CM Index Drug Effects

Insomnia due to Liver qi stagnation (stress, anxiety, nervousness, restlessness)

Herb Alternatives

Calm ZZZ

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Shenmen (HT 7), Shaohai (HT 3), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Weizhong (BL 40), Shugu (BL 65)
Right side: Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Houxi (SI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Taixi (KI 3), Yingu (KI 10)
Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qiuxu (GB 40), Taichong (LR 3), thread the needle from Zhongfeng (LR 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Hegu (LI 4), Shaohai (HT 3), Shenmen (HT 7), Baihui (GV 20), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Ear Shenmen, Heart, Kidney, Neurasthenia, Occiput

DNA — Bob Doane

Liver overacting on the Spleen: Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

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)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Liver qi stagnation, anxiety, stress, irritability, nervousness: Tianhuang (T 77.17), 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)
Insomnia: Direct moxa on Shimian
Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone, Fenglong (ST 40) or Heart Zone, Huoying (T 66.03)

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Taichong (LR 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xuehai (SP 10)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Anxiety, stress, irritability, insomnia: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)

Tung Acup — Classic

Stress, anxiety, irritability, depression and emotional instability: Dizong (T 44.09), Neiguan (PC 6), Huoying (T 66.03), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoxi (T 11.16)
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.
Neuroasthenia, nervousness, palpitation, restlessness: Xinling (T 33.17)*, Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01) Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Linggu (T 22.05), Huozhu (T 66.04), Jianzhong (T 44.06). Bleed the Frontal head area below the knees.
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

Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Ganshu (BL 18), Danshu (BL 19), Wangu (GB 12), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Yintang (Ex-HN3), ear Shenmen
Insomnia:
- Source 12: Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (Ex-HN1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Anmian (Ex-HN16)
- Sourc 6: Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Source 15: Yinbai (SP 1), Ganshu (BL 18), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Source 19: Yinbai (SP 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Ganshu (BL 18)
- Source 21: Taixi (KI 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinxi (HT 6)
- Source 27:
  - Fuxi (BL 38), Taiyuan (LU 9), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yixi (BL 45), Xingjian (LR 2), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
  - Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Spleen qi deficiency or overworrying: Shenmen (HT 7), Pishu (BL 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Yinxi (HT 6), Houxi (SI 3), Guanyuan (CV 4)
  - Heart and Kidney Disharmony: Shenshu (BL 23), Xinshu (BL 15), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Pohu (BL 42), Yongquan (KI 1), Fengchi (GB 20), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Daling (PC 7), Taixi (KI 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
Neuroasthenia, nervousness, palpitation, restlessness:
- Source 18 : Yiming (Ex-HN14), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Dazhui (GV 14), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 31: : Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Xinshu (BL 15), Yinxi (HT 6)
- Source 27:
  - Neiguan (PC 6), Quze (PC 3), Rangu (KI 2), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shaofu (HT 8), Juque (CV 14), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shangwan (CV 13), Ligou (LR 5), Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7)
  - Quze (PC 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Lingdao (HT 4), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Yuji (LU 10), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yemen (TH 2), Shaochong (HT 9), Baihui (GV 20), Lidui (ST 45), Juque (CV 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Jianshi (PC 5)
  - Neiguan (PC 6), Shaohai (HT 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Xinshu (BL 15), Houxi (SI 3), Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jiexi (ST 41), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiaxi (GB 43), Rangu (KI 2)
  - Dadu (SP 2), Ganshu (BL 18), Qihai (CV 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7)
  - Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihui (GV 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Yemen (TH 2), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Jiexi (ST 41)
  - Guanyuan (CV 4), Xinshu (BL 15), Tongli (HT 5), Daling (PC 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Zusanli (ST 36)
  - Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenmen (HT 7), Ximen (PC 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Daling (PC 7), Guanyuan (CV 4). Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23)
  - Due to Dampness : Add Pishu (BL 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shuifen (CV 9), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Ximen (PC 4), Ganshu (BL 18), Daling (PC 7), Yinxi (HT 6), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Qihai (CV 6), Jingmen (GB 25), Dazhong (KI 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23).
  - Due to Yin deficiency : Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Due to Phlegm Fire : Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12).
- Source 29 :
  - Dazhong (KI 4), Ximen (PC 4), Quze (PC 3), Daling (PC 7), Juque (CV 14), Jianshi (PC 5), Neiguan (PC 6), Yinxi (HT 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Tongli (HT 5).
  - Liver qi stagnation : Shenmen (HT 7), Ligou (LR 5), Juque (CV 14), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4), Ximen (PC 4), Jinggu (BL 64), Daling (PC 7), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Daju (ST 27)
  - Phlegm : Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Zhangmen (LR 13), Yinxi (HT 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Lidui (ST 45)
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).

Ear Acup — Traditional

Shenmen

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Tranquilizing the mind: Nervous Subcortex, Shenmen, Brain Stem, Occiput, Anxious Point. Bleed Ear Apex.
Improving sleep: Shenmen, Heart, Kidney, Occiput, Neurasthenia Area, Neurasthenia Point, Nervous Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex.
Neurasthenia: Shenmen, Heart, Occiput, Nervous Subcortex, Neurasthenia Area, Neurasthenia Point, Dream Disturbed Sleeping Area, Deep Sleep Point. Bleed Ear Apex.
Improving depression, anxiety, stress, nervousness: Shenmen, Heart, Nervous Subcortex, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Liver, Occiput. Bleed Ear Apex.

Insomnia due to shen (spirit) disturbance with qi and blood deficiencies

Herb Alternatives

Schisandra ZZZ

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Shenmen (HT 7), Shaohai (HT 3), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Weizhong (BL 40), Shugu (BL 65)
Right side: Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Houxi (SI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Taixi (KI 3), Yingu (KI 10)
Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qiuxu (GB 40), Taichong (LR 3), thread the needle from Zhongfeng (LR 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Hegu (LI 4), Shaohai (HT 3), Shenmen (HT 7), Baihui (GV 20), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Ear Shenmen, Heart, Kidney, Neurasthenia, Occiput

DNA — Bob Doane

Liver overacting on the Spleen: Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

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)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Liver qi stagnation, anxiety, stress, irritability, nervousness: Tianhuang (T 77.17), 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)
Insomnia: Direct moxa on Shimian
Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone, Fenglong (ST 40) or Heart Zone, Huoying (T 66.03)

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Taichong (LR 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xuehai (SP 10)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Anxiety, stress, irritability, insomnia: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)

Tung Acup — Classic

Stress, anxiety, irritability, depression and emotional instability: Dizong (T 44.09), Neiguan (PC 6), Huoying (T 66.03), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoxi (T 11.16)
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.
Neuroasthenia, nervousness, palpitation, restlessness: Xinling (T 33.17)*, Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01) Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Linggu (T 22.05), Huozhu (T 66.04), Jianzhong (T 44.06). Bleed the Frontal head area below the knees.
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

Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Ganshu (BL 18), Danshu (BL 19), Wangu (GB 12), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Yintang (Ex-HN3), ear Shenmen
Insomnia:
- Source 12: Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (Ex-HN1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Anmian (Ex-HN16)
- Sourc 6: Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Source 15: Yinbai (SP 1), Ganshu (BL 18), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Source 19: Yinbai (SP 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Ganshu (BL 18)
- Source 21: Taixi (KI 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinxi (HT 6)
- Source 27:
  - Fuxi (BL 38), Taiyuan (LU 9), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yixi (BL 45), Xingjian (LR 2), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
  - Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Spleen qi deficiency or overworrying: Shenmen (HT 7), Pishu (BL 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Yinxi (HT 6), Houxi (SI 3), Guanyuan (CV 4)
  - Heart and Kidney Disharmony: Shenshu (BL 23), Xinshu (BL 15), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Pohu (BL 42), Yongquan (KI 1), Fengchi (GB 20), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Daling (PC 7), Taixi (KI 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
Neuroasthenia, nervousness, palpitation, restlessness:
- Source 18 : Yiming (Ex-HN14), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Dazhui (GV 14), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 31: : Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Xinshu (BL 15), Yinxi (HT 6)
- Source 27:
  - Neiguan (PC 6), Quze (PC 3), Rangu (KI 2), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shaofu (HT 8), Juque (CV 14), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shangwan (CV 13), Ligou (LR 5), Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7)
  - Quze (PC 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Lingdao (HT 4), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Yuji (LU 10), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yemen (TH 2), Shaochong (HT 9), Baihui (GV 20), Lidui (ST 45), Juque (CV 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Jianshi (PC 5)
  - Neiguan (PC 6), Shaohai (HT 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Xinshu (BL 15), Houxi (SI 3), Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jiexi (ST 41), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiaxi (GB 43), Rangu (KI 2)
  - Dadu (SP 2), Ganshu (BL 18), Qihai (CV 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7)
  - Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihui (GV 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Yemen (TH 2), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Jiexi (ST 41)
  - Guanyuan (CV 4), Xinshu (BL 15), Tongli (HT 5), Daling (PC 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Zusanli (ST 36)
  - Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenmen (HT 7), Ximen (PC 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Daling (PC 7), Guanyuan (CV 4). Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23)
  - Due to Dampness : Add Pishu (BL 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shuifen (CV 9), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Ximen (PC 4), Ganshu (BL 18), Daling (PC 7), Yinxi (HT 6), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Qihai (CV 6), Jingmen (GB 25), Dazhong (KI 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23).
  - Due to Yin deficiency : Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Due to Phlegm Fire : Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12).
- Source 29 :
  - Dazhong (KI 4), Ximen (PC 4), Quze (PC 3), Daling (PC 7), Juque (CV 14), Jianshi (PC 5), Neiguan (PC 6), Yinxi (HT 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Tongli (HT 5).
  - Liver qi stagnation : Shenmen (HT 7), Ligou (LR 5), Juque (CV 14), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4), Ximen (PC 4), Jinggu (BL 64), Daling (PC 7), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Daju (ST 27)
  - Phlegm : Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Zhangmen (LR 13), Yinxi (HT 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Lidui (ST 45)
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).

Ear Acup — Traditional

Shenmen

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Tranquilizing the mind: Nervous Subcortex, Shenmen, Brain Stem, Occiput, Anxious Point. Bleed Ear Apex.
Improving sleep: Shenmen, Heart, Kidney, Occiput, Neurasthenia Area, Neurasthenia Point, Nervous Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex.
Neurasthenia: Shenmen, Heart, Occiput, Nervous Subcortex, Neurasthenia Area, Neurasthenia Point, Dream Disturbed Sleeping Area, Deep Sleep Point. Bleed Ear Apex.
Improving depression, anxiety, stress, nervousness: Shenmen, Heart, Nervous Subcortex, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Liver, Occiput. Bleed Ear Apex.

Nasal congestion with yellow, sticky discharge

Herb Alternatives

Pueraria Clear Sinus

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Shenmen (HT 7), Shaohai (HT 3), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Weizhong (BL 40), Shugu (BL 65)
Right side: Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Houxi (SI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Taixi (KI 3), Yingu (KI 10)
Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qiuxu (GB 40), Taichong (LR 3), thread the needle from Zhongfeng (LR 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Hegu (LI 4), Shaohai (HT 3), Shenmen (HT 7), Baihui (GV 20), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Ear Shenmen, Heart, Kidney, Neurasthenia, Occiput

DNA — Bob Doane

Liver overacting on the Spleen: Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

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)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Liver qi stagnation, anxiety, stress, irritability, nervousness: Tianhuang (T 77.17), 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)
Insomnia: Direct moxa on Shimian
Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone, Fenglong (ST 40) or Heart Zone, Huoying (T 66.03)

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Taichong (LR 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xuehai (SP 10)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Anxiety, stress, irritability, insomnia: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)

Tung Acup — Classic

Stress, anxiety, irritability, depression and emotional instability: Dizong (T 44.09), Neiguan (PC 6), Huoying (T 66.03), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoxi (T 11.16)
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.
Neuroasthenia, nervousness, palpitation, restlessness: Xinling (T 33.17)*, Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01) Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Linggu (T 22.05), Huozhu (T 66.04), Jianzhong (T 44.06). Bleed the Frontal head area below the knees.
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

Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Ganshu (BL 18), Danshu (BL 19), Wangu (GB 12), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Yintang (Ex-HN3), ear Shenmen
Insomnia:
- Source 12: Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (Ex-HN1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Anmian (Ex-HN16)
- Sourc 6: Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Source 15: Yinbai (SP 1), Ganshu (BL 18), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Source 19: Yinbai (SP 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Ganshu (BL 18)
- Source 21: Taixi (KI 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinxi (HT 6)
- Source 27:
  - Fuxi (BL 38), Taiyuan (LU 9), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yixi (BL 45), Xingjian (LR 2), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
  - Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Spleen qi deficiency or overworrying: Shenmen (HT 7), Pishu (BL 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Yinxi (HT 6), Houxi (SI 3), Guanyuan (CV 4)
  - Heart and Kidney Disharmony: Shenshu (BL 23), Xinshu (BL 15), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Pohu (BL 42), Yongquan (KI 1), Fengchi (GB 20), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Daling (PC 7), Taixi (KI 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
Neuroasthenia, nervousness, palpitation, restlessness:
- Source 18 : Yiming (Ex-HN14), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Dazhui (GV 14), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 31: : Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Xinshu (BL 15), Yinxi (HT 6)
- Source 27:
  - Neiguan (PC 6), Quze (PC 3), Rangu (KI 2), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shaofu (HT 8), Juque (CV 14), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shangwan (CV 13), Ligou (LR 5), Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7)
  - Quze (PC 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Lingdao (HT 4), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Yuji (LU 10), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yemen (TH 2), Shaochong (HT 9), Baihui (GV 20), Lidui (ST 45), Juque (CV 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Jianshi (PC 5)
  - Neiguan (PC 6), Shaohai (HT 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Xinshu (BL 15), Houxi (SI 3), Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jiexi (ST 41), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiaxi (GB 43), Rangu (KI 2)
  - Dadu (SP 2), Ganshu (BL 18), Qihai (CV 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7)
  - Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihui (GV 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Yemen (TH 2), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Jiexi (ST 41)
  - Guanyuan (CV 4), Xinshu (BL 15), Tongli (HT 5), Daling (PC 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Zusanli (ST 36)
  - Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenmen (HT 7), Ximen (PC 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Daling (PC 7), Guanyuan (CV 4). Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23)
  - Due to Dampness : Add Pishu (BL 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shuifen (CV 9), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Ximen (PC 4), Ganshu (BL 18), Daling (PC 7), Yinxi (HT 6), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Qihai (CV 6), Jingmen (GB 25), Dazhong (KI 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23).
  - Due to Yin deficiency : Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Due to Phlegm Fire : Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12).
- Source 29 :
  - Dazhong (KI 4), Ximen (PC 4), Quze (PC 3), Daling (PC 7), Juque (CV 14), Jianshi (PC 5), Neiguan (PC 6), Yinxi (HT 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Tongli (HT 5).
  - Liver qi stagnation : Shenmen (HT 7), Ligou (LR 5), Juque (CV 14), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4), Ximen (PC 4), Jinggu (BL 64), Daling (PC 7), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Daju (ST 27)
  - Phlegm : Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Zhangmen (LR 13), Yinxi (HT 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Lidui (ST 45)
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

Tranquilizing the mind: Nervous Subcortex, Shenmen, Brain Stem, Occiput, Anxious Point. Bleed Ear Apex.
Improving sleep: Shenmen, Heart, Kidney, Occiput, Neurasthenia Area, Neurasthenia Point, Nervous Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex.
Neurasthenia: Shenmen, Heart, Occiput, Nervous Subcortex, Neurasthenia Area, Neurasthenia Point, Dream Disturbed Sleeping Area, Deep Sleep Point. Bleed Ear Apex.
Improving depression, anxiety, stress, nervousness: Shenmen, Heart, Nervous Subcortex, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Liver, Occiput. Bleed Ear Apex.

Scalp Acup — Karl Tai

• Frontal Suture Nasopharyngeal Area (Scalp-KT1) 額縫鼻咽區 • Frontal Lateral Chest/Lung Area (Scalp-KT2) 額旁胸肺區Shangxing (GV 23) • Quchi (LI 11) • Hegu (LI 4) • Lieque (LU 7) • Yingxiang (LI 20)

Nasal congestion with white, watery discharge

Herb Alternatives

Magnolia Clear Sinus

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Shenmen (HT 7), Shaohai (HT 3), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Weizhong (BL 40), Shugu (BL 65)
Right side: Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Houxi (SI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Taixi (KI 3), Yingu (KI 10)
Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qiuxu (GB 40), Taichong (LR 3), thread the needle from Zhongfeng (LR 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Hegu (LI 4), Shaohai (HT 3), Shenmen (HT 7), Baihui (GV 20), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Ear Shenmen, Heart, Kidney, Neurasthenia, Occiput

DNA — Bob Doane

Liver overacting on the Spleen: Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

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)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Liver qi stagnation, anxiety, stress, irritability, nervousness: Tianhuang (T 77.17), 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)
Insomnia: Direct moxa on Shimian
Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone, Fenglong (ST 40) or Heart Zone, Huoying (T 66.03)

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Taichong (LR 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xuehai (SP 10)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Anxiety, stress, irritability, insomnia: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)

Tung Acup — Classic

Stress, anxiety, irritability, depression and emotional instability: Dizong (T 44.09), Neiguan (PC 6), Huoying (T 66.03), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoxi (T 11.16)
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.
Neuroasthenia, nervousness, palpitation, restlessness: Xinling (T 33.17)*, Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01) Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Linggu (T 22.05), Huozhu (T 66.04), Jianzhong (T 44.06). Bleed the Frontal head area below the knees.
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

Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Ganshu (BL 18), Danshu (BL 19), Wangu (GB 12), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Yintang (Ex-HN3), ear Shenmen
Insomnia:
- Source 12: Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (Ex-HN1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Anmian (Ex-HN16)
- Sourc 6: Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Source 15: Yinbai (SP 1), Ganshu (BL 18), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Source 19: Yinbai (SP 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Ganshu (BL 18)
- Source 21: Taixi (KI 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinxi (HT 6)
- Source 27:
  - Fuxi (BL 38), Taiyuan (LU 9), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yixi (BL 45), Xingjian (LR 2), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
  - Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Spleen qi deficiency or overworrying: Shenmen (HT 7), Pishu (BL 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Yinxi (HT 6), Houxi (SI 3), Guanyuan (CV 4)
  - Heart and Kidney Disharmony: Shenshu (BL 23), Xinshu (BL 15), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Pohu (BL 42), Yongquan (KI 1), Fengchi (GB 20), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Daling (PC 7), Taixi (KI 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
Neuroasthenia, nervousness, palpitation, restlessness:
- Source 18 : Yiming (Ex-HN14), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Dazhui (GV 14), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 31: : Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Xinshu (BL 15), Yinxi (HT 6)
- Source 27:
  - Neiguan (PC 6), Quze (PC 3), Rangu (KI 2), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shaofu (HT 8), Juque (CV 14), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shangwan (CV 13), Ligou (LR 5), Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7)
  - Quze (PC 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Lingdao (HT 4), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Yuji (LU 10), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yemen (TH 2), Shaochong (HT 9), Baihui (GV 20), Lidui (ST 45), Juque (CV 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Jianshi (PC 5)
  - Neiguan (PC 6), Shaohai (HT 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Xinshu (BL 15), Houxi (SI 3), Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jiexi (ST 41), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiaxi (GB 43), Rangu (KI 2)
  - Dadu (SP 2), Ganshu (BL 18), Qihai (CV 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7)
  - Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihui (GV 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Yemen (TH 2), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Jiexi (ST 41)
  - Guanyuan (CV 4), Xinshu (BL 15), Tongli (HT 5), Daling (PC 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Zusanli (ST 36)
  - Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenmen (HT 7), Ximen (PC 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Daling (PC 7), Guanyuan (CV 4). Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23)
  - Due to Dampness : Add Pishu (BL 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shuifen (CV 9), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Ximen (PC 4), Ganshu (BL 18), Daling (PC 7), Yinxi (HT 6), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Qihai (CV 6), Jingmen (GB 25), Dazhong (KI 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23).
  - Due to Yin deficiency : Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Due to Phlegm Fire : Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12).
- Source 29 :
  - Dazhong (KI 4), Ximen (PC 4), Quze (PC 3), Daling (PC 7), Juque (CV 14), Jianshi (PC 5), Neiguan (PC 6), Yinxi (HT 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Tongli (HT 5).
  - Liver qi stagnation : Shenmen (HT 7), Ligou (LR 5), Juque (CV 14), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4), Ximen (PC 4), Jinggu (BL 64), Daling (PC 7), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Daju (ST 27)
  - Phlegm : Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Zhangmen (LR 13), Yinxi (HT 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Lidui (ST 45)
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).

Ear Acup — Traditional

Shenmen

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Tranquilizing the mind: Nervous Subcortex, Shenmen, Brain Stem, Occiput, Anxious Point. Bleed Ear Apex.
Improving sleep: Shenmen, Heart, Kidney, Occiput, Neurasthenia Area, Neurasthenia Point, Nervous Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex.
Neurasthenia: Shenmen, Heart, Occiput, Nervous Subcortex, Neurasthenia Area, Neurasthenia Point, Dream Disturbed Sleeping Area, Deep Sleep Point. Bleed Ear Apex.
Improving depression, anxiety, stress, nervousness: Shenmen, Heart, Nervous Subcortex, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Liver, Occiput. Bleed Ear Apex.

Scalp Acup — Karl Tai

Allergic or hypersensitive skin problems such as rash, itching, and eczema

Herb Alternatives

Silerex

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Shenmen (HT 7), Shaohai (HT 3), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Weizhong (BL 40), Shugu (BL 65)
Right side: Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Houxi (SI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Taixi (KI 3), Yingu (KI 10)
Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

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)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Liver qi stagnation, anxiety, stress, irritability, nervousness: Tianhuang (T 77.17), 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)
Insomnia: Direct moxa on Shimian
Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone, Fenglong (ST 40) or Heart Zone, Huoying (T 66.03)

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Taichong (LR 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xuehai (SP 10)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Anxiety, stress, irritability, insomnia: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)

Tung Acup — Classic

Stress, anxiety, irritability, depression and emotional instability: Dizong (T 44.09), Neiguan (PC 6), Huoying (T 66.03), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoxi (T 11.16)
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.
Neuroasthenia, nervousness, palpitation, restlessness: Xinling (T 33.17)*, Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01) Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Linggu (T 22.05), Huozhu (T 66.04), Jianzhong (T 44.06). Bleed the Frontal head area below the knees.
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

Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Ganshu (BL 18), Danshu (BL 19), Wangu (GB 12), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Yintang (Ex-HN3), ear Shenmen
Insomnia:
- Source 12: Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (Ex-HN1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Anmian (Ex-HN16)
- Sourc 6: Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Source 15: Yinbai (SP 1), Ganshu (BL 18), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Source 19: Yinbai (SP 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Ganshu (BL 18)
- Source 21: Taixi (KI 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinxi (HT 6)
- Source 27:
  - Fuxi (BL 38), Taiyuan (LU 9), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yixi (BL 45), Xingjian (LR 2), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
  - Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Spleen qi deficiency or overworrying: Shenmen (HT 7), Pishu (BL 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Yinxi (HT 6), Houxi (SI 3), Guanyuan (CV 4)
  - Heart and Kidney Disharmony: Shenshu (BL 23), Xinshu (BL 15), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Pohu (BL 42), Yongquan (KI 1), Fengchi (GB 20), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Daling (PC 7), Taixi (KI 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
Neuroasthenia, nervousness, palpitation, restlessness:
- Source 18 : Yiming (Ex-HN14), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Dazhui (GV 14), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 31: : Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Xinshu (BL 15), Yinxi (HT 6)
- Source 27:
  - Neiguan (PC 6), Quze (PC 3), Rangu (KI 2), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shaofu (HT 8), Juque (CV 14), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shangwan (CV 13), Ligou (LR 5), Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7)
  - Quze (PC 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Lingdao (HT 4), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Yuji (LU 10), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yemen (TH 2), Shaochong (HT 9), Baihui (GV 20), Lidui (ST 45), Juque (CV 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Jianshi (PC 5)
  - Neiguan (PC 6), Shaohai (HT 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Xinshu (BL 15), Houxi (SI 3), Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jiexi (ST 41), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiaxi (GB 43), Rangu (KI 2)
  - Dadu (SP 2), Ganshu (BL 18), Qihai (CV 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7)
  - Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihui (GV 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Yemen (TH 2), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Jiexi (ST 41)
  - Guanyuan (CV 4), Xinshu (BL 15), Tongli (HT 5), Daling (PC 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Zusanli (ST 36)
  - Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenmen (HT 7), Ximen (PC 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Daling (PC 7), Guanyuan (CV 4). Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23)
  - Due to Dampness : Add Pishu (BL 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shuifen (CV 9), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Ximen (PC 4), Ganshu (BL 18), Daling (PC 7), Yinxi (HT 6), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Qihai (CV 6), Jingmen (GB 25), Dazhong (KI 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23).
  - Due to Yin deficiency : Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Due to Phlegm Fire : Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12).
- Source 29 :
  - Dazhong (KI 4), Ximen (PC 4), Quze (PC 3), Daling (PC 7), Juque (CV 14), Jianshi (PC 5), Neiguan (PC 6), Yinxi (HT 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Tongli (HT 5).
  - Liver qi stagnation : Shenmen (HT 7), Ligou (LR 5), Juque (CV 14), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4), Ximen (PC 4), Jinggu (BL 64), Daling (PC 7), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Daju (ST 27)
  - Phlegm : Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Zhangmen (LR 13), Yinxi (HT 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Lidui (ST 45)
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).

Ear Acup — Traditional

Shenmen

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Tranquilizing the mind: Nervous Subcortex, Shenmen, Brain Stem, Occiput, Anxious Point. Bleed Ear Apex.
Improving sleep: Shenmen, Heart, Kidney, Occiput, Neurasthenia Area, Neurasthenia Point, Nervous Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex.
Neurasthenia: Shenmen, Heart, Occiput, Nervous Subcortex, Neurasthenia Area, Neurasthenia Point, Dream Disturbed Sleeping Area, Deep Sleep Point. Bleed Ear Apex.
Improving depression, anxiety, stress, nervousness: Shenmen, Heart, Nervous Subcortex, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Liver, Occiput. Bleed Ear Apex.

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