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

Pericardium channel · Elbow

The six systems

System	Treating channel	Look at	Side
1. Same Chinese name	Liver (LV)	Knee, Back of knee · Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Knee, Back of knee · Reversed mirror	opposite side
2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong)	Stomach (ST)	Knee, Back of knee · Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Knee, Back of knee · Reversed mirror	either side
3. Interior–exterior pair	Triple Energiser (TE)	Elbow · Same segment, opposite side	opposite side
4. Chinese clock opposite	Stomach (ST)	Knee, Back of knee · Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Knee, Back of knee · Reversed mirror	either side
5. Chinese clock neighbour	Kidney (KI)	Knee, Back of knee · Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Knee, Back of knee · Reversed mirror	opposite side
6. Same channel	Pericardium (PC)	Elbow · Same segment, opposite side	opposite side

Ranked points (6)

1
ST35 Dubi Stomach · 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
KI10 Yingu Kidney · Knee · opposite side score 1.0

5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror He-Sea point Water point of the Kidney channel Horary point
- Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
3
LV7 Xiguan Liver · Knee · opposite side score 1.0

1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror
- Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
4
LV8 Ququan Liver · Knee · opposite side score 1.0

1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror He-Sea point Water point of the Liver channel Tonification (mother) point
- Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
5
PC3 Quze Pericardium · Elbow · opposite side score 1.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side He-Sea point Water point of the Pericardium channel
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
⚠ The brachial artery lies medial to the biceps tendon — palpate before needling.
6
TE10 Tianjing Triple Energiser · Elbow · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side He-Sea point Earth point of the Triple Energiser channel Sedation (son) point
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)

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).