摩訶止觀 8.101

8.101

前明緣五色為五藏病者，此則依藏為病故，用今依息治之。上息治沈重地病；下息治虛懸風病；焦息治脹滿；滿息治枯瘠；增長息能生長四大。外道服氣，祇應服此生長之氣耳。滅壞息散諸癊膜；冷息治熱；煖息治冷；衝息治癥結腫毒；持息治掉動不安；補息補虛乏；和息通融四大。作諸息時，各隨心想，皆令成就。細知諸病用諸息，勿謬用也。

Previously it was explained that conditioned by the five colors, illnesses of the five viscera arise; these are illnesses dependent on the viscera, and therefore the present dependent breaths are used to treat them. The ascending breath treats heavy earth diseases; the descending breath treats empty and suspended wind diseases; the scorching breath treats distension and fullness; the filling breath treats emaciation and withering; the increasing breath can grow and develop the four great elements—when tīrthikas ingest qì, they should only ingest this qì of growth and development. The destroying breath disperses various phlegm membranes; the cold breath treats heat; the warm breath treats cold; the surging breath treats abdominal masses and toxic swellings; the holding breath treats restlessness and instability; the tonifying breath tonifies emptiness and exhaustion; the harmonizing breath fuses and permeates the four great elements. When practicing these breaths, each follows the mental visualization, and all should be brought to completion. Know the various diseases in detail and use the corresponding breaths; do not apply them erroneously.