(An Acupuncture Desk Reference Book)
Section I
A General Introduction to Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion
CHAPTER I: BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ACUPUNCTURE & MOXIBUSTION.............................................................................. 4
TREATMENT EFFECTS OF ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION........................................................................................... 4
Regulation of Yin and Yang.............................................................................................................................................................. 4
Reinforcing Vital Qi and Eliminating Pathogens........................................................................................................................ 4
Dredging the Meridians (Ensuring Qi and Blood flow through the Meridians)................................................................... 5
TREATMENT PRINCIPLES OF ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION..................................................................................... 6
“Reinforce Deficiency and Reduce Excess.”.................................................................................................................................. 6
“Clear Heat and Warm the Cold.”.................................................................................................................................................. 6
“Treat the Branch and the Root.”................................................................................................................................................... 6
“Same disease—different therapeutic method. Different disease—same therapy.”............................................................... 7
“Local and Whole Body Therapy”.................................................................................................................................................. 7
CHAPTER II: PRINCIPLES OF DIAGNOSIS........................................................................................................................................ 8
BA GANG BIAN ZHENG: Differential diagnosis—the 8 Principal Syndromes............................................................ 8
Differential Diagnosis of Interior or Exterior Syndrome............................................................................................................. 8
Differential Diagnosis of Cold and Heat Syndromes................................................................................................................... 9
Differential Diagnosis of Deficiency and Excess Syndrome..................................................................................................... 10
Differential Diagnosis of Yin and Yang........................................................................................................................................ 12
ZANG FU AND MERIDIAN DIAGNOSIS TECHNIQUES............................................................................................................... 14
LUNG AND LARGE INTESTINE.................................................................................................................................................... 14
SPLEEN AND STOMACH............................................................................................................................................................... 17
HEART AND SMALL INTESTINE.................................................................................................................................................. 20
KIDNEY AND URINARY BLADDER.............................................................................................................................................. 24
LIVER AND GALL BLADDER......................................................................................................................................................... 27
PERICARDIUM AND TRIPLE WARMER...................................................................................................................................... 30
CHAPTER III: PRESCRIPTION METHODOLOGY........................................................................................................................... 32
PRINCIPLE INDICATIONS OF THE FOURTEEN MAJOR MERIDIANS..................................................................................... 32
Three Hand Yin Meridian Indications.......................................................................................................................................... 32
Three Hand Yang Meridian Indications...................................................................................................................................... 32
Three Foot Yang Meridian Indications........................................................................................................................................ 32
Three Foot Yin Meridian Indications........................................................................................................................................... 32
Conception and Governing Meridian Indications.................................................................................................................... 33
THE DISTINGUSHING FEATURES OF THE FOURTEEN MAJOR MERIDIAN INDICATIONS............................................. 34
Hand Tai Yin Meridian of the Lung.............................................................................................................................................. 34
Hand Yang Ming Meridian of the Large Intestine..................................................................................................................... 34
Foot Yang Ming Meridian of the Stomach.................................................................................................................................. 36
Foot Tai Yin Meridian of the Spleen............................................................................................................................................. 37
Hand Shao Yin Meridian of the Heart.......................................................................................................................................... 39
Hand Tai Yang Meridian of the Small Intestine......................................................................................................................... 40
Foot Tai Yang Meridian of the Urinary Bladder........................................................................................................................ 41
Foot Shao Yin Meridian of the Kidney......................................................................................................................................... 42
Hand Jue Yin Meridian of the Pericardium................................................................................................................................. 43
Hand Shao Yang Meridian of the Triple Warmer....................................................................................................................... 44
Foot Shao Yang Meridian of the Gall Bladder........................................................................................................................... 45
Foot Jue Yin Meridian of the Liver............................................................................................................................................... 46
Governing Vessel.............................................................................................................................................................................. 47
Conception Vessel............................................................................................................................................................................ 47
BASIC CONCEPT OF ACUPUNCTURE POINTS............................................................................................................................. 48
The Classification of Points............................................................................................................................................................ 48
Treatment Effects of Acupuncture Points..................................................................................................................................... 48
POINT SELECTION................................................................................................................................................................................ 48
Selection of Local and Adjacent Points....................................................................................................................................... 49
Selection of Distal Points................................................................................................................................................................ 49
APPLICATIONS OF SPECIAL ACUPUNCTURE POINTS.............................................................................................................. 49
Application of the Five-Shu Points............................................................................................................................................... 50
Application of the Yuan-Source Points........................................................................................................................................ 51
Application of the Luo-Connecting Points.................................................................................................................................. 53
Application of Back-Shu and Front-Mu Points.......................................................................................................................... 53
Application of Lower He-Sea Points—Xia He Xue.................................................................................................................... 55
Application of the Sixteen Xi-Cleft Points................................................................................................................................... 55
Application of the Eight Influential Points................................................................................................................................. 56
Application of the Eight Confluence Points................................................................................................................................ 57
Application of Crossing-Meeting Points..................................................................................................................................... 58
COMMONLY USED ACUPUNCTURE POINTS FOR SPECIFIC INDICATIONS........................................................................ 61
Qi......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 61
Blood................................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Body Fluids........................................................................................................................................................................................ 62
Shen-Spirit, Sleep, and Dreams..................................................................................................................................................... 63
Voice and Speech............................................................................................................................................................................. 64
External Genitalia and Urination................................................................................................................................................. 64
Anus and Bowel Movement............................................................................................................................................................. 65
Headache and Dizziness.................................................................................................................................................................. 66
THE METHODOLOGY OF ACUPUNCTURE POINT PRESCRIPTIONS....................................................................................... 67
Selecting Point Prescriptions Acccording to Meridian Theory.............................................................................................. 67
Selecting Point Prescriptions According to the Theory of the Zang-Fu................................................................................ 67
Selecting Point Prescriptions According to the Theory of Modern Medicine...................................................................... 68
Selecting Point Prescriptions According to Other Acupuncture Modalites......................................................................... 68
Selecting Point Prescriptions According to Clinical Experience.......................................................................................... 69
SECTION TWO
Acupuncture Point Prescriptions
CHAPTER I: INTERNAL MEDICINE DISORDERS............................................................................................................................ 72
ABDOMINAL PAIN.............................................................................................................................................................................. 72
ASTHMA................................................................................................................................................................................................ 78
Bell’s Palsy— PERIPHERAL FACIAL PARALYSIS.................................................................................................................. 88
BERIBERI SYNDROME......................................................................................................................................................................... 94
BI SYNDROME..................................................................................................................................................................................... 100
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME—XU LAO................................................................................................................................ 110
COMMON COLD................................................................................................................................................................................. 118
CONSTIPATION.................................................................................................................................................................................. 126
COUGH................................................................................................................................................................................................... 134
DIABETES............................................................................................................................................................................................. 142
DIARRHEA........................................................................................................................................................................................... 150
DIZZINESS AND VERTIGO............................................................................................................................................................... 158
DYSENTERY......................................................................................................................................................................................... 164
EDEMA.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 170
EPIGASTRIC PAIN.............................................................................................................................................................................. 176
EPILEPSY............................................................................................................................................................................................... 182
HEADACHE.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 190
HEART PALPITATIONS.................................................................................................................................................................... 203
HEMORRHOIDS................................................................................................................................................................................... 208
HERPES ZOSTER................................................................................................................................................................................. 214
HICCUP.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 220
HIV.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 226
HYPOCHONDRIAC PAIN.................................................................................................................................................................. 234
IMPOTENCE......................................................................................................................................................................................... 242
INSOMNIA............................................................................................................................................................................................ 248
LIN SYNDROME—Stranguria................................................................................................................................................... 254
LOW BACK PAIN................................................................................................................................................................................ 262
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS....................................................................................................................................................... 270
MADNESS AND INSANITY.............................................................................................................................................................. 276
MALARIA............................................................................................................................................................................................. 284
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS...................................................................................................................................................................... 290
NECK PAIN........................................................................................................................................................................................... 298
OBESITY................................................................................................................................................................................................ 304
PROCTOPTOSIA—ANAL PROLAPSE............................................................................................................................................ 312
SHOULDER PAIN................................................................................................................................................................................ 318
STOP SMOKING.................................................................................................................................................................................. 324
SUMMER HEAT STROKE................................................................................................................................................................. 330
TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA.............................................................................................................................................................. 336
URINE RETENTION............................................................................................................................................................................. 342
URTICARIA.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 350
VOMITING............................................................................................................................................................................................ 356
WEI SYNDROME—Flaccidity Paralysis Syndrome..................................................................................................... 364
WIND STROKE.................................................................................................................................................................................... 370
YU SYNDROME—Emotional Disorder................................................................................................................................. 378
CHAPTER II: E.E.N.T DISORDERS..................................................................................................................................................... 384
ACNE...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 384
ACUTE CONJUNCTIVITIS................................................................................................................................................................. 390
APHONIA.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 394
DEAFNESS............................................................................................................................................................................................ 400
SINUSITIS............................................................................................................................................................................................. 406
SORE THROAT.................................................................................................................................................................................... 412
STY—Hordeolum............................................................................................................................................................................. 418
TINNITUS.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 422
CHAPTER III: O.B.G.Y.N DISORDERS.............................................................................................................................................. 428
AMENORRHEA................................................................................................................................................................................... 428
DYSMENORRHEA............................................................................................................................................................................... 434
ECLAMPSIA......................................................................................................................................................................................... 440
HYPOGALACTIA................................................................................................................................................................................ 444
INFERTILITY........................................................................................................................................................................................ 448
LEUKORRHEA..................................................................................................................................................................................... 454
MENOPAUSE....................................................................................................................................................................................... 460
MENOXENIA—MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES........................................................................................................................ 466
MORNING SICKNESS......................................................................................................................................................................... 472
PREMENSTRUAL TENSION SYNDROME..................................................................................................................................... 478
SECTION THREE
Technique Reference
CHAPTER I: TRADITIONAL NEEDLE TECHNIQUE...................................................................................................................... 490
Needle Control: Accidents in the Clinic....................................................................................................................... 490
Fainting........................................................................................................................................................................................... 490
Stuck Needle................................................................................................................................................................................... 491
Broken Needle................................................................................................................................................................................ 491
Hematoma........................................................................................................................................................................................ 492
Discomfort after treatment............................................................................................................................................................ 492
Injured Lung: Traumatic pneumothorax.................................................................................................................................... 492
Injury of other organs.................................................................................................................................................................... 493
Injured brain and spinal cord...................................................................................................................................................... 494
Injured Nerves................................................................................................................................................................................. 494
NEEDLE MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES..................................................................................................................................... 496
Fundamental Needling Technique: Basic Manipulations..................................................................................................... 496
Fundamental Needling Technique: Supplemental Manipulation Methods....................................................................... 496
Reinforcing and Dispersion Technique..................................................................................................................................... 499
Reinforcing and Dispersion Technique: Single style.............................................................................................................. 500
Reinforcing and Dispersing Techniques: Combining methods............................................................................................. 501
Techniques for Opening the Flow of Channel Qi..................................................................................................................... 504
ANCIENT NEEDLE TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS.......................................................................................................... 506
Jiu Ci—The Nine Needle Techniques......................................................................................................................................... 506
Shi Er Ci—The Twelve Needle Techniques............................................................................................................................... 511
Wu Ci—The 5 Needle Techniques............................................................................................................................................... 516
CHAPTER II: MOXIBUSTION............................................................................................................................................................. 519
INDICATIONS...................................................................................................................................................................................... 519
Reinforcing Yang Deficiency........................................................................................................................................................ 519
Warming the Meridians in the Treatment of Bi Syndrome...................................................................................................... 519
Yang Qi Collapse........................................................................................................................................................................... 519
Resolving Stagnation.................................................................................................................................................................... 519
Protecting Health........................................................................................................................................................................... 519
APPLICATIONS OF MOXIBUSTION.............................................................................................................................................. 520
Moxibustion with a Moxa Cone.................................................................................................................................................. 520
Moxibustion with a Moxa Pole................................................................................................................................................... 521
Warming Needle Technique......................................................................................................................................................... 521
Prohibition of Moxibustion.......................................................................................................................................................... 521
Common uses of direct non-scarring moxibustion for specific diseases.............................................. 522
Common use of indirect moxibustion for specific diseases............................................................................ 526
CHAPTER III: DISTRIBUTION OF AURICULAR POINTS & INDICATIONS.......................................................................... 529
SCAPHOID FOSSA.............................................................................................................................................................................. 529
Finger............................................................................................................................................................................................... 529
Wrist.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 529
Elbow................................................................................................................................................................................................ 529
Shoulder........................................................................................................................................................................................... 529
Shoulder Joint................................................................................................................................................................................ 529
Clavicle............................................................................................................................................................................................ 529
UPPER CRUS OF ANTIHELIX........................................................................................................................................................... 529
Toe..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 529
Ankle................................................................................................................................................................................................. 529
Knee.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 529
Buttock............................................................................................................................................................................................. 530
Ischium............................................................................................................................................................................................. 530
Sympathetic..................................................................................................................................................................................... 530
TRIANGULAR FOSSA........................................................................................................................................................................ 530
Shen Men......................................................................................................................................................................................... 530
Uterus............................................................................................................................................................................................... 530
ANTIHELIX........................................................................................................................................................................................... 530
Abdomen.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 530
Chest................................................................................................................................................................................................. 530
Neck.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 530
Thoracic........................................................................................................................................................................................... 530
Lumbar Sacrum............................................................................................................................................................................... 531
Thoracic Vertebra.......................................................................................................................................................................... 531
Cervical Vertebra........................................................................................................................................................................... 531
TRAGUS................................................................................................................................................................................................ 531
Nose.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 531
Throat............................................................................................................................................................................................... 531
Inner-nose........................................................................................................................................................................................ 531
Upper Tip of Tragus....................................................................................................................................................................... 531
Lower Tip of Tragus....................................................................................................................................................................... 531
ANTITRAGUS...................................................................................................................................................................................... 531
Calm the Asthma............................................................................................................................................................................. 531
Brain................................................................................................................................................................................................. 531
Brain Stem....................................................................................................................................................................................... 531
Testicle............................................................................................................................................................................................. 532
Forehead.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 532
Occiput............................................................................................................................................................................................. 532
Temple.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 532
Central Rim..................................................................................................................................................................................... 532
AROUND THE CRUS OF HELIX....................................................................................................................................................... 532
Esophagus....................................................................................................................................................................................... 532
Stomach............................................................................................................................................................................................ 532
Duodenal......................................................................................................................................................................................... 532
Small Intestine................................................................................................................................................................................ 532
Large Intestine................................................................................................................................................................................ 532
Appendix.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 532
CYMBA CONCHA............................................................................................................................................................................... 533
Urinary Bladder............................................................................................................................................................................. 533
Kidney.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 533
Liver.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 533
Spleen............................................................................................................................................................................................... 533
Gallbladder (Pancreas)................................................................................................................................................................ 533
CAVUM CONCHA............................................................................................................................................................................... 533
Mouth............................................................................................................................................................................................... 533
Heart................................................................................................................................................................................................. 533
Lungs................................................................................................................................................................................................ 533
Trachea............................................................................................................................................................................................ 533
Adrenal Gland................................................................................................................................................................................ 534
Sub Cortex....................................................................................................................................................................................... 534
Endocrine........................................................................................................................................................................................ 534
San Jiao........................................................................................................................................................................................... 534
EAR LOBE............................................................................................................................................................................................. 534
Eye 1................................................................................................................................................................................................. 534
Eye 2................................................................................................................................................................................................. 534
Eye..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 534
Toothache (1)(2)............................................................................................................................................................................ 534
Inner Ear.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 534
Tonsil................................................................................................................................................................................................ 535
Upper Jaw, Lower Jaw, and Face Area..................................................................................................................................... 535
BACK OF EAR...................................................................................................................................................................................... 535
Reducing Blood Pressure............................................................................................................................................................. 535
Er Mi Geng...................................................................................................................................................................................... 535
Upper Ear Root............................................................................................................................................................................... 535
CHAPTER IV: INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SCALP ACUPUNCTURE................................................................................ 537
Treatment Zone Distribution and Indications................................................................................................................ 537
MS1. Middle line of the forehead............................................................................................................................................... 537
MS2. Lateral line 1 of the forehead............................................................................................................................................ 537
MS3. Lateral line 2 of the forehead............................................................................................................................................ 537
MS4. Lateral line 3 of the forehead............................................................................................................................................ 537
MS5. Middle line of the vertex..................................................................................................................................................... 537
MS6. Lateral line 1 of the vertex................................................................................................................................................. 538
MS7. Lateral line 2 of the vertex................................................................................................................................................. 538
MS8. Anterior oblique line from vertex to temple.................................................................................................................... 538
MS9. Posterior oblique line from vertex to temple.................................................................................................................. 538
MS10. Oblique anterior line of the temple................................................................................................................................ 538
MS11. Oblique posterior line of the temple.............................................................................................................................. 538
MS12. Upper-middle line of the occiput.................................................................................................................................... 539
MS13. Upper lateral line of the occiput.................................................................................................................................... 539
MS14. Lower lateral line of the occiput.................................................................................................................................... 539
APPENDIX 1............................................................................................................................................................................................. 541
Meridian Illustrations................................................................................................................................................................ 541
Lung.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 541
Large Intestine................................................................................................................................................................................ 542
Stomach............................................................................................................................................................................................ 543
Spleen............................................................................................................................................................................................... 544
Heart................................................................................................................................................................................................. 545
Small Intestine................................................................................................................................................................................ 546
Bladder............................................................................................................................................................................................. 547
Kidney.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 548
Pericardium..................................................................................................................................................................................... 549
Triple Warmer................................................................................................................................................................................. 550
Gall Bladder.................................................................................................................................................................................... 551
Liver.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 552
Governing Vessel............................................................................................................................................................................ 553
Conception Vessel.......................................................................................................................................................................... 554
APPENDIX 2............................................................................................................................................................................................. 555
Illustrations for the Adjunctive Therapies..................................................................................................................... 555
Scalp Acupuncture......................................................................................................................................................................... 555
Ear..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 556
Wrist and Ankle.............................................................................................................................................................................. 559
Hand................................................................................................................................................................................................. 562
Foot................................................................................................................................................................................................... 563
Nose.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 564
BIBLIOGRAPHY..................................................................................................................................................................................... 565
Index........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 569