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 · Wrist

The six systems

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

Ranked points (7)

1
TE4 Yangchi Triple Energiser · Wrist · 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
ST41 Jiexi Stomach · 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 Stomach channel Tonification (mother) point
- Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
3
KI3 Taixi Kidney · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0

5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Kidney channel
- Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
4
KI4 Dazhong Kidney · Heel · opposite side score 1.0

5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Luo-Connecting point
- Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
5
KI6 Zhaohai Kidney · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0

5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Confluent point of the Yin Qiao Mai Point of origin of the Yin Qiao Mai
- Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
6
LV4 Zhongfeng Liver · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0

1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-River point Metal point of the Liver channel
- Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
7
PC7 Daling Pericardium · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Pericardium channel Sedation (son) point
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)

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).