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Balance Method Point Solver

Dr. Tan's six systems and the mirror and image formats, run as rules over the classical channel points. Name the channel and region of a complaint; the solver returns the channels that balance it and a ranked list of distal points, each with the system that chose it and its cautions.

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Worked cases

Bladder channel · Foot

The six systems

System Treating channel Look at Side
1. Same Chinese name Small Intestine (SI)
Hand · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
opposite side
2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Lung (LU)
Hand · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
either side
3. Interior–exterior pair Kidney (KI)
Foot · Same segment, opposite side
opposite side
4. Chinese clock opposite Lung (LU)
Hand · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
either side
5. Chinese clock neighbour Small Intestine (SI)
Hand · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
opposite side
6. Same channel Bladder (BL)
Foot · Same segment, opposite side
opposite side

Not mapped for this region: Reversed mirror.

Ranked points (14)

  1. 1
    LU10 Yuji Lung · Hand · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Ying-Spring point Fire point of the Lung channel
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  2. 2
    LU11 Shaoshang Lung · Hand · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-Well point Wood point of the Lung channel
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  3. 3
    SI1 Shaoze Small Intestine · Hand · opposite side score 2.0
    1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-Well point Metal point of the Small Intestine channel
    • Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
  4. 4
    SI2 Qiangu Small Intestine · Hand · opposite side score 2.0
    1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Ying-Spring point Water point of the Small Intestine channel
    • Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
  5. 5
    SI3 Houxi Small Intestine · Hand · opposite side score 2.0
    1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Wood point of the Small Intestine channel Tonification (mother) point Confluent point of the Du Mai
    • Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
  6. 6
    SI4 Wangu Small Intestine · Hand · opposite side score 2.0
    1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Yuan-Source point
    • Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
  7. 7
    BL63 Jinmen Bladder · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Xi-Cleft point Meeting point of the Bladder channel with the Yang Wei Mai
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  8. 8
    BL64 Jinggu Bladder · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Yuan-Source point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  9. 9
    BL65 Shugu Bladder · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Shu-Stream point Wood point of the Bladder channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  10. 10
    BL66 Zutonggu Bladder · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Ying-Spring point Water point of the Bladder channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  11. 11
    BL67 Zhiyin Bladder · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Jing-Well point Metal point of the Bladder channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)

    ⚠ Needling is contraindicated in pregnancy other than at term; moxibustion for breech presentation is the exception and should be supervised.

  12. 12
    KI1 Yongquan Kidney · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Jing-Well point Wood point of the Kidney channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)

    ⚠ Intensely sensitive — warn the patient. Contraindicated in pregnancy.

  13. 13
    KI2 Rangu Kidney · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Ying-Spring point Fire point of the Kidney channel
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  14. 14
    KI5 Shuiquan Kidney · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 14. KI5 13. KI2 12. KI1 6. SI4 5. SI3 4. SI2 3. SI1 2. LU11 1. LU10
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 14. KI5 13. KI2 12. KI1 6. SI4 5. SI3 4. SI2 3. SI1 2. LU11 1. LU10

Candidates, front · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 11. BL67 10. BL66 9. BL65 8. BL64 7. BL63
Fig. — back After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 11. BL67 10. BL66 9. BL65 8. BL64 7. BL63

Candidates, back · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

Structural selection only. Needling depth, technique and contraindications remain the practitioner's; every point above shows its corpus cautions. Sources: Tan, Twelve and Twelve in Acupuncture (1991); Tan, Acupuncture 1, 2, 3 (2007).