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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 · Upper arm

The six systems

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

Ranked points (16)

  1. 1
    GB31 Fengshi Gallbladder · Thigh · 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)
  2. 2
    GB32 Zhongdu Gallbladder · Thigh · 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)
  3. 3
    GB35 Yangjiao Gallbladder · Lower leg · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Xi-Cleft point of the Yang Wei Mai
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  4. 4
    GB36 Waiqiu Gallbladder · Lower leg · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  5. 5
    GB37 Guangming Gallbladder · Lower leg · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Luo-Connecting point
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  6. 6
    GB38 Yangfu Gallbladder · Lower leg · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Jing-River point Fire point of the Gallbladder channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  7. 7
    GB39 Xuanzhong Gallbladder · Lower leg · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Hui-Meeting point of the marrow
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  8. 8
    HT2 Qingling Heart · Upper arm · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  9. 9
    KI7 Fuliu Kidney · Lower leg · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Reversed mirror Jing-River point Metal point of the Kidney channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  10. 10
    KI8 Jiaoxin Kidney · Lower leg · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Reversed mirror Xi-Cleft point of the Yin Qiao Mai
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  11. 11
    KI9 Zhubin Kidney · Lower leg · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Reversed mirror Xi-Cleft point of the Yin Wei Mai
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  12. 12
    SP6 Sanyinjiao Spleen · Lower leg · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror Meeting point of the Spleen, Liver and Kidney channels
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)

    ⚠ Contraindicated in pregnancy — classically used to promote labour.

  13. 13
    SP7 Lougu Spleen · Lower leg · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  14. 14
    SP8 Diji Spleen · Lower leg · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  15. 15
    SP10 Xuehai Spleen · Thigh · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Sea of Blood
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  16. 16
    SP11 Jimen Spleen · Thigh · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)

    ⚠ The point lies over the femoral artery — palpate and avoid.

Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 16. SP11 15. SP10 14. SP8 13. SP7 12. SP6 11. KI9 10. KI8 9. KI7 8. HT2 7. GB39 6. GB38 5. GB37 4. GB36 3. GB35 2. GB32 1. GB31
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 16. SP11 15. SP10 14. SP8 13. SP7 12. SP6 11. KI9 10. KI8 9. KI7 8. HT2 7. GB39 6. GB38 5. GB37 4. GB36 3. GB35 2. GB32 1. GB31

Candidates, front · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

No point in the mapped segment: SI at Upper arm (Interior–exterior pair);

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).