右脚四处各三壮,每灸一只脚时两把火同时点燃,艾炷刚接触皮肤,刚开始感到疼痛时,就用两个人从两边同时吹气直到火熄灭,若在午时施灸,到黄昏时分脏腑会自动蠕动一二行或发出如雷声般的转动声,疾病立即痊愈,此法非常神奇有效(出自《纲目》);肾虚腰痛,取肾俞、人中、委中、肩井穴(出自《纲目》);挫伤闪挫导致的腰痛,取尺泽穴(不灸)、委中、人中、阳陵泉、束骨、昆仑、下气海穴(出自《纲目》);腰痛,针刺昆仑、委中穴放血,又取肾俞、中膂俞、腰俞穴(出自《纲目》);腰部僵硬疼痛,取命门、昆仑、志室、行间、复溜穴(出自《纲目》)。
针灸治疗胁痛的方法:取悬钟、窍阴、外关、三里、支沟、章门、中封、阳陵泉、行间、期门、阴陵泉穴(出自《纲目》);胁痛并伴有胸痛且难以忍受,取期门、章门、行间、丘墟、涌泉、支沟、胆俞穴(出自《纲目》);胸胁胀痛,取公孙、三里、大冲、三阴交穴(出自《纲目》);腰胁痛,取环跳、至阴、太白、阳辅穴(出自《纲目》);胁肋痛,取支沟、外关、曲池穴(出自《纲目》);两侧胁痛,取窍阴、大敦、行间穴(出自《内经》)。
Acupuncture and moxibustion methods for mastitis (breast inflammation): Select Taiyuan (LU-9); for painful mastitis, select Yingchuang (ST-16), Ruzhong (ST-17), Rugen (ST-18), Shangjuxu (ST-37), Taichong (LR-3), and Fuliou (KI-7); if various herbal medicines fail to relieve the pain of mastitis, needle Zusanli (ST-36) to a depth of 5 fen, and the pain will stop immediately (from *Bencao Gangmu*).
Acupuncture and moxibustion methods for abdominal pain: Select Neiguan (PC-6), Zhigou (SJ-6), Zhaohai (KI-6), Jueque (CV-14), and Zu Sanjian (ST-43) (from *Bencao Gangmu*); for periumbilical abdominal pain, select Yinlingquan (SP-9), Dachong (LR-2), Zusanli (ST-36), Zhigou (SJ-6), Zhongwan (CV-12), Guanyuan (CV-4), Tianshu (ST-25), Gongsun (SP-4), Sanyinjiao (SP-6), and Yingu (KI-10); for severe colicky abdominal pain, select Gongsun (SP-4) (from *Ling Shu*); for umbilical pain accompanied by loose stools or diarrhea, moxa Shenque (CV-8), which is effective; for accumulation-type pain, select Qihai (CV-6), Zhongwan (CV-12), and Yinbai (SP-1) (from *Bencao Gangmu*); for severe periumbilical abdominal pain, moxa Duyin (EX-HP-1), which is miraculously effective (from *De Xiao Fang Lun*).
Acupuncture and moxibustion methods for lower back pain: Moxa Shenshu (BL-23) for 37 moxa cones, and it will heal (from *Bencao Gangmu*); for inability to bend the waist, needle Weizhong (BL-40) to bleed, and it will recover immediately (from *Dan Xin*); for sores on the lower back, puncture the blue-red collateral vessels at the intersection of lines drawn on the waist and knee with a needle to bleed, and it will heal (from *De Xiao Fang Lun*); for lower back pain preventing flexion and extension, have the patient stand upright, use a bamboo stick as a cane, measure up to the navel, break the bamboo at that point, then use this bamboo stick to measure the spine. At the tip of the bamboo corresponding to the measurement, perform moxibustion according to the patient's age in moxa cones. After moxibustion, hide the bamboo so no one knows (from *Zi Sheng Bao Jian*). The Divine Immortal Moxibustion method for lower back pain: Moxa the two hairline ends on both sides of Qugu (CV-2) and four points on both feet, three cones each. When moxa-ing one foot, apply fire from both sides simultaneously. As soon as the moxa cone touches the skin and pain is initially felt, have two people blow on both sides simultaneously until the fire extinguishes. If moxa is performed at noon, by dusk, the internal organs will automatically move or rotate like thunder sounds, and the disease will be cured immediately; this method is extremely effective (from *Bencao Gangmu*); for kidney deficiency lower back pain, select Shenshu (BL-23), Renzhong (GV-26), Weizhong (BL-40), and Jianjing (GB-21) (from *Bencao Gangmu*); for sprain-induced lower back pain, select Chize (LU-5, do not moxa), Weizhong (BL-40), Renzhong (GV-26), Yanglingquan (GB-34), Shugu (BL-65), Kunlun (BL-60), and Xia Qi Hai (CV-12) (from *Bencao Gangmu*); for lower back pain, needle Kunlun (BL-60) and Weizhong (BL-40) to bleed, and additionally select Shenshu (BL-23), Zhonglvshu (BL-27), and Yaoshu (BL-23) (from *Bencao Gangmu*); for stiff and painful lower back, select Mingmen (GV-4), Kunlun (BL-60), Zhishi (BL-52), Xingjian (LR-2), and Fuliou (KI-7) (from *Bencao Gangmu*).
Acupuncture and moxibustion methods for hypochondriac pain: Select Xuanzhong (GB-39), Qiaoyin (GB-44), Waiguan (SJ-5), Sanli (ST-36), Zhigou (SJ-6), Zhangmen (LR-13), Zhongfeng (LR-4), Yanglingquan (GB-34), Xingjian (LR-2), Qimen (LR-14), and Yinlingquan (SP-9) (from *Bencao Gangmu*); for hypochondriac pain combined with unbearable chest pain, select Qimen (LR-14), Zhangmen (LR-13), Xingjian (LR-2), Qiuxu (GB-40), Yongquan (KI-1), Zhigou (SJ-6), and Danshu (BL-18) (from *Bencao Gangmu*); for distending pain in the chest and hypochondrium, select Gongsun (SP-4), Sanli (ST-36), Dachong (LR-2), and Sanyinjiao (SP-6) (from *Bencao Gangmu*); for lumbar-hypochondriac pain, select Huantiao (GB-30), Zhiyin (BL-67), Taibai (SP-3), and Yangfu (GB-38) (from *Bencao Gangmu*); for hypochondriac and rib-side pain, select Zhigou (SJ-6), Waiguan (SJ-5), and Quchi (LI-11) (from *Bencao Gangmu*); for bilateral hypochondriac pain, select Qiaoyin (GB-44), Dadun (LR-1), and Xingjian (LR-2) (from *Nei Jing*).