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.

Affected channel

Region of the complaint

Side of the complaint

Acute (lifts the Xi-Cleft point)

Pattern slug (optional)

Worked cases

Bladder channel · Lower leg

The six systems

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

Ranked points (13)

1
LU3 Tianfu Lung · Upper arm · either side score 2.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Window of Heaven point
- Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
2
LU4 Xiabai Lung · Upper arm · either side score 2.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror
- Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
3
LU6 Kongzui Lung · Forearm · either side score 2.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Xi-Cleft point
- Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
4
LU7 Lieque Lung · Forearm · either side score 2.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Luo-Connecting point Confluent point of the Ren Mai Command point of the head and nape
- Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
5
SI7 Zhizheng Small Intestine · Forearm · opposite side score 2.0

1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Luo-Connecting point
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
6
BL55 Heyang Bladder · Calf · opposite side score 1.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
7
BL56 Chengjin Bladder · Calf · opposite side score 1.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
8
BL57 Chengshan Bladder · Calf · opposite side score 1.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
9
BL58 Feiyang Bladder · Lower leg · opposite side score 1.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Luo-Connecting point
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
10
BL59 Fuyang Bladder · Lower leg · opposite side score 1.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Xi-Cleft point of the Yang Qiao Mai
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
11
KI7 Fuliu Kidney · Lower leg · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Jing-River point Metal point of the Kidney channel Tonification (mother) point
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
12
KI8 Jiaoxin Kidney · Lower leg · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Xi-Cleft point of the Yin Qiao Mai
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
13
KI9 Zhubin Kidney · Lower leg · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Xi-Cleft point of the Yin Wei Mai
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)

Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank — Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747

Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank — Fig. — back After Albinus, 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).