CM Index Drug Effects
Drug-Herb Index
Buspirone
BuSpar

Clinical Application(s)
Herb Alternatives
Herb Alternatives
Calm (ES)
- Left side: Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Right side: Quze (PC 3), Daling (PC 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
- Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qiuxu (GB 40), Taichong (LR 3), Ligou (LR 5), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Anmian (Ex-HN16), 4 needles on Sishencong (Ex-HN1) inserting from 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock directions, Ear Shenmen
- Primary points: Huoxi (T 11.16), Mu (T 11.17), Muyan (T 11.20), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
- Secondary points: Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04)
- Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Liver qi stagnation, anxiety, stress, irritability, nervousness: Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
- PMS: Fuke (T 11.24), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fengchao
- Breast distension: Jianzhong (T 44.06)
- Insomnia: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18). Direct moxa on Shimian.
- Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone, Fenglong (ST 40) or Heart Zone, Huoying (T 66.03), Renhuang (T 77.21), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Anxiety, stress, irritability, insomnia: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)
- PMS: Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24)
- Insomnia: Linggu (T 22.05), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Shenjian (T 44.19), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Shenmen on the ear. Bleed du (governing) channel and back of the knee area. Bleed before needling for best result.
- PMS: Fuke (T 11.24), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Linggu (T 22.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06). Bleed Huobao (T 55.01) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Stress: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13)
- Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) : Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13). Bleed the Heart and the Lung areas on the back as well as Qixing (T DT.03).
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night: Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Fuchang (T 77.12), Huoying (T 66.03), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Irritability:
- Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Qimen (LR 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 21 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 31 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 27 : Yinxi (HT 6), Juque (CV 14), Yutang (CV 18), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Gongsun (SP 4), Jiexi (ST 41), Zhiyin (BL 67), Wangu (GB 12), Baihui (GV 20), Qiangjian (GV 18), Chengguang (BL 6), Youmen (KI 21), Shaochong (HT 9), Chize (LU 5), Shaoze (SI 1), Tongli (HT 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Taiyi (ST 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zigong (CV 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Due to Deficiency: Neiguan (PC 6), Feishu (BL 13)
- Due to deficiency heat : Baihui (GV 20), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Daling (PC 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jianjing (GB 21)
- Excess heat or febrile disease : Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3), Shangwan (CV 13), Yangxi (LI 5), Baihui (GV 20), Quze (PC 3)
- Due to Stomach and Spleen Disharmony : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Source 29 :
- Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhaohai (KI 6), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhiyang (GV 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhubin (KI 9), Geshu (BL 17), Yangxi (LI 5), Shuiquan (KI 5), Ximen (PC 4), Zhongchong (PC 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiaoxin (KI 8), Jianli (CV 11)
- Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Juque (CV 14), Jianli (CV 11), Tianshu (ST 25), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhong (KI 4), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) :
- Souce 15 : Shenmen (HT 7), Taichong (LR 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Huaroumen (ST 24)
- Source 31: Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Xinshu (BL 15)
- Source 27 :
- Tianzhu (BL 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1). Moxa Fengchi (GB 20), Dashu (BL 11), Shenzhu (GV 12)
- Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Shenmen (HT 7), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Houxi (SI 3), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiuwei (CV 15), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenzhu (GV 12), Juque (CV 14), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Qimen (LR 14)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Daling (PC 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Baihui (GV 20), Shenmen (HT 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Laogong (PC 8), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Source 29 :
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night:
- Source 27 : Waiguan (TH 5), Chengjiang (CV 24), Daying (ST 5), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangqiu (SP 5), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Tianrong (SI 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Pohu (BL 42), Yixi (BL 45), Futu (ST 32), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yifeng (TH 17), Suliao (GV 25), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Waiguan (TH 5). Moxa Jiache (ST 6), Chengjiang (CV 24).
- Jiache (ST 6), Zhigou (TH 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Rangu (KI 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Yifeng (TH 17), Shangyang (LI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Shenmen
- Liver qi stagnation, stress, anxiety, restlessness: Shenmen, Heart, Nervous Subcortex, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Liver, Occiput. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart.
Smoking:
• Auricular Points by Li-Chun Huang: Shenmen, Mouth, Upper Lung, Lower Lung, Be Happy
• Body Points: Add Jianshi (PC 5), Zhubin (KI 9). Irritability and restlessness during the urge, add Xingjian (LR 2), but needle and moxa Zhubin (KI 9).
Drug Addiction:
• Auricular Points by Li Chun Huang: Shenmen, Mouth, Liver (Quit Drinking, Liver point needs to be added)
• Body Points: Tianweixue (T 22.27) bilaterally with electrostimulation - This point is located between Lieque (LU 7) and Yangxi (LI 5)
• With severe urges: Add Xingjian (LR 2), needle and moxa Zhubin (KI 9)
Herb Alternatives
Calm ZZZ
- Left side: Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Right side: Quze (PC 3), Daling (PC 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
- Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qiuxu (GB 40), Taichong (LR 3), Ligou (LR 5), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Anmian (Ex-HN16), 4 needles on Sishencong (Ex-HN1) inserting from 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock directions, Ear Shenmen
- Primary points: Huoxi (T 11.16), Mu (T 11.17), Muyan (T 11.20), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
- Secondary points: Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04)
- Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Liver qi stagnation, anxiety, stress, irritability, nervousness: Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
- PMS: Fuke (T 11.24), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fengchao
- Breast distension: Jianzhong (T 44.06)
- Insomnia: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18). Direct moxa on Shimian.
- Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone, Fenglong (ST 40) or Heart Zone, Huoying (T 66.03), Renhuang (T 77.21), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Anxiety, stress, irritability, insomnia: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)
- PMS: Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24)
- Insomnia: Linggu (T 22.05), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Shenjian (T 44.19), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Shenmen on the ear. Bleed du (governing) channel and back of the knee area. Bleed before needling for best result.
- PMS: Fuke (T 11.24), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Linggu (T 22.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06). Bleed Huobao (T 55.01) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Stress: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13)
- Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) : Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13). Bleed the Heart and the Lung areas on the back as well as Qixing (T DT.03).
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night: Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Fuchang (T 77.12), Huoying (T 66.03), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Irritability:
- Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Qimen (LR 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 21 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 31 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 27 : Yinxi (HT 6), Juque (CV 14), Yutang (CV 18), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Gongsun (SP 4), Jiexi (ST 41), Zhiyin (BL 67), Wangu (GB 12), Baihui (GV 20), Qiangjian (GV 18), Chengguang (BL 6), Youmen (KI 21), Shaochong (HT 9), Chize (LU 5), Shaoze (SI 1), Tongli (HT 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Taiyi (ST 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zigong (CV 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Due to Deficiency: Neiguan (PC 6), Feishu (BL 13)
- Due to deficiency heat : Baihui (GV 20), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Daling (PC 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jianjing (GB 21)
- Excess heat or febrile disease : Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3), Shangwan (CV 13), Yangxi (LI 5), Baihui (GV 20), Quze (PC 3)
- Due to Stomach and Spleen Disharmony : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Source 29 :
- Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhaohai (KI 6), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhiyang (GV 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhubin (KI 9), Geshu (BL 17), Yangxi (LI 5), Shuiquan (KI 5), Ximen (PC 4), Zhongchong (PC 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiaoxin (KI 8), Jianli (CV 11)
- Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Juque (CV 14), Jianli (CV 11), Tianshu (ST 25), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhong (KI 4), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) :
- Souce 15 : Shenmen (HT 7), Taichong (LR 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Huaroumen (ST 24)
- Source 31: Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Xinshu (BL 15)
- Source 27 :
- Tianzhu (BL 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1). Moxa Fengchi (GB 20), Dashu (BL 11), Shenzhu (GV 12)
- Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Shenmen (HT 7), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Houxi (SI 3), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiuwei (CV 15), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenzhu (GV 12), Juque (CV 14), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Qimen (LR 14)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Daling (PC 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Baihui (GV 20), Shenmen (HT 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Laogong (PC 8), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Source 29 :
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night:
- Source 27 : Waiguan (TH 5), Chengjiang (CV 24), Daying (ST 5), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangqiu (SP 5), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Tianrong (SI 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Pohu (BL 42), Yixi (BL 45), Futu (ST 32), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yifeng (TH 17), Suliao (GV 25), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Waiguan (TH 5). Moxa Jiache (ST 6), Chengjiang (CV 24).
- Jiache (ST 6), Zhigou (TH 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Rangu (KI 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Yifeng (TH 17), Shangyang (LI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Shenmen
- Liver qi stagnation, stress, anxiety, restlessness: Shenmen, Heart, Nervous Subcortex, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Liver, Occiput. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart.
Important! Please note that this section intends to provide information for doctors and patients who prefer using herbs instead of or as supplements to prescription medication. The indexes compare similarities between drugs and herbs, but they do NOT imply therapeutic equivalence. The herbal alternatives listed are NOT substitutes for their corresponding drugs. Professional judgment and careful evaluation are necessary before recommending herbal formulas to patients.