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Clinical Application(s)

To promote concentration and focus in ADD (attention deficit disorder) and ADHD (attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder)

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Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Taichong (LR 3), Ligou (LR 5), Ququan (LR 8), Houxi (SI 3), ear Shenmen
Right side: Qiuxu (GB 40), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shenmen (HT 7)
Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
Qiuxu (GB 40), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Baihui (GV 20), Ear Shenmen, Heart, Liver

DNA — Bob Doane

Bilateral - Jingmen (GB 25), Quze (PC 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Sanyangluo (TH 8), Ear Shenmen; Juque (CV 14). If there is excess heat, also needle all the jing (well) points.
If there is excess heat, needle all the jing (well) points.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Dan (T 11.13), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
Secondary points: Huoxi (T 11.16), Mu (T 11.17), Muyan (T 11.20), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Quchi (LI 11), Huoying (T 66.03), Dan (T 11.13)
Bleed Ear Apex, Dan (T 11.13)

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

ADD, ADHD: Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Zhengben (T 1010.12), Zhongbai (T 22.06)

Tung Acup — Classic

Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13), Yintang
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).

TCM Acup

Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (Ex-HN1)
Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Baihui (GV 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Daling (PC 7)
ADD, ADHD:
- Source 10 : Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong, Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7), Anmian, Xinshu (BL 15), Shanzhong (CV 17), Fenglong (ST 40), Taixi (KI 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7). Plum blossom needles on the Huatuojiaji points and Du (governing) and Bladder channels on the back
- Source 29: Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong, Daling (PC 7), Anmian, Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Shenting (GV 24), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhaohai (KI 6). Plum blossom needles on the Huatoujiaji points.
Irritability:
- Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Yintang
- 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)
Seizure, convulsion, epilepsy in children:
- Source 13 : Houxi (SI 3), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Source 15 : Shixuan, Taichong (LR 3), Yongquan (KI 1), Laogong (PC 8), Baihui (GV 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Xiaguan (ST 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhigou (TH 6), Houxi (SI 3), Fengfu (GV 16), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengchi (GB 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Taibai (SP 3), Jianli (CV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shenmen (HT 7)
- Source 16 : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Yintang, Renzhong (GV 26), Houxi (SI 3), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36), Shixuan, Baihui (GV 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Dicang (ST 4), Yingxiang (LI 20), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yamen (GV 15), Fengfu (GV 16), Lianquan (CV 23), Xingjian (LR 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yongquan (KI 1), Ganshu (BL 18), Xinshu (BL 15), Waiguan (TH 5), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Sifeng
- Source 19 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Quchi (LI 11), Renzhong (GV 26), Dazhui (GV 14), Yongquan (KI 1), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12) to stop tremors for one to two minutes. If symptoms continue, needle Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhongchong (PC 9), Shaochong (HT 9), Shaoze (SI 1), Yinbai (SP 1), Weizhong (BL 40), Chengshan (BL 57), Kunlun (BL 60)
- Source 21 : Shenting (GV 24), Baihui (GV 20), Qianding (GV 21), Yongquan (KI 1), Sizhukong (TH 23), Wangu (GB 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shenmen (HT 7), Jinmen (BL 63), Kunlun (BL 60), Juque (CV 14). Moxa the umbilicus and Jiuwei (CV 15), Juque (CV 14), Dazhui (GV 14), Baihui (GV 20), purple veins in the posterior ear.
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 :
  - Baihui (GV 20), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Xingjian (LR 2)
  - Xinshu (BL 15), Qimen (LR 14), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Taichong (LR 3), Yongquan (KI 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4).

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Attention deficit disorder: Shenmen, Occiput, Brain Stem, Brain, Nervous Subcortex, Neurasthenia Point. Bleed Ear Apex.
Asperger syndrome: Brain, Forehead, Occiput, Shenmen, Nervous Subcortex, Neurasthenia Point, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Groove of Brain Posterior. Bleed Ear Apex.
Epilepsy: Epilepsy Point, Brain, Brain Stem, Nervous Subcortex, Occiput, Shenmen, Kidney, Liver. Bleed Ear Apex.
Autism in infants: Thalamus, Brain, Forehead, Exciting, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Endocrine.
Convulsion and hyperactivity: Shenmen, Occiput, Nervous Subcortex, Lesser Occipital Nerve, Liver, Brain Stem, Brain. Bleed Ear Apex.

Scalp Acup — Karl Tai

Learning difficulties

Baihui (GV 20)
Jin’s Cognitive Three Needles 靳氏智三針
Tai’s Memory Three Needles 增智記憶冠三針/頭智針 Poor Visual Memory:

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Occipital Vision Area (Scalp-KT23) 枕上視覺區
Occipital Midline (Scalp-KT25) 枕上正中線

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To promote concentration and focus in ADD (attention deficit disorder) and ADHD (attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder)

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