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

Triple Energiser channel · Wrist

The six systems

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

Ranked points (8)

1
GB40 Qiuxu Gallbladder · Ankle · opposite side score 4.0

1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Yuan-Source point
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
- Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
2
TE4 Yangchi Triple Energiser · Wrist · opposite side score 3.0

6. Same channel Same segment, opposite side Yuan-Source point
- Selected by system 6 (Same channel)
- Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
3
GB29 Juliao Gallbladder · Hip & groin · opposite side score 2.0

1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror Meeting point of the Gallbladder channel with the Yang Qiao Mai
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
4
GB30 Huantiao Gallbladder · Buttock · opposite side score 2.0

1. Same Chinese name 5. Chinese clock neighbour Reversed mirror Meeting point of the Gallbladder and Bladder channels
- Selected by 2 systems (1, 5)
⚠ The sciatic nerve lies beneath. A brief radiating sensation to the foot is the classical arrival of qi; do not manipulate repeatedly to reproduce it.
5
KI3 Taixi Kidney · Ankle · either side score 1.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Kidney channel
- Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
6
KI4 Dazhong Kidney · Heel · either side score 1.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Luo-Connecting point
- Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
7
KI6 Zhaohai Kidney · Ankle · either side score 1.0

2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Confluent point of the Yin Qiao Mai Point of origin of the Yin Qiao Mai
- Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
8
PC7 Daling Pericardium · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0

3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Pericardium channel Sedation (son) point
- Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)

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 (Chinese clock opposite);

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).