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

Spleen channel · Foot

The six systems

System	Treating channel	Look at	Side
1. Same Chinese name	Lung (LU)	Hand · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)	opposite side
2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong)	Small Intestine (SI)	Hand · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)	either side
3. Interior–exterior pair	Stomach (ST)	Foot · Same segment, opposite side	opposite side
4. Chinese clock opposite	Triple Energiser (TE)	Hand · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)	either side
5. Chinese clock neighbour	Heart (HT)	Hand · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)	opposite side
6. Same channel	Spleen (SP)	Foot · Same segment, opposite side	opposite side

Not mapped for this region: Reversed mirror.

Ranked points (20)

1
HT8 Shaofu Heart · Hand · opposite side score 1.0

5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Ying-Spring point Fire point of the Heart channel Horary point
- Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
2
HT9 Shaochong Heart · Hand · opposite side score 1.0

5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-Well point Wood point of the Heart channel Tonification (mother) point
- Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
3
LU10 Yuji Lung · Hand · opposite side score 1.0

1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Ying-Spring point Fire point of the Lung channel
- Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
4
LU11 Shaoshang Lung · Hand · opposite side score 1.0

1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-Well point Wood point of the Lung channel
- Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)
5
SI1 Shaoze Small Intestine · Hand · either side score 1.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-Well point Metal point of the Small Intestine channel
- Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
6
SI2 Qiangu Small Intestine · Hand · either side score 1.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Ying-Spring point Water point of the Small Intestine channel
- Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
7
SI3 Houxi Small Intestine · Hand · either side score 1.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Wood point of the Small Intestine channel Tonification (mother) point Confluent point of the Du Mai
- Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
8
SI4 Wangu Small Intestine · Hand · either side score 1.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Yuan-Source point
- Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
9
SP1 Yinbai Spleen · Foot · opposite side score 1.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Jing-Well point Wood point of the Spleen channel
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
10
SP2 Dadu Spleen · Foot · opposite side score 1.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Ying-Spring point Fire point of the Spleen channel Tonification (mother) point
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
11
SP3 Taibai Spleen · Foot · opposite side score 1.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Spleen channel Horary point
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
12
SP4 Gongsun Spleen · Foot · opposite side score 1.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Luo-Connecting point Confluent point of the Chong Mai
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
13
SP5 Shangqiu Spleen · Foot · opposite side score 1.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Jing-River point Metal point of the Spleen channel Sedation (son) point
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
14
ST42 Chongyang Stomach · Foot · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Yuan-Source point
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
⚠ The dorsalis pedis artery lies at the point — palpate and needle to one side.
15
ST43 Xiangu Stomach · Foot · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Shu-Stream point Wood point of the Stomach channel
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
16
ST44 Neiting Stomach · Foot · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Ying-Spring point Water point of the Stomach channel
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
17
ST45 Lidui Stomach · Foot · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Jing-Well point Metal point of the Stomach channel Sedation (son) point
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
18
TE1 Guanchong Triple Energiser · Hand · either side score 1.0

4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-Well point Metal point of the Triple Energiser channel
- Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
19
TE2 Yemen Triple Energiser · Hand · either side score 1.0

4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Ying-Spring point Water point of the Triple Energiser channel
- Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
20
TE3 Zhongzhu Triple Energiser · Hand · either side score 1.0

4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Wood point of the Triple Energiser channel Tonification (mother) point
- Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)

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).