Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF LING SHU 1 THROUGH 81
5. Chapter 1. The Nine Needles and the Twelve Origin [Openings] 35
6. Chapter 2. To Consider the Transportation [Openings] as the Foundation 53
7. Chapter 3. Explanatory Remarks on the Small Needles 75
8. Chapter 4. The Physical Appearances of Diseases resulting from the Presence of Evil qi in the Long-term Depots and Short-term Repositories 85
9. Chapter 5. Root and Connection 111
10. Chapter 6. Longevity, Early Death, Hardness and Softness 125
11. Chapter 7. The Official Needles 137
12. Chapter 8. To Consider the Spirit as the Foundation 147
13. Chapter 9. End and Beginning 155
14. Chapter 10. The Conduit Vessels 175
15. Chapter 11. The Conduits and their Diverging [Vessels] 209
16. Chapter 12. The Conduit/Stream Waters 215
17. Chapter 13. The Conduits and their Sinews 225
18. Chapter 14. The Measurements of the Bones 239
19. Chapter 15. The 50-fold Circulation 245
20. Chapter 16. The Camp Qi 249
21. Chapter 17. The Measurements of the Vessels 253
22. Chapter 18. Camp [Qi] and Guard [Qi] – Generation and Meeting 259
23. Chapter 19. The Four Seasonal Qi 269
24. Chapter 20. The Five Evils 275
25. Chapter 21. Cold and Heat Disease 279
26. Chapter 22. Peak-illness and Madness 287
27. Chapter 23. Heat Diseases 293
28. Chapter 24. The Receding [Qi] Diseases 305
29. Chapter 25. The Diseases and their Roots 311
30. Chapter 26. Various Diseases 315
31. Chapter 27. Circulation Blockage-illness 321
32. Chapter 28. Oral Inquiry 327
33. Chapter 29. The Transmissions from the Teachers 341
34. Chapter 30. Differentiation of the Qi 351
35. Chapter 31. Intestines and Stomach 355
36. Chapter 32. A Healthy Person Ends the Ingestion of Grain 357
37. Chapter 33. On the Seas 361
38. Chapter 34. The Five Disturbances 367
39. Chapter 35. On Swelling 373
40. Cheater 36. The Separation of the Five //Protuberance-Illnesses// Jin and Ye Liquids 383
41. Chapter 37. The Five Observation Points and the Five Emissaries 387
42. Chapter 38. Movements Contrary to and in Accordance with the Norms, Being Well Nourished and Being Malnourished 393
43. Chapter 39. The Blood Network [Vessels] 401
44. Chapter 40. Yin and Yang [Qi], Clear and Turbid [Qi] 405
45. Chapter 41. The Ties between Yin and Yang [Qi] and Sun and Moon 409
46. Chapter 42. The Transmission of Diseases 415
47. Chapter 43. Excess Evils release Dreams 421
48. Chapter 44. The Qi Moving in Accordance with the Norms Divide a Day into Four Time Periods 425
49. Chapter 45. The Assessment from Outside 433
50. Chapter 46. The Five Modifications 437
51. Chapter 47. To Consider the Long-term Depots as Foundations 447
52. Chapter 48. Prohibition and Appropriation 465
53. Chapter 49. The Five Complexions 475
54. Chapter 50. On Courage 489
55. Chapter 51. The Transport [Openings] on the Back 497
56. Chapter 52. The Guard Qi 501
57. Chapter 53. On Pain 509
58. Chapter 54. Years Given by Heaven 513
59. Chapter 55. Movement Contrary to and in Accordance with the Norms 519
60. Chapter 56. The Five Flavors 523
61. Chapter 57. Water Swelling 529
62. Chapter 58. The Robber Wind 533
63. Chapter 59. When the Guard Qi Lose their Regularity 537
64. Chapter 60. The Jade-Tablets 547
65. Chapter 61. The Five Prohibitions 559
66. Chapter 62. Transports 565
67. Chapter 63. On Flavors 571
68. Chapter 64. The Yin and Yang [Categorization] and the 25 Human [Types] 577
69. Chapter 65. Five Tones, Five Substances 595
70. Chapter 66. The Generation of the Hundreds of Diseases 603
71. Chapter 67. The Application of the Needles 613
72. Chapter 68. Upper Barrier 619
73. Chapter 69. Grief, Rage, and Speechlessness 623
74. Chapter 70. Cold and Heat Sensations 627
75. Chapter 71. Evil Visitors 631
76. Chapter 72. To Penetrate Heaven 647
77. Chapter 73. Function and Competence 655
78. Chapter 74. Discussing Illness; Examining the Foot-long Section 669
79. Chapter 75. Piercing to Regulate True and Evil [Qi] 677
80. Chapter 76. The Movements of the Guard Qi 699
81. Chapter 77. The Nine Mansions, the Eight Winds 711
82. Chapter 78. On the Nine Needles 719
83. Chapter 79. The Dew of the Year 739
84. Chapter 80. On Massive Confusion 753
85. Chapter 81. Obstruction- and Impediment-Illnesses 763
86. GLOSSARY of Illness Terms 777