Contraindications of Needling

The viscera have their vital points; they must be examined with care.

ORIGINAL脏有要害，不可不察。

zàng yǒu yào hài，bù kě bù chá。

The liver issues on the left, the lung stores on the right, the heart spreads to the exterior, the kidney governs the interior; the spleen is the messenger and the stomach the marketplace.

ORIGINAL肝生于左，肺藏于右，心部于表，肾治于里，脾为之使，胃为之市。

gān shēng yú zuǒ，fèi cáng yú yòu，xīn bù yú biǎo，shèn zhì yú lǐ，pí wèi zhī shǐ，wèi wèi zhī shì。

Above the diaphragm and membrane lie father and mother; beside the seventh vertebra lies the small heart.

ORIGINAL膈肓之上，中有父母，七节之傍，中有小心。

gé huāng zhī shàng，zhōng yǒu fù mǔ，qī jié zhī bàng，zhōng yǒu xiǎo xīn。

Follow it and there is blessing; oppose it and there is blame.

ORIGINAL从之有福，逆之有咎。

cóng zhī yǒu fú，nì zhī yǒu jiù。

A wound to the heart kills in a day, its sign is sighing. To the liver, in five days, its sign is talkativeness. To the kidney, in six days, its sign is sneezing. To the lung, in three days, its sign is coughing. To the spleen, in ten days, its sign is swallowing. To the gallbladder, in a day and a half, its sign is vomiting.

ORIGINAL刺中心，一日死，其动为噫。刺中肝，五日死，其动为语。刺中肾，六日死，其动为嚏。刺中肺，三日死，其动为咳。刺中脾，十日死，其动为吞。刺中胆，一日半死，其动为呕。

cì zhòng xīn，yī rì sǐ，qí dòng wéi yī。cì zhòng gān，wǔ rì sǐ，qí dòng wéi yǔ。cì zhòng shèn，liù rì sǐ，qí dòng wéi tì。cì zhòng fèi，sān rì sǐ，qí dòng wéi ké。cì zhòng pí，shí rì sǐ，qí dòng wéi tūn。cì zhòng dǎn，yī rì bàn sǐ，qí dòng wéi ǒu。

Do not needle one who is deeply drunk: it disorders the qi. Do not needle one in great anger: it makes qi rebel. Do not needle the greatly exhausted, the newly fed, the very hungry, the very thirsty, or the greatly frightened.

ORIGINAL无刺大醉，令人气乱。无刺大怒，令人气逆。无刺大劳人，无刺新饱人，无刺大饥人，无刺大渴人，无刺大惊人。

wú cì dà zuì，lìng rén qì luàn。wú cì dà nù，lìng rén qì nì。wú cì dà láo rén，wú cì xīn bǎo rén，wú cì dà jī rén，wú cì dà kě rén，wú cì dà jīng rén。