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.

Affected channel

Region of the complaint

Side of the complaint

Acute (lifts the Xi-Cleft point)

Pattern slug (optional)

Worked cases

Large Intestine channel · Wrist

The six systems

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

Ranked points (8)

1
LI5 Yangxi Large Intestine · Wrist · opposite side score 3.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Jing-River point Fire point of the Large Intestine channel
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
- Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
2
ST41 Jiexi Stomach · Ankle · opposite side score 2.0

1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-River point Fire point of the Stomach channel Tonification (mother) point
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
3
KI3 Taixi Kidney · Ankle · either side score 1.0

4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Kidney channel
- Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
4
KI4 Dazhong Kidney · Heel · either side score 1.0

4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Luo-Connecting point
- Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
5
KI6 Zhaohai Kidney · Ankle · either side score 1.0

4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Confluent point of the Yin Qiao Mai Point of origin of the Yin Qiao Mai
- Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
6
LU8 Jingqu Lung · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Jing-River point Metal point of the Lung channel Horary point
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
⚠ The radial artery lies immediately medial — locate the pulse and needle lateral to it. Moxibustion is classically avoided here.
7
LU9 Taiyuan Lung · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Lung channel Tonification (mother) point Hui-Meeting point of the vessels
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
⚠ The radial artery runs at the point — palpate the pulse and insert beside it, not into it.
8
LV4 Zhongfeng Liver · Ankle · either side score 1.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-River point Metal point of the Liver channel
- Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))

Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank — Fig. — front After Albinus, 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).