| Introduction | |
| The Vocabulary of the Ling Shu | |
| Scroll One | |
| Of Nine Needles and Twelve Source Points | p. 1 |
| The Roots of the Acupuncture Points | p. 8 |
| An Explanation of the Minute Needles | p. 15 |
| The Noxious Qi's Disease Forms in the Viscera and Bowels | p. 19 |
| Scroll Two | |
| Roots and Ends | p. 27 |
| Longevity or Premature Death, To Be Hard or Soft | p. 31 |
| On Governing the Needles | p. 35 |
| The Roots of Spirit | p. 39 |
| From Beginning to End | p. 42 |
| Scroll Three | |
| The Major Channels | p. 50 |
| The Separate Channels | p. 66 |
| Rivers and Channels | p. 69 |
| Scroll Four | |
| The Muscle Channels | p. 72 |
| Measurements in Reference to the Bones | p. 80 |
| The Fifty Regulators | p. 83 |
| The Nourishing Qi | p. 85 |
| The Limits of the Channels | p. 87 |
| The Birth and Assembling of the Nourishing Qi and Protective Qi | p. 90 |
| The Qi of the Four Seasons | p. 93 |
| Scroll Five | |
| The Five Evils | p. 96 |
| Cold and Hot Diseases | p. 98 |
| Madness and Insanity | p. 102 |
| Hot Diseases | p. 105 |
| Perverse Diseases | p. 110 |
| Diseases and Roots | p. 113 |
| Assorted Diseases | p. 114 |
| Circulatory Rheumatism | p. 117 |
| Questions on the Oral Teaching | p. 119 |
| Scroll Six | |
| Teaching and Transmitting | p. 123 |
| The Partitions of Qi | p. 126 |
| The Intestines and Stomach | p. 128 |
| The Balanced Man and Starvation | p. 130 |
| An Essay on the Seas | p. 132 |
| Five Rebellions | p. 134 |
| An Essay on Swellings | p. 136 |
| The Five Swellings, the Ferrying of Secretions and their Divisions | p. 139 |
| The Five Examinations and the Five Emissaries | p. 141 |
| Rebellious or Smooth, Fat or Lean | p. 143 |
| An Essay on the Blood's Luo Channels | p. 146 |
| Yin and Yang, Clear and Muddy | p. 148 |
| Scroll Seven | |
| Yin and Yang and Their Connections to the Sun and Moon | p. 149 |
| The Propagation of Disease | p. 152 |
| The Debauched Evil and the Development of Dreams | p. 154 |
| The Smooth Flowing Qi Divides One Day Into Four Seasons | p. 156 |
| External Measurements | p. 158 |
| The Five Transformations | p. 160 |
| The Body and the Viscera | p. 163 |
| Scroll Eight | |
| Restrictions and the Major Channels | p. 169 |
| The Five Colors | p. 172 |
| A Discussion of Courage | p. 177 |
| The Back Shu Acupuncture Points | p. 180 |
| Protective Qi | p. 181 |
| A Discussion of Pain | p. 183 |
| The Allotted Year of a Man's Life | p. 184 |
| Counterflow and Smooth Flowing | p. 186 |
| The Five Flavors | p. 187 |
| Scroll Nine | |
| Water Swellings | p. 189 |
| The Thieving Wind | p. 191 |
| The Protective Qi When Out of Its Usual Order | p. 192 |
| The Jade Tablets | p. 195 |
| The Five Prohibitions | p. 199 |
| Moving and Transporting | p. 201 |
| An Essay on the Five Flavors | p. 203 |
| Yin and Yang and Twenty-five Types of Men | p. 205 |
| Scroll Ten | |
| The Five Tones and Five Flavors | p. 212 |
| The Beginning of the Hundred Diseases | p. 216 |
| The Actions of the Needle | p. 220 |
| Ascent Into the Diaphragm | p. 222 |
| Grief and Anger Without Words | p. 224 |
| Chills and Fever | p. 225 |
| The Evil Guest | p. 226 |
| Penetrating Heaven | p. 231 |
| Scroll Eleven | |
| Sense and Capabilities | p. 234 |
| An Essay on Disease and on the Examination of the Cubit, the Elbow, and the Forearm | p. 238 |
| Acupuncture Methods, Genuine and Evil Qi | p. 241 |
| The Movement of the Protective Qi | p. 249 |
| The Nine Temples and Eight Winds | p. 254 |
| Scroll Twelve | |
| An Essay on the Nine Needles | p. 258 |
| An Essay on the Seasonal Dews | p. 264 |
| A Discussion of Great Delusions | p. 269 |
| Swellings and Suppurations | p. 272 |
| The Five Actions and Shen Ke Cycles | p. 277 |
| Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches | p. 279 |
| Acupuncture Points Mentioned in the Text | p. 281 |
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