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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

Lung channel · Elbow

The six systems

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

Ranked points (9)

  1. 1
    BL38 Fuxi Bladder · Back of knee · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  2. 2
    BL39 Weiyang Bladder · Back of knee · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror Lower He-Sea point of the Triple Energiser
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  3. 3
    BL40 Weizhong Bladder · Back of knee · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror He-Sea point Earth point of the Bladder channel Command point of the back
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)

    ⚠ Avoid the popliteal artery and the tibial nerve; do not needle deeply.

  4. 4
    LI11 Quchi Large Intestine · Elbow · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side He-Sea point Earth point of the Large Intestine channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  5. 5
    LI12 Zhouliao Large Intestine · Elbow · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  6. 6
    LU5 Chize Lung · Elbow · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side He-Sea point Water point of the Lung channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  7. 7
    LV7 Xiguan Liver · Knee · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  8. 8
    LV8 Ququan Liver · Knee · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror He-Sea point Water point of the Liver channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  9. 9
    SP9 Yinlingquan Spleen · Knee · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror He-Sea point Water point of the Spleen channel
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 9. SP9 8. LV8 7. LV7 6. LU5 5. LI12 4. LI11
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 9. SP9 8. LV8 7. LV7 6. LU5 5. LI12 4. LI11

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

Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 3. BL40 2. BL39 1. BL38
Fig. — back After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 3. BL40 2. BL39 1. BL38

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).