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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 · Knee

The six systems

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

Ranked points (6)

  1. 1
    LU5 Chize Lung · Elbow · either side score 4.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror He-Sea point Water point of the Lung channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  2. 2
    SI8 Xiaohai Small Intestine · Elbow · opposite side score 4.0
    1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror He-Sea point Earth point of the Small Intestine channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region

    ⚠ The ulnar nerve lies in the groove — needle gently and withdraw if a strong electric sensation shoots into the hand.

  3. 3
    BL38 Fuxi Bladder · Back of knee · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  4. 4
    BL39 Weiyang Bladder · Back of knee · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Lower He-Sea point of the Triple Energiser
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  5. 5
    BL40 Weizhong Bladder · Back of knee · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side He-Sea point Earth point of the Bladder channel Command point of the back
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)

    ⚠ Avoid the popliteal artery and the tibial nerve; do not needle deeply.

  6. 6
    KI10 Yingu Kidney · Knee · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side He-Sea point Water point of the Kidney channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 6. KI10 2. SI8 1. LU5
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 6. KI10 2. SI8 1. LU5

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

Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 5. BL40 4. BL39 3. BL38
Fig. — back After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 5. BL40 4. BL39 3. BL38

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).