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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 · Hip & groin

The six systems

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

Ranked points (12)

  1. 1
    SI6 Yanglao Small Intestine · Wrist · either side score 3.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  2. 2
    GB29 Juliao Gallbladder · Hip & groin · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Meeting point of the Gallbladder channel with the Yang Qiao Mai
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  3. 3
    GB30 Huantiao Gallbladder · Buttock · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Meeting point of the Gallbladder and Bladder channels
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)

    ⚠ The sciatic nerve lies beneath. A brief radiating sensation to the foot is the classical arrival of qi; do not manipulate repeatedly to reproduce it.

  4. 4
    LI5 Yangxi Large Intestine · Wrist · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Reversed mirror Jing-River point Fire point of the Large Intestine channel
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
  5. 5
    LI15 Jianyu Large Intestine · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) 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) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) 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 Reversed mirror 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 Reversed mirror 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
    PC7 Daling Pericardium · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Reversed mirror Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Pericardium channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  10. 10
    SI5 Yanggu Small Intestine · Wrist · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Jing-River point Fire point of the Small Intestine channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
  11. 11
    SI9 Jianzhen Small Intestine · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    • 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 Mirror (arm ↔ leg) 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. SI5 9. PC7 8. LU9 7. LU8 6. LI16 5. LI15 4. LI5 2. GB29 1. SI6
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 10. SI5 9. PC7 8. LU9 7. LU8 6. LI16 5. LI15 4. LI5 2. GB29 1. SI6

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

Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 12. SI10 11. SI9 3. GB30
Fig. — back After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 12. SI10 11. SI9 3. GB30

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

No point in the mapped segment: LV at Hip & groin, Buttock (Same channel);

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).