治痂疥（资生经）。穴阳维
疗皮肤痂疥。穴合谷 曲池
王氏云。少患疥凡十五年。遇冬则为疮。人教用羊蹄菜根蛇床子根。片切如钱。米泔浸
三二
宿。漉出。入生姜矾同研细裹。以生布过浴。擦洗良久。以水洗三四次用。即除根。后数年
再生用前法愈。神效。如此何以灸为也。
治白癜风。灸左右手中指节。去延外宛中三壮。永瘥报之。
治白癜驳。重午日午时。灸膝外屈脚当文头。随年壮。一时下灸。不得动。
治白癜白驳浸淫。 疡着头颈胸前。灸两乳间随年壮。立瘥。
治癣（出危氏方）。日中时灸病处影上三壮。咒曰。癣痛（虫。毛戎）。戎。若欲治。待日
中。
又治八月八日日出时。令病患正当东向户长跪。平举两手。将户两边取肩头小垂际骨节宛宛
中。灸两大俱下各三壮若七壮。十日愈。
治痂疥。穴大陵 支沟 阳谷 后溪
治干癣。诸治大不瘥者。但看癣头有痱HT 子处。即以小艾炷之。
治泄诸阳热气。背永不发痈疽（资生经）。穴风门频刺之。
治发背。或不见疮头。以湿纸敷先干。是以大蒜去皮。生切钱子大。先安一蒜钱在上。
次艾
灸三壮。换蒜复三灸。如此易无数。痛灸至不痛。不痛灸至痛方住。若第一日急。灸减九分
三日减八分。至第七日尚可。自此以住灸。已后时灸讫。石上生则龙鲜茄荔。洗研取汁。
汤温呷即泻出恶物去根。凡疔疮头疮廉疮等疮。一切无名者。悉治即效。
凡发肿至坚有根者名痈。治炷当上。灸之百壮。石子当碎出。如不出。益壮乃佳。
凡发背。皆因服五百寒食更生散所致。亦有服钟乳而发者。又有生平不服而自发背者其
偎率
多于背两胛间起。初如粟米大。或痛或痒。仍作赤色。人皆初不以为事。日渐长。不过十日
遂至于死。临困之时。以阔三寸。高一寸疮。有数十孔。以手按之诸孔皆脓出。寻时失音
所以养生者。小觉背上痒痛者有异。即用此法。
火急取净土。水合为泥。作饼子。浓三分。阔一寸半。以粗艾大作炷。灸泥上。贴着疮
上灸
之。一炷一易饼子。若粟米时可灸七饼子即瘥。如榆荚大。灸七七饼炷即瘥。如钱大。可日
夜灸。不限炷数。乃服五香莲翘汤。及铁诸药攻之。乃愈。
凡肿起背。中头白如黍粟。四边相连肿赤黑。令人闷乱。即名发背。禁房室。酒肉。蒜
面。
若不灸治。入内即杀人。当疮上灸七八百壮。有人不识。多作杂肿治者。皆死。有善治发背
痈疽者。皆于疮上灸之。多至二三百壮。无有不愈。但艾炷小作之。炷小。则人不畏灸。灸
多。则作效矣。盖不得此法也。然亦不得泥此。近有医。以治外科得名。有人发背。疮大
如碗。有数孔。亦无药可治。只以艾遍敷在疮上。灸之灸之而方疼。则以疮上皆死肉。故初
不觉疼也。旋以药调治之。愈。盖出于意表也。昔王蘧疽发于背。张生以艾火加疮上。自旦
及暮。凡一百五十壮。知痛乃已。明日镊去黑痂脓血尽溃。肤理背红。亦不复痛。如别以药
附之。旦易焉。易时。旋剪去黑烂恶肉。月许疮乃平。是岁秋间。京师士大夫病疽者七人。
余独生。此虽司命事。然固有料理。不知其方。遂至不幸者。
治营疽。穴商丘
治膝膑痈。穴犊鼻
治营疽（一作骨疽）。疽发厉。项痛引头目痛。及治痈疽头痛心烦。穴窍阴
治疽卒着五指。筋急不得屈伸者。灸踝骨尖数十壮。或至百壮。
治附骨疽。穴间使后一寸。灸随年壮。立瘥。
疗肺痈唾脓血。气雍不通。穴天突
治肺痈。咳嗽上气。唾血。不下食。胸中气满如塞。穴 中
治石痈。凡发肿至坚有根者。是也。歌云（资生经）。恶患是石痈。不针可药取。当上灸
百壮。石子出如雨。
治疡肿振寒。穴小海
治频肿唇痈。穴颧
王氏云。余尝为刘和叔序。灸痈疽方云。必以毒药攻于内。伐其根也。又以火艾灼其外
宣
其毒也。法尽于此矣。痈疽始作灼艾。服大黄等药。无不愈者（大黄宜随人虚实服）。王子病
臂疽。京师外医。以为不可治。得一徐人。教以灼艾如枣大。近千壮。又鲁直数患背疮。亦
灼艾而愈。灸为第一法也。
治背疽（外科精要）。凡觉背上肿硬疼痛。用湿纸贴肿上。先干便是痈顶。可用大蒜十头
淡
豆半合。乳香一块。如龙眼大。细研。随疮头大小。用竹片作圈子。竹片阔二分许。随大小
顿在疮头上。将所研药填平铺上。艾灸之。若痛处灸至痒为度。若痒处灸至痛处为度。以百壮为
卒。如头上见疽。及项以上见疽。千万不可用此法。灸之。则反增其疾。
治发背。若初觉赤肿。肿上作小疮。疼不可近。急用针刺上七八针。取冷水。用HT 击射
肿上。日夜不止。疼歇肿消。
治发背。头未成疮。及诸 肿。以湿纸拓上。先干处是热气冲上。欲作疮子。便灸之。
如先疼痛。灸即不痛。以痛为度。
治脚疽及曲脉中痒搔。则黄汁出。是名风疽。灸足大指岐间二七壮。又灸大指头亦佳。
治肺痈正作。吐脓血不止。灸肺俞二七壮。在三椎下两傍各一寸半。及灸 二次七壮
其穴在第六椎两旁各三寸。抱肘取之。
治发背。痈疽。疔肿诸毒。疮初发出。小包如鱼眼。或陷顶。或紫黑色无头。痛疼作渴
恶心者。皆恶毒也。此法治肿令消。
速以独蒜切作片。盖其患处。大艾炷多灸。令不痛者痛。痛者不痛。痒者不痒。不痒者
痒。
毒随火出即愈。如肿而无头。即以湿纸一张。盖合先干处。即头也。如前以蒜片炷灸之肿大
者。五花灸。壮数多为妙。此外科精要方内第一法也。五花灸者。HT 如样下灸炷。又云。灸
多为善。勿令大热。但痛即去。蒜焦换用。勿损皮肉。体干不须灸。尝用此大效。
治悬痈。择人神不在日。早空心先用井花水。调百药煎末一碗服之。微利却须得秋葫芦。亦
名苦不老生。在架上而苦者。切皮片置疮上。灸二七壮。昔有人患连年。一灸效验。
骑竹马灸法。治痈疽发背。不问男女。无不效验。
其法。先令病患。以肘凭几间。臂腕要直。用篾一条。自臂腕中曲处横文。男左女右。
贴肉
量起。直中指尖尽处。截断为则。不量指甲。却用竹扛一条。令病患脱衣骑定。令身正直前
后。令人扛起。令脚不着地。又令一人扶定。勿令僵仆。却将前所量臂腕篾。从竹扛坐处。
尾骨尽处。直向上贴脊背量至篾尽处为则。用墨点定。此是取中。非灸穴也。却用篾作则
子。量病患中指节相横文为则。男左女右。截为一则。就前所点记处。两边各量一则。尽处
即是灸穴。两处各灸五壮。或七壮止。不可多灸。不问痈生何处。并用此法灸之。无不愈。
一云。可看痈发于左则灸右。发于右者灸左。甚者左右皆灸。经云。诸痛疮痒。皆属于心。
此二穴。皆心脉所过处。灸之使心火调畅。血脉流通。愈于服药。又灸足三里穴。并气海穴
引热毒瓦斯归下。其理甚长。皆良法也。
治大人小儿痈肿。灸两足大拇指奇中。仍随病左右。
治痈疽。凡痈疽始发。或小或大。或如米粒。皆须微候。急须攻之。若无医药处。即灸
当头
百壮。一云。七八百壮。其大量者。灸四面及中央二三百壮。亦宜当头以大针针入四分。
治痈肿者。刺痈上。视痈大小深浅。刺大者多而深之。必端内针。
治发背痈肿。亦溃未溃（出圣惠方）。用香豉三升。以水和捣作饼子。浓三分。有孔勿覆
之。
布豉饼。以艾列其上。灸之。取温热勿令破。内如热痛。急汤之。一日两度。灸如有疮。以
疮中汁出为度。腋痈大热。刺足少阳五。热不止。刺手心主三。刺痈疽不得顷时回。痈不知
所。按之不应手。乍来乍已。刺手太阴傍三 。与阴脉各二。
治面肿。目痈肿。刺陷骨出血立已。
治头大侵潭（一作浸淫）。穴间使
治肠痈及诸痈肿。灸两手后肘尖上。各一七壮。左右同。又灸两足大指岐间。各三壮。兼治
诸痈肿病。又出两肘。正灸肘头锐骨各百壮。下脓血即瘥。
痈疽。瘤。石痈。结核。瘰 皆不可就针角针。角则鲜有不及祸。
【背景信息】
书名：普济方·针灸 作者：朱梓 朝代：明·永乐四年 章节：癣疥 / 发背痈疽 类别：方剂
【原文翻译】
治疗结痂的疥疮（出自《资生经》）。取穴阳维脉。
治疗皮肤上的结痂疥疮。取穴合谷、曲池。
王氏说：我小时候患疥疮长达十五年，一到冬天就发作成疮。有人教我使用羊蹄菜根和蛇床子根，切成像铜钱大小的薄片，用米泔水浸泡两三个晚上。捞出后，加入生姜和白矾一起研磨细碎并包裹起来，用生布蘸药液擦拭患处，擦洗很长时间，然后用清水冲洗三四次即可使用，能彻底根治。几年后若复发，再用此法也能治愈，效果神奇。既然这样，为什么还要用艾灸呢？
治疗白癜风。灸左右手中指关节处，距离腕横纹外侧端三寸的穴位，各灸三壮，可永久痊愈。
治疗白癜驳（白癜风的一种）。在端午节中午时，灸膝盖外侧屈膝时皱纹头部的穴位，随患者年龄决定灸的壮数，一次性施灸完毕，期间不得移动身体。
治疗白癜风蔓延浸淫，病灶长在头颈胸前。灸两乳之间，随患者年龄决定灸的壮数，立即痊愈。
治疗癣（出自《危氏方》）。在中午时，灸病灶影子上的部位三壮。咒语说：“癣痛（虫，毛戎）。戎。若想治，待日中。”
又治八月八日日出时，让病人正对东边的门长跪，平举双手，在门两边肩膀下垂际骨节凹陷处，灸两大穴各三壮或七壮，十天痊愈。
治疗结痂疥疮。取穴大陵、支沟、阳谷、后溪。
治疗干癣，各种治疗方法都无效时，只看癣头有汗疹样小疙瘩的地方，就用小艾炷灸它。
治疗泄除诸阳热气，背部永不发生痈疽（出自《资生经》）。取穴风门，频繁针刺。
治疗发背（背部严重的痈疽），有时看不到疮头，用湿纸敷在上面，先干的地方就是脓头所在。将大蒜去皮，切成像铜钱厚度的片，先放一片蒜在疮上，再灸三壮。换蒜后再灸三壮，如此更换无数次。如果痛则灸到不痛为止，如果不痛则灸到痛为止才停止。如果是第一天发病，灸量减少九分；第三天减少八分；到第七天还可以继续。从此停止艾灸。之后，用石头上生长的龙鲜茄荔（一种草药），洗净研磨取汁，温水服下即可泻出恶物去根。凡是疔疮、头疮、廉疮等各种无名疮毒，全部治疗都有效。
凡是肿起坚硬且有根基的叫痈。治疗时艾炷应放在疮顶，灸一百壮。石子应当碎出，如果不出，增加壮数更好。
凡是发背，都是因为服用“五百寒食更生散”导致的。也有因为服用钟乳石而引发的。还有生平不服药却自发背疽的。这些大多发生在背部两侧肩胛之间。初起如粟米大小，或痛或痒，呈赤色。人们起初都不在意，日渐长大，不超过十天就会致死。临死前，以宽三寸、高一寸的疮口为例，有数十个孔，用手按压各个孔都有脓流出，随即失音。所以养生的人，只要觉得背上痒痛异常，立即用此法。
火急情况下，取净土，和水做成泥饼，厚三分，宽一寸半。用粗大的艾炷，灸在泥饼上，贴着疮面灸。一炷换一个泥饼。如果如粟米大，可灸七个泥饼即愈；如榆荚大，灸四十九个泥饼即愈；如铜钱大，可日夜灸，不限壮数。然后服用五香连翘汤及铁浆等药物攻邪，才能痊愈。
凡是肿起在背部，中间头白如黍粟，四周相连红肿发黑，令人烦闷混乱的，名叫发背。禁止房事、酒肉、蒜、面食。如果不艾灸治疗，毒气入内就会杀人。应当在疮上灸七八百壮。有人不认识，多当作杂肿治疗，都会死亡。善于治疗发背痈疽的人，都在疮上艾灸，多至二三百壮，没有不愈的。只是艾炷要做得小些。艾炷小，人就不怕灸；灸得多，就能见效。这是没掌握这个方法的原因。然而也不能拘泥于此。近来有位医生因治疗外科闻名，有人发背，疮大如碗，有几个孔，也无药可治，只用艾遍敷在疮上，灸啊灸，刚开始不疼，是因为疮上都是死肉，所以起初不觉疼。随后用药调理，痊愈了。这出乎意料。以前王蘧背疽发作，张生用艾火加在疮上，从早到晚，共灸一百五十壮，知道疼了才停。第二天镊去黑痂，脓血排尽，皮肤纹理变红，也不再痛。另外用药敷贴，早晚更换。更换时，随即剪去黑烂恶肉，一个月左右疮平了。这一年秋天，京城的士大夫得疽病的有七人，唯独我幸存。这虽然是司命之事，但确实有调理方法，不知道方法，就导致不幸。
治疗营疽。取穴商丘。
治疗膝膑痈。取穴犊鼻。
治疗营疽（一作骨疽），疽病发作剧烈，项痛牵引头目痛，以及治疗痈疽引起的头痛心烦。取穴窍阴。
治疗疽突然附着五指，筋脉拘急不能屈伸的，灸踝骨尖数十壮，或至百壮。
治疗附骨疽。取穴间使穴后一寸，灸随年壮，立即痊愈。
治疗肺痈咳吐脓血，气壅不通。取穴天突。
治疗肺痈，咳嗽气逆，咳血，无法进食，胸中气满如堵塞。取穴中府。
治疗石痈，凡是肿起坚硬有根基的就是。歌诀说（出自《资生经》）：恶患是石痈，不针可药取，当上灸百壮，石子出如雨。
治疗疡肿发冷战栗。取穴小海。
治疗频繁肿起的唇痈。取穴颧髎。
王氏说：我曾为刘和叔作序，在灸痈疽方中说：必须用毒药攻伐内部，斩断病根；又用火艾灼烧外部，宣发毒邪。方法就在这里了。痈疽刚发作时灼艾，服用大黄等药，没有不愈的（大黄宜根据人体虚实服用）。王子患臂疽，京城的外科医生认为不可治，得到一位徐地人的指点，教他灼艾如枣大，近一千壮。还有黄庭坚多次患背疮，也是灼艾而愈。艾灸是第一法。
治疗背疽（出自《外科精要》）。凡觉得背上肿硬疼痛，用湿纸贴在肿处，先干的地方就是痈顶。可用大蒜十头，淡豆豉半合，乳香一块如龙眼大，细研。随疮头大小，用竹片做圈子，竹片宽二分许，随大小顿在疮头上，将所研药填平铺上，艾灸之。如果痛处灸到痒为度，如果痒处灸到痛为度，以百壮为结束。如果头上见疽，及颈部以上见疽，千万不可用此法，灸之反而加重病情。
治疗发背，如果初觉红肿，肿上起小疮，疼得不可触碰，急用针刺上七八针，取冷水，用杵捣击射在肿上，日夜不停，疼歇肿消。
治疗发背，头未成疮，及诸肿，用湿纸拓在上面，先干处是热气冲上，欲作疮子，便灸之。如果先疼痛，灸即不痛，以痛为度。
治疗脚疽及曲脉中痒搔，则黄汁出，是名风疽。灸足大趾歧间二七壮。又灸大指头也很好。
治疗肺痈正在发作，吐脓血不止。灸肺俞二七壮，在第三椎下两旁各一寸半。及灸膻中二次七壮，其穴在第六椎两旁各三寸，抱肘取之。
治疗发背，痈疽，疔肿诸毒，疮初发出，小包如鱼眼，或陷顶，或紫黑色无头，疼痛作渴恶心者，都是恶毒。此法治肿令消。
速以独蒜切作片，盖其患处。大艾炷多灸，令不痛者痛，痛者不痛，痒者不痒，不痒者痒。毒随火出即愈。如肿而无头，即以湿纸一张，盖合先干处，即头也。如前以蒜片炷灸之。肿大者，五花灸，壮数多为妙。此外科精要方内第一法也。五花灸者，如样下灸炷。又云，灸多为善，勿令大热，但痛即去，蒜焦换用，勿损皮肉。体干不须灸。尝用此大效。
治疗悬痈，选择人神不在的日子，早晨空腹先用井花水，调百药煎末一碗服之，微利却须得秋葫芦，亦名苦不老生，在架上而苦者，切皮片置疮上，灸二七壮。昔有人患连年，一灸效验。
骑竹马灸法，治疗痈疽发背，不问男女，无不效验。
其法，先令病患，以肘凭几间，臂腕要直，用篾一条，自臂腕中曲处横文，男左女右，贴肉量起，直中指尖尽处，截断为则，不量指甲，却用竹扛一条，令病患脱衣骑定，令身正直前后，令人扛起，令脚不着地，又令一人扶定，勿令僵仆，却将前所量臂腕篾，从竹扛坐处，尾骨尽处，直向上贴脊背量至篾尽处为则，用墨点定，此是取中，非灸穴也，却用篾作则子，量病患中指节相横文为则，男左女右，截为一则，就前所点记处，两边各量一则，尽处即是灸穴，两处各灸五壮，或七壮止，不可多灸，不问痈生何处，并用此法灸之，无不愈。
一说，可看痈发于左则灸右，发于右者灸左，甚者左右皆灸。经云：诸痛疮痒，皆属于心。此二穴，皆心脉所过处，灸之使心火调畅，血脉流通，愈于服药。又灸足三里穴，并气海穴，引热毒瓦斯归下，其理甚长，皆良法也。
治疗大人小儿痈肿，灸两足大拇指奇中，仍随病左右。
治疗痈疽，凡痈疽始发，或小或大，或如米粒，皆须微候，急须攻之，若无医药处，即灸当头百壮，一说，七八百壮，其大量者，灸四面及中央二三百壮，亦宜当头以大针针入四分。
治疗痈肿者，刺痈上，视痈大小深浅，刺大者多而深之，必端内针。
治疗发背痈肿，亦溃未溃（出自《圣惠方》），用香豉三升，以水和捣作饼子，浓三分，有孔勿覆之，布豉饼，以艾列其上，灸之，取温热勿令破，内如热痛，急汤之，一日两度，灸如有疮，以疮中汁出为度，腋痈大热，刺足少阳五，热不止，刺手心主三，刺痈疽不得顷时回，痈不知所，按之不应手，乍来乍已，刺手太阴傍三，与阴脉各二。
治疗面肿，目痈肿，刺陷骨出血立已。
治疗头大侵潭（一作浸淫），取穴间使。
治疗肠痈及诸痈肿，灸两手后肘尖上，各一七壮，左右同。又灸两足大指岐间，各三壮，兼治诸痈肿病。又出两肘，正灸肘头锐骨各百壮，下脓血即瘥。
痈疽，瘤，石痈，结核，瘰疬皆不可就针角针，角则鲜有不及祸。
[Background Information]
Book: Puji Fang · Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Author: Zhu Zi
Dynasty: Ming Dynasty, Yongle 4th Year
Chapter: Tinea and Scabies / Back Carbuncles and Ulcers
Category: Formulas
[English Translation]
Treating scaly scabies (from *Zisheng Jing*). Select the Yangwei Vessel point.
To treat skin scaly scabies. Select Hegu (LI4) and Quchi (LI11).
Mr. Wang said: I suffered from scabies for fifteen years since childhood, which would turn into sores every winter. Someone taught me to use the roots of *Rumex japonicus* (Yangti cai gen) and *Cnidium monnieri* (Shechuangzi gen), sliced like coins, soaked in rice washing water for two or three nights. Remove them, add fresh ginger and alum, grind finely, wrap in cloth, and wipe the affected area with raw cloth dipped in the solution. Rub for a long time, then wash with clean water three or four times. This removes the root cause. If it recurs after a few years, using this method again cures it miraculously. Since this works, why use moxibustion?
Treating vitiligo. Moxibustion on the joints of the middle fingers of both hands, three cun distal to the lateral end of the transverse crease of the wrist (Laogong PC8 area contextually, but text says "Yanwai Wan", likely referring to a specific spot near Daling or Laogong, literally "Three zhuang at Yanwai Wan"). Cures permanently.
Treating vitiligo patches. On the noon hour of the Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month), moxibustion on the head of the crease when bending the knee laterally, number of moxa cones according to age, apply all at once, do not move.
Treating spreading vitiligo lesions on the head, neck, and chest. Moxibustion between the two breasts, number of cones according to age, immediate cure.
Treating tinea (from *Wei Shi Fang*). At noon, moxibustion on the shadow of the lesion, three cones. Mantra: "Tinea pain (insect, Mao Rong). Rong. If you wish to cure, wait for noon."
Another method: On the 8th day of the 8th lunar month at sunrise, have the patient kneel facing east at the door, raise both hands flat. Moxibustion on the depression at the junction of the shoulder bones on both sides of the door, three or seven cones each, cured in ten days.
Treating scaly scabies. Points: Daling (PC7), Zhigou (SJ6), Yanggu (SI5), Houxi (SI3).
Treating dry tinea, when other treatments fail, look for the head of the tinea where papules appear, and moxibustion with small cones there.
Treating the discharge of excess heat from the Yang channels, preventing back carbuncles forever (from *Zisheng Jing*). Point Fengmen (BL12), frequent needle pricking.
Treating back carbuncle (Fabei), sometimes without visible pus head. Apply wet paper; the first place to dry indicates the heat/pus head. Peel garlic, slice coin-thick. Place one slice on the sore, moxibustion three cones. Replace garlic, moxibustion three cones again. Repeat indefinitely. If painful, moxa until pain stops; if painless, moxa until pain starts. For the first day, reduce intensity by nine-tenths; third day by eight-tenths; seventh day still acceptable. Then stop moxibustion. Afterwards, use Longxianqiali (a herb growing on stones), wash, grind, take juice with warm soup to purge evil matter from the root. Effective for all unnamed sores like Ding sores, head sores, Lian sores, etc.
Any swelling that is hard and has a root is called a carbuncle (Yong). The moxa cone should be placed on top. Moxibustion one hundred cones. The stone inside should break out. If not, increase cones.
All back carbuncles are caused by taking "Wubai Hansheng Gengsheng San". Some are caused by taking Congru (Stalactite). Some occur spontaneously without medication. They usually start between the two shoulder blades on the back, initially millet-sized, painful or itchy, red. People ignore them initially. They grow daily, leading to death within ten days. Near death, a sore three inches wide and one inch high appears with dozens of holes. Pressing any hole releases pus, followed by loss of voice. Therefore, those who value life should use this method immediately upon feeling unusual itching or pain on the back.
In emergencies, take pure soil, mix with water to make mud cakes, thickness three fen, width one cun half. Use large coarse moxa cones, moxibustion on the mud cake, applied directly to the sore. Replace cake with each cone. If millet-sized, seven cakes suffice. If elm-seed sized, forty-nine cakes. If coin-sized, moxa day and night without limit on cones. Then take Wuxiang Lianqiao Tang and Tiejiang (Iron Slurry) to attack the pathogen. Cure follows.
Any swelling on the back with a white head like millet/sorghum, surrounded by connected red/black swelling, causing mental confusion, is named Fabei. Abstain from sex, alcohol, meat, garlic, and noodles. If not treated with moxibustion, invasion leads to death. Moxibustion seven to eight hundred cones on the sore. Those who mistake it for general swelling die. Experts treat Fabei carbuncles by moxibustion on the sore, often two to three hundred cones, always curing. Use small cones so patients endure more cones, ensuring efficacy. Lack of this method causes failure. However, do not rigidly adhere to this. Recently, a surgeon famous for external medicine treated a Fabei case where the sore was bowl-sized with holes, untreatable by herbs. He covered the sore with moxa and moxibusted. Initially painless due to necrotic tissue. Later medicated and cured unexpectedly. Previously, Wang Qu had a back carbuncle. Zhang Sheng applied moxa from morning to evening, 150 cones, stopping when pain returned. Next day, black scabs removed, pus drained, skin reddened, no pain. Medication applied morning and evening, removing dead flesh. Cured in a month. That autumn, seven scholars in the capital died of carbuncles; I alone survived. This is fate, but also proper management. Ignorance leads to misfortune.
Treating Ying Ju (Camp Abscess). Point Shangqiu (SP5).
Treating knee patella carbuncle. Point Dubi (ST34).
Treating Ying Ju (or Gu Ju/Bone Abscess), severe onset, neck pain radiating to head/eyes, treating carbuncle-induced headache and irritability. Point Xiaoyin (GB02).
Treating Ju suddenly affecting five fingers, tendons tight unable to flex/extend. Moxibustion on the tip of the ankle bone dozens of cones, or up to one hundred.
Treating Fugu Ju (Bone-attaching Abscess). Point Jianshi (PC5), one cun posterior, moxibustion age-based cones, immediate cure.
Treating Lung Abscess with expectoration of pus/blood, Qi stagnation. Point Tiantu (CV22).
Treating Lung Abscess, cough, Qi rebellion, hemoptysis, anorexia, chest fullness/blockage. Point Zhongfu (LU1).
Treating Stone Carbuncle (Shi Yong), hard swelling with root. Song (from *Zisheng Jing*): Evil disease is Stone Carbuncle, not needling but medicine/treatment, moxa one hundred cones on top, stones come out like rain.
Treasing ulcer swelling with chills. Point Xiaohai (SI8).
Treating frequent lip carbuncle swelling. Point Quanliao (SI18).
Mr. Wang said: In my preface for Liu Heshu's formula for moxibustion on carbuncles, I stated: Must use toxic drugs internally to attack the root, and fire/moxa externally to vent the toxin. This is the complete method. Early moxibustion plus Da Huang (Rhubarb) ensures cure (adjust Da Huang based on deficiency/excess). Prince Wang had arm abscess, Beijing surgeons deemed incurable. A Xu person taught him moxibustion with date-sized cones, nearly one thousand cones. Huang Tingjian also cured back sores via moxibustion. Moxibustion is the primary method.
Treating back carbuncle (from *Waike Jingyao*). Feel back swelling/hardness/pain. Apply wet paper; dry spot is the carbuncle head. Use ten garlic cloves, half he of Dan Dou Chi (Fermented Soybean), one piece of Ru Xiang (Frankincense) size of longan, grind fine. Make bamboo ring width two fen, place on head, fill with powder, moxibustion. Moxa painful area until itchy, itchy area until painful. Hundred cones as standard. Do NOT use this for head or neck sores; moxibustion worsens them.
Treating Fabei, initial red swelling with small sore, intolerable pain. Prick seven-eight times with needle. Splash cold water repeatedly day and night until pain/swelling subsides.
Treating Fabei, head not yet formed sore, or other swellings. Wet paper application shows dry spot as rising heat/pus head. Moxibustion immediately. If painful, moxa until pain stops. Use pain as guide.
Treating foot Ju and itch in tendon creases with yellow exudate, named Feng Ju. Moxibustion between big toe and second toe twenty-one cones. Also good to moxa big toe tip.
Treating active Lung Abscess with continuous pus/blood expectoration. Moxibustion Feishu (BL13) twenty-one cones, below 3rd thoracic vertebra, 1.5 cun lateral. And moxa Danzhong (CV17) twice twenty-one cones, 6th thoracic vertebra, 3 cun lateral, arms folded.
Treating Fabei, carbuncles, Ding sores, various toxins. Initial small bumps like fish eyes, depressed tops, purple-black without heads, painful/thirsty/nauseous are malignant. This method reduces swelling.
Quickly slice single garlic clove, cover lesion. Large moxa cones, many applications. Make painless areas painful, painful painless, itchy non-itchy, non-itchy itchy. Toxin exits with fire, cured. If swollen without head, wet paper covers dry spot (head). Moxa with garlic slices as before. For large swelling, Five-Flower Moxibustion, more cones better. This is the #1 method in *Waike Jingyao*. Five-Flower Moxibustion: [Description of technique]. More is better, avoid excessive heat, remove when painful, replace burnt garlic, do not damage skin. Dry body parts need not be moxa. Highly effective.
Treating Xuan Yong (Hanging Abscess). Choose auspicious day. Morning empty stomach, drink one bowl of Baiyao Jian powder mixed well water. Mild laxative effect. Then get Qiu Hulu (Autumn Gourd/Ku Bu Lao), bitter ones grown on racks. Slice skin, place on sore, moxa twenty-one cones. One person cured yearly affliction with one session.
Bamboo-Horse Moxibustion Method. Treats carbuncles/Fabei, effective for all genders.
Method: Patient leans elbow on table, arm straight. Measure bamboo strip from wrist crease to fingertip (excluding nail), male left, female right. Cut as standard. Have patient ride bamboo pole, naked, upright, feet off ground, assisted. Measure from sitting point (coccyx) up spine using previous strip. Mark center with ink (not acupoint). Take another strip, measure middle finger joint crease width, male left, female right. From marked center, measure this width to both sides. Ends are acupoints. Moxa five or seven cones each side. Do not exceed. Works for any location.
Alternative view: Moxa opposite side of lesion, or both if severe. Classic: "All pain/sores/itch belong to Heart." These points are on Heart meridian pathways. Moxa regulates Heart Fire, promotes blood flow, better than herbs. Also moxa Zusanli (ST36) and Qihai (CV6) to draw heat/toxicity downward. Excellent methods.
Treating adult/child carbuncle swelling. Moxa odd point on big toes, follow lesion side.
Treating carbuncles/ulcers. Early stage, small/large/grain-sized. Monitor closely, attack urgently. No medicine? Moxa head one hundred cones, or seven-eight hundred. Large lesions: moa four sides and center two-three hundred cones. Also needle head four fen deep with large needle.
Treating carbuncle swelling. Needle the carbuncle. Based on size/depth, large/deep needs multiple/deep needles. Insert needle straight.
Treating Fabei carbuncle swelling, suppurated or not (from *Shenghui Fang*). Use Xiang Chi (Fermented Black Bean) three sheng, mix water, pound into cake, thickness three fen. Do not cover holes. Place bean cake on sore, arrange moxa on top, moxa until warm but not burning. If hot pain, rinse with hot water. Twice daily. If suppurating, stop when fluid drains. Axillary carbuncle high fever: prick Foot Shaoyang five times. Fever persists: prick Hand Jueyin three times. Do not delay treating carbuncles. Unknown location, unresponsive to pressure, intermittent: prick Hand Taiyin lateral three times, and Yin vessels two times each.
Treating facial swelling, eye carbuncle swelling. Prick Xiangu (GB7) bleeding, immediate cure.
Treating Head Da Qin Tan (Spreading Impetigo). Point Jianshi (PC5).
Treating Intestinal Abscess and various swellings. Moxa elbows tips, seven cones each side. Also big toe web spaces, three cones each. Treats all swellings. Also elbows: moa sharp bone at elbow head one hundred cones each, pus/blood drainage cures.
Carbuncles, ulcers, tumors, Stone Carbuncles, Tubercles, Scrofula (Luo Li) must NOT be needled with horn needles. Horn needling rarely avoids disaster.