针刺重疾——A Severe Illness Cured by Acupuncture

韩贻丰是一个县令，他对于针灸很精通，从政之余往往为别人看看病，在当时很有名望。清代名医魏之秀在其著的《续名医类案》中多次提到他从医事迹。
Han Yifeng [early Qing Dynasty, 1616–1911] was a countygovernor, and gifted in the applications of acupuncture and moxibustion. Hetreated patients in his spare time and gained a good reputation. In his Cases from Famous Doctors,Arranged by Category the famous doctor Wei Zhixiu [d. 1772] mentioned Han and his good deeds several times.

《续名医类案》
他曾经为当时的司空徐元正治病。当时徐的病很重，满面浮肿，口角流涎不止，说不出话，双腿沉重得不能迈步。韩为之诊脉后说：“你这种病非得用针灸治疗不可。”于是就让他的孩子拿来蜡烛，举手欲在其顶门上用针治疗。徐公及其儿子、孙子们都很担心害怕，说：“这里怎么可以用针和灸来治疗呢，一定会很痛苦吧。”丰因为韩贻经验丰富，坚持要为之治疗，但是终究没有得到同意，就很遗憾地离开了病人。

Han once treated the then Minister for Engineering,Xu Yuanzheng, whose disease was very serious. His face was badly swollen and saliva dribbled from the corners of his mouth, he was unable totalk and his legs were too heavy to walk. After taking Xu's pulse, Han said to him, “I have to use acupuncture and moxibustion to treat you.” He asked Xu'schildren to bring a candle, then he lifted his hands to needle the top of Xu’shead. Lord Xu, his children and grandchildren all became worried and scared,and said: “How can you administer acupuncture and moxibustion to the head? It must be so painful?” Han Yifeng was very experienced and insisted on thetreatment, but they withdrew their permission, and he regret fully had to leave his patient.

过了不久，徐公家人从其它途径闻知韩公医术精湛，针术神通，自己也知道用别的方法没有用处。于是又一次邀请他为自己治疗。韩公给他的百会、神庭、神门、环跳、风市、足三里、涌泉等穴位，针了21针。没有针灸时，病人还以为不知道会有多痛苦呢，及针刺完后，感到身体有一种说不出的舒服感，连声赞叹，认为是最好的效果了。周身的疾病好像一下子都突然消失了。如果患者及其家属不第二次去请韩公为之治疗的话，恐怕永远都不会遇到这样的医生，而且，徐司空的余生也只能在病榻上度过了。
Later, Lord Xu's family learned from other sources that Han had excellent medical skills and his acupuncture and moxibustion were magical. When they realised there was no other cure, they invited Han again. Lord Han administered acupuncture with more than twenty needles at points including bai hui (GV20), shen ting (GV24), shen men (HT7), huan tiao (GB30),feng shi (GB31), zu san li (ST36), yong quan (KD1) and so on. The patient had expected it would be really painful, but in fact, he felt extremely comfortable,and thought there could not have been a better effect. It seemed as if theillness all over his body had suddenly disappeared. If the family hadn't invited Lord Han back, they would not have encountered such an excellent doctorand Lord Xu would have spent the rest of his life in his sick bed. ——戴嘉皓改编自《续名医类案》
Adapted from A Continuation of Cases from Famous Doctors Translator: Dai Jiahao
Glossary 1. candle ['kænd(ə)l]n.蜡烛

2. moxibustion [mɒksɪ'bʌstʃ(ə)n] n.艾灸 3. administer [əd'mɪnɪstə] vt. 管理；执行；vi. 给予帮助 4. regretfully [rɪ'ɡrɛtfəli] adv. 懊悔地，遗憾地；抱歉地 5. encounter [ɪn'kaʊntə; en-] n. 遭遇，偶然碰见；vi.遭遇；偶然相遇；vt. 遭遇，邂逅；遇到