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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 · Foot

The six systems

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

Not mapped for this region: Reversed mirror.

Ranked points (12)

  1. 1
    HT8 Shaofu Heart · 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 Heart channel Horary point
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  2. 2
    HT9 Shaochong Heart · 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 Heart channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  3. 3
    TE1 Guanchong Triple Energiser · Hand · opposite side score 2.0
    1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-Well point Metal point of the Triple Energiser channel
    • Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
  4. 4
    TE2 Yemen Triple Energiser · Hand · opposite side score 2.0
    1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Ying-Spring point Water point of the Triple Energiser channel
    • Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
  5. 5
    TE3 Zhongzhu Triple Energiser · Hand · opposite side score 2.0
    1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Wood point of the Triple Energiser channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
  6. 6
    GB41 Zulinqi Gallbladder · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Shu-Stream point Wood point of the Gallbladder channel Horary point Confluent point of the Dai Mai
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  7. 7
    GB42 Diwuhui Gallbladder · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)

    ⚠ Moxibustion is classically contraindicated here.

  8. 8
    GB43 Xiaxi Gallbladder · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Ying-Spring point Water point of the Gallbladder channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  9. 9
    GB44 Zuqiaoyin Gallbladder · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Jing-Well point Metal point of the Gallbladder channel
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  10. 10
    LV1 Dadun Liver · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Jing-Well point Wood point of the Liver channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  11. 11
    LV2 Xingjian Liver · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Ying-Spring point Fire point of the Liver channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  12. 12
    LV3 Taichong Liver · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Liver channel
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)

    ⚠ With LI4 forms the "Four Gates" to strongly move Qi and Blood — caution in pregnancy.

Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 12. LV3 11. LV2 10. LV1 9. GB44 8. GB43 7. GB42 6. GB41 5. TE3 4. TE2 3. TE1 2. HT9 1. HT8
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 12. LV3 11. LV2 10. LV1 9. GB44 8. GB43 7. GB42 6. GB41 5. TE3 4. TE2 3. TE1 2. HT9 1. HT8

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).