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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

Kidney channel · Ankle

The six systems

System Treating channel Look at Side
1. Same Chinese name Heart (HT)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
opposite side
2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Triple Energiser (TE)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
either side
3. Interior–exterior pair Bladder (BL)
Ankle, Heel · Same segment, opposite side
opposite side
4. Chinese clock opposite Large Intestine (LI)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
either side
5. Chinese clock neighbour Pericardium (PC)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
opposite side
6. Same channel Kidney (KI)
Ankle, Heel · Same segment, opposite side
opposite side

Ranked points (15)

  1. 1
    LI5 Yangxi Large Intestine · Wrist · either side score 3.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-River point Fire point of the Large Intestine channel
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  2. 2
    TE4 Yangchi Triple Energiser · Wrist · either side score 3.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Yuan-Source point
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  3. 3
    BL60 Kunlun Bladder · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Jing-River point Fire point of the Bladder channel
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)

    ⚠ Contraindicated in pregnancy — classically used to promote delivery.

  4. 4
    BL61 Pucan Bladder · Heel · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  5. 5
    BL62 Shenmai Bladder · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Confluent point of the Yang Qiao Mai Point of origin of the Yang Qiao Mai
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  6. 6
    HT5 Tongli Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Luo-Connecting point
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  7. 7
    HT6 Yinxi Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  8. 8
    HT7 Shenmen Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Heart channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  9. 9
    KI3 Taixi Kidney · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Kidney channel
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  10. 10
    KI4 Dazhong Kidney · Heel · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Luo-Connecting point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  11. 11
    KI6 Zhaohai Kidney · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Confluent point of the Yin Qiao Mai Point of origin of the Yin Qiao Mai
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  12. 12
    LI15 Jianyu Large Intestine · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Meeting point of the Large Intestine channel with the Yang Qiao Mai
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
  13. 13
    LI16 Jugu Large Intestine · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Meeting point of the Large Intestine channel with the Yang Qiao Mai
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)

    ⚠ Do not needle deeply or medially — risk of pneumothorax.

  14. 14
    PC7 Daling Pericardium · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Pericardium channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  15. 15
    TE14 Jianliao Triple Energiser · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Reversed mirror
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 15. TE14 14. PC7 13. LI16 12. LI15 11. KI6 10. KI4 9. KI3 8. HT7 7. HT6 6. HT5 2. TE4 1. LI5
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 15. TE14 14. PC7 13. LI16 12. LI15 11. KI6 10. KI4 9. KI3 8. HT7 7. HT6 6. HT5 2. TE4 1. LI5

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

Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 5. BL62 4. BL61 3. BL60
Fig. — back After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 5. BL62 4. BL61 3. BL60

Candidates, back · 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).