膀胱经穴歌
足太阳经六十三,睛明、攒竹曲差参。五处、承光接通天,络却、玉枕、天柱边。大杼、
风门引肺俞,厥阴、心、膈、肝、胆居。脾、胃、三焦、肾俞次,大肠、小肠、膀胱如。中膂、白环
皆二行,去脊中间二寸许。上 、次 中复下,会阳须向尻旁取。还有附分在三行,二椎三
寸半相当。魄户、膏肓与神堂, 、膈关、魂门旁。阳纲、意舍及胃仓,肓门、志室连胞肓。
秩边、承扶、殷门穴,浮 相邻是委阳。委中再下合阳去,承筋、承山相次长。飞扬、跗阳达
昆仑,仆参、申脉过金门。京骨、束骨近通谷,小指外侧寻至阴。
睛明(一名泪孔) 在目内 外一分宛宛中。气府论注曰∶手足太阳足阳明阴阳跷五脉之
会。刺一分半,留六呼,灸三壮。甲乙经曰∶刺六分。一曰禁灸。
主治目痛视不明,见风泪出, 肉攀睛,白翳 痒疳眼,头痛目眩。凡治雀目者,可久留针,然后速出之。
席弘赋云∶治眼若未效,并合谷、光明不可缺。
百证赋云∶兼行间,可治雀目汗气。
灵光赋云∶治 肉。
攒竹(一名始光,一名员柱,一名夜光,一名光明) 在眉头陷者中。刺一分,留六呼,不宜灸。甲乙
经云∶灸三壮。明堂用细三棱针刺之,宣泄热气,眼目大明,宜刺三分出血。
主治目视KT KT ,泪出目眩,瞳子痒,眼中赤痛及腮脸 动不卧。
玉龙赋云∶兼头维,治目疼头痛。
百证赋云∶兼三间,可治目中漠漠。
通玄赋云∶脑昏目赤泻此。
曲差(一名鼻冲) 在神庭旁一寸五分,入发际,正头取之。刺二分,灸三壮、五壮。
主治目不明,头痛鼻塞,鼽衄臭涕,顶巅痛,身心烦热汗不出。
五处 在曲差后五分,夹上星旁一寸五分。刺三分,留七呼,灸三壮。甲乙经曰∶不可灸。
主治脊强反折,螈 颠疾,头痛戴眼眩晕,目视不明。
承光 在五处后一寸五分。水热穴论注曰∶五处后一寸。甲乙经五处后二寸。刺三分,禁灸。
主治头风风眩,呕吐心烦,鼻塞不利,目翳口 。
通天(一名天臼) 在承光后一寸五分。一曰横直百会旁一寸五分。刺三分,留七呼,灸三壮。
主治头旋项痛,不能转侧,鼻塞,偏风口 ,衄血头重耳鸣,狂走螈 恍惚,青盲内 。
千金云∶瘿气面肿,灸五十壮。
百证赋云∶能去鼻内无闻之苦。
络 (一名强阳,一名脑盖) 在通天后一寸五分。甲乙经一寸三分。刺三分,留五呼,灸三壮。一曰禁刺。
主治头旋口 ,鼻塞,项肿瘿瘤,内 耳鸣。
玉枕 在络 后一寸五分。甲乙经曰∶在络却后七分,夹脑户旁一寸三分,起肉枕骨
上,入后发际三寸。(按甲乙经之数,与督脉之数不相合。)刺三分,留三呼,灸三壮。一曰禁刺。
主治目痛如脱,不能远视,脑风头项痛,鼻塞无闻。
千金云∶多汗寒热,灸五十壮,刺三分。
百证赋云∶连囟会,疗头风。
天柱 挟项后大筋外廉,发际陷中。刺二分,留六呼,灸三壮。一曰刺五分,禁灸。
主治头旋脑痛,鼻塞泪出,项强肩背痛,足不任身,目瞑不欲视。
百证赋云∶连养老,治目中KT KT 。又云∶连束骨,治项强多恶风。
大杼 在项后第一椎下,两旁相去脊中各二寸陷中,正坐取之。海论曰∶冲脉者,其输
上在于大杼。气穴论注曰∶督脉别络,手足太阳三脉之会。刺三分,留七呼,灸五壮、七壮。
一曰禁灸,非有大急不可灸也。
主治伤寒汗不出,腰脊项背强痛不得卧,喉痹烦满, 疟头痛咳嗽,身热目眩,癫疾筋
挛螈 ,膝痛不可屈伸。几刺疟疾脉满大者,刺此并 穴出血,随人肥瘦刺之,不已刺委中、风门立已。
席弘赋云∶大杼若连长强寻,小肠气痛即行针。
风门(一名热府) 在二椎下,两旁各去脊中二寸,正坐取之。督脉足太阳之会。热府 也。
刺五分,留七呼,灸五壮。
主治伤寒头痛项强,目瞑鼽嚏,胸中热,呕逆上气喘,卧不安,身热黄胆,痈疽发背。此
穴能泻一身热气,常灸之,永无痈疽疮疥等患。
神农经云∶伤风咳嗽头痛,鼻流清涕,可灸十四壮,及治头疼风眩,鼻衄不止。
千金云∶上气短气咳逆,胸背彻痛,灸百壮。
肺俞 在三椎下,去脊中各二寸,又以手搭背,左取右,右取左,当中指末处是穴,正坐
取之。千金曰∶肺俞对乳,引绳度之。刺三分,留七呼,灸三壮。一云灸百壮。素问曰∶刺中肺,三日死。
主治五劳传尸骨蒸,肺风肺痿,咳嗽呕吐,上气喘满,虚烦口干目眩,支满汗不出,腰脊
强痛,背偻如龟,寒热瘿气黄胆。此穴主泻五脏之热,与五脏俞治同。
神农经曰∶治咳嗽吐血唾红,骨蒸虚劳,可灸十四壮。
千金云∶治吐血唾血,上气咳逆喉痹,灸随年壮。又气短不语,灸百壮。又治水注口中
涌水出,灸肺俞及三阴交,随年壮。又瘿肿上气短气,灸百壮。又盗汗寒热恶寒,灸随年壮,刺五分。
玉龙赋云∶兼丰隆,治痰嗽。
百证赋云∶兼天突,治咳嗽连声。
乾坤生意云∶同陶道、身柱、膏肓,治虚损五劳七伤紧要法。
厥阴俞 在四椎下,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。(此穴出山眺经,甲乙经无。)刺三分,灸七壮。
主治咳逆牙痛,心痛结胸,呕吐烦闷。
千金云∶主胸中膈气,积聚好吐,灸随年壮。
心俞 在五椎下,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。刺三分,留七呼。按甲乙经曰禁灸,故世医
皆谓可针不可灸,殊不知刺中心一日死,乃素问之所戒,又岂可易针耶?千金方言风中心,
急灸心俞百壮,服续命汤,又吐逆不得食者灸百壮,是又当权其缓急也。
主治偏风半身不遂,食噎积结寒热,心气闷乱,烦满恍惚,心惊汗不出,中风偃卧不得,
冒绝发痫悲泣,呕吐咳血,发狂健忘。此穴主泻五脏之热,与五脏俞同。
神农经云∶小儿气不足者,数岁不能语,可灸五壮,艾炷如麦粒。
玉龙赋云∶兼肾俞,治腰肾虚乏之梦遗。
百证赋云∶兼神道,治风痫常发自宁。
快捷方式云∶治忧噎。
一传主疗心虚遗精盗汗补之。
膈俞 在七椎下,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。为血之会。刺三分,留七呼,灸三壮。一云灸至百壮。
主治心痛周痹,膈胃寒痰暴痛,心满气急,吐食反胃, 癖五积,气块血块,咳逆,四肢
肿痛,怠惰嗜卧,骨蒸喉痹,热病汗不出,食不下,腹胁胀满。此血会也,诸血病者,皆宜灸
之,如吐血衄血不已,虚损昏晕,血热妄行,心肺二经呕血,脏毒便血不止。
千金云∶胪胀胁腹满,灸百壮,三报之。又治吐逆不得食,今日食,明日吐,灸百壮。
肝俞 在九椎下,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。刺三分,留六呼,灸三壮。素问曰∶刺中肝,五日死。
主治气短咳血多怒,胁肋满闷,咳引两胁脊背急痛,不得息,转侧难,反折上视,惊狂鼽
衄,眩晕痛循眉头,黄胆鼻酸,热病后目中出泪,眼目诸疾,热痛生翳,或热病瘥后因食五辛
患目,呕血,或疝气筋痉相引,转筋入腹。此穴主泻五脏之热,与五脏俞治同。
千金云∶吐血酸削,灸百壮。又胸满心腹积聚疼痛,灸百壮。又气短不语,灸百壮。
玉龙赋云∶目昏血溢,肝俞辨其虚实。
标幽赋云∶兼命门,能使瞽者见秋毫。
百证赋云∶兼少泽,可治攀睛。
一传治气痛项 吐酸。
胆俞 在十椎下,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。刺五分,留七呼,灸三壮。素问曰∶刺中胆,
一日半死。
主治头痛振寒汗不出,腋下肿,心腹胀满,口干苦,咽痛呕吐翻胃食不下,骨蒸劳热,目
黄,胸胁痛不能转侧。
百证赋云∶兼阳纲,可治目黄。
快捷方式云∶兼膈俞,治劳噎。
脾俞 在十一椎下,去脊中各二寸,正坐取之。刺三分,留七呼,灸三壮。素问云∶刺中脾,十日死。
主治 癖积聚,肋下满, 疟寒热,黄胆,腹胀痛,吐食不食,饮食不化,或食饮倍多,烦
热嗜卧,身日羸瘦,泄痢,善欠,体重四肢不收。此穴主泻五脏之热,与五脏俞同。
千金云∶食不消化,泄痢不作肌肤,胀满水肿,灸随年壮,三报之。又虚劳尿血白浊,灸百壮。
百证赋云∶兼听宫,能祛心下之悲凄。又兼膀胱俞,治脾虚谷食不消。
快捷方式云∶治思噎食噎。
一传治水肿鼓胀,气满泄泻,年久不止,及久年积块胀痛。
胃俞 在十二椎下,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。刺三分,留七呼,灸三壮。一曰灸随年壮。
主治胃寒吐逆,翻胃霍乱,腹胀支满,肌肤疲瘦,肠鸣腹痛不嗜食,脊痛筋挛,小儿羸瘦
食少,不生肌肉,及小儿痢下赤白,秋末脱肛,肚疼不可忍,艾炷如大麦。
百证赋云∶兼魂门,治胃冷食不化。
一传治水肿鼓胀,气膈不食,泄泻年久不止,多年积块。
三焦俞 在十三椎下,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。刺五分,灸三壮,一曰三分、五壮。
主治伤寒身热头痛,吐逆,肩背急,腰脊强,不得俯仰,脏腑积聚,胀满膈塞不通,饮食
不化,羸瘦,水谷不分,腹痛下痢,肠鸣目眩。
千金云∶少腹坚大如盘盂,胸腹胀满,饮食不消,妇人 聚瘦瘠,灸三焦俞百壮,三报之,仍灸气海
百壮。又云∶主五脏六腑积聚,心腹满,腰脊痛,吐逆寒热,小便不利,灸随年壮。又治尿血,灸百壮。
肾俞 在十四椎下,与脐平,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。(素问血气形志篇有五脏俞度,见经络类十
一。)刺三分,留七呼,灸三壮。一曰灸以年为壮。素问曰∶刺中肾,六日死。
主治虚劳羸瘦,面目黄黑,耳聋,肾虚水脏久冷,腰痛梦遗精滑,脚膝拘急,身热头重振
寒,心腹 胀,两胁满痛引少腹,少气溺血,便浊淫泺,赤白带下,月经不调,阴中痛,五劳七
伤,虚惫无力,足寒如冰,洞泄食不化,身肿如水,男女久积气痛,变成劳疾。此穴主泻五脏之热,与五脏俞同。
千金云∶肾间风虚,灸百壮。又小便浊,梦遗失精,灸百壮。又云∶肾俞主五脏虚劳,
少腹弦急胀热,灸五十壮,老少减之。若虚冷,可百壮,横三间寸灸之。又消渴口干,同腰
目灸之。又尿血,灸百壮。又百病水肿,灸百壮。
玉龙赋云∶兼命门,治老人便多。又兼心俞,治腰肾虚乏之梦遗。
百证赋云∶兼巨 穴,能除胸膈停留瘀血。
通玄赋云∶能泻尽腰股之痛。
一传治色欲过度,虚肿耳痛耳鸣。
大肠俞 在十六椎下,去脊中二寸,伏而取之。刺三分,留六呼,灸三壮。
主治脊强不得俯仰,腰痛腹胀,绕脐切痛,肠癖泻痢,食不化,大小便不利。
千金云∶胀满雷鸣,灸百壮,三报之。
灵光赋云∶治大便病。
小肠俞 在十八椎下,去脊中二寸,伏而取之。刺三分,留六呼,灸三壮。
主治膀胱三焦津液少,便赤不利,淋沥遗尿,小腹胀满 痛,泻痢脓血,脚肿心烦短气,
五痔疼痛,妇人带下。千金云∶泄注五痢,便脓血腹痛,灸百壮。又主三焦膀胱寒热,津液
赤白洞泄,腰脊痛,小水不利,妇人带浊,灸五十壮。又消渴口干不可忍者,灸百壮,横三间寸灸之。
灵光赋云∶治小便病。
膀胱俞 在十九椎下,去脊中二寸,伏而取之。刺三分,留六呼,灸三壮。一云七壮。
主治小便赤涩,遗尿泄痢,腰脊腹痛,阴疮,脚膝寒冷无力,女子 瘕。
百证赋云∶兼脾俞,治脾虚谷食不消。
中膂内俞(一名脊内俞) 在二十椎下,去脊中二寸,夹脊胂起肉间,伏而取之。刺三分,留六呼,灸三壮。
主治肾虚消渴,腰脊强痛,不得俯仰,肠冷赤白痢,疝痛,汗不出,胁腹胀痛。
百证赋云∶兼陶道,治岁热时行。
快捷方式云∶主腰痛夹脊膂,上下按之从后项至此穴痛者,灸之立愈。
白环俞 在二十一椎下,去脊中二寸,伏而取之。刺五分,灸三壮。甲乙经云∶刺八
分,得气则泻,泻讫多补之,不可灸。
主治腰脊痛不得坐卧,疝痛,手足不仁,二便不利,温疟,筋挛痹缩,虚热闭塞。一云主
治梦遗白浊,肾虚腰痛,先泻后补,赤带泻之,白带补之,月经不调亦补之。
百证赋云∶兼委中,治背连腰痛大验。
上 在腰髁骨下一寸,夹脊两旁第一空陷中。缪刺论注曰∶腰下夹尻有空骨各四,
盖即此四 穴也。刺腰痛篇注曰∶上 当髁骨下陷中,余三 少斜下按之陷中是也。(腰髁
骨,即十六椎下,腰脊两旁起骨之夹脊者。)足太阳少阳之络。刺三分,留七呼,灸七壮。
主治大小便不利,呕逆,腰膝冷痛,寒热疟,鼻衄,妇人绝嗣,阴中痒痛,阴挺出,赤白带下。
次 夹脊旁第二空陷中。刺三分,留七呼,灸七壮。一曰三壮。
主治大小便淋赤不利,心下坚胀,腰痛足清,疝气下坠,引阴痛不可忍,肠鸣泄泻,赤白带下。
中 夹脊旁三空陷中。刺二分,留十呼,灸三壮。
主治五劳七伤,二便不利,腹胀飧泄,妇人少子带下,月经不调。
下 夹脊旁四空陷中。刺腰痛篇及缪刺论王注皆曰足厥阴支别者,与太阴、少阳结
足太阳膀胱经共有六十三穴,包括睛明、攒竹、曲差。五处、承光、通天相连,络却、玉枕、天柱在旁。大杼、风门引出肺俞,厥阴俞、心俞、膈俞、肝俞、胆俞依次排列。脾俞、胃俞、三焦俞、肾俞随后,大肠俞、小肠俞、膀胱俞也在此列。中膂俞、白环俞均在第二行,距离脊柱中间约二寸。上髎、次髎、中髎、下髎依次向下排列,会阳穴需向尾骨旁取。还有附分穴在第三行,位于第二椎下三寸半处。魄户、膏肓、神堂,以及膈关、魂门在旁。阳纲、意舍、胃仓,肓门、志室连胞肓。秩边、承扶、殷门穴,浮郄相邻是委阳。委中再往下是合阳,承筋、承山依次排长。飞扬、跗阳直达昆仑,仆参、申脉经过金门。京骨、束骨靠近通谷,在小指外侧寻至阴。
睛明(又名泪孔)位于目内眦外一分处的凹陷中。《气府论》注解说:这里是手足太阳、足阳明、阴阳跷脉五条经脉的交会处。针刺一分半,留针六个呼吸时间,艾灸三壮。《甲乙经》说:刺六分。另一种说法是禁止艾灸。
主治目痛视物不清,遇风流泪,胬肉攀睛,白翳瘙痒及疳眼病,头痛目眩。凡治疗雀盲症者,可长时间留针,然后迅速出针。
《席弘赋》说:治疗眼疾若未见效,并配合合谷、光明穴不可缺。
《百证赋》说:兼用行间穴,可治雀盲和汗气。
《灵光赋》说:治疗胬肉。
攒竹(又名始光、员柱、夜光、光明)位于眉头陷窝中。针刺一分,留针六个呼吸时间,不宜艾灸。《甲乙经》说:灸三壮。《明堂》用细三棱针刺之,宣泄热气,使眼睛明亮,宜刺三分出血。
主治视物模糊,流泪目眩,瞳子痒,眼中赤痛及腮脸抽动不卧。
《玉龙赋》说:兼头维穴,治目疼头痛。
《百证赋》说:兼三间穴,可治目中漠漠(视物不清)。
《通玄赋》说:脑昏目赤泻此穴。
曲差(又名鼻冲)位于神庭穴旁一寸五分,入发际,正头取之。刺二分,灸三壮或五壮。
主治目不明,头痛鼻塞,鼻流臭涕,顶巅痛,身心烦热汗不出。
五处 位于曲差后五分,夹上星穴旁一寸五分。刺三分,留针七个呼吸时间,灸三壮。《甲乙经》说:不可灸。
主治脊强反折,抽搐癫痫,头痛戴眼眩晕,视物不明。
承光 在五处后一寸五分。《水热穴论》注说:五处后一寸。《甲乙经》说五处后二寸。刺三分,禁灸。
主治头风风眩,呕吐心烦,鼻塞不利,目翳口歪。
通天(又名天臼)在承光后一寸五分。一种说法是横直百会旁一寸五分。刺三分,留针七个呼吸时间,灸三壮。
主治头旋项痛,不能转侧,鼻塞,偏风口眼歪斜,衄血头重耳鸣,狂走抽搐恍惚,青盲内障。
《千金方》说:瘿气面肿,灸五十壮。
《百证赋》说:能去鼻内无闻之苦。
络却(又名强阳、脑盖)在通天后一寸五分。《甲乙经》说一寸三分。刺三分,留针五个呼吸时间,灸三壮。一种说法是禁刺。
主治头旋口歪,鼻塞,项肿瘿瘤,内障耳鸣。
玉枕 在络却后一寸五分。《甲乙经》说:在络却后七分,夹脑户旁一寸三分,起于肉枕骨上,入后发际三寸。(按《甲乙经》的数据,与督脉的数据不相符合。)刺三分,留针三个呼吸时间,灸三壮。一种说法是禁刺。
主治目痛如脱,不能远视,脑风头项痛,鼻塞无闻。
《千金方》说:多汗寒热,灸五十壮,刺三分。
《百证赋》说:连囟会穴,疗头风。
天柱 挟项后大筋外缘,发际陷中。刺二分,留针六个呼吸时间,灸三壮。一种说法是刺五分,禁灸。
主治头旋脑痛,鼻塞泪出,项强肩背痛,足不任身,目瞑不欲视。
《百证赋》说:连养老穴,治目中视物模糊。又说:连束骨穴,治项强多恶风。
大杼 在项后第一椎下,两旁相去脊中各二寸陷中,正坐取之。《海论》说:冲脉的输穴在大杼。《气穴论》注说:督脉别络,手足太阳三脉的交会处。刺三分,留针七个呼吸时间,灸五壮或七壮。一种说法是禁灸,除非病情紧急否则不可灸。
主治伤寒汗不出,腰脊项背强痛不得卧,喉痹烦满,疟疾头痛咳嗽,身热目眩,癫疾筋挛抽搐,膝痛不可屈伸。凡刺疟疾脉满大者,刺此并刺井穴出血,随人肥瘦刺之,不好则刺委中、风门立愈。
《席弘赋》说:大杼若连长强寻,小肠气痛即行针。
风门(又名热府)在二椎下,两旁各去脊中二寸,正坐取之。督脉足太阳之会。热府也。
刺五分,留针七个呼吸时间,灸五壮。
主治伤寒头痛项强,目瞑鼽嚏,胸中热,呕逆上气喘,卧不安,身热黄疸,痈疽发背。此穴能泻一身热气,常灸之,永无痈疽疮疥等患。
《神农经》说:伤风咳嗽头痛,鼻流清涕,可灸十四壮,及治头疼风眩,鼻衄不止。
《千金方》说:上气短气咳逆,胸背彻痛,灸百壮。
肺俞 在三椎下,去脊中各二寸,又以手搭背,左取右,右取左,当中指末处是穴,正坐取之。《千金方》说:肺俞对乳,引绳度之。刺三分,留针七个呼吸时间,灸三壮。一说灸百壮。《素问》说:刺中肺,三日死。
主治五劳传尸骨蒸,肺风肺痿,咳嗽呕吐,上气喘满,虚烦口干目眩,支满汗不出,腰脊强痛,背偻如龟,寒热瘿气黄疸。此穴主泻五脏之热,与五脏俞治同。
《神农经》说:治咳嗽吐血唾红,骨蒸虚劳,可灸十四壮。
《千金方》说:治吐血唾血,上气咳逆喉痹,灸随年壮。又气短不语,灸百壮。又治水注口中涌水出,灸肺俞及三阴交,随年壮。又瘿肿上气短气,灸百壮。又盗汗寒热恶寒,灸随年壮,刺五分。
《玉龙赋》说:兼丰隆穴,治痰嗽。
《百证赋》说:兼天突穴,治咳嗽连声。
《乾坤生意》说:同陶道、身柱、膏肓,治虚损五劳七伤紧要法。
厥阴俞 在四椎下,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。(此穴出自《山眺经》,《甲乙经》无。)刺三分,灸七壮。
主治咳逆牙痛,心痛结胸,呕吐烦闷。
《千金方》说:主胸中膈气,积聚好吐,灸随年壮。
心俞 在五椎下,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。刺三分,留针七个呼吸时间。按《甲乙经》说禁灸,故世医皆谓可针不可灸,殊不知刺中心一日死,乃《素问》之所戒,又岂可易针耶?《千金方》言风中心,急灸心俞百壮,服续命汤,又吐逆不得食者灸百壮,是又当权其缓急也。
主治偏风半身不遂,食噎积结寒热,心气闷乱,烦满恍惚,心惊汗不出,中风偃卧不得,冒绝发痫悲泣,呕吐咳血,发狂健忘。此穴主泻五脏之热,与五脏俞同。
《神农经》说:小儿气不足者,数岁不能语,可灸五壮,艾炷如麦粒。
《玉龙赋》说:兼肾俞,治腰肾虚乏之梦遗。
《百证赋》说:兼神道穴,治风痫常发自宁。
《快捷方式》说:治忧噎。
一传主疗心虚遗精盗汗补之。
膈俞 在七椎下,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。为血之会。刺三分,留针七个呼吸时间,灸三壮。一说灸至百壮。
主治心痛周痹,膈胃寒痰暴痛,心满气急,吐食反胃,癖五积,气块血块,咳逆,四肢肿痛,怠惰嗜卧,骨蒸喉痹,热病汗不出,食不下,腹胁胀满。此血会也,诸血病者,皆宜灸之,如吐血衄血不已,虚损昏晕,血热妄行,心肺二经呕血,脏毒便血不止。
《千金方》说:胪胀胁腹满,灸百壮,三报之。又治吐逆不得食,今日食,明日吐,灸百壮。
肝俞 在九椎下,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。刺三分,留针六个呼吸时间,灸三壮。《素问》说:刺中肝,五日死。
主治气短咳血多怒,胁肋满闷,咳引两胁脊背急痛,不得息,转侧难,反折上视,惊狂鼽衄,眩晕痛循眉头,黄疸鼻酸,热病后目中出泪,眼目诸疾,热痛生翳,或热病瘥后因食五辛患目,呕血,或疝气筋痉相引,转筋入腹。此穴主泻五脏之热,与五脏俞治同。
《千金方》说:吐血酸削,灸百壮。又胸满心腹积聚疼痛,灸百壮。又气短不语,灸百壮。
《玉龙赋》说:目昏血溢,肝俞辨其虚实。
《标幽赋》说:兼命门穴,能使瞽者见秋毫。
《百证赋》说:兼少泽穴,可治攀睛。
一传治气痛项强吐酸。
胆俞 在十椎下,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。刺五分,留针七个呼吸时间,灸三壮。《素问》说:刺中胆,一日半死。
主治头痛振寒汗不出,腋下肿,心腹胀满,口干苦,咽痛呕吐翻胃食不下,骨蒸劳热,目黄,胸胁痛不能转侧。
《百证赋》说:兼阳纲穴,可治目黄。
《快捷方式》说:兼膈俞,治劳噎。
脾俞 在十一椎下,去脊中各二寸,正坐取之。刺三分,留针七个呼吸时间,灸三壮。《素问》说:刺中脾,十日死。
主治癖积聚,肋下满,疟寒热,黄疸,腹胀痛,吐食不食,饮食不化,或食饮倍多,烦热嗜卧,身日羸瘦,泄痢,善欠,体重四肢不收。此穴主泻五脏之热,与五脏俞同。
《千金方》说:食不消化,泄痢不作肌肤,胀满水肿,灸随年壮,三报之。又虚劳尿血白浊,灸百壮。
《百证赋》说:兼听宫穴,能祛心下之悲凄。又兼膀胱俞,治脾虚谷食不消。
《快捷方式》说:治思噎食噎。
一传治水肿鼓胀,气满泄泻,年久不止,及久年积块胀痛。
胃俞 在十二椎下,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。刺三分,留针七个呼吸时间,灸三壮。一说灸随年壮。
主治胃寒吐逆,翻胃霍乱,腹胀支满,肌肤疲瘦,肠鸣腹痛不嗜食,脊痛筋挛,小儿羸瘦食少,不生肌肉,及小儿痢下赤白,秋末脱肛,肚疼不可忍,艾炷如大麦。
《百证赋》说:兼魂门穴,治胃冷食不化。
一传治水肿鼓胀,气膈不食,泄泻年久不止,多年积块。
三焦俞 在十三椎下,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。刺五分,灸三壮,一说三分、五壮。
主治伤寒身热头痛,吐逆,肩背急,腰脊强,不得俯仰,脏腑积聚,胀满膈塞不通,饮食不化,羸瘦,水谷不分,腹痛下痢,肠鸣目眩。
《千金方》说:少腹坚大如盘盂,胸腹胀满,饮食不消,妇人癥聚瘦瘠,灸三焦俞百壮,三报之,仍灸气海百壮。又云:主五脏六腑积聚,心腹满,腰脊痛,吐逆寒热,小便不利,灸随年壮。又治尿血,灸百壮。
肾俞 在十四椎下,与脐平,去脊中二寸,正坐取之。(《素问·血气形志篇》有五脏俞度,见经络类十一。)刺三分,留针七个呼吸时间,灸三壮。一说灸以年为壮。《素问》说:刺中肾,六日死。
主治虚劳羸瘦,面目黄黑,耳聋,肾虚水脏久冷,腰痛梦遗精滑,脚膝拘急,身热头重振寒,心腹胀满,两胁满痛引少腹,少气溺血,便浊淫泺,赤白带下,月经不调,阴中痛,五劳七伤,虚惫无力,足寒如冰,洞泄食不化,身肿如水,男女久积气痛,变成劳疾。此穴主泻五脏之热,与五脏俞同。
《千金方》说:肾间风虚,灸百壮。又小便浊,梦遗失精,灸百壮。又云:肾俞主五脏虚劳,少腹弦急胀热,灸五十壮,老少减之。若虚冷,可百壮,横三间寸灸之。又消渴口干,同腰目灸之。又尿血,灸百壮。又百病水肿,灸百壮。
《玉龙赋》说:兼命门穴,治老人便多。又兼心俞,治腰肾虚乏之梦遗。
《百证赋》说:兼巨阙穴,能除胸膈停留瘀血。
《通玄赋》说:能泻尽腰股之痛。
一传治色欲过度,虚肿耳痛耳鸣。
大肠俞 在十六椎下,去脊中二寸,伏而取之。刺三分,留针六个呼吸时间,灸三壮。
主治脊强不得俯仰,腰痛腹胀,绕脐切痛,肠癖泻痢,食不化,大小便不利。
《千金方》说:胀满雷鸣,灸百壮,三报之。
《灵光赋》说:治大便病。
小肠俞 在十八椎下,去脊中二寸,伏而取之。刺三分,留针六个呼吸时间,灸三壮。
主治膀胱三焦津液少,便赤不利,淋沥遗尿,小腹胀满刺痛,泻痢脓血,脚肿心烦短气,五痔疼痛,妇人带下。《千金方》说:泄注五痢,便脓血腹痛,灸百壮。又主三焦膀胱寒热,津液赤白洞泄,腰脊痛,小水不利,妇人带浊,灸五十壮。又消渴口干不可忍者,灸百壮,横三间寸灸之。
《灵光赋》说:治小便病。
膀胱俞 在十九椎下,去脊中二寸,伏而取之。刺三分,留针六个呼吸时间,灸三壮。一说七壮。
主治小便赤涩,遗尿泄痢,腰脊腹痛,阴疮,脚膝寒冷无力,女子癥瘕。
《百证赋》说:兼脾俞,治脾虚谷食不消。
中膂内俞(一名脊内俞) 在二十椎下,去脊中二寸,夹脊胂起肉间,伏而取之。刺三分,留针六个呼吸时间,灸三壮。
主治肾虚消渴,腰脊强痛,不得俯仰,肠冷赤白痢,疝痛,汗不出,胁腹胀痛。
《百证赋》说:兼陶道穴,治岁热时行。
《快捷方式》说:主腰痛夹脊膂,上下按之从后项至此穴痛者,灸之立愈。
白环俞 在二十一椎下,去脊中二寸,伏而取之。刺五分,灸三壮。《甲乙经》说:刺八分,得气则泻,泻讫多补之,不可灸。
主治腰脊痛不得坐卧,疝痛,手足不仁,二便不利,温疟,筋挛痹缩,虚热闭塞。一说主治梦遗白浊,肾虚腰痛,先泻后补,赤带泻之,白带补之,月经不调亦补之。
《百证赋》说:兼委中穴,治背连腰痛大验。
上髎 在腰髁骨下一寸,夹脊两旁第一空陷中。《缪刺论》注说:腰下夹尻有空骨各四,盖即此四髎穴也。《刺腰痛篇》注说:上髎当髁骨下陷中,余三髎稍斜下按之陷中是也。(腰髁骨,即十六椎下,腰脊两旁起骨之夹脊者。)足太阳少阳之络。刺三分,留针七个呼吸时间,灸七壮。
主治大小便不利,呕逆,腰膝冷痛,寒热疟,鼻衄,妇人绝嗣,阴中痒痛,阴挺出,赤白带下。
次髎 夹脊旁第二空陷中。刺三分,留针七个呼吸时间,灸七壮。一说三壮。
主治大小便淋赤不利,心下坚胀,腰痛足清,疝气下坠,引阴痛不可忍,肠鸣泄泻,赤白带下。
中髎 夹脊旁三空陷中。刺二分,留针十个呼吸时间,灸三壮。
主治五劳七伤,二便不利,腹胀飧泄,妇人少子带下,月经不调。
下髎 夹脊旁四空陷中。《刺腰痛篇》及《缪刺论》王注皆曰足厥阴支别者,与太阴、少阳结
The Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian has sixty-three acupoints, including Jingming (BL1), Cuanzhu (BL2), and Qucha (BL3). Wuchu (BL4), Chengguang (BL5), and Tongtian (BL7) are connected; Luoque (BL8), Yuzhen (BL9), and Tianzhu (BL10) are on the sides. Dazhu (BL11) and Fengmen (BL12) lead to Feishu (BL13); Jueyinshu (BL14), Xinshu (BL15), Geshu (BL17), Ganshu (BL18), and Danshu (BL19) are located in sequence. Pishu (BL20), Weishu (BL21), Sanjiaoshu (BL22), and Shenshu (BL23) follow; Dachangshu (BL25), Xiaochangshu (BL27), and Pangguangshu (BL28) are also here. Zhonglü Neishu (BL29) and Baihuanshu (BL30) are both in the second row, approximately two cun from the midline of the spine. Shangliao (BL31), Ciliao (BL32), Zhongliao (BL33), and Xialiao (BL34) are arranged sequentially downwards; Huiyang (BL35) should be taken towards the side of the sacrum. Fufen (BL16) is in the third row, corresponding to three and a half cun below the second vertebral prominence. Pohu (BL42), Gaohuang (BL43), and Shentang (BL44), as well as Ge Guan (BL45) and Hunmen (BL47), are on the sides. Yanggang (BL48), Yishe (BL49), and Weicang (BL50), along with Huangmen (BL51), Zhishi (BL52), and Baohuang (BL53), are connected. Zhibian (BL54), Chengfu (BL36), and Yinmen (BL37) are acupoints; Fupi (BL38) is adjacent to Weizhong (BL40). Heyang (BL39) is below Weizhong (BL40); Chengjin (BL56) and Chengshan (BL57) are arranged in length. Feiyang (BL58) and Fuyang (BL59) reach Kunlun (BL60); Pucan (BL61) and Shenmai (BL62) pass through Jinmen (BL63). Jinggu (BL64) and Shugu (BL65) are near Tonggu (BL66); Zhidao (BL67) is sought on the lateral side of the little toe.
Jingming (BL1) (also known as Leikong) is located one fen outside the inner canthus of the eye, in the depression. The commentary on *Qifu Lun* states: It is the meeting point of the Hand-Taiyang, Foot-Taiyang, Foot-Yangming, Yin-Qiao, and Yang-Qiao meridians. Needle 1.5 fen, retain for six breaths, moxa three moxibustions. *Jia Yi Jing* says: needle six fen. Another view prohibits moxibustion.
Indications include eye pain and blurred vision, tearing upon exposure to wind, pterygium, white corneal opacity with itching, and phthisis oculi; headache and vertigo. For treating nyctalopia, the needle may be retained for a long time and then quickly removed.
*Xixiong Fu* states: If treatment for eye diseases is ineffective, Hegu (LI4) and Guangming (GB37) must not be omitted.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combined with Xingjian (LR2), it can treat nyctalopia and excessive sweating.
*Lingguang Fu* states: Treats pterygium.
Cuanzhu (BL2) (also known as Shiguang, Yuanzhu, Yeguang, Guangming) is located in the depression at the medial end of the eyebrow. Needle one fen, retain for six breaths; moxibustion is not suitable. *Jia Yi Jing* says: moxa three moxibustions. *Mingtang* suggests using a fine three-edged needle to puncture it, venting heat qi to brighten the eyes; it is appropriate to needle three fen to bleed.
Indications include blurred vision, tearing and vertigo, itching of the pupil, redness and pain in the eyes, and twitching of the cheek and face preventing sleep.
*Yulong Fu* states: Combined with Touwei (ST8), it treats eye pain and headache.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combined with Sanjian (LI3), it can treat indistinct vision ("momo").
*Tongxuan Fu* states: Drains this point for dizziness and red eyes.
Qucha (BL4) (also known as Bichong) is located one cun and five fen lateral to Shenting (GV24), entering the hairline; take it with the head upright. Needle two fen, moxa three or five moxibustions.
Indications include blurred vision, headache and nasal congestion, foul-smelling nasal discharge, vertex headache, mental restlessness, fever, and inability to sweat.
Wuchu (BL4) is five fen posterior to Qucha (BL4), flanking Shangxing (GV23) one cun and five fen laterally. Needle three fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa three moxibustions. *Jia Yi Jing* says: moxibustion is prohibited.
Indications include stiff neck and opisthotonos, convulsions and epilepsy, headache with upward-gazing eyes and vertigo, and blurred vision.
Chengguang (BL5) is one cun and five fen posterior to Wuchu (BL4). The commentary on *Shuire Xuelun* says: one cun posterior to Wuchu (BL4). *Jia Yi Jing* says: two cun posterior to Wuchu (BL4). Needle three fen; moxibustion is prohibited.
Indications include wind-dizziness due to wind-pathogen, vomiting, irritability, nasal congestion and obstruction, corneal opacity, and facial deviation.
Tongtian (BL7) (also known as Tianjiu) is one cun and five fen posterior to Chengguang (BL5). One view states it is one cun and five fen lateral to Baihui (GV20) horizontally. Needle three fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa three moxibustions.
Indications include spinning vertigo and neck pain, inability to turn the head, nasal congestion, hemifacial paralysis, epistaxis, heavy head, tinnitus, manic running, convulsions, confusion, amblyopia, and internal eye disorders.
*Qianjin Fang* says: For goiter and facial swelling, moxa fifty moxibustions.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: It can remove the suffering of anosmia.
Luoque (BL8) (also known as Qiangyang, Naogai) is one cun and five fen posterior to Tongtian (BL7). *Jia Yi Jing* says: one cun and three fen. Needle three fen, retain for five breaths, moxa three moxibustions. One view prohibits needling.
Indications include spinning vertigo and facial deviation, nasal congestion, neck swelling and goiter, internal eye disorders, and tinnitus.
Yuzhen (BL9) is one cun and five fen posterior to Luoque (BL8). *Jia Yi Jing* says: seven fen posterior to Luoque (BL8), flanking Naohu (GV17) one cun and three fen laterally, rising from the occipital bone muscle, entering the posterior hairline three cun. (Note: According to *Jia Yi Jing*, these measurements do not align with those of the Du Meridian.) Needle three fen, retain for three breaths, moxa three moxibustions. One view prohibits needling.
Indications include severe eye pain as if the eyes were falling out, inability to see far, headache and neck pain, nasal congestion and loss of smell.
*Qianjin Fang* says: For excessive sweating and chills/fever, moxa fifty moxibustions, needle three fen.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Connected to Xinhui (GV22), it treats wind-headache.
Tianzhu (BL10) is located lateral to the large tendon at the back of the neck, in the depression at the hairline. Needle two fen, retain for six breaths, moxa three moxibustions. One view says needle five fen; moxibustion is prohibited.
Indications include spinning vertigo and brain pain, nasal congestion and tearing, stiff neck, shoulder and back pain, weakness of the legs unable to support the body, closing of the eyes and unwillingness to look.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Connected to Yanglao (SI5), it treats blurred vision. It also states: Connected to Shugu (BL65), it treats stiff neck and aversion to wind.
Dazhu (BL11) is below the first cervical vertebra at the back of the neck, in the depression two cun lateral to the midline of the spine; take it sitting upright. *Hai Lun* states: The transport point of the Chong Mai is above at Dazhu (BL11). The commentary on *Qixue Lun* states: It is the connection of the Du Mai and the meeting of the Hand-Taiyang and Foot-Taiyang meridians. Needle three fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa five or seven moxibustions. One view prohibits moxibustion; unless there is a great emergency, moxibustion should not be performed.
Indications include cold damage with inability to sweat, stiffness and pain of the waist, spine, neck, and back preventing lying down, throat obstruction with fullness and irritability, malaria with headache and cough, fever and vertigo, epilepsy with tendon spasms and convulsions, and knee pain with inability to flex or extend. When treating malaria with full and large pulses, needle this point and bleed the Jing-Well points; needle according to the patient's leanness or plumpness. If ineffective, needle Weizhong (BL40) and Fengmen (BL12) for immediate relief.
*Xixiong Fu* states: If Dazhu (BL11) is combined with Changqiang (GV1), needle immediately for small intestine qi pain.
Fengmen (BL12) (also known as Refu) is below the second thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine on both sides; take it sitting upright. It is the meeting of the Du Mai and Foot-Taiyang. It is the "Heat Mansion."
Needle five fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa five moxibustions.
Indications include cold damage with headache and stiff neck, closing of the eyes, sneezing, chest heat, retching, upper abdominal distension, asthma, restless sleep, fever and jaundice, and carbuncles and sores on the back. This point can vent heat qi from the whole body; regular moxibustion prevents carbuncles, sores, and scabies forever.
*Shennong Jing* says: For wind-cold with cough, headache, and clear nasal discharge, moxa fourteen moxibustions; it also treats headache, wind-dizziness, and unceasing epistaxis.
*Qianjin Fang* says: For ascending qi, shortness of breath, retching, and penetrating chest and back pain, moxa one hundred moxibustions.
Feishu (BL13) is below the third thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine. Alternatively, place hands on the back, taking the right side with the left hand and vice versa; the point is where the middle finger ends; take it sitting upright. *Qianjin Fang* says: Feishu (BL13) corresponds to the nipple; measure with a rope. Needle three fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa three moxibustions. One view says moxa one hundred moxibustions. *Suwen* states: Piercing the lung causes death in three days.
Indications include five labors, tuberculosis with bone-steaming, wind-lung and lung collapse, cough and vomiting, upper abdominal distension and asthma, deficiency irritability, dry mouth, vertigo, flank fullness, inability to sweat, stiff and painful waist and spine, hunchback like a turtle, chills and fever, goiter, and jaundice. This point primarily drains heat from the five zang organs, similar to the treatment of the five zang shu points.
*Shennong Jing* says: For cough with blood-stained sputum, bone-steaming consumption, moxa fourteen moxibustions.
*Qianjin Fang* says: For vomiting blood and bloody sputum, ascending qi, retching, throat obstruction, moxa according to age. For shortness of breath and inability to speak, moxa one hundred moxibustions. For water flooding with gurgling sound in the mouth, moxa Feishu (BL13) and Sanyinjiao (SP6) according to age. For goiter swelling, ascending qi, and shortness of breath, moxa one hundred moxibustions. For night sweats, chills, fever, and aversion to cold, moxa according to age, needle five fen.
*Yulong Fu* states: Combined with Fenglong (ST40), it treats phlegm-cough.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combined with Tantu (CV22), it treats continuous coughing.
*Qiankun Shengyi* states: Together with Daodao (GV11), Shenzhu (GV12), and Gaohuang (BL43), it is a crucial method for treating deficiency injuries, five labors, and seven injuries.
Jueyinshu (BL14) is below the fourth thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine; take it sitting upright. (This point appears in *Shantiao Jing*, but is absent in *Jia Yi Jing*.) Needle three fen, moxa seven moxibustions.
Indications include retching, toothache, heart pain with chest binding, vomiting, and irritability.
*Qianjin Fang* says: It governs diaphragmatic qi in the chest, accumulation and frequent vomiting; moxa according to age.
Xinshu (BL15) is below the fifth thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine; take it sitting upright. Needle three fen, retain for seven breaths. According to *Jia Yi Jing*, moxibustion is prohibited, so physicians generally believe it can be needled but not moxaed. However, they do not realize that piercing the heart causes death in one day, which is warned against in *Suwen*; how can one easily change this? *Qianjin Fang* states that for wind striking the heart, urgently moxa Xinshu (BL15) one hundred moxibustions and administer Xuming Tang; for retching and inability to eat, moxa one hundred moxibustions. Thus, one must weigh the urgency.
Indications include hemiplegia due to wind, food impaction with accumulation and alternating cold and heat, mental confusion and irritability, palpitations with inability to sweat, stroke with inability to lie flat, sudden fainting with epilepsy, weeping, vomiting, hemoptysis, mania, and forgetfulness. This point primarily drains heat from the five zang organs, similar to the five zang shu points.
*Shennong Jing* says: For children with insufficient qi who cannot speak after several years, moxa five moxibustions, with moxa cones the size of wheat grains.
*Yulong Fu* states: Combined with Shenshu (BL23), it treats nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency and lower back weakness.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combined with Shendao (GV11), it treats frequent spontaneous onset of wind-epilepsy.
*Kuaijie Fangshi* says: Treats melancholic dysphagia.
One transmission governs tonifying deficiency of the heart with nocturnal emission and night sweats.
Geshu (BL17) is below the seventh thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine; take it sitting upright. It is the Hui-Meeting point of Blood. Needle three fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa three moxibustions. One view says moxa up to one hundred moxibustions.
Indications include heart pain and generalized bi-syndrome, sudden pain of the diaphragm and stomach due to cold-phlegm, chest fullness and急促 breathing, vomiting and reverse flow of food, masses and accumulations, qi and blood lumps, retching, swelling and pain of the four limbs, lethargy and desire to lie down, bone-steaming and throat obstruction, fever with inability to sweat, inability to eat, and abdominal and hypochondriac fullness. As the Hui-Meeting of Blood, all blood diseases should be treated with moxibustion, such as unceasing hematemesis and epistaxis, deficiency injury with fainting, reckless bleeding due to blood-heat, vomiting blood from the Heart and Lung meridians, and unceasing bloody stool due to visceral toxicity.
*Qianjin Fang* says: For abdominal distension and hypochondriac fullness, moxa one hundred moxibustions, repeated three times. Also treats retching and inability to eat, eating today and vomiting tomorrow; moxa one hundred moxibustions.
Ganshu (BL18) is below the ninth thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine; take it sitting upright. Needle three fen, retain for six breaths, moxa three moxibustions. *Suwen* states: Piercing the liver causes death in five days.
Indications include shortness of breath, hemoptysis, excessive anger, hypochondriac fullness and oppression, cough drawing pain to the bilateral ribs, back, and spine, difficulty breathing, difficulty turning, opisthotonos with upward gaze, fright, mania, epistaxis, vertigo, pain following the eyebrow ridge, jaundice, sour nose, tearing after fever subsides, various eye diseases, heat-pain with opacity, eye issues caused by eating pungent foods after fever recovery, vomiting blood, hernia with tendon spasms pulling inward, and calf cramps pulling into the abdomen. This point primarily drains heat from the five zang organs, similar to the five zang shu points.
*Qianjin Fang* says: For vomiting blood and emaciation, moxa one hundred moxibustions. For chest fullness and abdominal accumulation pain, moxa one hundred moxibustions. For shortness of breath and inability to speak, moxa one hundred moxibustions.
*Yulong Fu* states: For dim vision and blood extravasation, Ganshu (BL18) distinguishes deficiency and excess.
*Biaoyou Fu* states: Combined with Mingmen (GV4), it enables the blind to see the finest hairs.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combined with Shaoze (SI1), it can treat pterygium.
One transmission treats qi pain, stiff neck, and acid regurgitation.
Danshu (BL19) is below the tenth thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine; take it sitting upright. Needle five fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa three moxibustions. *Suwen* states: Piercing the gallbladder causes death in one and a half days.
Indications include headache, chills, inability to sweat, axillary swelling, abdominal and chest fullness, dry and bitter mouth, sore throat, vomiting, reverse flow of food and inability to eat, bone-steaming consumption fever, yellow eyes, and hypochondriac pain preventing turning.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combined with Yanggang (BL48), it can treat yellow eyes.
*Kuaijie Fangshi* says: Combined with Geshu (BL17), it treats consumptive dysphagia.
Pishu (BL20) is below the eleventh thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine; take it sitting upright. Needle three fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa three moxibustions. *Suwen* states: Piercing the spleen causes death in ten days.
Indications include masses and accumulations, hypochondriac fullness, malaria with chills and fever, jaundice, abdominal distension and pain, vomiting or refusal to eat, undigested food, excessive eating and drinking, irritability and lethargy, daily emaciation, diarrhea and dysentery, frequent yawning, heavy body, and inability to move the four limbs. This point primarily drains heat from the five zang organs, similar to the five zang shu points.
*Qianjin Fang* says: For indigestion, diarrhea and dysentery leading to lack of flesh, abdominal distension and edema, moxa according to age, repeated three times. For deficiency consumption with hematuria and turbid urine, moxa one hundred moxibustions.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combined with Tinggong (SI19), it removes sadness in the epigastrium. Also combined with Pangguangshu (BL28), it treats spleen deficiency with undigested grain and food.
*Kuaijie Fangshi* says: Treats thinking-related dysphagia and food-related dysphagia.
One transmission treats edema and drum-like distension, qi-fullness and diarrhea lasting for years, and long-standing accumulated masses with distension and pain.
Weishu (BL21) is below the twelfth thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine; take it sitting upright. Needle three fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa three moxibustions. One view says moxa according to age.
Indications include stomach cold with retching, reverse flow of food and cholera-like disorder, abdominal distension and flank fullness, emaciated skin and muscles, borborygmus and abdominal pain with anorexia, stiff spine and tendon spasms, childhood emaciation with poor appetite and failure to gain flesh, childhood dysentery with red and white discharge, rectal prolapse in late autumn, unbearable abdominal pain, with moxa cones the size of large barley grains.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combined with Hunmen (BL47), it treats cold stomach with undigested food.
One transmission treats edema and drum-like distension, qi-blockage with anorexia, chronic diarrhea, and long-standing accumulated masses.
Sanjiaoshu (BL22) is below the thirteenth thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine; take it sitting upright. Needle five fen, moxa three moxibustions; one view says three fen and five moxibustions.
Indications include cold damage with fever and headache, retching, stiff shoulders and back, stiff waist and spine with inability to bend or extend, visceral accumulations, abdominal distension and diaphragmatic blockage, undigested food, emaciation, indistinguishable food and water, abdominal pain and dysentery, borborygmus, and vertigo.
*Qianjin Fang* says: For lower abdomen hard and large like a plate, chest and abdominal fullness, undigested food, and women with uterine masses and emaciation, moxa Sanjiaoshu (BL22) one hundred moxibustions, repeated three times, and still moxa Qihai (CV6) one hundred moxibustions. It also states: Governs accumulations of the five zang and six fu organs, epigastric fullness, waist and spine pain, retching with chills and fever, and difficult urination; moxa according to age. Also treats hematuria, moxa one hundred moxibustions.
Shenshu (BL23) is below the fourteenth thoracic vertebra, level with the umbilicus, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine; take it sitting upright. (*Suwen: Xuqi Xingzhi Pian* contains the measurement of the five zang shu points, seen in Meridians Category 11.) Needle three fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa three moxibustions. One view says moxa according to age. *Suwen* states: Piercing the kidney causes death in six days.
Indications include deficiency consumption and emaciation, yellow-black complexion, deafness, kidney deficiency with long-term cold of the water organ, lower back pain, nocturnal emission and seminal leakage, cramped and urgent knees and feet, fever, heavy head, chills, abdominal distension, fullness and pain in the bilateral hypochondria radiating to the lower abdomen, shortness of breath, hematuria, turbid stool and loose stools, red and white leukorrhea, irregular menstruation, vaginal pain, five labors and seven injuries, extreme weakness, cold feet like ice, profuse diarrhea with undigested food, body swelling like water, long-standing qi pain in men and women transforming into consumption disease. This point primarily drains heat from the five zang organs, similar to the five zang shu points.
*Qianjin Fang* says: For wind-deficiency in the kidney area, moxa one hundred moxibustions. For turbid urine, nocturnal emission and seminal leakage, moxa one hundred moxibustions. It also states: Shenshu (BL23) governs deficiency consumption of the five zang organs, tense and hot lower abdomen; moxa fifty moxibustions, reduced for old and young. If cold-deficiency, moxa one hundred moxibustions, horizontally spaced three intervals. For diabetes with dry mouth, combine with Yaomu (BL23 auxiliary point) to moxa. For hematuria, moxa one hundred moxibustions. For edema from all diseases, moxa one hundred moxibustions.
*Yulong Fu* states: Combined with Mingmen (GV4), it treats frequent urination in the elderly. Also combined with Xinshu (BL15), it treats nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency and lower back weakness.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combined with Juque (CV14), it removes stagnant blood in the chest and diaphragm.
*Tongxuan Fu* states: It can drain all pain in the waist and thighs.
One transmission treats excessive sexual desire, deficiency swelling, ear pain, and tinnitus.
Dachangshu (BL25) is below the sixteenth thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine; take it prone. Needle three fen, retain for six breaths, moxa three moxibustions.
Indications include stiff spine with inability to bend or extend, lower back pain and abdominal distension, cutting pain around the navel, intestinal dysentery, undigested food, and difficulty with urination and defecation.
*Qianjin Fang* says: For distension with rumbling sounds, moxa one hundred moxibustions, repeated three times.
*Lingguang Fu* states: Treats bowel diseases.
Xiaochangshu (BL27) is below the eighteenth thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine; take it prone. Needle three fen, retain for six breaths, moxa three moxibustions.
Indications include scanty fluids of the Bladder and Sanjiao, red and difficult urination, dribbling and enuresis, lower abdominal distension and stabbing pain, dysentery with pus and blood, swollen feet, irritability, shortness of breath, pain from the five types of hemorrhoids, and leukorrhea in women. *Qianjin Fang* says: For acute diarrhea and five types of dysentery with pus, blood, and abdominal pain, moxa one hundred moxibustions. It also governs cold and heat of the Sanjiao and Bladder, red and white profuse diarrhea, waist and spine pain, difficult urination, and turbid leukorrhea; moxa fifty moxibustions. For unbearable thirst and dry mouth due to diabetes, moxa one hundred moxibustions, horizontally spaced three intervals.
*Lingguang Fu* states: Treats urinary diseases.
Pangguangshu (BL28) is below the nineteenth thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine; take it prone. Needle three fen, retain for six breaths, moxa three moxibustions. One view says seven moxibustions.
Indications include red and astringent urination, enuresis and diarrhea, lower back and abdominal pain, yin sores, cold and weak knees and feet, and uterine masses in women.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combined with Pishu (BL20), it treats spleen deficiency with undigested grain and food.
Zhonglü Neishu (BL29) (also known as Ji Neishu) is below the twentieth thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine, between the raised muscles flanking the spine; take it prone. Needle three fen, retain for six breaths, moxa three moxibustions.
Indications include kidney deficiency with diabetes, stiff and painful waist and spine with inability to bend or extend, cold intestines with red and white dysentery, hernia pain, inability to sweat, and hypochondriac and abdominal distension.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combined with Daodao (GV11), it treats seasonal fevers during epidemics.
*Kuaijie Fangshi* says: Governs lower back pain involving the spine; pressing from the posterior neck to this point reveals pain, and moxibustion brings immediate relief.
Baihuanshu (BL30) is below the twenty-first thoracic vertebra, two cun lateral to the midline of the spine; take it prone. Needle five fen, moxa three moxibustions. *Jia Yi Jing* says: needle eight fen; when qi arrives, reduce; after reducing, tonify significantly; moxibustion is prohibited.
Indications include lower back and spine pain preventing sitting or lying down, hernia pain, numbness of hands and feet, difficulty with urination and defecation, warm malaria, tendon spasms and bi-contraction, and deficiency heat with blockage. One view states indications include nocturnal emission and turbid urine, kidney deficiency lower back pain; reduce first then tonify; reduce for red leukorrhea, tonify for white leukorrhea, and also tonify for irregular menstruation.
*Bai Zheng Fu* states: Combined with Weizhong (BL40), it greatly verifies the treatment of back-connected lower back pain.
Shangliao (BL31) is one cun below the iliac crest, in the first empty depression on both sides of the spine. The commentary on *Mici Lun* states: There are four empty bones below the waist flanking the sacrum, which are these four Liao points. The commentary on *Ci Yaotong Pian* states: Shangliao (BL31) is in the depression below the iliac crest; the other three Liao points are slightly oblique and depressed upon pressing. (The iliac crest refers to the bones rising on both sides of the lumbar spine below the sixteenth thoracic vertebra.) It is the collateral of the Foot-Taiyang and Foot-Shaoyang meridians. Needle three fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa seven moxibustions.
Indications include difficulty with urination and defecation, retching, cold pain in the waist and knees, chills and fever with malaria, epistaxis, infertility in women, itching and pain in the vagina, uterine prolapse, and red and white leukorrhea.
Ciliao (BL32) is in the second empty depression on both sides of the spine. Needle three fen, retain for seven breaths, moxa seven moxibustions. One view says three moxibustions.
Indications include difficult, red, and obstructed urination and defecation, hardness and distension in the epigastrium, lower back pain with cold feet, hernia qi descending with unbearable pain radiating to the yin, borborygmus and diarrhea, and red and white leukorrhea.
Zhongliao (BL33) is in the third empty depression on both sides of the spine. Needle two fen, retain for ten breaths, moxa three moxibustions.
Indications include five labors and seven injuries, difficulty with urination and defecation, abdominal distension with undigested food diarrhea, scanty menstruation and leukorrhea in women, and irregular menstruation.
Xialiao (BL34) is in the fourth empty depression on both sides of the spine. The commentary by Wang on *Ci Yaotong Pian* and *Mici Lun* both state that the branch of the Foot-Jueyin connects with the Foot-Taiyin and Foot-Shaoyang...