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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

Spleen channel · Hip & groin

The six systems

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

Ranked points (11)

  1. 1
    SI6 Yanglao Small Intestine · Wrist · either side score 3.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Reversed mirror Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  2. 2
    HT5 Tongli Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror Luo-Connecting point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  3. 3
    HT6 Yinxi Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  4. 4
    HT7 Shenmen Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Heart channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  5. 5
    LU8 Jingqu Lung · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Reversed mirror Jing-River point Metal point of the Lung channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)

    ⚠ The radial artery lies immediately medial — locate the pulse and needle lateral to it. Moxibustion is classically avoided here.

  6. 6
    LU9 Taiyuan Lung · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Reversed mirror Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Lung channel Tonification (mother) point Hui-Meeting point of the vessels
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)

    ⚠ The radial artery runs at the point — palpate the pulse and insert beside it, not into it.

  7. 7
    SI5 Yanggu Small Intestine · Wrist · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Reversed mirror Jing-River point Fire point of the Small Intestine channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
  8. 8
    SI9 Jianzhen Small Intestine · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))

    ⚠ Do not angle medially toward the chest wall.

  9. 9
    SI10 Naoshu Small Intestine · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Meeting point of the Small Intestine channel with the Yang Wei and Yang Qiao Mai
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
  10. 10
    TE4 Yangchi Triple Energiser · Wrist · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror Yuan-Source point
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
  11. 11
    TE14 Jianliao Triple Energiser · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 11. TE14 10. TE4 7. SI5 6. LU9 5. LU8 4. HT7 3. HT6 2. HT5 1. SI6
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 11. TE14 10. TE4 7. SI5 6. LU9 5. LU8 4. HT7 3. HT6 2. HT5 1. SI6

Candidates, front · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 9. SI10 8. SI9
Fig. — back After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 9. SI10 8. SI9

Candidates, back · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

No point in the mapped segment: ST at Hip & groin, Buttock (Interior–exterior pair); SP at Hip & groin, Buttock (Same channel);

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).