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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 · Thigh

The six systems

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

Ranked points (23)

  1. 1
    BL36 Chengfu Bladder · Thigh · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  2. 2
    BL37 Yinmen Bladder · Thigh · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  3. 3
    HT2 Qingling Heart · Upper arm · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  4. 4
    HT4 Lingdao Heart · Forearm · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Reversed mirror Jing-River point Metal point of the Heart channel
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)

    ⚠ The ulnar nerve lies close by — withdraw and redirect if the patient reports an electric sensation into the little finger.

  5. 5
    LI6 Pianli Large Intestine · Forearm · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Luo-Connecting point
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
  6. 6
    LI7 Wenliu Large Intestine · Forearm · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
  7. 7
    LI8 Xialian Large Intestine · Forearm · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
  8. 8
    LI9 Shanglian Large Intestine · Forearm · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
  9. 9
    LI10 Shousanli Large Intestine · Forearm · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
  10. 10
    LI13 Shouwuli Large Intestine · Upper arm · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)

    ⚠ Avoid deep needling — the radial nerve and brachial vessels lie close by. Classical texts list this as a forbidden point for moxibustion in some traditions.

  11. 11
    LI14 Binao Large Intestine · Upper arm · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Meeting point of the Large Intestine channel with the Yang Wei Mai
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
  12. 12
    PC2 Tianquan Pericardium · Upper arm · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  13. 13
    PC4 Ximen Pericardium · Forearm · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  14. 14
    PC5 Jianshi Pericardium · Forearm · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror Jing-River point Metal point of the Pericardium channel
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  15. 15
    PC6 Neiguan Pericardium · Forearm · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror Luo-Connecting point Confluent point of the Yin Wei Mai
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  16. 16
    TE5 Waiguan Triple Energiser · Forearm · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Reversed mirror Luo-Connecting point Confluent point of the Yang Wei Mai
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
  17. 17
    TE6 Zhigou Triple Energiser · Forearm · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Reversed mirror Jing-River point Fire point of the Triple Energiser channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
  18. 18
    TE7 Huizong Triple Energiser · Forearm · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Reversed mirror Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
  19. 19
    TE8 Sanyangluo Triple Energiser · Forearm · 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))
  20. 20
    TE9 Sidu Triple Energiser · Forearm · 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))
  21. 21
    TE11 Qinglengyuan Triple Energiser · Upper arm · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
  22. 22
    TE12 Xiaoluo Triple Energiser · Upper arm · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
  23. 23
    TE13 Naohui Triple Energiser · Upper arm · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Meeting point of the Triple Energiser channel with the Yang Wei Mai
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 23. TE13 22. TE12 21. TE11 20. TE9 19. TE8 18. TE7 17. TE6 16. TE5 15. PC6 14. PC5 13. PC4 12. PC2 11. LI14 10. LI13 9. LI10 8. LI9 7. LI8 6. LI7 5. LI6 4. HT4 3. HT2
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 23. TE13 22. TE12 21. TE11 20. TE9 19. TE8 18. TE7 17. TE6 16. TE5 15. PC6 14. PC5 13. PC4 12. PC2 11. LI14 10. LI13 9. LI10 8. LI9 7. LI8 6. LI7 5. LI6 4. HT4 3. HT2

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

Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 2. BL37 1. BL36
Fig. — back After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 2. BL37 1. BL36

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

No point in the mapped segment: KI at Thigh (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).