阴廉、治妇人绝产。若未经产者。灸三壮即有子。(铜)中 、治绝子带下。月事不调
次、涌泉、商丘、治绝子。中极、治妇人断绪。(见月事明同。)明下云、疗失精绝子。
石关、治绝子。脏有恶血上冲。腹 痛不可忍。(明下云。腹厥痛绞刺。)曲泉、主女子
疝瘕。按之如以汤沃两股中。小腹肿。阴挺出痛。经水来下。阴肿或痒。漉青汁如葵羹。血
闭无子。不嗜食。(千)水原、阴跷、主女不字。阴暴出淋漏。月水不来。多闷心痛。然
谷、主不字。(铜作不孕。)阴暴出经漏。(千)上 、主绝子。疟寒热。阴挺出不禁白沥。
痉脊反折。阴交、主拘挛腹满疝。月水不下。乳余疾。绝子。阴痒。贲豚上 。腹坚痛。
下引阴中。不得小便。石门、主腹满疝。积乳余疾。绝子。阴痒。贲豚上 。小腹坚痛。
下引阴中。不得小便。忌灸绝孕。关元、主绝子。 血在内不下。胞转不得尿。小腹满
石水痛。又主引胁下胀。头痛身背热。贲豚寒。小便数泄不止。中极、主子门不端。小腹
苦寒。阴痒及痛。贲豚抢心。饥不能食。腹胀。经闭不通。小便不利。乳余疾。绝子。又主
拘挛腹疝。阴痒。筑宾、主大疝绝子。
涌泉、主女子无子。咳而短气。气冲、主无子。小腹痛。阴廉、主绝产若未曾产。妇
灸然谷五十壮。妇人绝嗣不生。胞门闭塞。关元
三十壮。报之。妇人妊子不成。若堕落腹痛漏见赤。胞门五十壮。在关元左边二寸是。
妇人绝嗣不生。灸气门。在关元旁三寸。百壮。妇人子脏闭塞。不受精疼。胞门五十壮。
妇人绝嗣不生。漏赤白。泉门十壮。三报。月水不利。贲豚上下。并无子。四满三十壮
。妇人胞落颓。脐中三百壮。又身交五十壮。三报。在脐下横文中。又背脊当脐五十
壮。又玉泉五十壮。三报。妇人胞下垂注阴下脱。灸侠玉泉三寸随年壮。三报。妇人
阴冷肿痛。归来三十壮。三报。中极、妇人断绪最要穴。(带下。)关元、主断绪产道冷
。针八分。留三呼。泻五吸。灸亦佳。灸不及针。日灸百壮止。妊不成。数堕落。玉泉(
即中极。)五十。三报。又龙门二十壮。妇人无子。针关元。(千翼甄权)涌泉、治妇人
无子。(见虚损。)妇人欲断产。灸右踝上一寸三壮。即断。(千)
石门忌灸。绝孕。铜云、针之绝子。明云、怀胎必不针关元。若针而落胎。胎多不出。
针外昆仑立出。阴交灸多。绝孕。(千翼)又云、石门、关元、相去一寸。针关元治妇人无子。针
石门、则终身绝嗣。其道幽隐。岂可轻侮哉。
阴廉穴:治疗妇人无法生育。如果未曾分娩过的妇女,艾灸三壮即可怀孕。(出自《铜人腧穴针灸图经》)
中极穴:治疗妇人断绝子嗣。(参见“月事明同”条)《明堂经》下篇云:治疗遗精导致的不孕。
石关穴:治疗不孕。因脏腑内有恶血上冲,腹部疼痛难以忍受。(《明堂经》下篇云:腹部厥冷疼痛,绞痛如刺。)
曲泉穴:主治女子疝瘕。症状表现为按压时感觉像热水浇在两腿中间,小腹肿胀,子宫下垂疼痛,月经来潮,外阴肿胀或瘙痒,流出青色汁液如同葵菜羹,经血闭阻导致不孕,食欲不振。(出自《千金方》)
水泉穴、阴跷穴:主治女子不能受孕。症状包括阴部突然出血淋漓不尽,月经不来,心中烦闷心痛。
然谷穴:主治不能受孕。(《铜人》记载为“不孕”。)症状包括阴部突然出血、经血淋漓不尽。(出自《千金方》)
上髎穴:主治不孕。疟疾寒热往来,子宫下垂且白带不禁,痉挛脊背反折。
阴交穴:主治拘挛、腹满、疝气。月经不通,乳汁余疾,不孕,阴部瘙痒,奔豚气上冲,腹部坚硬疼痛,向下牵引至阴中,小便不通。
石门穴:主治腹满、疝气,积乳余疾,不孕,阴部瘙痒,奔豚气上冲,小腹坚硬疼痛,向下牵引至阴中,小便不通。忌用灸法,以免绝育。
关元穴:主治不孕。瘀血在内不下行,胞转导致无法排尿,小腹胀满,石水疼痛。又主治牵引胁下胀满,头痛,身背发热,奔豚气寒,小便频数泄泻不止。
中极穴:主治子门不正。小腹苦寒,阴部瘙痒及疼痛,奔豚气上冲心胸,饥饿却无法进食,腹胀,经闭不通,小便不利,乳汁余疾,不孕。又主治拘挛腹疝,阴部瘙痒。
涌泉穴:主治女子无子,咳嗽且短气。
妇人绝嗣不生,胞门闭塞。艾灸关元穴三十壮,作为回报(指配合其他穴位或重复施治)。
妇人妊娠不成,若流产腹痛见红。艾灸胞门穴五十壮,该穴位于关元穴左边二寸处。
妇人绝嗣不生,漏下赤白。艾灸泉门穴十壮,三次报灸。月经不利,奔豚气上下窜动,均无子嗣。
妇人胞宫下垂脱出。艾灸脐中三百壮。又灸身交穴五十壮,三次报灸,该穴位于脐下横纹中。又灸背脊当脐处五十壮。又灸玉泉穴五十壮,三次报灸。
妇人胞宫下垂注于阴下脱出。艾灸侠玉泉穴旁三寸处,随年龄决定壮数,三次报灸。
关元穴:主治断绝子嗣,产道寒冷。针刺八分,留针三呼,泻法五吸。艾灸也很好。艾灸效果不及针刺,每日灸百壮直至停止。妊娠不成,多次流产。
玉泉穴(即中极穴):灸五十壮,三次报灸。又灸龙门穴二十壮,治疗妇人无子。
涌泉穴:治疗妇人无子。(参见“虚损”条。)
妇人想要断绝生育,艾灸右踝上一寸处三壮,即可断绝生育。(出自《千金方》)
石门穴忌灸,会导致绝育。《铜人》云:针刺石门穴会导致不孕。《明堂经》云:怀胎时必不针刺关元穴。如果针刺导致落胎,胎儿多不能排出。针刺外昆仑穴可立即使胎儿产出。
Yinlian (SP11): Treats female infertility. For women who have never given birth, moxibustion of three cones will enable conception. (From *Tongren Shuxue Zhenjiu Tujing*)
Zhongliao (BL34): Treats infertility accompanied by leukorrhea and irregular menstruation.
Ciliao (BL32), Yongquan (KI1), Shangqiu (SP5): Treat infertility.
Zhongji (CV3): Treats female sterility. (See entry for "Menstrual Clarity Same".) The lower section of *Mingtang Jing* states: Treats infertility caused by seminal emission.
Shiguan (ST18): Treats infertility. Caused by evil blood in the viscera rushing upward, resulting in unbearable abdominal pain. (The lower section of *Mingtang Jing* states: Abdominal cold pain, cramping and stabbing.)
Ququan (LR8): Primarily treats female hernia masses. Symptoms include a sensation as if hot water is poured between the thighs upon pressure, swelling of the lower abdomen, prolapse of the uterus with pain, menstrual flow, swelling or itching of the vulva, discharge of greenish fluid resembling okra soup, amenorrhea leading to infertility, and loss of appetite. (From *Qianjin Fang*)
Shuiquan (KI5), Yinqiao (RN6): Primarily treat female inability to conceive. Symptoms include sudden vaginal bleeding and dripping, amenorrhea, mental restlessness, and heart pain.
Rangu (KI2): Primarily treat inability to conceive. (*Tongren* records this as "infertility"). Symptoms include sudden vaginal bleeding and menstrual dripping. (From *Qianjin Fang*)
Shangliao (BL31): Primarily treat infertility. Malaria with alternating chills and fever, uterine prolapse with uncontrollable white discharge, spasms with back arching.
Yinjiao (RN7): Primarily treat spasms, abdominal fullness, and hernia. Amenorrhea, residual lactation disorders, infertility, vulvar itching, Ren Tan (fleeing pig qi) rushing upward, abdominal hardness and pain radiating downward to the vagina, and inability to urinate.
Shimen (CV5): Primarily treat abdominal fullness and hernia, residual lactation disorders, infertility, vulvar itching, Ren Tan rushing upward, lower abdominal hardness and pain radiating downward to the vagina, and inability to urinate. Moxibustion is contraindicated as it may cause sterilization.
Guanyuan (CV4): Primarily treat infertility. Stasis of blood retained inside preventing expulsion, bladder torsion causing urinary retention, lower abdominal fullness, Shi Shui (stone water) pain. Also treats distension pulling from the hypochondrium, headache, heat in the body and back, cold Ren Tan, frequent urination with incontinence.
Zhongji (CV3): Primarily treat malposition of the Zi Men (cervix). Bitter cold in the lower abdomen, vulvar itching and pain, Ren Tan rushing to the heart, hunger without desire to eat, abdominal distension, amenorrhea, difficult urination, residual lactation disorders, infertility. Also treat spasms and abdominal hernia, vulvar itching.
Zhubin (KI9): Primarily treat major hernia and infertility.
Yongquan (KI1): Primarily treat female infertility, cough with shortness of breath.
Qichong (ST30): Primarily treat infertility, lower abdominal pain.
Yinlian (SP11): Primarily treat absolute sterility, especially if never delivered. Women should moxa Rangu (KI2) for fifty cones.
For women with absolute sterility due to blocked Bao Men (uterine gate), moxa Guanyuan (CV4) for thirty cones, as a reciprocal treatment.
For women whose pregnancies fail or who suffer abdominal pain and bleeding after miscarriage, moxa Bao Men for fifty cones. This point is located two cun to the left of Guanyuan (CV4).
For women with absolute sterility, moxa Qi Men for one hundred cones.
For women with closed Zi Zang (uterus) unable to receive essence and experiencing pain, moxa Bao Men for fifty cones.
For women with absolute sterility and red/white leukorrhea, moqua Quan Men for ten cones, administered three times reciprocally. For irregular menstruation, moving Ren Tan, and infertility.
Moxa Siman (CV3) for thirty cones.
For women with uterine prolapse, moxa Shenque (CV8) for three hundred cones. Also moxa Shenjiao for fifty cones, administered three times reciprocally, located at the transverse crease below the umbilicus. Also moxa fifty cones on the spine opposite the umbilicus. Also moxa Yuquan for fifty cones, administered three times reciprocally.
For women with uterine prolapse descending into the vagina, moxa points three cun lateral to Xia Yuquan according to age, administered three times reciprocally.
For women with cold, swollen, and painful vulva, moxa Guilai (ST29) for thirty cones, administered three times reciprocally.
Zhongji (CV3): The most important point for treating female sterility. (For leukorrhea.)
Guanyuan (CV4): Primarily treat sterility and coldness of the birth canal. Needle eight fen, retain for three Hu, apply reducing method for five Xi. Moxibustion is also excellent. Moxibustion is less effective than needling; moxa up to one hundred cones daily until cessation. For failed pregnancies and repeated miscarriages.
Yuquan (i.e., Zhongji CV3): Moxa fifty cones, administered three times reciprocally. Also moxa Longmen for twenty cones to treat female infertility.
Needle Guanyuan (CV4). (From *Qianjin Yifang*, Zhen Quan's commentary)
Yongquan (KI1): Treats female infertility. (See entry for "Deficiency Damage".)
To terminate fertility, moxa three cones one cun above the right malleolus to achieve sterilization. (From *Qianjin Fang*)
Shimen (CV5) is contraindicated for moxibustion as it causes sterilization. *Tongren* states: Needling Shimen causes infertility. *Mingtang* states: One must not needle Guanyuan during pregnancy. If needling causes abortion, the fetus often remains inside. Needling Waikunlun (BL60) can immediately expel the fetus.
Excessive moxibustion on Yinjiao (RN7) causes sterilization. (From *Qianjin Yifang*)
It is also stated: Shimen (CV5) and Guanyuan (CV4) are one cun apart. Needling Guanyuan treats female infertility; needling Shimen results in lifelong sterility. The principle is profound and hidden; how can it be treated lightly or with disrespect?