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

Small Intestine channel · Wrist

The six systems

System	Treating channel	Look at	Side
1. Same Chinese name	Bladder (BL)	Ankle, Heel · Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Hip & groin, Buttock · Reversed mirror	opposite side
2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong)	Spleen (SP)	Ankle, Heel · Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Hip & groin, Buttock · Reversed mirror	either side
3. Interior–exterior pair	Heart (HT)	Wrist · Same segment, opposite side	opposite side
4. Chinese clock opposite	Liver (LV)	Ankle, Heel · Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Hip & groin, Buttock · Reversed mirror	either side
5. Chinese clock neighbour	Bladder (BL)	Ankle, Heel · Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Hip & groin, Buttock · Reversed mirror	opposite side
6. Same channel	Small Intestine (SI)	Wrist · Same segment, opposite side	opposite side

Ranked points (12)

1
SI5 Yanggu Small Intestine · Wrist · opposite side score 3.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Jing-River point Fire point of the Small Intestine channel Horary point
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
- Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
2
BL35 Huiyang Bladder · Buttock · opposite side score 2.0

1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
3
BL53 Baohuang Bladder · Buttock · opposite side score 2.0

1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror Outer Bladder line
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
4
BL54 Zhibian Bladder · Buttock · opposite side score 2.0

1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror Outer Bladder line
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
5
BL60 Kunlun Bladder · Ankle · opposite side score 2.0

1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-River point Fire point of the Bladder channel
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
⚠ Contraindicated in pregnancy — classically used to promote delivery.
6
BL61 Pucan Bladder · Heel · opposite side score 2.0

1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
7
BL62 Shenmai Bladder · Ankle · opposite side score 2.0

1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Confluent point of the Yang Qiao Mai Point of origin of the Yang Qiao Mai
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
8
HT5 Tongli Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 2.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Luo-Connecting point
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
- Luo-Connecting point of the interior–exterior pair
9
HT6 Yinxi Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Xi-Cleft point
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
10
HT7 Shenmen Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Heart channel Sedation (son) point
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
11
LV4 Zhongfeng Liver · Ankle · either side score 1.0

4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-River point Metal point of the Liver channel
- Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
12
SI6 Yanglao Small Intestine · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Xi-Cleft point
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)

Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank — Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747

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

No point in the mapped segment: SP at Ankle, Heel, Hip & groin, Buttock (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong));

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).