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

Stomach channel · Knee

The six systems

System	Treating channel	Look at	Side
1. Same Chinese name	Large Intestine (LI)	Elbow · Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Elbow · Reversed mirror	opposite side
2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong)	Pericardium (PC)	Elbow · Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Elbow · Reversed mirror	either side
3. Interior–exterior pair	Spleen (SP)	Knee, Back of knee · Same segment, opposite side	opposite side
4. Chinese clock opposite	Pericardium (PC)	Elbow · Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Elbow · Reversed mirror	either side
5. Chinese clock neighbour	Large Intestine (LI)	Elbow · Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Elbow · Reversed mirror	opposite side
6. Same channel	Stomach (ST)	Knee, Back of knee · Same segment, opposite side	opposite side

Ranked points (5)

1
LI11 Quchi Large Intestine · Elbow · opposite side score 4.0

1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror He-Sea point Earth point of the Large Intestine channel Tonification (mother) point
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
- Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
2
LI12 Zhouliao Large Intestine · Elbow · opposite side score 2.0

1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
3
PC3 Quze Pericardium · Elbow · either side score 2.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) 4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Reversed mirror He-Sea point Water point of the Pericardium channel
- Selected by 2 systems (2, 4)
⚠ The brachial artery lies medial to the biceps tendon — palpate before needling.
4
SP9 Yinlingquan Spleen · Knee · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side He-Sea point Water point of the Spleen channel
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
5
ST35 Dubi Stomach · Knee · opposite side score 1.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side
- 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).