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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

Large Intestine channel · Elbow

The six systems

System Treating channel Look at Side
1. Same Chinese name Stomach (ST)
Knee, Back of knee · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Knee, Back of knee · Reversed mirror
opposite side
2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Liver (LV)
Knee, Back of knee · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Knee, Back of knee · Reversed mirror
either side
3. Interior–exterior pair Lung (LU)
Elbow · Same segment, opposite side
opposite side
4. Chinese clock opposite Kidney (KI)
Knee, Back of knee · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Knee, Back of knee · Reversed mirror
either side
5. Chinese clock neighbour Stomach (ST)
Knee, Back of knee · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Knee, Back of knee · Reversed mirror
opposite side
6. Same channel Large Intestine (LI)
Elbow · Same segment, opposite side
opposite side

Ranked points (7)

  1. 1
    ST35 Dubi Stomach · Knee · opposite side score 2.0
    1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror
    • Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
  2. 2
    KI10 Yingu Kidney · Knee · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror He-Sea point Water point of the Kidney channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
  3. 3
    LI11 Quchi Large Intestine · Elbow · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side He-Sea point Earth point of the Large Intestine channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  4. 4
    LI12 Zhouliao Large Intestine · Elbow · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  5. 5
    LU5 Chize Lung · Elbow · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side He-Sea point Water point of the Lung channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  6. 6
    LV7 Xiguan Liver · Knee · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
  7. 7
    LV8 Ququan Liver · Knee · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror He-Sea point Water point of the Liver channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 7. LV8 6. LV7 5. LU5 4. LI12 3. LI11 2. KI10 1. ST35
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 7. LV8 6. LV7 5. LU5 4. LI12 3. LI11 2. KI10 1. ST35

Candidates, front · 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).