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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

Pericardium channel · Hand

The six systems

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

Not mapped for this region: Reversed mirror.

Ranked points (15)

  1. 1
    ST42 Chongyang Stomach · Foot · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Yuan-Source point
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)

    ⚠ The dorsalis pedis artery lies at the point — palpate and needle to one side.

  2. 2
    ST43 Xiangu Stomach · Foot · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Wood point of the Stomach channel
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  3. 3
    ST44 Neiting Stomach · Foot · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Ying-Spring point Water point of the Stomach channel
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  4. 4
    ST45 Lidui Stomach · Foot · either side score 2.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-Well point Metal point of the Stomach channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
  5. 5
    KI1 Yongquan Kidney · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-Well point Wood point of the Kidney channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)

    ⚠ Intensely sensitive — warn the patient. Contraindicated in pregnancy.

  6. 6
    KI2 Rangu Kidney · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Ying-Spring point Fire point of the Kidney channel
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  7. 7
    KI5 Shuiquan Kidney · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  8. 8
    LV1 Dadun Liver · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-Well point Wood point of the Liver channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  9. 9
    LV2 Xingjian Liver · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Ying-Spring point Fire point of the Liver channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
  10. 10
    LV3 Taichong Liver · Foot · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Liver channel
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)

    ⚠ With LI4 forms the "Four Gates" to strongly move Qi and Blood — caution in pregnancy.

  11. 11
    PC8 Laogong Pericardium · Hand · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Ying-Spring point Fire point of the Pericardium channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)

    ⚠ A very sensitive point — warn the patient before needling.

  12. 12
    PC9 Zhongchong Pericardium · Hand · opposite side score 1.0
    6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Jing-Well point Wood point of the Pericardium channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
  13. 13
    TE1 Guanchong Triple Energiser · Hand · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Jing-Well point Metal point of the Triple Energiser channel
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  14. 14
    TE2 Yemen Triple Energiser · Hand · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Ying-Spring point Water point of the Triple Energiser channel
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  15. 15
    TE3 Zhongzhu Triple Energiser · Hand · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Shu-Stream point Wood point of the Triple Energiser channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 15. TE3 14. TE2 13. TE1 12. PC9 11. PC8 10. LV3 9. LV2 8. LV1 7. KI5 6. KI2 5. KI1 4. ST45 3. ST44 2. ST43 1. ST42
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 15. TE3 14. TE2 13. TE1 12. PC9 11. PC8 10. LV3 9. LV2 8. LV1 7. KI5 6. KI2 5. KI1 4. ST45 3. ST44 2. ST43 1. ST42

Candidates, front · 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).