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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

Heart channel · Hand

The six systems

System Treating channel Look at Side
1. Same Chinese name Kidney (KI)
Foot · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
opposite side
2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Gallbladder (GB)
Foot · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
either side
3. Interior–exterior pair Small Intestine (SI)
Hand · Same segment, opposite side
opposite side
4. Chinese clock opposite Gallbladder (GB)
Foot · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
either side
5. Chinese clock neighbour Spleen (SP)
Foot · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
opposite side
6. Same channel Heart (HT)
Hand · Same segment, opposite side
opposite side

Not mapped for this region: Reversed mirror.

Ranked points (18)

  1. 1
    GB41 Zulinqi Gallbladder · Foot · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Wood point of the Gallbladder channel Horary point Confluent point of the Dai Mai
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  2. 2
    GB42 Diwuhui Gallbladder · Foot · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)

    ⚠ Moxibustion is classically contraindicated here.

  3. 3
    GB43 Xiaxi Gallbladder · Foot · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Ying-Spring point Water point of the Gallbladder channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  4. 4
    GB44 Zuqiaoyin Gallbladder · Foot · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-Well point Metal point of the Gallbladder channel
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  5. 5
    HT8 Shaofu Heart · Hand · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Ying-Spring point Fire point of the Heart channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  6. 6
    HT9 Shaochong Heart · Hand · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Jing-Well point Wood point of the Heart channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  7. 7
    KI1 Yongquan Kidney · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-Well point Wood point of the Kidney channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)

    ⚠ Intensely sensitive — warn the patient. Contraindicated in pregnancy.

  8. 8
    KI2 Rangu Kidney · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Ying-Spring point Fire point of the Kidney channel
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  9. 9
    KI5 Shuiquan Kidney · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  10. 10
    SI1 Shaoze Small Intestine · Hand · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Jing-Well point Metal point of the Small Intestine channel
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  11. 11
    SI2 Qiangu Small Intestine · Hand · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Ying-Spring point Water point of the Small Intestine channel
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  12. 12
    SI3 Houxi Small Intestine · Hand · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Shu-Stream point Wood point of the Small Intestine channel Tonification (mother) point Confluent point of the Du Mai
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  13. 13
    SI4 Wangu Small Intestine · Hand · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Yuan-Source point
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  14. 14
    SP1 Yinbai Spleen · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-Well point Wood point of the Spleen channel
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  15. 15
    SP2 Dadu Spleen · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Ying-Spring point Fire point of the Spleen channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  16. 16
    SP3 Taibai Spleen · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Spleen channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  17. 17
    SP4 Gongsun Spleen · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Luo-Connecting point Confluent point of the Chong Mai
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  18. 18
    SP5 Shangqiu Spleen · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-River point Metal point of the Spleen channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 18. SP5 17. SP4 16. SP3 15. SP2 14. SP1 13. SI4 12. SI3 11. SI2 10. SI1 9. KI5 8. KI2 7. KI1 6. HT9 5. HT8 4. GB44 3. GB43 2. GB42 1. GB41
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 18. SP5 17. SP4 16. SP3 15. SP2 14. SP1 13. SI4 12. SI3 11. SI2 10. SI1 9. KI5 8. KI2 7. KI1 6. HT9 5. HT8 4. GB44 3. GB43 2. GB42 1. GB41

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).