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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

Gallbladder channel · Ankle

The six systems

System Treating channel Look at Side
1. Same Chinese name Triple Energiser (TE)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
opposite side
2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Heart (HT)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
either side
3. Interior–exterior pair Liver (LV)
Ankle, Heel · Same segment, opposite side
opposite side
4. Chinese clock opposite Heart (HT)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
either side
5. Chinese clock neighbour Triple Energiser (TE)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
opposite side
6. Same channel Gallbladder (GB)
Ankle, Heel · Same segment, opposite side
opposite side

Ranked points (7)

  1. 1
    TE4 Yangchi Triple Energiser · Wrist · opposite side score 4.0
    1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Yuan-Source point
    • Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  2. 2
    GB40 Qiuxu Gallbladder · Ankle · opposite side score 3.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Yuan-Source point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  3. 3
    HT5 Tongli Heart · Wrist · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Luo-Connecting point
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  4. 4
    HT6 Yinxi Heart · Wrist · 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)
  5. 5
    HT7 Shenmen Heart · Wrist · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Heart channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  6. 6
    TE14 Jianliao Triple Energiser · Shoulder · opposite side score 2.0
    1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror
    • Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
  7. 7
    LV4 Zhongfeng Liver · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Jing-River point Metal point of the Liver channel
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 7. LV4 6. TE14 5. HT7 4. HT6 3. HT5 2. GB40 1. TE4
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 7. LV4 6. TE14 5. HT7 4. HT6 3. HT5 2. GB40 1. TE4

Candidates, front · 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).