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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 · Wrist

The six systems

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

Ranked points (11)

  1. 1
    GB40 Qiuxu Gallbladder · Ankle · either side score 4.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Yuan-Source point
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  2. 2
    SI5 Yanggu Small Intestine · Wrist · opposite side score 3.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Jing-River point Fire point of the Small Intestine channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  3. 3
    GB29 Juliao Gallbladder · Hip & groin · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Meeting point of the Gallbladder channel with the Yang Qiao Mai
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  4. 4
    GB30 Huantiao Gallbladder · Buttock · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror 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.

  5. 5
    HT5 Tongli Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Luo-Connecting point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  6. 6
    HT6 Yinxi Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  7. 7
    HT7 Shenmen Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Heart channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  8. 8
    KI3 Taixi Kidney · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Kidney channel
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  9. 9
    KI4 Dazhong Kidney · Heel · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Luo-Connecting point
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  10. 10
    KI6 Zhaohai Kidney · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Confluent point of the Yin Qiao Mai Point of origin of the Yin Qiao Mai
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  11. 11
    SI6 Yanglao Small Intestine · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 11. SI6 10. KI6 9. KI4 8. KI3 7. HT7 6. HT6 5. HT5 3. GB29 2. SI5 1. GB40
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 11. SI6 10. KI6 9. KI4 8. KI3 7. HT7 6. HT6 5. HT5 3. GB29 2. SI5 1. GB40

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

Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 4. GB30
Fig. — back After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 4. GB30

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

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

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).