典藏书目

Hemiplegia due to wind-stroke, left hemiplegia and right paralysis: First needle the limbs on the unaffected side, applying the tonifying method rather than the reducing method; then needle the limbs on the affected side, applying the reducing method rather than the tonifying method: Hegu (LI4), Shousanli (LI10), Quchi (LI11), Jianjing (GB21), Huantiao (GB30), Xuehai (SP10), Yanglingquan (GB34), Yinlingquan (SP9), Zusanli (ST36), Jiegu (GB39), Kunlun (BL60).

Wind-toxin causing urticaria, generalized itching, scratching leading to sores: Quchi (LI11) [moxibustion, needle with reducing method], Jiegu (GB39) [moxibustion, needle with reducing method], Weizhong (BL40) [bloodletting].

Tiandiao wind (a type of convulsive disorder in children), pulling and牵引 of hands and feet: Quchi (LI11), Zusanli (ST36) [both with reducing method].

Lung-wind causing sudden onset of red sores all over the face: Shaoshang (LU11), Weizhong (BL40) [reducing method]. For chronic sores lasting many years, add Hegu (LI4) [reducing method].

Severe headache resembling bursting sensation after wind-stroke: Baihui (GV20) [moxibustion, followed by pricking the surrounding area with a three-edged needle until blood flows], Hegu (LI4) [reducing method].

Shanghan (Cold Damage) has yin and yang patterns, requiring careful mental differentiation. If yin and yang are not distinguished and no sweating occurs after seven days when the pathogen passes through the meridians: Hegu (LI4) [tonifying method], Fuliou (KI7) [reducing method, sweat will emerge immediately leading to recovery, this acupoint is miraculous for releasing the exterior and inducing sweating].

Shanghan on the first or second day, fever burning like fire: Quchi (LI11) [reducing method], Weizhong (BL40).

Shanghan on the first or second day, pain in head, eyes, lower back, and joints making turning difficult, panting, restlessness in sleep, continuous deficiency sweating, heat in the upper body and chills in the lower body: Quchi (LI11) [reducing method], Fuliou (KI7) [tonifying method], Weizhong (BL40) [if needling is ineffective, continue treatment], Hegu (LI4) [reducing method].

Shanghan with persistent shivering and sweating: Quchi (LI11) [tonifying method], Guanyuan (CV4) [moxibustion, needle with tonifying method].

Shanghan cough with cold phlegm: Shaoshang (LU11), Lieque (LU7) [reducing method].

Shanghan Jie-xiong (Chest Binding), qi attacking the hypochondrium, treat similarly: Zhigou (TE6) [reducing method].

Shanghan with urinary retention: Zhigou (TE6) [reducing method]; if urine flows freely, use Yinggu (KI10) [reducing method].

Hemicrania (headwind) with unbearable unilateral pain, dryness and heat in half of the mouth: Hegu (LI4) [reducing method], Jiexi (ST41) [take the right side for left pain, take the left side for right pain].

Kou-feng (mouth wind) with dizziness, red face, unwillingness to speak: Cuanzhu (BL2) [reducing method], Zusanli (ST36) [reducing method]. If unresolved, reduce Hegu (LI4) and Fengchi (GB20).

Headwind pain like bursting, pain between eyebrows and eyes: Yangbai (GB14), Jiexi (ST41), Hegu (LI4) [all with reducing method].

Sudden redness, swelling, and pain of eyes, red eye sockets: Taiyang (EX-HN5) [bloodletting], Da-gukong (EX-UE1), Xiao-gukong (EX-UE2) [moxibustion].

Qing-mang (blindness), Que-mu (night blindness), unclear vision: Qiuxu (GB40) [moxibustion, needle with reducing method], Zusanli (ST36), Weizhong (BL40) [bloodletting].

Deafness with qi blockage, kidney deficiency, evil qi attacking upwards: Shenshu (BL23) [moxibustion], Tinghui (GB2) [reducing method].

Sores in the nose: Shaoshang (LU11) [bloodletting].

Nasal acidity, frequent sneezing, clear runny nose: Xinhui (DU28), Fengmen (BL12) [moxibustion].

Sores in the upper teeth: Renzhong (GV26) [reducing method].

Sores in the lower teeth: Chengjiang (CV24) [reducing method].

Sores in the mouth and tongue: Weizhong (BL40) [reducing method].

Double Ru-e (tonsillitis): Shaoshang (LU11), Weizhong (BL40).

Chan-hou-feng (strangling throat wind): Shaoshang (LU11) [moxibustion].

Hou-bi (throat closure): Shaoze (SI1), Zhongchong (PC9), Weizhong (BL40).

Acute throat closure, stiff and painful tongue root, inability to speak: Shaoshang (LU11), Zusanli (ST36), Hegu (LI4) [all with reducing method].

Traumatic occipital stiffness, inability to look back: Shaoshang (LU11), Chengjiang (CV24), Houxi (SI3), Weizhong (BL40).

Cold qi attacking heart and spleen causing pain, vomiting clear fluid during attacks, loss of appetite: Zhongwan (CV12) [moxibustion], Daling (PC7).

All wandering qi attacking chest and hypochondrium causing pain, difficulty speaking and coughing, inability to turn the body: Zhigou (TE6) [reduce left for right pain, reduce right for left pain], Weizhong (BL40).

Spleen dampness injury, lack of desire to eat: Gongsun (SP4) [tonifying method].

Miscellaneous disorders of waist and back: Renzhong (GV26), Weizhong (BL40).

Kidney deficiency lower back pain: Shenshu (BL23) [moxibustion], Weizhong (BL40).

Qi attack causing lower back and spine pain: Jianjing (GB21), Weizhong (BL40).

Waist and hip pain, difficulty turning, tonify Quchi (LI11) and reduce Huantiao (GB30) for pain; reduce Quchi (LI11) and tonify Huantiao (GB30) for numbness.

Waist and spine hyperextension and stiffness, pain radiating to arms or wind-lao qi: Renzhong (GV26), Jianjing (GB21).

Wind-dampness binding, stiffness and pain connecting spine and waist, moxa Jinsuo (DU8) for pain, tonify Jianjing (GB21) for numbness.

Five types of lower back pain: Chize (LU5).

Ru-ju (breast carbuncle): Weizhong (BL40) [reducing method].

Arm and forearm pain with redness and swelling: Hegu (LI4).

Urinary retention: Zhigou (TE6) [reducing method].

Arm contracture unable to grasp objects: Hegu (LI4) [reduce for pain, tonify for numbness].

Difficulty walking: Huagu (EX-LE1) [reduce for pain, tonify for contracture].

Waist and thigh paralysis and pain, internal pain needle Xuehai (SP10), external pain needle Fengshi (GB31).

Difficulty walking: Quchi (LI11), Chengshan (BL57), needle Taichong (LR3) if painful.

Redness and swelling of foot dorsum, pain entering wind: Weizhong (BL40).

Shi-jue (corpse fainting): Zhongji (CV3) [tonifying method], Guanyuan (CV4) [moxibustion].

Shui-gu (water distension) with edema of four limbs: Zhigou (TE6) [reducing method], Shuifen (CV9), Guanyuan (CV4).

Shan-qi (hernia): Zusanli (ST36), Guanyuan (CV4) [moxibustion], Zhongji (CV3) [moxibustion], Sanyinjiao (SP6), Dadun (LR1).

Five types of malaria: Jianshi (PC5) [tonify for cold, reduce for heat], if unresolved add Bailao (EX-B1).

Jaundice with limb weakness: Zhongwan (CV12) [moxibustion], Zusanli (ST36) [reducing method].

Generalized yellowing of the body: Zhiyang (GV9) [moxibustion], Weizhong (BL40) [bloodletting].

Women's menstrual blood obstruction: Sanyinjiao (SP6) [reducing method].

Women's blood and qi pain: Hegu (LI4) [tonifying method], Sanyinjiao (SP6) [reducing method].