(一名玉英在紫宫下一寸六分陷者中任脉气所发灸五壮主胸中满不得息胁痛骨疼喘逆上
气呕吐烦心)
膻中
(一名元儿在玉堂下一寸六分直两乳间陷者中任脉气所发仰而取之灸五壮主胸痹心痛烦
满咳逆喘唾短气不得息不能言)
中庭
(在膻中下一寸六分陷者中任脉气所发灸三壮主胸胁支满膈塞饮食不下呕吐食复还出甄
权千金杨操同)
膀胱人,膀胱者肾之腑也,两傍一百二十穴。
(并二十二单穴及膏肓附穴共一百四十四穴)
甲乙经
膀胱出于至阴,至阴者金也。
(在足小趾外侧去爪甲角如韭叶足太阳脉之所出也为井冬三月宜灸之)
流于通谷,通谷者水也。
(在足小趾外侧本节前陷者中足太阳脉之所留也为荣春三月宜灸之)
注于束骨,束骨者木也。
(在足小趾外侧本节后陷者中足太阳脉之所注也为输夏三月宜灸之)
过于京骨。
(在足外侧大骨下赤白肉际陷者中足太阳脉之所过也为原)
行于昆仑,昆仑者火也。
(在足外踝后跟骨上陷者中足太阳脉之所行也为经)
入于委中,委中者土也。
(在 中央动脉足太阳脉之所入也为合秋三月宜灸之甄权千金杨操同)
至阴
(在足小趾外侧去爪甲角如韭叶灸三壮主头重鼻鼽及螈汗不出心烦足下热不欲近衣项痛
目翳及小便不利 疟寒热疝风寒从足小趾起)
通谷
(在足小趾外侧本节前陷者中灸三壮主身疼痛喜惊互引鼻鼽癫疾寒热目KT KT 喜咳
喘逆狂
束骨
(在足小趾外侧本节后陷者中灸三壮主身痛狂善行癫疾寒热腰痛如折 惊互引脚如结
如裂暴病头痛身热痛肌肉动耳聋恶风目 烂赤项不可顾髀枢痛泄肠 疟从 起)
京骨
(在足外侧大骨下赤白际陷者中灸三壮主 疟寒热善唏头重足寒不欲食脚挛癫疾狂妄善
自啮
内
与
申脉
(阳跷所出也在足外踝下陷者中容爪甲灸三壮主腰痛不能举足小坐若下车踬地胫中
然寒热颈掖下肿癫疾互引僵仆 通按 音跷火行貌)
金门
(足太阳 一名关梁在足外踝下灸三壮 主尸厥暴死霍乱转筋癫疾不呕沫马痫 通按
外踝下一作外踝下一寸)
仆参
(一名安邪在跟骨下陷者中拱足得之足太阳阳跷脉所会灸三壮主腰痛不可举足跟中踝后
痛脚痿癫疾僵仆转筋尸厥暴霍乱马痫)
昆仑
(在足外踝后跟骨上陷者中灸三壮主 脊强头眩痛脚如结 如裂厥心痛与背相引善螈如
从后触其心伛偻者肾心痛也寒热癫疾目KT KT 鼽衄疟多汗腰痛不能俯仰目如脱项如拔脊
强大风头多汗腰尻腹痛 踝肿上齿痛脊背尻重不欲起间食臭恶闻人音狂易女子字难若胞衣不
出泄风从头至
付阳
(足阳跷之 在外踝上三寸太阳前少阳后筋骨间灸三壮主痿厥风头重眩 痛枢股 外
廉骨痛螈 痹不仁振寒时有热四肢不举)
飞扬
(一名厥阳在足外踝上七寸足太阳络灸三壮主身懈寒少气热甚恶人心惕然取飞扬及绝骨
跗上
渴间日作狂癫疾体痛颈项痛历节汗出而步失履寒腹不仁 中痛痔篡痛)
承山
(一名鱼腹一名肉柱在兑 肠下分肉间陷者中灸五壮主寒热篡反出癫疾螈 鼽衄腰背痛
脚酸重战栗不能久立 如裂脚急肿痛足挛少腹痛引喉咽大便难腹痛)
承筋
(一名 肠一名直肠在 中央陷者中足太阳脉气所发灸三壮主大肠实则腰背痛寒痹转筋
头眩
急
合阳
(在膝约纹中央下二寸灸五壮主痹厥癫疾不呕沫螈 拘急跟厥膝重腰脊痛引腹篡阴股热
阴暴痛寒热膝酸重)
委中
(在 中央动脉灸三壮主腰痛侠脊至头沉沉然目KT KT 疟头痛寒从背起先寒后热渴
不止汗乃出癫疾反折热痛侠脊痛痔篡痛遗溺筋急身热少腹坚肿少腹时热小便难尻股寒髀枢痛
外引季胁内
委阳
(在足太阳之前少阳之后出于 中外廉两筋间承扶下六寸此足太阳之络灸三壮一云屈身
取之
仰)
浮
(在委阳上一寸展膝得之灸三壮主不得卧)
殷门
(在肉 下六寸灸三壮主腰痛得俯不得仰仰则痛得之举重恶血归之)
承扶
(一名肉 一名阴关一名皮部在尻臀下股阴上冲纹中一云股阴下冲纹中灸三壮主腰脊尻
臀股阴寒大痛虚则血动实则热痛痔篡痛尻 中肿大便直出阴胞有寒小便不利)
附分
(在第二椎下附项内廉两傍各三寸手足太阳之会灸五壮主背痛引颈)
魄户
(在第三椎下两傍各三寸足太阳脉气所发正坐取之灸五壮主肩膊间急凄厥恶寒项背痛引
颈咳逆上气呕吐烦满背痛不能引顾)
神堂
(在第五椎下两傍各三寸陷者中足太阳脉气所发灸五壮主肩痛胸腹满凄厥脊背急强)
(在肩膊内廉侠第六椎下两傍各三寸以手按之痛病者言 足太阳脉气所发灸五壮主腋
拘挛暴脉急引胁痛内引心肺从项至脊以下十二椎应等灸之立巳热病汗不出肩背寒热 互引身
热咳逆上气虚喘喘逆鼽衄肩甲内廉痛不可俯仰KT 季胁引少腹而胀痛小儿食晦头痛引颐
疟风)
膈关
(在第七椎下两傍各三寸陷者中足太阳脉气所发阔肩取之灸五壮主背痛恶寒脊强俯仰难
食不下呕吐多涎)
魂门
(在第九椎下两傍各三寸陷者中足太阳脉气所发正坐取之灸三壮主胸胁胀满背痛恶风寒
饮食不下呕吐不留住)
阳纲
(在第十椎下两傍各三寸陷者中足太阳脉气所发正坐取之灸三壮主食饮不下腹中雷鸣大
便不节小便赤黄)
意舍
(在第十一椎下两傍各三寸陷者中足太阳脉气所发正坐取之灸三壮主腹满胪胀大便泄消
渴身热面目黄)
胃仓
(在第十二椎下两傍各三寸灸三壮主胪胀水肿食饮不下多寒不能俯仰)
肓门
(在第十三椎下两傍各三寸叉肋间灸三十壮主心下大坚妇人乳余疾)
志室
(在第十四椎下两傍各三寸陷者中足太阳脉气所发正坐取之灸三壮主腰痛脊急胁下满少
腹坚急)
胞肓
(在第十九椎下两傍各三寸陷者中足太阳脉气所发伏而取之灸三壮主腰脊痛恶寒少腹满
坚癃闭下重不得小便以手按之则欲小便涩而不得出肩上热手足小趾外侧及胫踝后皆热若脉陷
取委
秩边
(在第二十一椎下两傍各三寸陷者中足太阳脉气所发伏而取之灸三壮主腰脚 寒俯仰急
难阴痛下重不得小便)
攒竹
(一名员柱一名始光一名夜光一名明光在眉头陷者中足太阳脉气所发灸三壮主风头痛鼻
鼽衄
及眩
曲差
(一名鼻冲侠神庭一寸半在发际足太阳脉气所发正头取之灸五壮主头痛身热鼻窒而息
不利烦满汗不出)
五处
(在督脉傍去上星一寸半足太阳脉气所发灸三壮主 脊强反折螈癫疾头重寒热)
承光
(在五处后二寸足太阳脉气所发不可灸主热病汗不出而苦呕烦心目生白翳远视不明)
通天
(一名天白承光后一寸半足太阳脉气所发灸三壮主头痛重僵仆鼻窒鼽衄不得通 僻多涕
鼽衄有疮)
络却
(一名强阳一名脑盖反行在通天后一寸半足太阳脉气所发灸三壮主青肓无所见癫疾僵仆
目妄见恍惚不乐狂走螈 )
玉枕
(在络却后七分半侠脑户傍一寸三分起肉枕骨入发际三寸足太阳脉气所发灸三壮主头项
痛恶
似拔
天柱
(在侠项后发际大筋外廉陷者中足太阳脉气所发灸三壮主寒热暴拘挛痫眩足不任目
KTKT 赤痛 厥头痛项先痛腰脊为应眩头痛重目如脱项如拔狂见目上及项直不可以顾暴
挛足不仁身痛欲折咽肿难言小儿惊痫)
大杼
(在项第一椎下两傍各一寸半陷者中足太阳手少阳之会灸七壮主癫疾不呕沫 疟颈项痛
不可
KTKT 项强急寒热僵仆不能久立烦满里急身不安席)
风门
(一名热府在第二椎下两傍各一寸半督脉足太阳之会灸五壮主风头眩痛鼻鼽不利时嚏清
涕自出)
肺俞
(在第三椎下两傍各一寸半灸三壮主肺寒热呼吸不得卧咳上气呕沫喘气相追逐胸满背膺
急息难振栗脉鼓气隔胸中有热支满不嗜食汗不出腰背痛肺胀癫疾憎风时振寒不能言得寒益甚
身热狂欲自杀目妄见螈 泣出死不知人)
心俞
(在第五椎下两傍各一寸半灸三壮主寒热心痛循循然与背相引而痛胸中邑邑不得息咳唾
血多涎烦中善噎饮食不下呕逆汗不出如疟状目KT KT 泪出悲伤 疟心胀)
膈俞
(在第七椎下两旁各一寸半灸三壮主凄凄振寒数欠伸咳而呕膈寒食饮不下寒热皮肉骨痛
少气
然嗜卧怠惰不欲动身常湿心痛周痹身皆痛 大风汗出癫狂)
肝俞
(在第九椎下两旁各一寸半灸三壮主咳而胁满急不得息不可反侧撅胁下与脐相引筋急而
痛反折目上视眩中循循然眉头痛惊狂衄少腹满目KT KT 生白翳咳引胸痛筋寒热唾血短气
鼻酸 筋痛急互相引肝胀癫狂)
胆俞
(在第十椎下两旁各一寸半足太阳脉气所发正坐取之灸三壮主胸满呕无所退场门苦舌干饮
食不下)
脾俞
(在第十一椎下两旁各一寸半灸三壮主腹中气胀引脊痛食饮多身羸瘦名曰食晦先取脾俞
后取季胁黄瘅善欠胁下满欲呕身重不动脾痛热 大肠转气按之如覆杯热引胃痛脾气寒四肢急
烦不嗜食痹胀)
胃俞
(在第十二椎下两旁各一寸半灸三壮主胸中寒胀食多身羸瘦腹中满而鸣腹 风厥胸胁支
满呕吐脊急痛筋挛食不下)
三焦俞
(在第十三椎下两旁各一寸半足太阳脉气所发灸三壮主头痛饮食不下腹鸣胪胀欲呕时注
泄)
肾俞
(在第十四椎下两旁各一寸半灸三壮主腰痛不可俯仰反侧热 寒热食多身羸瘦两胁引痛
心下焦痛心如悬下引脐少腹急痛热面黑目KT KT 喘咳少气溺滑赤骨寒热便难肾胀风头痛
如破足寒如水头重身热振栗腰中四肢淫泺欲呕腹鼓大寒中洞泄食不化骨寒热引背不得息)
大肠俞
(在第十六椎下两旁各一寸半灸三壮主大肠转气按之如覆杯食饮不下善噎肠中鸣腹 而
肿暴
寒栗)
小肠俞
(在第十八椎下两旁各一寸半灸三壮主少腹痛热控睾引腰脊疝痛上冲心腰脊强溺难黄赤
口干大小便难淋痔)
膀胱俞
(在第十九椎下两旁各一寸半灸三壮主热 互引汗不出反折尻臀内痛似瘅疟状腰脊痛强
引背少腹俯仰难不得仰息痿重尻不举溺赤腰以下至足清不仁不可以坐起)
中膂内俞
(在第二十椎下两旁各一寸半侠脊起肉灸三壮主腰痛不可以俯仰寒热 反折互引腹胀腋
挛背中怏怏引胁痛内引心从项始数脊椎侠膂如痛按之应手灸立已)
白环俞
(在第二十一椎下两旁各一寸半足太阳脉气所发不可灸主腰脊以下至足不仁小便黄)
上
(在第一空腰髁下一寸侠脊陷者中足太阳少阳之络灸三壮主腰脊痛而清善伛睾跳骞寒热
热病汗不出 疟女子绝子阴挺出不禁白沥)
次
(在第二空侠脊陷者中灸三壮主腰痛怏怏然不可以俯仰腰以下至足不仁脊腰背寒先取缺
盆后取尾 与八 女子赤白沥心下积胀)
中
(在第三空侠脊陷者中灸三壮主厥阴所结腰痛大便难飧泄尻中寒女子赤淫时白气癃月事
少男子癃小肠胀)
下
(在第四空侠脊陷者中灸三壮主腰痛引少腹痛女子下苍汁不禁赤淫阴中痒痛引少腹控
KT
不可以俯仰腹肠鸣 泄)
会阳
一名利机在阴尾骨两旁督脉气所发灸五壮主五脏腹中有寒泄注肠 便血)
素
(一名面玉在鼻柱端督脉气所发不宜灸主鼽衄涕出中有悬痈宿肉窒洞不通不知香臭)
神庭
(在入发际五分直鼻督脉足太阳阳明之会灸三壮主头脑中寒鼻鼽目泣出癫疾呕沫风眩善
呕烦 疟寒热头痛喘喝目不能视)
上星
(在颅上直鼻中央入发际一寸陷容豆督脉气所发灸五壮主风眩善呕烦满颜青 疟鼻鼽衄
热病汗不出目睛痛不能视面腑肿癫疾凡云上星主之者皆先取 后取天牖风池甄权云不宜多
灸)
囟会
(在上星后一寸陷者中督脉气所发灸五壮主 风眩善呕烦满头痛颜青癫疾呕沫暂起僵仆
恶见风寒面赤肿)
前项
(在囟会后一寸五分骨陷中督脉气所发灸五壮主风眩目瞑恶风寒面赤肿小儿惊痫)
百会
(一名三阳五会在前项后一寸半项中央旋毛中陷容指督脉足太阳之会灸五壮主 疟癫疾
不呕沫耳鸣 项上痛风头重目如脱不可左右顾)
后项
(一名交冲在百会后一寸五分枕骨上督脉气所发灸五壮主风眩目眩颅上痛KT KT 不
明恶风
强间(通按强间一作灸七壮)
(一名大羽在后顶后一寸半督脉气所发灸五壮主头痛如针刺不可以动项如拔不可左右顾
癫疾狂走螈 摇头口 戾颈强)
脑户
(一名匝风一名合颅在枕骨上强间后一寸半督脉足太阳之会不可灸主目赤痛不可视面赤
肿头
不能
风府
(一名舌本入项发际一寸大筋内宛宛中督脉阳维之会不可灸之主头痛项急不得顾侧目眩
晕不得喘息舌急难言狂易多言不休狂走欲自杀目反妄见暴喑不得言喉嗌痛足不仁)
喑门
(一名横舌一名舌厌在项发际宛宛中人系舌本督脉阳维之会仰头取之不可灸令人喑主项
强舌
反折
大椎
(玉英穴,位于紫宫穴下一寸六分的凹陷处,是任脉之气发出的部位。艾灸五壮,主治胸中胀满、呼吸不畅、胁痛、骨痛、气喘逆上、呕吐、心烦。)
膻中穴
(又名元儿,位于玉堂穴下一寸六分,在两乳之间正中的凹陷处,是任脉之气发出的部位。取穴时宜仰卧。艾灸五壮,主治胸痹心痛、烦闷、咳嗽气逆、喘息、唾痰、短气、呼吸困难、不能言语。)
中庭穴
(位于膻中穴下一寸六分的凹陷处,是任脉之气发出的部位。艾灸三壮,主治胸胁支撑胀满、膈部阻塞、饮食难下、呕吐且食后复出。此主治与甄权《千金方》及杨操的观点相同。)
膀胱人:膀胱是肾的腑,其两旁有一百二十个穴位。
(包括二十二个单穴以及膏肓及其附穴,共计一百四十四穴。)
《甲乙经》记载:
膀胱经的气血出于至阴穴,至阴属金。
(位于足小趾外侧,距离爪甲角如韭菜叶宽处,是足太阳经脉所出的部位,为井穴。冬季三个月适宜艾灸。)
流注于通谷穴,通谷属水。
(位于足小趾外侧本节前方的凹陷处,是足太阳经脉所留的部位,为荣穴。春季三个月适宜艾灸。)
灌注于束骨穴,束骨属木。
(位于足小趾外侧本节后方的凹陷处,是足太阳经脉所注的部位,为输穴。夏季三个月适宜艾灸。)
经过京骨穴。
(位于足外侧大骨下方赤白肉际的凹陷处,是足太阳经脉所过的部位,为原穴。)
行于昆仑穴,昆仑属火。
(位于足外踝后方跟骨上方的凹陷处,是足太阳经脉所行的部位,为经穴。)
入于委中穴,委中属土。
(位于腘窝中央动脉处,是足太阳经脉所入的部位,为合穴。秋季三个月适宜艾灸。此主治与甄权《千金方》及杨操的观点相同。)
至阴穴
(位于足小趾外侧,距离爪甲角如韭菜叶宽处。艾灸三壮,主治头重、鼻塞流涕、抽搐、无汗、心烦、足底发热、厌恶穿衣、项痛、目生翳膜、小便不利、疟疾寒热、疝气、风寒从足小趾发起的病证。)
通谷穴
(位于足小趾外侧本节前方的凹陷处。艾灸三壮,主治身体疼痛、易受惊吓、牵引性疼痛、鼻塞流涕、癫疾、寒热、眼部不适、喜咳、气逆、狂躁。)
束骨穴
(位于足小趾外侧本节后方的凹陷处。艾灸三壮,主治身体疼痛、狂躁、善行走、癫疾、寒热、腰痛如折断、惊恐、牵引性疼痛如结如裂、突发头痛、身热、肌肉跳动、耳聋、恶风、眼部溃烂发红、项强不可回顾、髀枢痛、泄泻、肠鸣、疟疾等病证。)
京骨穴
(位于足外侧大骨下方赤白肉际的凹陷处。艾灸三壮,主治疟疾寒热、善叹息、头重、足冷、不欲饮食、脚挛急、癫疾、狂妄、善自咬。)
申脉穴
(阳跷脉所出之处,位于足外踝下方的凹陷处,容得下爪甲。艾灸三壮,主治腰痛、不能举足、坐立困难如同下车跌倒、胫中寒冷、寒热、颈部腋下肿胀、癫疾、牵引性僵仆。通按:音“跷”,指火行之貌。)
金门穴
(足太阳经穴,又名关梁,位于足外踝下方。艾灸三壮,主治尸厥、暴死、霍乱、转筋、癫疾不呕沫、马痫。通按:一作外踝下一寸。)
仆参穴
(又名安邪,位于跟骨下方的凹陷处,拱足可取到。此处为足太阳经与阳跷脉交会之处。艾灸三壮,主治腰痛、不能举足、跟中及踝后痛、脚痿、癫疾、僵仆、转筋、尸厥、暴霍乱、马痫。)
昆仑穴
(位于足外踝后方跟骨上方的凹陷处。艾灸三壮,主治脊强、头眩痛、脚如结如裂、厥心痛并与背部相互牵引、善抽搐、如同从背后触动心脏、伛偻者称为肾心痛、寒热、癫疾、眼部不适、鼻塞鼻衄、疟疾多汗、腰痛不能俯仰、目如脱出、项如拔起、脊背强大、头面多汗、腰尻腹痛、踝肿、上齿痛、脊背尻重、不欲起身、间食臭、恶闻人声、狂易、女子难产若胞衣不出、泄风从头至足等病证。)
付阳穴
(足阳跷脉之郄穴,位于外踝上三寸,足太阳经之前、足少阳经之后、筋骨之间。艾灸三壮,主治痿厥、头面重眩痛、枢股外侧骨痛、抽搐、痹症麻木、振寒、时有发热、四肢不能举动。)
飞扬穴
(又名厥阳,位于足外踝上七寸,足太阳经络穴。艾灸三壮,主治身体懈怠、寒少气、热甚、恶心、心中惕然、口渴、间日发作的狂癫疾、身体疼痛、颈项痛、历节汗出而步履失履、腹部麻木、中脘痛、痔瘘痛。)
承山穴
(一名鱼腹,一名肉柱,位于腓肠肌下分肉间的凹陷处。艾灸五壮,主治寒热、痔疮脱出、癫疾、抽搐、鼻塞鼻衄、腰背痛、脚酸重战栗、不能久立、脚急肿痛、足挛、少腹痛牵引喉咽、大便难、腹痛。)
承筋穴
(一名腨肠,一名直肠,位于腘窝中央的凹陷处,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。艾灸三壮,主治大肠实证导致的腰背痛、寒痹转筋、头眩急。)
合阳穴
(位于膝腘横纹中央下二寸。艾灸五壮,主治痹厥、癫疾不呕沫、抽搐拘急、脚跟厥冷、膝重、腰脊痛牵引腹阴股热、阴暴痛、寒热、膝酸重。)
委中穴
(位于腘窝中央动脉处。艾灸三壮,主治腰痛挟脊至头、沉重感、眼部不适、疟疾头痛、寒从背起先寒后热、渴不止汗出、癫疾反折热痛、挟脊痛、痔瘘痛、遗尿、筋急、身热、少腹坚肿、少腹时热、小便难、尻股寒、髀枢痛外引季胁内等病证。)
委阳穴
(位于足太阳经之前、足少阳经之后,出于髀中外廉两筋间,在承扶穴下六寸,此为足太阳经的络穴。艾灸三壮,一说屈身取穴。)
殷门穴
(位于肉里穴下六寸。艾灸三壮,主治腰痛得俯不得仰,仰则痛,因举重导致恶血归聚于此。)
承扶穴
(一名肉里,一名阴关,一名皮部,位于尻臀下股阴上冲纹中,一说股阴下冲纹中。艾灸三壮,主治腰脊尻臀股阴寒大痛,虚则血动,实则热痛,痔瘘痛,尻中肿,大便直出,阴胞有寒致小便不利。)
附分穴
(在第二椎下,项内廉两旁各三寸,为手足太阳经交会之处。艾灸五壮,主治背痛牵引颈部。)
魄户穴
(在第三椎下,两旁各三寸,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。正坐取穴,艾灸五壮,主治肩膊间急迫、凄厥恶寒、项背痛牵引颈部、咳嗽气逆、呕吐烦满、背痛不能回顾。)
神堂穴
(在第五椎下,两旁各三寸的凹陷处,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。艾灸五壮,主治肩痛、胸腹满、凄厥、脊背急强。)
膈关穴
(在第六椎下,两旁各三寸,以手按压痛,病者言是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。艾灸五壮,主治腋拘挛、暴脉急引胁痛、内引心肺、从项至脊以下十二椎对应处灸之立愈、热病汗不出、肩背寒热、牵引身热、咳嗽气逆、虚喘、气逆、鼻塞鼻衄、肩甲内廉痛不可俯仰、季胁引少腹而胀痛、小儿食晦头痛引颐、疟疾风证。)
魂门穴
(在第九椎下,两旁各三寸的凹陷处,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。正坐取穴,艾灸三壮,主治胸胁胀满、背痛恶风寒、饮食不下、呕吐不留住。)
阳纲穴
(在第十椎下,两旁各三寸的凹陷处,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。正坐取穴,艾灸三壮,主治食饮不下、腹中雷鸣、大便不节、小便赤黄。)
意舍穴
(在第十一椎下,两旁各三寸的凹陷处,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。正坐取穴,艾灸三壮,主治腹满、腹胀、大便泄泻、消渴、身热、面目黄。)
胃仓穴
(在第十二椎下,两旁各三寸。艾灸三壮,主治腹胀水肿、食饮不下、多寒、不能俯仰。)
肓门穴
(在第十三椎下,两旁各三寸,叉肋间。艾灸三十壮,主治心下大坚、妇人乳余疾。)
志室穴
(在第十四椎下,两旁各三寸的凹陷处,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。正坐取穴,艾灸三壮,主治腰痛、脊急、胁下满、少腹坚急。)
胞肓穴
(在第十九椎下,两旁各三寸的凹陷处,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。伏而取之,艾灸三壮,主治腰脊痛、恶寒、少腹满坚、癃闭、下重不得小便,以手按之则欲小便涩而不得出、肩上热、手足小趾外侧及胫踝后皆热,若脉陷取委中等穴。)
秩边穴
(在第二十一椎下,两旁各三寸的凹陷处,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。伏而取之,艾灸三壮,主治腰脚寒冷、俯仰急难、阴痛、下重不得小便。)
攒竹穴
(一名员柱,一名始光,一名夜光,一名明光,位于眉头凹陷处,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。艾灸三壮,主治风头痛、鼻塞流涕鼻衄及眩晕。)
曲差穴
(一名鼻冲,距神庭穴一寸半,在发际处,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。正头取穴,艾灸五壮,主治头痛、身热、鼻塞呼吸不利、烦满、无汗。)
五处穴
(在督脉旁,去上星穴一寸半,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。艾灸三壮,主治脊强反折、抽搐、癫疾、头重、寒热。)
承光穴
(在五处穴后二寸,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。不可灸,主治热病汗不出而苦呕、烦心、目生白翳、远视不明。)
通天穴
(一名天白,在承光后一寸半,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。艾灸三壮,主治头痛重、僵仆、鼻塞、鼻塞流涕鼻衄、不通、口眼歪斜、多涕、鼻塞鼻衄有疮。)
络却穴
(一名强阳,一名脑盖,反行在通天后一寸半,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。艾灸三壮,主治青盲无所见、癫疾僵仆、目妄见、恍惚不乐、狂走、抽搐。)
玉枕穴
(在络却后七分半,侠脑户旁一寸三分,起肉枕骨入发际三寸,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。艾灸三壮,主治头项痛、恶寒似拔。)
天柱穴
(在侠项后发际大筋外廉的凹陷处,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。艾灸三壮,主治寒热、暴拘挛、痫眩、足不任目、目赤痛、厥头痛、项先痛腰脊为应、眩头痛重、目如脱、项如拔、狂见、目上及项直不可以顾、暴挛、足不仁、身痛欲折、咽肿难言、小儿惊痫。)
大杼穴
(在项第一椎下,两旁各一寸半的凹陷处,为足太阳经与手少阳经交会之处。艾灸七壮,主治癫疾不呕沫、疟疾、颈项痛不可回顾、项强急、寒热、僵仆、不能久立、烦满、里急、身不安席。)
风门穴
(一名热府,在第二椎下,两旁各一寸半,为督脉与足太阳经交会之处。艾灸五壮,主治风头眩痛、鼻塞不利、时嚏清涕自出。)
肺俞穴
(在第三椎下,两旁各一寸半。艾灸三壮,主治肺寒热、呼吸不得卧、咳上气、呕沫、喘气相追逐、胸满背膺急、息难、振栗、脉鼓气、隔胸中有热、支满、不嗜食、无汗、腰背痛、肺胀、癫疾、憎风、时振寒、不能言、得寒益甚、身热、狂、欲自杀、目妄见、抽搐、泣出、死不知人。)
心俞穴
(在第五椎下,两旁各一寸半。艾灸三壮,主治寒热、心痛循循然与背相引而痛、胸中邑邑不得息、咳唾血多涎、烦中善噎、饮食不下、呕逆、无汗、如疟状、目泪出、悲伤、疟疾、心胀。)
膈俞穴
(在第七椎下,两旁各一寸半。艾灸三壮,主治凄凄振寒、数欠伸、咳而呕、膈寒食饮不下、寒热、皮肉骨痛、少气、嗜卧怠惰不欲动、身常湿、心痛、周痹、身皆痛、大风汗出、癫狂。)
肝俞穴
(在第九椎下,两旁各一寸半。艾灸三壮,主治咳而胁满急不得息、不可反侧、撅胁下与脐相引、筋急而痛、反折、目上视、眩中循循然眉头痛、惊狂、衄血、少腹满、目生白翳、咳引胸痛、筋寒热、唾血、短气、鼻酸、筋痛急互相引、肝胀、癫狂。)
胆俞穴
(在第十椎下,两旁各一寸半,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。正坐取穴,艾灸三壮,主治胸满、呕无所退、口苦、舌干、饮食不下。)
脾俞穴
(在第十一椎下,两旁各一寸半。艾灸三壮,主治腹中气胀、引脊痛、食饮多身羸瘦名曰食晦、先取脾俞后取季胁、黄瘅、善欠、胁下满、欲呕、身重不动、脾痛热、大肠转气、按之如覆杯、热引胃痛、脾气寒、四肢急、烦不嗜食、痹胀。)
胃俞穴
(在第十二椎下,两旁各一寸半。艾灸三壮,主治胸中寒胀、食多身羸瘦、腹中满而鸣、腹中风厥、胸胁支满、呕吐、脊急痛、筋挛、食不下。)
三焦俞穴
(在第十三椎下,两旁各一寸半,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。艾灸三壮,主治头痛、饮食不下、腹鸣、腹胀、欲呕、时注泄。)
肾俞穴
(在第十四椎下,两旁各一寸半。艾灸三壮,主治腰痛不可俯仰反侧、热寒、食多身羸瘦、两胁引痛、心下焦痛心如悬、下引脐少腹急痛热、面黑、目生白翳、喘咳、少气、溺滑赤、骨寒热、便难、肾胀、风头痛如破、足寒如水、头重、身热振栗、腰中四肢淫泺、欲呕、腹鼓、大寒中洞泄、食不化、骨寒热引背不得息。)
大肠俞穴
(在第十六椎下,两旁各一寸半。艾灸三壮,主治大肠转气、按之如覆杯、食饮不下、善噎、肠中鸣、腹肿、暴寒栗。)
小肠俞穴
(在第十八椎下,两旁各一寸半。艾灸三壮,主治少腹痛热、控睾引腰脊、疝痛上冲心、腰脊强、溺难黄赤、口干、大小便难、淋、痔。)
膀胱俞穴
(在第十九椎下,两旁各一寸半。艾灸三壮,主治热、牵引、无汗、反折、尻臀内痛似瘅疟状、腰脊痛强引背、少腹俯仰难、不得仰息、痿重、尻不举、溺赤、腰以下至足清不仁、不可以坐起。)
中膂内俞穴
(在第二十椎下,两旁各一寸半,侠脊起肉。艾灸三壮,主治腰痛不可以俯仰、寒热、反折、牵引、腹胀、腋挛、背中怏怏、引胁痛、内引心、从项始数脊椎侠膂如痛、按之应手、灸立已。)
白环俞穴
(在第二十一椎下,两旁各一寸半,是足太阳经脉之气发出的部位。不可灸,主治腰脊以下至足不仁、小便黄。)
上髎穴
(在第一空腰髁下一寸,侠脊凹陷处,为足太阳经与少阳经之络。艾灸三壮,主治腰脊痛而清、善伛、睾跳骞、寒热、热病汗不出、疟疾、女子绝子、阴挺出不禁、白沥。)
次髎穴
(在第二空,侠脊凹陷处。艾灸三壮,主治腰痛怏怏然不可以俯仰、腰以下至足不仁、脊腰背寒、先取缺盆后取尾闾与八髎、女子赤白沥、心下积胀。)
中髎穴
(在第三空,侠脊凹陷处。艾灸三壮,主治厥阴所结腰痛、大便难、飧泄、尻中寒、女子赤淫时白气、癃、月事少、男子癃、小肠胀。)
下髎穴
(在第四空,侠脊凹陷处。艾灸三壮,主治腰痛引少腹痛、女子下苍汁不禁、赤淫、阴中痒痛引少腹、控睾、不可以俯仰、腹肠鸣、泄泻。)
会阳穴
(一名利机,在阴尾骨两旁,督脉之气发出之处。艾灸五壮,主治五脏腹中有寒、泄注肠、便血。)
素髎穴
(一名面玉,在鼻柱端,督脉之气发出之处。不宜灸,主治鼻塞流涕、中有悬痈宿肉、窒洞不通、不知香臭。)
神庭穴
(在入发际五分,直鼻,为督脉、足太阳经、阳明经交会之处。艾灸三壮,主治头脑中寒、鼻塞、目泣出、癫疾、呕沫、风眩、善呕、烦闷、疟疾寒热、头痛、喘喝、目不能视。)
上星穴
(在颅上直鼻中央,入发际一寸,凹陷容豆,督脉之气发出之处。艾灸五壮,主治风眩、善呕、烦满、颜青、疟疾、鼻塞鼻衄、热病汗不出、目睛痛不能视、面肿、癫疾。凡云上星主之者,皆先取囟会后取天牖、风池。甄权云不宜多灸。)
囟会穴
(在上星后一寸,凹陷处,督脉之气发出之处。艾灸五壮,主治风眩、善呕、烦满、头痛、颜青、癫疾、呕沫、暂起僵仆、恶见风寒、面赤肿。)
前顶穴
(在囟会后一寸五分,骨陷中,督脉之气发出之处。艾灸五壮,主治风眩、目瞑、恶风寒、面赤肿、小儿惊痫。)
百会穴
(一名三阳五会,在前顶后一寸半,项中央旋毛中,凹陷容指,为督脉与足太阳经交会之处。艾灸五壮,主治疟疾、癫疾、不呕沫、耳鸣、项上痛风、头重、目如脱、不可左右顾。)
后顶穴
(一名交冲,在百会后一寸半,枕骨上,督脉之气发出之处。艾灸五壮,主治风眩、目眩、颅上痛、不明、恶风、强。)
强间穴
(通按:强间一作灸七壮)
(一名大羽,在后顶后一寸半,督脉之气发出之处。艾灸五壮,主治头痛如针刺不可以动、项如拔、不可左右顾、癫疾狂走、抽搐、摇头、口戾、颈强。)
脑户穴
(一名匝风,一名合颅,在枕骨上,强间后一寸半,为督脉与足太阳经交会之处。不可灸,主治目赤痛不可视、面赤肿、头项不能回顾。)
风府穴
(一名舌本,入项发际一寸,大筋内宛宛中,为督脉与阳维脉交会之处。不可灸,主治头痛、项急不得顾、侧目、眩晕、不得喘息、舌急难言、狂易、多言不休、狂走、欲自杀、目反妄见、暴喑不得言、喉嗌痛、足不仁。)
喑门穴
(一名横舌,一名舌厌,在项发际宛宛中,人系舌本,为督脉与阳维脉交会之处。仰头取之,不可灸,令人喑。主治项强、舌、反折。)
大椎穴
(Also known as Yuying, located 1.6 cun below Zigong (Conception Vessel 19) in the depression; it is where the Qi of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) emerges. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Fullness in the chest, dyspnea, hypochondriac pain, bone pain, asthma with rebellious Qi, vomiting, and irritability.)
Danzhong (Conception Vessel 17)
(Also known as Yuan'er, located 1.6 cun below Yutang (Conception Vessel 18), directly between the two breasts in the depression; it is where the Qi of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) emerges. Take the position supine. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Chest bi syndrome with heart pain, irritability and fullness, cough with rebellious Qi, asthma, expectoration, shortness of breath, dyspnea, and inability to speak.)
Zhongting (Conception Vessel 16)
(Located 1.6 cun below Danzhong (Conception Vessel 17) in the depression; it is where the Qi of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) emerges. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Supportive fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, diaphragmatic obstruction, difficulty swallowing food, vomiting with regurgitation of eaten food. These indications are consistent with those of Zhen Quan's *Qianjin Fang* and Yang Cao.)
Bladder Person: The Bladder is the Fu organ of the Kidney, with 120 acupoints on both sides.
(Including 22 single acupoints and the Gao Huang points plus their accessory points, totaling 144 acupoints.)
According to the *Jia Yi Jing*:
The Qi of the Bladder Meridian originates at Zhiyin (BL-66), which corresponds to Metal.
(Located on the lateral side of the little toe, about the width of a leek leaf from the corner of the nail; it is the exit point of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, classified as the Jing-Well point. Moxibustion is suitable during the three winter months.)
It flows into Tonggu (BL-65), which corresponds to Water.
(Located in the depression anterior to the metatarsophalangeal joint on the lateral side of the little toe; it is the resting place of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, classified as the Ying-Spring point. Moxibustion is suitable during the three spring months.)
It pours into Shugu (BL-64), which corresponds to Wood.
(Located in the depression posterior to the metatarsophalangeal joint on the lateral side of the little toe; it is the pouring place of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, classified as the Shu-Stream point. Moxibustion is suitable during the three summer months.)
It passes over Jinggu (BL-64).
(Located in the depression at the junction of red and white flesh under the large bone on the lateral side of the foot; it is the passing place of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, classified as the Yuan-Source point.)
It travels through Kunlun (BL-60), which corresponds to Fire.
(Located in the depression behind the lateral malleolus above the calcaneus; it is the traveling place of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, classified as the Jing-River point.)
It enters Weizhong (BL-40), which corresponds to Earth.
(Located in the center of the popliteal crease where the artery beats; it is the entering place of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, classified as the He-Sea point. Moxibustion is suitable during the three autumn months. These indications are consistent with those of Zhen Quan's *Qianjin Fang* and Yang Cao.)
Zhiyin (BL-66)
(Located on the lateral side of the little toe, about the width of a leek leaf from the corner of the nail. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Heavy head, nasal congestion, convulsions, anhidrosis, irritability, heat in the soles of the feet, aversion to removing clothes, neck pain, eye nebula, dysuria, malaria with chills and fever, hernia, and diseases starting from the little toe due to wind-cold.)
Tonggu (BL-65)
(Located in the depression anterior to the metatarsophalangeal joint on the lateral side of the little toe. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Body pain, susceptibility to fright,牵引 pain, nasal congestion, epilepsy, chills and fever, eye discomfort, preference for coughing, rebellious Qi, and mania.)
Shugu (BL-64)
(Located in the depression posterior to the metatarsophalangeal joint on the lateral side of the little toe. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Body pain, mania, frequent walking, epilepsy, chills and fever, low back pain like breaking, fright,牵引 pain like knotting or tearing, sudden headache, body heat, muscle twitching, deafness, aversion to wind, eye ulceration and redness, stiff neck unable to look around, hip joint pain, diarrhea, borborygmus, malaria, etc.)
Jinggu (BL-64)
(Located in the depression at the junction of red and white flesh under the large bone on the lateral side of the foot. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Malaria with chills and fever, frequent sighing, heavy head, cold feet, loss of appetite, foot spasms, epilepsy, madness, self-biting.)
Shenmai (BL-62)
(The exit point of the Yang Qiao Mai, located in the depression below the lateral malleolus, accommodating the nail. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Low back pain, inability to lift the foot, difficulty sitting or standing as if falling from a cart, cold in the calf, chills and fever, swelling of the neck and axilla, epilepsy,牵引 stiffness and collapse. Commentary: "Qiao" refers to the movement of fire.)
Jinmen (BL-63)
(Acpoint of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, also known as Guanliang, located below the lateral malleolus. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Corpse-like fainting, sudden death, cholera, muscle spasms, epilepsy without foaming, horse epilepsy. Commentary: One version says one cun below the lateral malleolus.)
Pucan (BL-60)
(Also known as Anxie, located in the depression below the calcaneus; found by flexing the foot. It is the meeting point of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian and the Yang Qiao Mai. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Low back pain, inability to lift the foot, pain in the heel and behind the ankle, foot weakness, epilepsy, stiffness and collapse, muscle spasms, corpse-like fainting, sudden cholera, horse epilepsy.)
Kunlun (BL-60)
(Located in the depression behind the lateral malleolus above the calcaneus. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Stiff spine, dizziness and headache, feet feeling knotted or torn, jue heart pain with牵引 to the back, frequent convulsions, feeling as if the heart is touched from behind, stooping (known as Kidney Heart Pain), chills and fever, epilepsy, eye discomfort, nasal congestion and epistaxis, malaria with excessive sweating, low back pain unable to bend or extend, eyes feeling like popping out, neck feeling like being pulled, strong spine, excessive sweating on the head and face, pain in the lower back and buttocks, ankle swelling, upper toothache, heaviness of the spine and back, reluctance to rise, bad breath, aversion to human voices, madness, difficult childbirth if the placenta does not come out, wind-dampness spreading from head to foot, etc.)
Fuyang (BL-59)
(The Xi-Cleft point of the Yang Qiao Mai, located 3 cun above the lateral malleolus, between the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian and the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian, between the tendon and bone. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Wei-jue syndrome, heavy and dizzy head pain, pain in the lateral aspect of the thigh and knee bone, convulsions, bi-syndrome with numbness, chills with intermittent heat, inability to move the four limbs.)
Feiyang (BL-58)
(Also known as Jueyang, the Luo-Connecting point of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, located 7 cun above the lateral malleolus. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Body lethargy, chills with shortness of Qi, severe heat, nausea, palpitations, thirst, mania and epilepsy occurring every other day, body pain, neck pain, joint pain with sweating and loss of footing, abdominal numbness, epigastric pain, hemorrhoids and fistula pain.)
Chengshan (BL-57)
(Also known as Yufu or Ruzhu, located in the depression between the muscles of the gastrocnemius. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Chills and fever, prolapsed hemorrhoids, epilepsy, convulsions, nasal congestion and epistaxis, low back and back pain, sore and heavy legs with trembling, inability to stand for long periods, acute leg pain and swelling, foot spasms, lower abdominal pain radiating to the throat, difficulty in defecation, abdominal pain.)
Chengjin (BL-56)
(Also known as Chuanchang or Zhichang, located in the depression in the center of the popliteal fossa; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Excess syndrome of the Large Intestine causing low back and back pain, cold bi-syndrome with spasms, dizziness and urgency.)
Heyang (BL-55)
(Located 2 cun below the center of the popliteal crease. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Bi-jue syndrome, epilepsy without foaming, convulsions and spasms, cold at the heel, heavy knees, low back and spine pain radiating to the abdomen and yin groin, sudden yin pain, chills and fever, heavy and sore knees.)
Weizhong (BL-40)
(Located in the center of the popliteal fossa where the artery beats. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Low back pain extending from the spine to the head, heaviness, eye discomfort, malaria headache, chills starting from the back followed by fever, unquenchable thirst with sweating, epilepsy with opisthotonos and hot pain, pain along the spine, hemorrhoid and fistula pain, enuresis, tendon spasms, body heat, hardness and swelling of the lower abdomen, intermittent heat in the lower abdomen, difficult urination, cold in the sacrum and thighs, hip joint pain radiating to the lateral hypochondrium, etc.)
Weiyang (BL-39)
(Located anterior to the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian and posterior to the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian, emerging between the two tendons on the lateral aspect of the thigh, 6 cun below Chengfu. This is the Luo-Connecting point of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian. Moxibustion: 3壮. One method says to take it with the body bent.)
Fuxi (BL-38)
(Located 1 cun above Weiyang; obtained by extending the knee. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Inability to sleep.)
Yinmen (BL-37)
(Located 6 cun below Rouli. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Low back pain allowing bending but not extension; extension causes pain. Caused by lifting heavy weights leading to the accumulation of evil blood.)
Chengfu (BL-36)
(Also known as Rouli, Yingu, or Pibu, located in the transverse crease of the gluteal fold, or one version says below the transverse crease of the yin thigh. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Severe cold pain in the low back, spine, sacrum, buttocks, and yin thigh; deficiency leads to blood movement, excess leads to hot pain, hemorrhoid and fistula pain, swelling in the sacrum, straight passage of stool, cold in the yin uterus causing dysuria.)
Fufen (BL-43)
(Located 3 cun lateral to the inner margin of the neck below the second thoracic vertebra; it is the meeting point of the Hand and Foot Taiyang meridians. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Back pain radiating to the neck.)
Pohu (BL-42)
(Located 3 cun lateral to the third thoracic vertebra; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Take the position sitting upright. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Urgency in the shoulder blades, chilliness and aversion to cold, neck and back pain radiating to the neck, cough with rebellious Qi, vomiting, irritability and fullness, back pain unable to turn the head.)
Shentang (BL-44)
(Located in the depression 3 cun lateral to the fifth thoracic vertebra; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Shoulder pain, chest and abdominal fullness, chilliness, stiffness and rigidity of the spine and back.)
Geguan (BL-45)
(Located 3 cun lateral to the sixth thoracic vertebra; pressing here causes pain in the patient, indicating it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Axillary spasm, sudden tension pulling the hypochondrium inward to the heart and lungs, corresponding to the twelve vertebrae from the neck to the spine; moxibustion here brings immediate relief, anhidrosis in febrile diseases, chills and heat in the shoulders and back,牵引 body heat, cough with rebellious Qi, deficiency asthma, rebellious Qi, nasal congestion and epistaxis, pain in the medial aspect of the scapula unable to bend or extend, hypochondrium radiating to the lower abdomen causing distension and pain, pediatric food stagnation headache radiating to the chin, malaria and wind syndromes.)
Hunmen (BL-47)
(Located in the depression 3 cun lateral to the ninth thoracic vertebra; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Take the position sitting upright. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Chest and hypochondriac distension and fullness, back pain with aversion to wind and cold, difficulty swallowing food, vomiting without retention.)
Yanggang (BL-48)
(Located in the depression 3 cun lateral to the tenth thoracic vertebra; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Take the position sitting upright. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Difficulty swallowing food and drink, borborygmus in the abdomen, loose stools, dark yellow urine.)
Yishe (BL-49)
(Located in the depression 3 cun lateral to the eleventh thoracic vertebra; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Take the position sitting upright. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Abdominal fullness, bloating, diarrhea, xiao-ke (wasting-thirst), body heat, yellow complexion.)
Weicang (BL-50)
(Located 3 cun lateral to the twelfth thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Abdominal bloating, edema, difficulty swallowing food and drink, excessive cold, inability to bend or extend.)
Huangmen (BL-51)
(Located 3 cun lateral to the thirteenth thoracic vertebra, between the ribs. Moxibustion: 30壮. Indications: Hard mass in the epigastrium, residual diseases of the breasts in women.)
Zhishi (BL-52)
(Located in the depression 3 cun lateral to the fourteenth thoracic vertebra; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Take the position sitting upright. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Low back pain, spinal stiffness, fullness under the hypochondrium, hardness and urgency in the lower abdomen.)
Baohuang (BL-53)
(Located in the depression 3 cun lateral to the nineteenth thoracic vertebra; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Take the position prone. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Low back and spine pain, aversion to cold, fullness and hardness in the lower abdomen, strangury, heaviness below with inability to urinate, desire to urinate but涩 inability to pass when pressed, heat on the shoulders, heat in the lateral aspect of the little toes of the hands and feet and behind the tibial ankles; if the pulse is sunken, treat with Weizhong, etc.)
Zhibian (BL-54)
(Located in the depression 3 cun lateral to the twenty-first thoracic vertebra; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Take the position prone. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Cold in the low back and legs, difficulty in bending and extending, yin pain, heaviness below with inability to urinate.)
Canzhu (BL-1)
(Also known as Yuanshu, Shiguang, Yeguang, Mingguang, located in the depression at the medial end of the eyebrow; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Wind headache, nasal congestion, epistaxis, and dizziness.)
Qucha (BL-8)
(Also known as Bichong, 1.5 cun lateral to Shenting (GV-24), in the hairline; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Keep the head straight. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Headache, body heat, nasal obstruction with difficult breathing, irritability and fullness, anhidrosis.)
Wuchu (BL-3)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to Shangxing (GV-23) along the Du Mai; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Spinal stiffness and opisthotonos, convulsions, epilepsy, heavy head, chills and fever.)
Chenguang (BL-7)
(Located 2 cun posterior to Wuchu (BL-3); it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Do not moxa. Indications: Febrile disease with anhidrosis and bitter vomiting, irritability, white nebula in the eyes, blurred distant vision.)
Tongtian (BL-7)
(Also known as Tianbai, 1.5 cun posterior to Chengguang (BL-7); it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Heavy headache, stiffness and collapse, nasal obstruction, nasal congestion and epistaxis, blockage, deviation of the mouth and eyes, excessive discharge, nasal congestion and epistaxis with sores.)
Luoque (BL-8)
(Also known as Qiangyang or Gaogai, running posteriorly 1.5 cun behind Tongtian (BL-7); it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Blindness, epilepsy with stiffness and collapse, visual hallucinations, confusion and unhappiness, wild running, convulsions.)
Yuzhen (BL-9)
(Located 0.75 cun posterior to Luoque (BL-8), 1.3 cun lateral to Naohu (GV-17), rising flesh on the occipital bone entering the hairline 3 cun; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Head and neck pain, aversion to cold, feeling of pulling.)
Tianzhu (BL-10)
(Located in the depression outside the lateral margin of the great tendon at the posterior hairline of the neck; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Chills and fever, sudden stiffness, epilepsy and dizziness, weak feet unable to support the eyes, red and painful eyes, jue headache, neck pain preceding low back and spine response, heavy dizzy headache, eyes feeling like popping out, neck feeling like being pulled, madness, upward gaze, stiff neck unable to look around, sudden stiffness, insensibility of the feet, body pain as if broken, swollen throat with difficulty speaking, pediatric convulsions and epilepsy.)
Dazhu (BL-11)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the depression below the first cervical vertebra of the neck; it is the meeting point of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian and the Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian. Moxibustion: 7壮. Indications: Epilepsy without foaming, malaria, neck and shoulder pain unable to look back, stiff neck, chills and fever, stiffness and collapse, inability to stand for long periods, irritability and fullness, internal urgency, restlessness.)
Fengmen (BL-12)
(Also known as Refu, located 1.5 cun lateral to the second thoracic vertebra; it is the meeting point of the Du Mai and the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Dizzy and painful head, nasal congestion and difficulty breathing, frequent sneezing with clear discharge.)
Feishu (BL-13)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the third thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Lung chills and fever, inability to lie down while breathing, cough with rebellious Qi, foaming, asthma, chasing breath, chest fullness, urgency in the back and chest, difficult breathing, tremors, pulsating vessels, heat in the chest diaphragm, supportive fullness, loss of appetite, anhidrosis, low back and back pain, lung distension, epilepsy, aversion to wind, intermittent chills, inability to speak, worsening with cold, body heat, madness, suicidal ideation, visual hallucinations, convulsions, weeping, death with unconsciousness.)
Xinshu (BL-15)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the fifth thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Chills and fever, heart pain牵引 to the back, oppression in the chest with dyspnea, coughing and spitting blood and saliva, irritability with frequent choking, difficulty swallowing, vomiting and rebellious Qi, anhidrosis, malaria-like symptoms, tearing, sadness, malaria, heart distension.)
Geshu (BL-17)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the seventh thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Chilliness and trembling, frequent yawning and stretching, cough with vomiting, diaphragmatic cold with inability to swallow food and drink, chills and fever, pain in skin, flesh, and bones, shortness of Qi,嗜睡 and lethargy, constant dampness, heart pain, generalized bi-syndrome, body-wide pain, severe wind with sweating, mania.)
Ganshu (BL-18)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the ninth thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Cough with hypochondriac fullness and urgency, dyspnea, inability to turn sideways, hypochondrium牵引 to the umbilicus, tendon spasms and pain, opisthotonos, upward gaze, dizziness with眉 pain, fright and madness, epistaxis, lower abdominal fullness, white nebula in the eyes, cough with chest pain, tendon chills and fever, hemoptysis, shortness of Qi, nasal sourness, acute tendon pain with mutual牵引, liver distension, mania.)
Danshu (BL-19)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the tenth thoracic vertebra; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Take the position sitting upright. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Chest fullness, vomiting with no relief, bitter taste, dry tongue, difficulty swallowing.)
Pishu (BL-20)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the eleventh thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Abdominal Qi distension牵引 to the spine, excessive eating with emaciation known as Shi-hui, first treat Pishu then Ji Xie, jaundice, frequent yawning, hypochondriac fullness, desire to vomit, heavy body immobility, spleen heat, Large Intestine Qi rotation, feeling like an inverted cup upon pressure, heat牵引 stomach pain, spleen cold, limb urgency, irritability, loss of appetite, bi-syndrome and distension.)
Weishu (BL-21)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the twelfth thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Cold distension in the chest, excessive eating with emaciation, abdominal fullness with borborygmus, wind-jue in the abdomen, chest and hypochondriac supportive fullness, vomiting, spinal urgency and pain, tendon spasms, difficulty swallowing.)
Sanjiaoshu (BL-22)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the thirteenth thoracic vertebra; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Headache, difficulty swallowing, abdominal borborygmus, bloating, desire to vomit, intermittent diarrhea.)
Shenshu (BL-23)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the fourteenth thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Low back pain unable to bend, extend, or turn, chills and fever, excessive eating with emaciation, pain牵引 from the two hypochondria, lower heart jiao pain with hanging sensation, downward牵引 to the umbilicus and lower abdomen with urgent hot pain, dark face, white nebula in the eyes, asthma and cough, shortness of Qi, slippery and dark urine, bone chills and fever, difficult defecation, kidney distension, wind headache like breaking, cold feet like water, heavy head, body heat with tremors, lumbago and limb weakness, desire to vomit, abdominal鼓胀, severe cold with洞泄, undigested food, bone chills and fever牵引 to the back with dyspnea.)
Dachangshu (BL-25)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the sixteenth thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Large Intestine Qi rotation, feeling like an inverted cup upon pressure, difficulty swallowing, frequent choking, intestinal borborygmus, abdominal swelling, sudden chills.)
Xiaochangshu (BL-27)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the eighteenth thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Lower abdominal hot pain牵引 to the testicles and low back, hernia pain rushing to the heart, stiff low back and spine, difficult and dark yellow urination, dry mouth, difficulty in defecation and urination, strangury, hemorrhoids.)
Pangguangshu (BL-28)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the nineteenth thoracic vertebra. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Heat,牵引, anhidrosis, opisthotonos, pain inside the sacrum and buttocks resembling malignant malaria, stiff low back and spine pain牵引 to the back, difficulty bending and extending the lower abdomen, inability to breathe while lying back, heaviness and paralysis, inability to lift the sacrum, dark urination, cold and insensitivity from the low back to the feet, inability to sit or rise.)
Zhonglunei Shu (BL-29)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the twentieth thoracic vertebra, arising flesh beside the spine. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Low back pain unable to bend or extend, chills and fever, opisthotonos,牵引, abdominal distension, axillary spasm, back discomfort, pain牵引 to the hypochondrium and inward to the heart, starting from the neck counting the vertebrae beside the spine; if painful upon pressure, moxibustion brings immediate relief.)
Baihuan Shu (BL-30)
(Located 1.5 cun lateral to the twenty-first thoracic vertebra; it is where the Qi of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian emerges. Do not moxa. Indications: Insensitivity from the low back and spine to the feet, yellow urine.)
Shangliao (BL-31)
(Located 1 cun below the first sacral foramen beside the spine; it is the collateral of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian and the Foot-Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Low back and spine pain with clarity, frequent stooping, testicular jumping and drawing, chills and fever, anhidrosis in febrile diseases, malaria, female sterility, uterine prolapse with incontinence of white discharge.)
Ciliao (BL-32)
(Located in the second sacral foramen beside the spine. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Low back pain with discomfort unable to bend or extend, insensitivity from the low back to the feet, cold in the spine, waist, and back; first treat Quepen then Weilü and the Eight Liao points, female red and white leukorrhea, epigastric accumulation and distension.)
Zhongliao (BL-33)
(Located in the third sacral foramen beside the spine. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Jueyin knotting causing low back pain, difficult defecation, undigested diarrhea, cold in the sacrum, female red leukorrhea with white gas, strangury, scanty menstruation, male strangury, Small Intestine distension.)
Xialiao (BL-34)
(Located in the fourth sacral foramen beside the spine. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Low back pain radiating to the lower abdomen, female incontinence of pale fluid, red leukorrhea, vulvar itching pain radiating to the lower abdomen, testicular牵引, inability to bend or extend, abdominal borborygmus, diarrhea.)
Huiyang (GV-35)
(Also known as Liji, located on both sides of the coccyx; it is where the Qi of the Du Mai emerges. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Cold in the five zang organs and abdomen, projectile diarrhea, intestinal bleeding.)
Suliao (GV-28)
(Also known as Mianyu, located at the tip of the nasal bridge; it is where the Qi of the Du Mai emerges. Do not moxa. Indications: Nasal congestion, runny nose,悬痈 and polyps inside, blockage preventing airflow, loss of smell.)
Shenting (GV-24)
(Located 0.5 cun inside the hairline, directly above the nose; it is the meeting point of the Du Mai, Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian, and Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Moxibustion: 3壮. Indications: Cold in the brain, nasal congestion, tearing, epilepsy, foaming, wind dizziness, frequent vomiting, irritability, malaria with chills and fever, headache, asthmatic breathing, inability to see.)
Shangxing (GV-23)
(Located 1 cun inside the hairline on the midline of the skull above the nose, in a depression accommodating a bean; it is where the Qi of the Du Mai emerges. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Wind dizziness, frequent vomiting, irritability and fullness, blue complexion, malaria, nasal congestion and epistaxis, anhidrosis in febrile diseases, eye pain with inability to see, facial swelling, epilepsy. Generally, when Shangxing is indicated, first treat Xinhui then Tianyou and Fengchi. Zhen Quan says do not moxa excessively.)
Xinhui (GV-22)
(Located 1 cun posterior to Shangxing (GV-23) in the depression; it is where the Qi of the Du Mai emerges. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Wind dizziness, frequent vomiting, irritability and fullness, headache, blue complexion, epilepsy, foaming, sudden stiffness and collapse, aversion to wind and cold, red and swollen face.)
Qian Ding (GV-21)
(Located 1.5 cun posterior to Xinhui (GV-22) in the bone depression; it is where the Qi of the Du Mai emerges. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Wind dizziness, closing of the eyes, aversion to wind and cold, red and swollen face, pediatric convulsions and epilepsy.)
Baihui (GV-20)
(Also known as Sanyang Wuhui, located 1.5 cun posterior to Qianding (GV-21) in the center of the scalp hair whorl, in a depression accommodating the finger; it is the meeting point of the Du Mai and the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Malaria, epilepsy, no foaming, tinnitus, gout in the neck and head, heavy head, eyes feeling like popping out, inability to look left or right.)
Houding (GV-19)
(Also known as Jiaochong, located 1.5 cun posterior to Baihui (GV-20) on the occipital bone; it is where the Qi of the Du Mai emerges. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Wind dizziness, dizziness, cranial pain, blurred vision, aversion to wind, stiffness.)
Qiangjian (GV-18)
(Commentary: Qiangjian is sometimes treated with 7壮 moxibustion.)
(Also known as Dayu, located 1.5 cun posterior to Houding (GV-19); it is where the Qi of the Du Mai emerges. Moxibustion: 5壮. Indications: Pricking headache unable to move, neck feeling like being pulled, inability to look left or right, epilepsy, wild running, convulsions, shaking head, mouth deviation, stiff neck.)
Naohu (GV-17)
(Also known as Zafeng or Helu, located on the occipital bone 1.5 cun posterior to Qiangjian (GV-18); it is the meeting point of the Du Mai and the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian. Do not moxa. Indications: Red and painful eyes unable to see, red and swollen face, inability to look back at the head and neck.)
Fengfu (GV-16)
(Also known as Sheben, 1 cun inside the posterior hairline, within the great tendon in the depression; it is the meeting point of the Du Mai and the Yang Wei Mai. Do not moxa. Indications: Headache, stiff neck unable to look around or sideways, dizziness, dyspnea, stiff tongue with difficulty speaking, madness, excessive talking, wild running, suicidal ideation, upward visual hallucinations, sudden aphasia, throat pain, insensibility of the feet.)
Yinmen (GV-15)
(Also known as Hengshe or Sheyan, located in the depression at the posterior hairline of the neck where the tongue is tied; it is the meeting point of the Du Mai and the Yang Wei Mai. Take the position looking up. Do not moxa, as it causes aphasia. Indications: Stiff neck, tongue issues, opisthotonos.)
Dazhui (GV-14)