1. Acupuncture Treatment for Difficult Conditions: Six Approaches
1. Bitter Mouth: Currently, there are no effective medications available domestically or internationally. TCM theory considers this condition to be due to heat in the San Jiao (Triple Burner) meridian. Use a three-edged needle to puncture the Guan Chong (关冲) point and draw a drop of blood the size of a mung bean, once every other day; two treatments may lead to recovery.
2. Foul Breath: This is a common condition, and there are currently no effective medications available. TCM theory considers this condition to be due to heat in the Heart meridian. Puncture the Da Ling (大陵) point once a day; two treatments can eliminate foul breath.
3. Rib Pain (Intercostal Neuralgia): This is a common condition, and there are currently no effective medications available. Puncture the Zhi Gu (支沟) point once a day; two treatments may lead to recovery. This method is simple and effective, and should not be taken lightly.
4. Malaria: Puncture the Da Zhui (大椎), Qi Men (期门) (reducing), and Guan Yuan (关元) points, and apply moxibustion with nine cones after each puncture. The next day, puncture Feng Chi (风池) (reducing) and Zhong Wan (中脘) (reducing), and apply moxibustion with nine cones after each puncture. On the third day, puncture Tian Shu (天枢) (reducing) and Huang Shu (肓俞) (reducing), and apply moxibustion with nine cones after each puncture. This constitutes one treatment course. If there is no onset, one treatment course is sufficient; if there is an onset, two treatment courses are needed. This method has immediate effects and often prevents recurrence.
5. Insomnia: Puncture Da Zhui (大椎), Tao Dao (陶道), and Xin Yu (心俞). Effective results.
6. Hypersomnia: Puncture Da Zhui (大椎), Tao Dao (陶道), and Pi Yu (脾俞). This method has immediate effects, and usually only two punctures are needed for recovery.
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2. Acupuncture Treatment Point Formulas:
1. He Gu (合谷), Fu Liu (复溜)
Function: Induce sweating, stop sweating
Indications: Used for both deficiency and excess sweating (spontaneous sweating, no sweating)
Formula Explanation: Fu Liu belongs to the Kidney meridian; tonifying it can warm the Kidney and strengthen Yang, solidifying the exterior. Reducing He Gu can clear heat from the Qi level, stopping sweating by clearing heat from the exterior; tonifying He Gu can lightly disperse and expel pathogens, while reducing Fu Liu can prevent sweating.
2. Bai Hui (百会), Shui Gou (水沟), Feng Fu (风府)
Function: Revive consciousness and open orifices
Indications: All sudden fainting and syncope
Formula Explanation: Bai Hui is the meeting point of the three Yang meridians of the hands and feet and the Du Mai (Governing Vessel), having the function of calming the spirit and relieving tension. Shui Gou is the meeting point of the Du Mai and the Yangming meridians of the hands and feet, which can clear the Yangming and adjust Qi flow. Feng Fu is the meeting point of the Taiyang meridian of the foot, the Yangwei meridian, and the Du Mai; needling this point can expel wind from the brain. The combination of these three points can open the orifices, leading to revival and restoring speech, turning danger into safety.
3. Jian Yu (肩髃), Qu Chi (曲池) (Main formula for upper limb conditions)
Function: Unblock Qi and blood, expel wind and eliminate dampness
Indications: All conditions of the upper limbs due to Qi and blood stagnation, such as stroke, hemiplegia, and various painful conditions.
Formula Explanation: Both points belong to the Yangming meridian of the hand; needling Jian Yu can unblock, while Qu Chi can facilitate movement, thus treating all conditions of the upper limbs due to Qi and blood stagnation.
4. Huan Tiao (环跳), Yang Ling Quan (阳陵泉) (Main formula for lower limb conditions)
Function: Unblock tendons and joints, harmonize Qi and blood
Indications: Conditions of the lower limbs such as stroke, hemiplegia, numbness, and weakness.
Formula Explanation: Both points belong to the Shaoyang meridian of the foot, capable of promoting circulation and dispersing. Yang Ling Quan is also a meeting point for tendons, having the function of unblocking tendons and joints, while Huan Tiao expels wind from the meridians; together, they enhance each other’s effects.
5. Qu Chi (曲池), Yang Ling Quan (阳陵泉)
Function: Unblock tendons and joints, clear and drain
Indications: Numbness of the upper and lower limbs, chest and rib pain, abdominal distension due to heat accumulation in the stomach and intestines.
Formula Explanation: Qu Chi and Yang Ling Quan are located at major joints, with Qu Chi facilitating Qi and blood flow, clearing the lungs and dispersing. Yang Ling Quan can unblock tendons and joints, drain the liver and gallbladder, thus clearing heat and dampness, alleviating abdominal distension and discomfort.
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6. Qu Chi (曲池), San Yin Jiao (三阴交)
Function: Clear heat, cool blood, dispel stasis and generate new
Indications: Women’s menstrual disorders, excessive bleeding, toxic sores, various swellings and pains, and heat-related conditions.
Formula Explanation: Qu Chi is known for its ability to clear heat and expel wind, while San Yin Jiao is the meeting point of the three Yin meridians, serving as a crucial point for treating blood-related issues. The combination of these two points can clear blood stasis and heat toxins.
7. Zu San Li (足三里), San Yin Jiao (三阴交)
Function: Tonify Qi, nourish Yin, strengthen the spleen, and replenish deficiency
Indications: Spleen and stomach deficiency, poor appetite, digestive issues, fatigue, and leg numbness or pain.
Formula Explanation: Zu San Li strengthens Yang and benefits the stomach, while San Yin Jiao nourishes Yin and strengthens the spleen, making them essential for treating deficiency. If the stomach is strong but the spleen is weak, tonifying San Yin Jiao while reducing Zu San Li can balance Yin and Yang, alleviating numbness and pain in the legs.
8. Yang Ling Quan (阳陵泉), Zu San Li (足三里)
Function: Harmonize liver and spleen, soothe the liver and strengthen the stomach
Indications: Conditions of disharmony between the liver and stomach, such as sour taste in the mouth, bitter taste, diarrhea, and weakness in the lower limbs.
Formula Explanation: Yang Ling Quan is a meeting point for the gallbladder, and reducing it can clear the gallbladder and calm the liver, allowing bile to enter the stomach and aid digestion. Zu San Li is a meeting point for the stomach, and reducing it can help clear turbid Qi, allowing clear Yang to rise, thus effectively treating disharmony between the liver and stomach.
9. He Gu (合谷), Tai Chong (太冲)
Function: Promote Qi and blood circulation, calm the liver and extinguish wind
Indications: Symptoms of epilepsy, mania, hand and foot spasms, pediatric convulsions, stroke, and unconsciousness.
Formula Explanation: He Gu is the source point of the Yangming meridian of the hand, governing Qi, while Tai Chong is the source point of the Jueyin meridian of the foot, governing blood. Both points are crucial for the circulation of Qi and blood, making them primary points for treating disorders of Qi and blood.
10. Feng Long (丰隆), Yang Ling Quan (阳陵泉)
Function: Descend Qi and promote bowel movements
Indications: Constipation
Formula Explanation: Feng Long is a connecting point of the Yangming stomach meridian, known for its descending nature, while Yang Ling Quan is a meeting point for the gallbladder, also having descending properties. Together, they can effectively treat constipation without harshness.
11. Qi Hai (气海), Tian Shu (天枢) (Main points for lower abdominal conditions)
Function: Tonify the kidneys, strengthen Yang, guide stagnation, and clear turbid
Indications: Abdominal pain, distension, borborygmus, diarrhea, hernia, nocturnal emissions, urinary difficulties, and menstrual disorders.
Formula Explanation: Qi Hai is a crucial point of the Ren Mai, serving as the sea of Qi, while Tian Shu regulates water and grain absorption. The combination of these points can invigorate Yang Qi in the lower abdomen and clear turbid stagnation, making them suitable for treating cold accumulation and chronic cold conditions.
12. Zhong Wan (中脘), Zu San Li (足三里) (Main points for upper abdominal conditions)
Function: Dry dampness, strengthen the spleen, raise Yang, and benefit the stomach
Indications: Stomach cold deficiency, poor appetite, abdominal distension and pain, accumulation or stagnation of phlegm, food retention, and cholera.
Formula Explanation: Zhong Wan governs the six fu organs. For deficiency, tonifying it can strengthen stomach Qi and disperse cold pathogens. Reducing Zhong Wan can relieve stagnation, allowing stomach Qi to descend and spleen Qi to ascend, thus alleviating symptoms. Zu San Li can assist Zhong Wan in benefiting the stomach and spleen.
13. Nei Guan (内关), San Yin Jiao (三阴交)
Function: Nourish Yin and clear heat
Indications: Symptoms of Yin deficiency, such as bone steaming, night sweats, dry cough, blood loss, nocturnal emissions, and menstrual disorders.
Formula Explanation: Nei Guan clears the heart and chest, facilitating the San Jiao, while San Yin Jiao nourishes Yin and blood, harmonizing the heart and kidneys, thus effectively treating Yin deficiency.
14. Yu Ji (鱼际), Tai Xi (太溪)
Function: Nourish the kidneys and clear the lungs
Indications: Symptoms of deficiency, such as bone steaming, cough, and hemoptysis.
Formula Explanation: Yu Ji clears lung fire, while Tai Xi nourishes kidney Yin, balancing the body and alleviating symptoms of deficiency.
15. He Gu (合谷), Zu San Li (足三里)
Function: Regulate the middle jiao, promote stomach function
Indications: Symptoms of Qi deficiency, weak stomach Qi, poor appetite, damp-heat stagnation, and abdominal distension.
Formula Explanation: He Gu is the source point of the large intestine, capable of regulating Qi, while Zu San Li is the meeting point of the stomach, which can tonify Qi and clear turbid. Together, they can effectively treat symptoms of Qi deficiency and damp-heat stagnation.
16. Lao Gong (劳宫), Zu San Li (足三里)
Function: Clear and drain heart and stomach fire, open the chest and descend Qi
Indications: Symptoms of chest tightness, nausea, acid reflux, vomiting, and fatigue.
Formula Explanation: Lao Gong belongs to the pericardium, known for its clearing and descending properties, which can relieve emotional distress and clear heat from the upper jiao. Combining it with Zu San Li can effectively clear heat and promote downward movement.
17. Da Zhui (大椎), Nei Guan (内关)
Function: Regulate Qi and water, expel pathogens and descend Qi
Indications: Symptoms of chest fullness, cough, phlegm, and water retention.
Formula Explanation: Water retention is often due to stagnation in the San Jiao, which is responsible for fluid regulation. Da Zhui belongs to the Du Mai, regulating Yang Qi, while Nei Guan belongs to the heart, promoting Qi flow and relieving stagnation.
18. Shao Shang (少商), Shang Yang (商阳), He Gu (合谷)
Function: Clear heat and detoxify, promote lung function and relieve throat discomfort
Indications: Symptoms of heat in the Taiyin and Yangming, such as sore throat and cough.
Formula Explanation: Shao Shang is the Jing point of the Taiyin, effective in clearing lung heat. Shang Yang is the Jing point of the Yangming, promoting Qi and relieving heat. The combination of these points can effectively treat symptoms of heat in the lungs.
19. Yin Bai (隐白), Zhong Wan (中脘)
Function: Strengthen the spleen, tonify Qi, and raise Yang
Indications: Symptoms of spleen Yang deficiency, abdominal distension, diarrhea, fatigue, and menstrual disorders.
Formula Explanation: Yin Bai is the Jing point of the Taiyin spleen meridian, while Zhong Wan is the meeting point of the Ren Mai, thus having a synergistic effect on strengthening the spleen and tonifying Qi.
20. Da Dun (大敦), Guan Yuan (关元)
Function: Soothe the liver, warm the meridians, regulate the lower jiao, expel cold and dampness
Indications: Various types of hernias, abdominal pain, and other related symptoms.
Formula Explanation: Da Dun is the Jing point of the Jueyin, which can soothe the liver, while Guan Yuan is a crucial point for the Ren Mai, which can tonify the kidneys and warm the lower jiao.
21. San Yin Jiao (三阴交), Zhi Yin (至阴)
Function: Regulate the lower jiao, promote Qi flow and dispel stasis
Indications: Difficult labor, retained placenta, and menstrual disorders.
Formula Explanation: Zhi Yin is the Jing point of the bladder, which can regulate the lower jiao, while San Yin Jiao is the meeting point of the three Yin meridians, thus enhancing the effects of both points.
22. Yu Fu (俞府), Yun Men (云门)
Function: Clear the lungs, descend Qi, stop cough and relieve asthma
Indications: Cough, asthma, chest tightness, and nausea.
Formula Explanation: Yun Men belongs to the Taiyin, while Yu Fu belongs to the Shaoyin; both points can clear the lungs and regulate Qi flow, thus effectively treating respiratory symptoms.
23. Qi Hai (气海), Guan Yuan (关元), Zhong Ji (中极), Zi Gong (子宫)
Function: Nourish blood, regulate menstruation, replenish essence, warm the uterus, and promote fertility
Indications: Uterine cold, menstrual disorders, and infertility.
Formula Explanation: These four points belong to the Ren Mai, which governs the uterus and menstrual function, thus enhancing their effects on nourishing blood and regulating menstruation.
24. Shen Que (神阙), Qi Hai (气海), Tian Shu (天枢), Shui Fen (水分)
Function: Warm the navel, dispel cold, and replenish Qi
Indications: Lower jiao cold, abdominal pain, and gastrointestinal disorders.
Formula Explanation: These five points, also known as the navel plum blossom points, can effectively warm the spleen and stop diarrhea.
25. Chi Ze (尺泽), Wei Zhong (委中)
Function: Clear blood toxins and dispel pathogens
Indications: Symptoms of cholera, anxiety, and gastrointestinal disorders.
Formula Explanation: Chi Ze is the meeting point of the lung meridian, while Wei Zhong is the meeting point of the bladder meridian; together, they can effectively clear toxins and pathogens.
26. Zu San Li (足三里)
Function: Raise clear Yang, descend turbid, guide phlegm, and strengthen the body
Indications: Various diseases of the middle jiao, such as stomach pain, abdominal distension, and fatigue.
Formula Explanation: Zu San Li is a crucial point for the stomach, capable of tonifying Yang and clearing turbid Qi, thus effectively treating various middle jiao disorders.
27. San Yin Jiao (三阴交)
Function: Strengthen the spleen, nourish Qi, promote dampness drainage, and regulate Qi flow
Indications: Symptoms of digestive disorders, fatigue, and menstrual irregularities. Not recommended for pregnant women.
28. Yin Liang (音亮) (New Point)
Function: Clear the throat and open orifices
Location: In the slight depression between the lower edge of the thyroid cartilage and the upper edge of the cricoid cartilage along the midline.
Indications: Sore throat, loss of voice, and speech difficulties.
Formula Explanation: This point is located above the Ren Mai and in front of the throat, making it effective for treating local throat conditions.
29. Thirteen Ghost Points
Composition: Ren Zhong (人中), Shao Shang (少商), Yin Bai (隐白), Da Ling (大陵), Shen Mai (申脉), Feng Fu (风府), Jia Che (颊车), Cheng Jiang (承浆), Lao Gong (劳宫), Shang Xing (上星), Hui Yin (会阴), Qu Chi (曲池), and She Xia (舌下)
Function: Open orifices, transform phlegm, awaken the mind, and calm the spirit
Indications: Epilepsy and mania
Formula Explanation: The “Thirteen Ghost Points” are important points for treating epilepsy and mania, created by Bian Que during the Spring and Autumn period. Later, Sun Simiao expanded on these points, making them a significant prescription for treating these conditions. The combination of these points can effectively open orifices, transform phlegm, and calm the spirit.
30. Da Ling (大陵)
Function: Regulate Qi and relieve pain
Indications: Heel pain
Formula Explanation: Based on the principle of “treating the upper for lower diseases” and “cross meridian needling,” this point is effective for treating heel pain.
31. He Gu (合谷), Zhong Zhu (中渚)
Function: Regulate Qi, unblock meridians, and relieve muscle tension
Indications: Inability to extend fingers.
Formula Explanation: He Gu is the source point of the Yangming meridian of the hand, while Zhong Zhu is the transport point of the Shaoyang meridian, both located on the back of the hand, making them effective for treating local conditions.
32. Zu San Li (足三里), Cheng Shan (承山)
Function: Regulate the stomach and intestines, relieve muscle tension and stasis
Indications: Blood hemorrhoids, dysentery, chest and abdominal pain, and cholera.
Formula Explanation: Cheng Shan is a point of the bladder meridian, which can regulate the lower jiao, while Zu San Li is a point of the stomach meridian, which can relieve abdominal stasis. Together, they can effectively treat gastrointestinal disorders.
33. Huan Tiao (环跳), Feng Shi (风市), Yang Ling Quan (阳陵泉)
Function: Unblock and disperse, expel wind and dampness, relieve pain and muscle tension
Indications: Stroke, hemiplegia, and various painful conditions of the lower limbs.
34. Da Zhui (大椎), Qu Chi (曲池), He Gu (合谷)
Function: Expel wind, relieve exterior symptoms, and harmonize Ying and Wei
Indications: Symptoms of external pathogens, malaria, and some febrile diseases.
Formula Explanation: Da Zhui belongs to the Du Mai, governing Yang Qi and the exterior. Qu Chi and He Gu are both source points of the Yangming meridian, assisting Da Zhui in harmonizing Ying and Wei, thus effectively treating symptoms of external pathogens.
35. He Gu (合谷), Qu Chi (曲池), Wai Guan (外关)
Function: Clear heat, disperse wind, and promote upper jiao function
Indications: Headaches, swelling of the jaw, tinnitus, hearing loss, hemoptysis, epistaxis, and pain in the wrist and fingers.
Formula Explanation: Qu Chi is known for its dispersing nature, while He Gu can elevate and disperse, and Wai Guan is a connecting point of the Shaoyang meridian, thus effectively treating symptoms of the head and upper body.
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