CM Index Drug Effects
Drug-Herb Index
Eszopiclone
Lunesta

Clinical Application(s)
Herb Alternatives
Herb Alternatives
Schisandra ZZZ
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- Anxiety, stress, irritability, insomnia: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)
- 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).
- 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 :
- Shenmen
- 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.
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.