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

Heart channel · Shoulder

The six systems

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

Ranked points (8)

1
GB29 Juliao Gallbladder · Hip & groin · either side score 2.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Meeting point of the Gallbladder channel with the Yang Qiao Mai
- Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
2
GB30 Huantiao Gallbladder · Buttock · either side score 2.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Meeting point of the Gallbladder and Bladder channels
- Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
⚠ 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.
3
GB40 Qiuxu Gallbladder · Ankle · either side score 2.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Yuan-Source point
- Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
4
KI3 Taixi Kidney · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0

1. Same Chinese name Reversed mirror Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Kidney channel
- Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
5
KI4 Dazhong Kidney · Heel · opposite side score 1.0

1. Same Chinese name Reversed mirror Luo-Connecting point
- Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
6
KI6 Zhaohai Kidney · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0

1. Same Chinese name Reversed mirror Confluent point of the Yin Qiao Mai Point of origin of the Yin Qiao Mai
- Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
7
SI9 Jianzhen Small Intestine · Shoulder · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
⚠ Do not angle medially toward the chest wall.
8
SI10 Naoshu Small Intestine · Shoulder · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Meeting point of the Small Intestine channel with the Yang Wei and Yang Qiao 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

No point in the mapped segment: SP at Hip & groin, Buttock, Ankle, Heel (Chinese clock neighbour); HT at Shoulder (Same channel);

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).