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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 · Wrist

The six systems

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

Ranked points (10)

  1. 1
    LI5 Yangxi Large Intestine · Wrist · opposite side score 3.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Jing-River point Fire point of the Large Intestine channel
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  2. 2
    BL35 Huiyang Bladder · Buttock · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  3. 3
    BL53 Baohuang Bladder · Buttock · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Outer Bladder line
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  4. 4
    BL54 Zhibian Bladder · Buttock · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Outer Bladder line
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  5. 5
    BL60 Kunlun Bladder · Ankle · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-River point Fire point of the Bladder channel
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)

    ⚠ Contraindicated in pregnancy — classically used to promote delivery.

  6. 6
    BL61 Pucan Bladder · Heel · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  7. 7
    BL62 Shenmai Bladder · Ankle · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Confluent point of the Yang Qiao Mai Point of origin of the Yang Qiao Mai
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  8. 8
    LU8 Jingqu Lung · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Jing-River point Metal point of the Lung channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)

    ⚠ The radial artery lies immediately medial — locate the pulse and needle lateral to it. Moxibustion is classically avoided here.

  9. 9
    LU9 Taiyuan Lung · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel 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 6 (Same channel)

    ⚠ The radial artery runs at the point — palpate the pulse and insert beside it, not into it.

  10. 10
    LV4 Zhongfeng Liver · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-River point Metal point of the Liver channel
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 10. LV4 9. LU9 8. LU8 1. LI5
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 10. LV4 9. LU9 8. LU8 1. LI5

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

Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 7. BL62 6. BL61 5. BL60 4. BL54 3. BL53 2. BL35
Fig. — back After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 7. BL62 6. BL61 5. BL60 4. BL54 3. BL53 2. BL35

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

No point in the mapped segment: SP at Ankle, Heel, Hip & groin, Buttock (Same Chinese name);

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).