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黃帝問於少師曰：余聞人之生也，有剛有柔，有弱有强，有短有長，有陰有陽，願聞其方。
黄帝问于少师曰：余闻人之生也，有刚有柔，有弱有强，有短有长，有阴有阳，愿闻其方。
Huáng Dì wèn yú Shào Shī yuē: yú wén rén zhī shēng yě, yǒu gāng yǒu róu, yǒu ruò yǒu qiáng, yǒu duǎn yǒu cháng, yǒu yīn yǒu yáng, yuàn wén qí fāng.
黄帝问少师说：我听说人的禀赋，有刚有柔，有弱有强，有矮有高，有阴有阳，希望听听其中的道理。
Huang Di asked Shao Shi: I have heard that in the constitution of man there is the hard and the soft, the weak and the strong, the short and the tall, the yin and the yang. I should like to hear the method of it.
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少師答曰：陰中有陰，陽中有陽，審知陰陽，刺之有方。得病所始，刺之有理。謹度病端，與時相應，内合于五藏六府，外合于筋骨皮膚。是故内有陰陽，外亦有陰陽。在内者，五藏爲陰，六府爲陽；在外者，筋骨爲陰，皮膚爲陽。故曰：病在陰之陰者，刺陰之滎輸；病在陽之陽者，刺陽之合；病在陽之陰者，刺陰之經；病在陰之陽者，刺絡脉。故曰：病在陽者命曰風，病在陰者命曰痺病，陰陽俱病，命曰風痺。病有形而不痛者，陽之類也；無形而痛者，陰之類也。無形而痛者，其陽完而陰傷之也，急治其陰，無攻其陽；有形而不痛者，其陰完而陽傷之也，急治其陽，無攻其陰。陰陽俱動，乍有形，乍無形，加以煩心，命曰陰勝其陽。此謂不表不裏，其形不久。
少师答曰：阴中有阴，阳中有阳，审知阴阳，刺之有方。得病所始，刺之有理。谨度病端，与时相应，内合于五藏六府，外合于筋骨皮肤。是故内有阴阳，外亦有阴阳。在内者，五藏为阴，六府为阳；在外者，筋骨为阴，皮肤为阳。故曰：病在阴之阴者，刺阴之荥输；病在阳之阳者，刺阳之合；病在阳之阴者，刺阴之经；病在阴之阳者，刺络脉。故曰：病在阳者命曰风，病在阴者命曰痹病，阴阳俱病，命曰风痹。病有形而不痛者，阳之类也；无形而痛者，阴之类也。无形而痛者，其阳完而阴伤之也，急治其阴，无攻其阳；有形而不痛者，其阴完而阳伤之也，急治其阳，无攻其阴。阴阳俱动，乍有形，乍无形，加以烦心，命曰阴胜其阳。此谓不表不里，其形不久。 Shào Shī dá yuē: yīn zhōng yǒu yīn, yáng zhōng yǒu yáng, shěn zhī yīn yáng, cì zhī yǒu fāng. dé bìng suǒ shǐ, cì zhī yǒu lǐ. jǐn dù bìng duān, yǔ shí xiāng yīng, nèi hé yú wǔ zàng liù fǔ, wài hé yú jīn gǔ pí fū. shì gù nèi yǒu yīn yáng, wài yì yǒu yīn yáng. zài nèi zhě, wǔ zàng wéi yīn, liù fǔ wéi yáng; zài wài zhě, jīn gǔ wéi yīn, pí fū wéi yáng. gù yuē: bìng zài yīn zhī yīn zhě, cì yīn zhī yíng shū; bìng zài yáng zhī yáng zhě, cì yáng zhī hé; bìng zài yáng zhī yīn zhě, cì yīn zhī jīng; bìng zài yīn zhī yáng zhě, cì luò mài. gù yuē: bìng zài yáng zhě mìng yuē fēng, bìng zài yīn zhě mìng yuē bì bìng, yīn yáng jù bìng, mìng yuē fēng bì. bìng yǒu xíng ér bù tòng zhě, yáng zhī lèi yě; wú xíng ér tòng zhě, yīn zhī lèi yě. wú xíng ér tòng zhě, qí yáng wán ér yīn shāng zhī yě, jí zhì qí yīn, wú gōng qí yáng; yǒu xíng ér bù tòng zhě, qí yīn wán ér yáng shāng zhī yě, jí zhì qí yáng, wú gōng qí yīn. yīn yáng jù dòng, zhà yǒu xíng, zhà wú xíng, jiā yǐ fán xīn, mìng yuē yīn shèng qí yáng. cǐ wèi bù biǎo bù lǐ, qí xíng bù jiǔ.
少师回答说：阴之中还有阴，阳之中还有阳，审察明白阴阳，针刺才有法度。知道疾病从何处开始，针刺才有条理。谨慎地测度病的端绪，与天时相应，在内合于五脏六腑，在外合于筋骨皮肤。所以内有阴阳，外也有阴阳。在内的，五脏属阴，六腑属阳；在外的，筋骨属阴，皮肤属阳。所以说，病在阴中之阴的，刺阴经的荥穴输穴；病在阳中之阳的，刺阳经的合穴；病在阳中之阴的，刺阴经的经穴；病在阴中之阳的，刺络脉。所以说，病在阳的叫作风，病在阴的叫痹病，阴阳都有病的叫风痹。病有形而不痛的，属于阳一类；无形而痛的，属于阴一类。无形而痛，是阳气完好而阴受了伤，应赶紧治其阴，不要攻其阳；有形而不痛，是阴气完好而阳受了伤，应赶紧治其阳，不要攻其阴。阴阳都动，忽而有形，忽而无形，加上心烦，叫作阴胜其阳。这叫作不表不里，这样的形体不能长久。
Shao Shi replied: within yin there is yin, and within yang there is yang. When yin and yang are examined and understood, needling has a method. When the point at which the disease began is known, needling has a principle. Measure the beginnings of the illness with care, let it answer to the seasons, join it within to the five zang and six fu, and without to the sinews, bones and skin. Thus there is yin and yang within, and yin and yang without. Within, the five zang are yin and the six fu are yang; without, the sinews and bones are yin and the skin is yang. Hence it is said: for disease in the yin of yin, needle the ying and shu of the yin channels; for disease in the yang of yang, needle the he of the yang channels; for disease in the yin of yang, needle the jing of the yin channels; for disease in the yang of yin, needle the luo vessels. Hence it is said: disease in yang is called wind, disease in yin is called bi, and when both are diseased it is called wind-bi. Disease that has form but no pain belongs to the yang class; that which has no form but pains belongs to the yin class. Where there is no form but pain, the yang is intact and the yin has been injured: treat the yin quickly and do not attack the yang. Where there is form but no pain, the yin is intact and the yang has been injured: treat the yang quickly and do not attack the yin. When yin and yang both move, now with form and now without, and vexation of the heart is added, it is called yin overcoming its yang. This is neither exterior nor interior, and the form will not last long.
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黃帝問於伯高曰：余聞形氣病之先後，外内之應，奈何？
黄帝问于伯高曰：余闻形气病之先后，外内之应，奈何？ Huáng Dì wèn yú Bó Gāo yuē: yú wén xíng qì bìng zhī xiān hòu, wài nèi zhī yīng, nài hé?
黄帝问伯高说：我听说形与气发病有先后，内外的相应是怎样的？
Huang Di asked Bo Gao: I have heard that in disease of form and qi there is a sequence of before and after, and a response of inner and outer. What is it?
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伯高答曰：風寒傷形，憂恐忿怒傷氣，氣傷藏乃病；藏寒傷形乃應；形風傷筋脉，筋脉乃應。此形氣外内之相應也。
伯高答曰：风寒伤形，忧恐忿怒伤气，气伤藏乃病；藏寒伤形乃应；形风伤筋脉，筋脉乃应。此形气外内之相应也。 Bó Gāo dá yuē: fēng hán shāng xíng, yōu kǒng fèn nù shāng qì, qì shāng zàng nǎi bìng; zàng hán shāng xíng nǎi yīng; xíng fēng shāng jīn mài, jīn mài nǎi yīng. cǐ xíng qì wài nèi zhī xiāng yīng yě.
伯高回答说：风寒伤形，忧恐忿怒伤气，气伤了脏就发病；脏受了寒，形就相应而病；形体受了风，筋脉就相应而病。这就是形与气内外相应的情况。
Bo Gao replied: wind and cold injure the form; grief, fear, resentment and anger injure the qi. When the qi is injured the zang fall ill; when the zang are cold the form responds; when the form is struck by wind the sinews and vessels respond. This is the mutual response of form and qi, inner and outer.
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黃帝曰：刺之奈何？
黄帝曰：刺之奈何？
Huáng Dì yuē: cì zhī nài hé?
黄帝说：针刺怎样处理？
Huang Di said: what of needling?
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伯高答曰：病九日者，三刺而已；病一月者，十刺而已。多少遠近，以此衰之。久痺不去身者，視其血絡，盡出其血。
伯高答曰：病九日者，三刺而已；病一月者，十刺而已。多少远近，以此衰之。久痹不去身者，视其血络，尽出其血。 Bó Gāo dá yuē: bìng jiǔ rì zhě, sān cì ér yǐ; bìng yī yuè zhě, shí cì ér yǐ. duō shǎo yuǎn jìn, yǐ cǐ shuāi zhī. jiǔ bì bù qù shēn zhě, shì qí xuè luò, jǐn chū qí xuè.
伯高回答说：病九天的，三次针刺就好；病一个月的，十次针刺就好。病期的多少、远近，按这个比例递减。痹病日久不去的，察看他的血络，把瘀血全部放出。
Bo Gao replied: for a disease of nine days, three treatments end it; for a disease of one month, ten treatments end it. By this the number is reduced or increased according to distance in time. Where bi has long remained and will not leave the body, look at the blood vessels and let out all their blood.
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黃帝曰：外内之病，難易之治，奈何？
黄帝曰：外内之病，难易之治，奈何？
Huáng Dì yuē: wài nèi zhī bìng, nán yì zhī zhì, nài hé?
黄帝说：内外之病，治疗的难易怎样？
Huang Di said: in disease of inner and outer, what is the difficulty of treatment?
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伯高答曰：形先病而未入藏者，刺之半其日；藏先病而形乃應者，刺之倍其日。此月内難易之應也。
伯高答曰：形先病而未入藏者，刺之半其日；藏先病而形乃应者，刺之倍其日。此月内难易之应也。 Bó Gāo dá yuē: xíng xiān bìng ér wèi rù zàng zhě, cì zhī bàn qí rì; zàng xiān bìng ér xíng nǎi yīng zhě, cì zhī bèi qí rì. cǐ yuè nèi nán yì zhī yīng yě.
伯高回答说：形体先病而还没有传入五脏的，针刺的日数减半；五脏先病而形体才相应的，针刺的日数加倍。这就是本月之内难治易治的相应情况。
Bo Gao replied: where the form sickened first and has not yet entered the zang, halve the days of treatment; where the zang sickened first and the form then responded, double them. This is the response of difficulty and ease within the month.
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黃帝問於伯高曰：余聞形有緩急，氣有盛衰，骨有大小，肉有堅脆，皮有厚薄，其以立壽夭奈何？
黄帝问于伯高曰：余闻形有缓急，气有盛衰，骨有大小，肉有坚脆，皮有厚薄，其以立寿夭奈何？ Huáng Dì wèn yú Bó Gāo yuē: yú wén xíng yǒu huǎn jí, qì yǒu shèng shuāi, gǔ yǒu dà xiǎo, ròu yǒu jiān cuì, pí yǒu hòu bó, qí yǐ lì shòu yāo nài hé?
黄帝问伯高说：我听说形体有缓有急，气有盛有衰，骨有大有小，肉有坚有脆，皮有厚有薄，根据这些来判定长寿短寿，该怎样？
Huang Di asked Bo Gao: I have heard that the form has its slack and its taut, the qi its abundance and decline, the bones their large and small, the flesh its firm and brittle, the skin its thick and thin. How does one establish long life and short life from these?
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伯高答曰：形與氣相任則壽，不相任則夭；皮與肉相果則壽，不相果則夭；血氣經絡勝形則壽，不勝形則夭。
伯高答曰：形与气相任则寿，不相任则夭；皮与肉相果则寿，不相果则夭；血气经络胜形则寿，不胜形则夭。 Bó Gāo dá yuē: xíng yǔ qì xiāng rèn zé shòu, bù xiāng rèn zé yāo; pí yǔ ròu xiāng guǒ zé shòu, bù xiāng guǒ zé yāo; xuè qì jīng luò shèng xíng zé shòu, bù shèng xíng zé yāo.
伯高回答说：形与气互相称任的就长寿，不相称任的就短命；皮与肉互相包裹的就长寿，不相包裹的就短命；血气经络胜过形体的就长寿，不能胜过形体的就短命。
Bo Gao replied: when form and qi support each other there is long life; when they do not, early death. When skin and flesh wrap each other there is long life; when they do not, early death. When the blood, qi, channels and luo surpass the form there is long life; when they do not surpass it, early death.
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黃帝曰：何謂形之緩急？
黄帝曰：何谓形之缓急？ Huáng Dì yuē: hé wèi xíng zhī huǎn jí?
黄帝说：什么叫形体的缓急？
Huang Di said: what is meant by the slack and the taut of the form?
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伯高答曰：形充而皮膚緩者則壽，形充而皮膚急者則夭。形充而脉堅大者順也；形充而脉小以弱者氣衰，衰則危矣。若形充而顴不起者骨小，骨小而夭矣；形充而大肉䐃堅而有分者肉堅，肉堅則壽矣；形充而大肉無分理不堅者肉脆，肉脆則夭矣。此天之生命，所以立形定氣，而視壽夭者，必明乎此立形定氣，而後以臨病人，決死生。
伯高答曰：形充而皮肤缓者则寿，形充而皮肤急者则夭。形充而脉坚大者顺也；形充而脉小以弱者气衰，衰则危矣。若形充而颧不起者骨小，骨小而夭矣；形充而大肉䐃坚而有分者肉坚，肉坚则寿矣；形充而大肉无分理不坚者肉脆，肉脆则夭矣。此天之生命，所以立形定气，而视寿夭者，必明乎此立形定气，而后以临病人，决死生。 Bó Gāo dá yuē: xíng chōng ér pí fū huǎn zhě zé shòu, xíng chōng ér pí fū jí zhě zé yāo. xíng chōng ér mài jiān dà zhě shùn yě; xíng chōng ér mài xiǎo yǐ ruò zhě qì shuāi, shuāi zé wēi yǐ. ruò xíng chōng ér quán bù qǐ zhě gǔ xiǎo, gǔ xiǎo ér yāo yǐ; xíng chōng ér dà ròu jiǒng jiān ér yǒu fēn zhě ròu jiān, ròu jiān zé shòu yǐ; xíng chōng ér dà ròu wú fēn lǐ bù jiān zhě ròu cuì, ròu cuì zé yāo yǐ. cǐ tiān zhī shēng mìng, suǒ yǐ lì xíng dìng qì, ér shì shòu yāo zhě, bì míng hū cǐ lì xíng dìng qì, ér hòu yǐ lín bìng rén, jué sǐ shēng.
伯高回答说：形体充实而皮肤舒缓的长寿，形体充实而皮肤紧急的短命。形体充实而脉象坚大的属于顺；形体充实而脉象细小而弱的，是气衰，气衰就危险了。如果形体充实而颧骨不起的，是骨小，骨小就短命了；形体充实而大肉突起坚实而有分理的，是肉坚，肉坚就长寿了；形体充实而大肉没有分理、不坚实的，是肉脆，肉脆就短命了。这是天赋的生命，用来立形定气、观察寿夭的，一定要明白这立形定气的道理，然后才能面对病人，决断死生。
Bo Gao replied: where the form is full and the skin slack, there is long life; where the form is full and the skin taut, early death. Where the form is full and the pulse large and firm, this is favourable; where the form is full and the pulse small and weak, the qi is in decline, and decline means danger. If the form is full and the cheekbones do not rise, the bones are small, and small bones mean early death. If the form is full and the great flesh is firm and has its divisions, the flesh is firm, and firm flesh means long life. If the form is full and the great flesh has no divisions and is not firm, the flesh is brittle, and brittle flesh means early death. This belongs to the life that Heaven bestows: to establish the form and settle the qi, and to judge long life and short life thereby, one must understand this establishing of form and settling of qi, and only then come before the patient and decide death and life.
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黃帝曰：余聞壽夭無以度之。
黄帝曰：余闻寿夭无以度之。 Huáng Dì yuē: yú wén shòu yāo wú yǐ dù zhī.
黄帝说：我听说寿夭是无法测度的。
Huang Di said: I have heard that long life and short life cannot be measured.
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伯高答曰：牆基卑高不及其地者，不滿三十而死；其有因加疾者，不及二十而死也。
伯高答曰：墙基卑高不及其地者，不满三十而死；其有因加疾者，不及二十而死也。
Bó Gāo dá yuē: qiáng jī bēi gāo bù jí qí dì zhě, bù mǎn sān shí ér sǐ; qí yǒu yīn jiā jí zhě, bù jí èr shí ér sǐ yě.
伯高回答说：墙基的高低比宅地还低的，活不满三十岁就死；其中又有加上疾病的，不到二十岁就死。
Bo Gao replied: when the foundation wall is lower than its ground, one dies before thirty; and if illness is added to this, before twenty.
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黃帝曰：形氣之相勝，以立壽夭，奈何？
黄帝曰：形气之相胜，以立寿夭，奈何？ Huáng Dì yuē: xíng qì zhī xiāng shèng, yǐ lì shòu yāo, nài hé?
黄帝说：形与气相互胜复，用来判定寿夭，怎样？
Huang Di said: how does the mutual overcoming of form and qi establish long life and short life?
Bó Gāo dá yuē: píng rén ér qì shèng xíng zhě shòu, bìng ér xíng ròu tuō, qì shèng xíng zhě sǐ, xíng shèng qì zhě wēi yǐ.
伯高回答说：平常的人气胜过形体的长寿；患病而形肉脱削，气胜过形体的死，形胜过气的危险。
Bo Gao replied: in a healthy man, where the qi surpasses the form, there is long life. In illness, where the form and flesh have wasted away and the qi surpasses the form, there is death; where the form surpasses the qi, there is danger.
Huáng Dì yuē: yú wén cì yǒu sān biàn, hé wèi sān biàn?
黄帝说：我听说针刺有三种变化，什么叫三种变化？
Huang Di said: I have heard that needling has three changes. What are the three changes?
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伯高答曰：有刺營者，有刺衛者，有刺寒痺之留經者。
伯高答曰：有刺营者，有刺卫者，有刺寒痹之留经者。 Bó Gāo dá yuē: yǒu cì yíng zhě, yǒu cì wèi zhě, yǒu cì hán bì zhī liú jīng zhě.
伯高回答说：有刺营的，有刺卫的，有刺寒痹留滞在经脉的。
Bo Gao replied: there is needling of the ying, needling of the wei, and needling of cold bi that has lodged in the channels.
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黃帝曰：刺三變者奈何？
黄帝曰：刺三变者奈何？ Huáng Dì yuē: cì sān biàn zhě nài hé?
黄帝说：刺这三变怎样？
Huang Di said: how does one needle these three changes?
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伯高答曰：刺營者，出血；刺衛者，出氣；刺寒痺者，内𤍠。
伯高答曰：刺营者，出血；刺卫者，出气；刺寒痹者，内𤍠。 Bó Gāo dá yuē: cì yíng zhě, chū xuè; cì wèi zhě, chū qì; cì hán bì zhě, nèi rè.
伯高回答说：刺营的，出血；刺卫的，出气；刺寒痹的，使热气入内。
Bo Gao replied: needling the ying draws blood; needling the wei draws qi; needling cold bi brings heat within.
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黃帝曰：營衛寒痺之爲病奈何？
黄帝曰：营卫寒痹之为病奈何？ Huáng Dì yuē: yíng wèi hán bì zhī wéi bìng nài hé?
黄帝说：营卫与寒痹发病是怎样的？
Huang Di said: how do ying, wei and cold bi become disease?
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伯高答曰：營之生病也，寒𤍠少氣，血上下行；衛之生病也，氣痛時來時去，怫愾賁響，風寒客于腸胃之中。寒痺之爲病也，留而不去，時痛而皮不仁。
伯高答曰：营之生病也，寒𤍠少气，血上下行；卫之生病也，气痛时来时去，怫忾贲响，风寒客于肠胃之中。寒痹之为病也，留而不去，时痛而皮不仁。 Bó Gāo dá yuē: yíng zhī shēng bìng yě, hán rè shǎo qì, xuè shàng xià xíng; wèi zhī shēng bìng yě, qì tòng shí lái shí qù, fú kài bēn xiǎng, fēng hán kè yú cháng wèi zhī zhōng. hán bì zhī wéi bìng yě, liú ér bù qù, shí tòng ér pí bù rén.
伯高回答说：营发病，是寒热、少气、血上下妄行；卫发病，是气痛时来时去，胸腹胀满作响，风寒客于肠胃之中。寒痹发病，是邪气留而不去，时时作痛而皮肤不仁。
Bo Gao replied: when the ying falls ill there is cold and heat, scant qi, and blood moving up and down. When the wei falls ill there is pain that comes and goes, fullness and resounding in the chest and abdomen, and wind-cold lodged in the stomach and intestines. When cold bi becomes disease it remains and does not leave, pains from time to time, and the skin is without feeling.
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黃帝曰：刺寒痺内𤍠奈何？
黄帝曰：刺寒痹内𤍠奈何？ Huáng Dì yuē: cì hán bì nèi rè nài hé?
黄帝说：刺寒痹使热气入内，怎样？
Huang Di said: how does one needle cold bi to bring heat within?
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伯高答曰：刺布衣者，以火焠之；刺大人者，以藥熨之。
伯高答曰：刺布衣者，以火焠之；刺大人者，以药熨之。
Bó Gāo dá yuē: cì bù yī zhě, yǐ huǒ cuì zhī; cì dà rén zhě, yǐ yào yùn zhī.
伯高回答说：刺平民百姓，用火针焠刺；刺王公大人，用药物温熨。
Bo Gao replied: for the common labourer, scorch it with fire; for the great man, warm it with medicine.
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黃帝曰：藥熨奈何？
黄帝曰：药熨奈何？
Huáng Dì yuē: yào yùn nài hé?
黄帝说：药熨怎样？
Huang Di said: what is warming with medicine?
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伯高答曰：用淳酒二十升，蜀椒一升，乾薑一斤，桂心一斤，凡四種，皆㕮咀漬酒中。用綿絮一斤，細白布四丈，并内酒中，置酒馬矢煴中，蓋封塗，勿使泄，五日五夜，出布綿絮，曝乾之，乾復漬，以盡其汁。每漬必晬其日，乃出乾，乾并用滓與綿絮，複布爲複巾，長六七尺，爲六七巾，則用之生桑炭炙巾，以熨寒痺所刺之處，令𤍠入至于病所，寒復炙巾以熨之，三十遍而止。汗出，以巾拭身，亦三十遍而止。起步内中無見風，每刺必熨，如此病已矣。此所謂内𤍠也。
伯高答曰：用淳酒二十升，蜀椒一升，干姜一斤，桂心一斤，凡四种，皆㕮咀渍酒中。用绵絮一斤，细白布四丈，并内酒中，置酒马矢煴中，盖封涂，勿使泄，五日五夜，出布绵絮，曝干之，干复渍，以尽其汁。每渍必晬其日，乃出干，干并用滓与绵絮，复布为复巾，长六七尺，为六七巾，则用之生桑炭炙巾，以熨寒痹所刺之处，令𤍠入至于病所，寒复炙巾以熨之，三十遍而止。汗出，以巾拭身，亦三十遍而止。起步内中无见风，每刺必熨，如此病已矣。此所谓内𤍠也。 Bó Gāo dá yuē: yòng chún jiǔ èr shí shēng, shǔ jiāo yī shēng, gān jiāng yī jīn, guì xīn yī jīn, fán sì zhǒng, jiē fǔ jǔ zì jiǔ zhōng. yòng mián xù yī jīn, xì bái bù sì zhàng, bìng nèi jiǔ zhōng, zhì jiǔ mǎ shǐ yūn zhōng, gài fēng tú, wù shǐ xiè, wǔ rì wǔ yè, chū bù mián xù, pù gān zhī, gān fù zì, yǐ jǐn qí zhī. měi zì bì zuì qí rì, nǎi chū gān, gān bìng yòng zǐ yǔ mián xù, fù bù wéi fù jīn, cháng liù qī chǐ, wéi liù qī jīn, zé yòng zhī shēng sāng tàn zhì jīn, yǐ yùn hán bì suǒ cì zhī chù, lìng rè rù zhì yú bìng suǒ, hán fù zhì jīn yǐ yùn zhī, sān shí biàn ér zhǐ. hàn chū, yǐ jīn shì shēn, yì sān shí biàn ér zhǐ. qǐ bù nèi zhōng wú jiàn fēng, měi cì bì yùn, rú cǐ bìng yǐ yǐ. cǐ suǒ wèi nèi rè yě.
伯高回答说：用醇酒二十升，蜀椒一升，干姜一斤，桂心一斤，共四样，都嚼碎浸在酒中。再用丝绵一斤，细白布四丈，一并放进酒里，把酒器放在马粪火中煨着，盖严封好涂密，不要让它泄气，经过五天五夜，取出布和丝绵，晒干，干了再浸，直到把酒汁吸尽。每次浸泡一定要满一整天，才取出晒干，干后连滓带丝绵一起，用双层布做成夹袋，长六七尺，做成六七条巾。用时拿生桑炭火烤巾，熨在寒痹所刺的地方，让热气透到病所，巾冷了再烤再熨，熨三十遍为止。出汗后，用巾擦身，也擦三十遍为止。起身在室内走动，不要见风，每次针刺必定要熨，这样病就好了。这就是所说的使热气入内。
Bo Gao replied: take twenty pints of pure wine, one pint of Sichuan pepper, one catty of dried ginger and one catty of cinnamon heart — four things in all — and chew them fine and steep them in the wine. Take one catty of silk floss and four zhang of fine white cloth and put them in the wine as well. Set the vessel in a smoulder of horse dung, cover it, seal and plaster it so that nothing escapes. After five days and five nights take out the cloth and floss and dry them in the sun; when dry, steep them again, until the essence is exhausted. Each steeping must fill out its day; then take them out and dry them. When dry, take the dregs together with the floss, line the cloth double and make a double kerchief six or seven chi long, making six or seven kerchiefs. To use it, roast the kerchief over a fire of living mulberry charcoal and press it on the place where cold bi was needled, so that the heat enters to the seat of the disease. When the kerchief cools, roast it again and press it, thirty times in all. When sweat comes, wipe the body with the kerchief, also thirty times. Then walk about within the room and do not see the wind. At every needling there must be this pressing, and the disease will be cured. This is what is meant by bringing heat within.