| | | TCM Classics Ling Shu The Ling Shu, otherwise known as the Canon of Acupuncture, or Spiritual Pivot, is the second part of of the Huang Di Nei Jing - The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine. [The first is the Su Wen, Simple Questions, also available on this website].
There are currently, or soon will be, three full translations of the Ling Shu available on this page. This is done to provide those interested with useful comparisons of the approach different translators have taken to rendering the ideas and philosophy contained in this TCM medical classic. A separate discussion of Ling Shu chapter 8 is also available.
Ling Shu, or Spiritual Pivot. Trans. Wu Jing-Nuan (1993) Asian Spirituality, Taoist Studies Series. University of Hawai'i Press.
LingShu Intro. Scrolls 1 & 2, Scrolls 3 & 4, Scrolls 5 & 6, Scrolls 7 & 8, Scrolls 9 & 10, Scrolls 11 & 12.
The Heart, in Ling Shu Chapter 8. (1991) Claude Larre and Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee. Chinese Medicine from the Classics. Monkey Press.
LingShu8 Intro. LingShu8 Emperor's Question, LingShu8 Minister's Reply, LingShu8 Glossary.
Yellow Emperor’s Canon of Internal Medicine (1997) Chinese-English Edition. Original Note; Wang Bing (Tang Dynasty). Trans: Wu Liansheng, Wu Qi. China Science & Technology Press. Beijing.
Ling Shu (Spiritual Pivot). IntroContents
1. The Nine Kinds of Needle and the Twelve Source Points.
2. On Acupoints. LingShu1,2
3. Explanation on Small Needle.
4. The Visceral Diseases Caused by Evil Energy.
5. The Beginning and End of the Channel. LingShu3-5
6. On the Relation Between Firmness and Softness of the Body an One’s Life-span.
7. On the Application of Needles.
8. The Diseases Caused by Spiritual Activities.
9. The Beginning and Terminal of the Channels. LingShu6-9
10. On Channels. LingShu10
11. Branches of the Twelve Channels.
12. The Water Channels.
13. The Tendons Distributed Along the Channels.
14. Measurement of the Bone. LingShu11-14
15. The Fifty Cycles of the Channel-Energy Circulation.
16. The Ying-energy.
17. The Length of Channels.
18. The Ying Energy.
19. Application of Different Pricking Therapies in Different Seasons.
20. The Pricking Therapy for Treating the Evils in the Five Viscera.
21. Cold and Heat. LingShu15-21
22. Mania-Depressive Syndrome.
23. Febrile Disease.
24. Jue Syndrome.
25. In Treating the Root and Branch of the Disease.
26. Miscellaneous Diseases. LingShu22-26
27. The Bi-Syndrome all over the Body.
28. The Treating Therapy from Oral Inquiry.
29. Treating Instructions Imparted by Precedent Masters.
30. The Energies.
31. The Intestine and Stomach.
32. The Fast of an Ordinary Man.
33. On the Four Seas.
34. The Five Disturbances. LingShu27-34
35. On Distention.
36. The Five Kinds of Body Fluids.
37. Determining the Conditions of the Five Viscera by Examining the Five Sense Organs.
38. Different Acupuncture Therapies to People of Different Fat and Lean Physiques and the Adverse and Agreeable Conditions of the Twelve Channels.
39. On Superficial Venules.
40. The Lucid and Turbid of the Yin and Yang Energies.
41. The Yin and Yang of Human Body Relate to Sun and Moon.
42. The Transmission of Disease. LingShu35-42
43. Dream Induced by Evil Energy.
44. The Human Healthy Energy in the Day and Night Corresponds with Energies of the Four Seasons.
45. Determination from Outside.
46. The Five Kinds of Affections.
47. The Various Conditions of Internal Organs Relating Different Diseases. LingShu43-47
48. Understanding the Channels Thoroughly before Pricking.
49. The Five Colours.
50. On Braveness.
51. The Back-Shu Points of the Five Viscera.
52. On the Wei-Energy.
53. On Pain. LingShu48-53
54. The Natural Span of Life.
55. The Agreeableness and the Adverseness.
56. The Five Tastes.
57. The Edema.
58. The Exil Wind.
59. Treating the Abnormal Wei-Energy.
60. The Plate of Jade. LingShu54-60
61. The Five Contraindications.
62. The Pulsation of Arteries.
63. On the Five Tastes.
64. The Twenty Five Kinds of People in Different Characteristics of Yin and Yang.
65. The Five Tones and Five Tastes. LingShu61-65
66. The Initiation of Various Diseases.
67. Needle Transmission.
68. Vomiting Instantly after Food Intake.
69. Dysphonia due to Melancholy and Resentment.
70. Cold and Heat.
71. Retention of the Evil. LingShu66-71
72. The Different Types of Man.
73. Each According to His Ability.
74. To Determine the Disease by Inspecting the Skin of the Anterolateral Side of the Forearm.
75. The Criterions of Pricking and the Difference Between Healthy Energy and The Evil Energy.
76. The Circulation of Wei-Energy. LingShu72-76
77. The Nine Palaces and the Eight Winds.
78. On the Nine Kinds of Needle.
79. On the Dews of the Year.
80. On the Big Perplexity.
81. On Carbuncle and Deep-Rooted Carbuncle. LingShu77-81
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