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.
Worked cases
Gallbladder channel · Hip & groin
The six systems
| System | Treating channel | Look at | Side |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Same Chinese name | Triple Energiser (TE) |
Shoulder
· Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Wrist
· Reversed mirror
|
opposite side |
| 2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) | Heart (HT) |
Shoulder
· Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Wrist
· Reversed mirror
|
either side |
| 3. Interior–exterior pair | Liver (LV) |
Hip & groin, Buttock
· Same segment, opposite side
|
opposite side |
| 4. Chinese clock opposite | Heart (HT) |
Shoulder
· Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Wrist
· Reversed mirror
|
either side |
| 5. Chinese clock neighbour | Triple Energiser (TE) |
Shoulder
· Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Wrist
· Reversed mirror
|
opposite side |
| 6. Same channel | Gallbladder (GB) |
Hip & groin, Buttock
· Same segment, opposite side
|
opposite side |
Ranked points (7)
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12. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Luo-Connecting point
- Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
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22. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Xi-Cleft point
- Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
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32. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Heart channel Sedation (son) point
- Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
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41. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror Yuan-Source point
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
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51. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
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66. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Meeting point of the Gallbladder channel with the Yang Qiao Mai
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
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76. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Meeting point of the Gallbladder and Bladder channels
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
⚠ The sciatic nerve lies beneath. A brief radiating sensation to the foot is the classical arrival of qi; do not manipulate repeatedly to reproduce it.
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).