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Acupuncture

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

Liver channel · Ankle

The six systems

System Treating channel Look at Side
1. Same Chinese name Pericardium (PC)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
opposite side
2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Large Intestine (LI)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
either side
3. Interior–exterior pair Gallbladder (GB)
Ankle, Heel · Same segment, opposite side
opposite side
4. Chinese clock opposite Small Intestine (SI)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
either side
5. Chinese clock neighbour Lung (LU)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
opposite side
6. Same channel Liver (LV)
Ankle, Heel · Same segment, opposite side
opposite side

Ranked points (12)

  1. 1
    GB40 Qiuxu Gallbladder · Ankle · opposite side score 3.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Yuan-Source point
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  2. 2
    LI5 Yangxi Large Intestine · Wrist · either side score 3.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-River point Fire point of the Large Intestine channel
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  3. 3
    SI5 Yanggu Small Intestine · Wrist · either side score 3.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-River point Fire point of the Small Intestine channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  4. 4
    SI6 Yanglao Small Intestine · Wrist · either side score 3.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  5. 5
    LI15 Jianyu Large Intestine · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Reversed mirror Meeting point of the Large Intestine channel with the Yang Qiao Mai
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
  6. 6
    LI16 Jugu Large Intestine · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Reversed mirror Meeting point of the Large Intestine channel with the Yang Qiao Mai
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))

    ⚠ Do not needle deeply or medially — risk of pneumothorax.

  7. 7
    LU8 Jingqu Lung · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-River point Metal point of the Lung channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)

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

  8. 8
    LU9 Taiyuan Lung · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Lung channel Tonification (mother) point Hui-Meeting point of the vessels
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)

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

  9. 9
    LV4 Zhongfeng Liver · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Jing-River point Metal point of the Liver channel
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  10. 10
    PC7 Daling Pericardium · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Pericardium channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  11. 11
    SI9 Jianzhen Small Intestine · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)

    ⚠ Do not angle medially toward the chest wall.

  12. 12
    SI10 Naoshu Small Intestine · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Meeting point of the Small Intestine channel with the Yang Wei and Yang Qiao Mai
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 10. PC7 9. LV4 8. LU9 7. LU8 6. LI16 5. LI15 4. SI6 3. SI5 2. LI5 1. GB40
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 10. PC7 9. LV4 8. LU9 7. LU8 6. LI16 5. LI15 4. SI6 3. SI5 2. LI5 1. GB40

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

Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 12. SI10 11. SI9
Fig. — back After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 12. SI10 11. SI9

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).