CM Index Drug Effects

Dyspnea and shortness of breath in cases of chronic asthma

Herb Alternatives

Respitrol (Deficient)

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Neiguan (PC 6), Kongzui (LU 6), Lingdao (HT 4), Fenglong (ST 40), Zusanli (ST 36)
Right side: Sanjian (LI 3), Piani (LI 6), Jiaoxin (KI 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhongfeng (LR 4)
Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)

DNA — Bob Doane

Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
Asthma, Cough: Bilateral - 3 needles on each of the following points: Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Zhongfu (LU 1)

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Fujian (T 11.03), Waijian (T 11.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09)
Secondary points: Zhisima (T 11.07), Muyan (T 11.20), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Common cold, flu: Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*. Bleed Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42), Dazhui (GV 14), Ear Apex.
- If pulse is forceful on the superficial level: Linggu (T 22.05), Quling (T 33.16), Fenjin (T 44.01)
- If pulse is forceful on the deep level: Mu (T 11.17), Erjian (LI 2)
Severe cold-pattern presentation: Moxa Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42)
Asthma: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5), Lung Zone, Shierhou (T VT.02), Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone.
Kidney deficiency: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
Lung deficiency: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quling (T 33.16)

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Common cold, flu: Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
Asthma: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Fenglong (ST 40)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Asthma
- Kidney type: Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
- Heart type: Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15)
- Lung type: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)

Tung Acup — Classic

Dingke (T 44.28)*, Chongzi (T 22.01), Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Huofuhai (T 33.07), Quling (T 33.16), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
Chest stuffiness: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangli (T 1010.09)
Asthma: Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or neaby dark veins. Bleed before needling for the best results.
Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
Emphysema: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Dajian (T 11.01), Xinchang (T 11.19), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
Tuberculosis: Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11). Bleed 9 cun below Yanglingquan (GB 34). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back. Bleed before needling for the best results.

TCM Acup

Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Geshu (BL 17), Lieque (LU 7), Qihu (ST 13), Zhongfu (LU 1)
Apply moxa to Dingchuan (Extra 6), Gaohuang, and Feishu (BL 13)
Source 27: Dazhong (KI 4). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongfu (LU 1), Yunmen (LU 2), Tianfu (LU 3), Huagai (CV 20), Feishu (BL 13), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenque (CV 8), Fengchi (GB 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Zhongwan (CV 12), Jianjing (GB 21), Fengmen (BL 12), Zusanli (ST 36).
Deficient elderly: Ginger moxa Jianjing (GB 21), Tianzhu (BL 10), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Tiantu (CV 22), Qihu (T 77.26), Ximen (PC 4)
Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
Chest stuffiness and pressure:
- Source 27 : Feishu (BL 13), Lingtai (GV 10), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 29 : Quchi (LI 11), Renying (ST 9), Shendao (GV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhongfu (LU 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Tianchi (PC 1), Xuanji (CV 21), Geshu (BL 17), Ququan (LR 8), Shidou (SP 17), Xiangu (ST 43), Shimen (CV 5), Yangxi (LI 5), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Source 31 : Laogong (PC 8), Shanzhong (CV 17), Jianshi (PC 5)
Asthma:
- Source 27:
  - Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Qimen (LR 14), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Shanzhong (CV 17), Renzhong (GV 26), Tiantu (CV 22), Xuanji (CV 21), Zhongfu (LU 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Yuji (LU 10), Jiexi (ST 41)
  - Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Feishu (BL 13), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 30 : Bleed Quze (PC 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Dingchuan
Asthma in children:
- Source 10 : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9). Bleed Sifeng.
- Source 27 :
  - Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6)
  - Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shendao (GV 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
  - Moxa Tiantu (CV 22), Lingtai (GV 10)
Cough: Fengmen (BL 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shanzhong (CV 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Zusanli (ST 36), Rugen (ST 18), Quepen (ST 12), Pohu (BL 42), Jingqu (LU 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongwan (CV 12), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Shaoshang (LU 11), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36)
Chronic, long-term cough: Feishu (BL 13), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Rugen (ST 18), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
Tuberculosis:
- Source 19: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Yaoyan (Ex-B7), Hegu (LI 4), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Yinxi (HT 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 21: Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13)
- Source 23:
  - Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Yaoyan (Ex-B7), Qihai (CV 6), Geshu (BL 17), Fenglong (ST 40), Rugen (ST 18).
  - For night sweating, add Yinxi (HT 6), Houxi (SI 3), Jianshi (PC 5)
  - For cough with blood and pus, add Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Bailao (Ex-HN17)
  - For steaming bones sensations, add Laogong (PC 8).
- Source 27: Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Qihu (T 77.26), Shenshu (BL 23), Taiyuan (LU 9), T5 area, Rugen (ST 18), Yixi (BL 45), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Jianshi (PC 5), Daling (PC 7), Zhigou (TH 6), Gaohuangshu (BL 43).
- Source 29: Bailao (Ex-HN17), Shenshu (BL 23), Feishu (BL 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Rugen (ST 18), Yuji (LU 10), Chize (LU 5), Jianshi (PC 5), Shenmen (HT 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Laogong (PC 8), Ququan (LR 8), Taixi (KI 3), Rangu (KI 2), Taichong (LR 3), Feishu (BL 13), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Pishu (BL 20), Ganshu (BL 18).

Ear Acup — Traditional

Bronchi, Lung, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland. Apply ear seeds to these points on both ears.

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Asthma: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Allergic Area, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
Common cold: Lung, Internal Nose, Throat (Larynx, Pharynx)
- For fever, bleed Ear Apex and Helix 1-6.
- For dizziness, add Dizziness Area.
- For pain and soreness all over the body, add Liver and Spleen. Bleed Helix 4.
- For cough, add Trachea, Bronchus, and Stop Asthma.
Bronchitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
Bronchiectasis: Bronchus, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Spleen
Emphysema: Sympathetic, Allergic Area, Chest, Lung, Bronchus, Stop Asthma, Spleen, Kidney, Endocrine
Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
Snoring, apnea: Trachea, San Jiao, Lung, Pharynx, Larynx, Sympathetic, Nasopharynx, Chest, Mouth, Esophagus, Tooth

Scalp Acup — Karl Tai

• Shenting (GV 24) • Frontal Lateral Chest/Lung Area (Scalp-KT2) 額旁胸肺區 • Dazhui (GV 14) • Dingchuan (Ex-B1) • Feishu (BL 13) • Shanzhong (CV 17) If there is breathing difficulty, needle Neiguan (PC 6) bilaterally and Shanzhong (CV 17). If there is asthma and wheezing, needle Dazhui (GV 14) or Dingchuan

Management and prevention of chronic asthma

Herb Alternatives

Cordyceps 3

Acupuncture

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)

DNA — Bob Doane

Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
Asthma, Cough: Bilateral - 3 needles on each of the following points: Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Zhongfu (LU 1)

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Fujian (T 11.03), Waijian (T 11.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09)
Secondary points: Zhisima (T 11.07), Muyan (T 11.20), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Common cold, flu: Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*. Bleed Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42), Dazhui (GV 14), Ear Apex.
- If pulse is forceful on the superficial level: Linggu (T 22.05), Quling (T 33.16), Fenjin (T 44.01)
- If pulse is forceful on the deep level: Mu (T 11.17), Erjian (LI 2)
Severe cold-pattern presentation: Moxa Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42)
Asthma: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5), Lung Zone, Shierhou (T VT.02), Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone.
Kidney deficiency: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
Lung deficiency: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quling (T 33.16)

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Common cold, flu: Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
Asthma: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Fenglong (ST 40)

Tung Acup — Classic

Dingke (T 44.28)*, Chongzi (T 22.01), Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Huofuhai (T 33.07), Quling (T 33.16), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
Chest stuffiness: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangli (T 1010.09)
Asthma: Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or neaby dark veins. Bleed before needling for the best results.
Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
Emphysema: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Dajian (T 11.01), Xinchang (T 11.19), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
Tuberculosis: Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11). Bleed 9 cun below Yanglingquan (GB 34). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back. Bleed before needling for the best results.

TCM Acup

Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Geshu (BL 17), Lieque (LU 7), Qihu (ST 13), Zhongfu (LU 1)
Apply moxa to Dingchuan (Extra 6), Gaohuang, and Feishu (BL 13)
Source 27: Dazhong (KI 4). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongfu (LU 1), Yunmen (LU 2), Tianfu (LU 3), Huagai (CV 20), Feishu (BL 13), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenque (CV 8), Fengchi (GB 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Zhongwan (CV 12), Jianjing (GB 21), Fengmen (BL 12), Zusanli (ST 36).
Deficient elderly: Ginger moxa Jianjing (GB 21), Tianzhu (BL 10), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Tiantu (CV 22), Qihu (T 77.26), Ximen (PC 4)
Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
Chest stuffiness and pressure:
- Source 27 : Feishu (BL 13), Lingtai (GV 10), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 29 : Quchi (LI 11), Renying (ST 9), Shendao (GV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhongfu (LU 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Tianchi (PC 1), Xuanji (CV 21), Geshu (BL 17), Ququan (LR 8), Shidou (SP 17), Xiangu (ST 43), Shimen (CV 5), Yangxi (LI 5), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Source 31 : Laogong (PC 8), Shanzhong (CV 17), Jianshi (PC 5)
Asthma:
- Source 27:
  - Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Qimen (LR 14), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Shanzhong (CV 17), Renzhong (GV 26), Tiantu (CV 22), Xuanji (CV 21), Zhongfu (LU 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Yuji (LU 10), Jiexi (ST 41)
  - Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Feishu (BL 13), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 30 : Bleed Quze (PC 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Dingchuan
Asthma in children:
- Source 10 : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9). Bleed Sifeng.
- Source 27 :
  - Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6)
  - Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shendao (GV 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
  - Moxa Tiantu (CV 22), Lingtai (GV 10)
Cough: Fengmen (BL 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shanzhong (CV 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Zusanli (ST 36), Rugen (ST 18), Quepen (ST 12), Pohu (BL 42), Jingqu (LU 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongwan (CV 12), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Shaoshang (LU 11), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36)
Chronic, long-term cough: Feishu (BL 13), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Rugen (ST 18), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
Tuberculosis:
- Source 19: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Yaoyan (Ex-B7), Hegu (LI 4), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Yinxi (HT 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 21: Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13)
- Source 23:
  - Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Yaoyan (Ex-B7), Qihai (CV 6), Geshu (BL 17), Fenglong (ST 40), Rugen (ST 18).
  - For night sweating, add Yinxi (HT 6), Houxi (SI 3), Jianshi (PC 5)
  - For cough with blood and pus, add Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Bailao (Ex-HN17)
  - For steaming bones sensations, add Laogong (PC 8).
- Source 27: Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Qihu (T 77.26), Shenshu (BL 23), Taiyuan (LU 9), T5 area, Rugen (ST 18), Yixi (BL 45), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Jianshi (PC 5), Daling (PC 7), Zhigou (TH 6), Gaohuangshu (BL 43).
- Source 29: Bailao (Ex-HN17), Shenshu (BL 23), Feishu (BL 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Rugen (ST 18), Yuji (LU 10), Chize (LU 5), Jianshi (PC 5), Shenmen (HT 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Laogong (PC 8), Ququan (LR 8), Taixi (KI 3), Rangu (KI 2), Taichong (LR 3), Feishu (BL 13), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Pishu (BL 20), Ganshu (BL 18).

Ear Acup — Traditional

Bronchi, Lung, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland. Apply ear seeds to these points on both ears.

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Asthma: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Allergic Area, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
Common cold: Lung, Internal Nose, Throat (Larynx, Pharynx)
- For fever, bleed Ear Apex and Helix 1-6.
- For dizziness, add Dizziness Area.
- For pain and soreness all over the body, add Liver and Spleen. Bleed Helix 4.
- For cough, add Trachea, Bronchus, and Stop Asthma.
Bronchitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
Bronchiectasis: Bronchus, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Spleen
Emphysema: Sympathetic, Allergic Area, Chest, Lung, Bronchus, Stop Asthma, Spleen, Kidney, Endocrine
Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
Snoring, apnea: Trachea, San Jiao, Lung, Pharynx, Larynx, Sympathetic, Nasopharynx, Chest, Mouth, Esophagus, Tooth

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Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Neiguan (PC 6), Kongzui (LU 6), Lingdao (HT 4), Fenglong (ST 40), Zusanli (ST 36)
Right side: Sanjian (LI 3), Piani (LI 6), Jiaoxin (KI 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhongfeng (LR 4)
Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)

DNA — Bob Doane

Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
Asthma, Cough: Bilateral - 3 needles on each of the following points: Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Zhongfu (LU 1)

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Fujian (T 11.03), Waijian (T 11.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09)
Secondary points: Zhisima (T 11.07), Muyan (T 11.20), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Common cold, flu: Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*. Bleed Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42), Dazhui (GV 14), Ear Apex.
- If pulse is forceful on the superficial level: Linggu (T 22.05), Quling (T 33.16), Fenjin (T 44.01)
- If pulse is forceful on the deep level: Mu (T 11.17), Erjian (LI 2)
Severe cold-pattern presentation: Moxa Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42)
Asthma: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5), Lung Zone, Shierhou (T VT.02), Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone.
Kidney deficiency: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
Lung deficiency: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quling (T 33.16)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Asthma
- Kidney type: Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
- Heart type: Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15)
- Lung type: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)

Tung Acup — Classic

Dingke (T 44.28)*, Chongzi (T 22.01), Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Huofuhai (T 33.07), Quling (T 33.16), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
Chest stuffiness: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangli (T 1010.09)
Asthma: Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or neaby dark veins. Bleed before needling for the best results.
Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
Emphysema: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Dajian (T 11.01), Xinchang (T 11.19), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
Tuberculosis: Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11). Bleed 9 cun below Yanglingquan (GB 34). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back. Bleed before needling for the best results.

TCM Acup

Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Geshu (BL 17), Lieque (LU 7), Qihu (ST 13), Zhongfu (LU 1)
Apply moxa to Dingchuan (Extra 6), Gaohuang, and Feishu (BL 13)
Source 27: Dazhong (KI 4). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongfu (LU 1), Yunmen (LU 2), Tianfu (LU 3), Huagai (CV 20), Feishu (BL 13), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenque (CV 8), Fengchi (GB 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Zhongwan (CV 12), Jianjing (GB 21), Fengmen (BL 12), Zusanli (ST 36).
Deficient elderly: Ginger moxa Jianjing (GB 21), Tianzhu (BL 10), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Tiantu (CV 22), Qihu (T 77.26), Ximen (PC 4)
Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
Chest stuffiness and pressure:
- Source 27 : Feishu (BL 13), Lingtai (GV 10), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 29 : Quchi (LI 11), Renying (ST 9), Shendao (GV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhongfu (LU 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Tianchi (PC 1), Xuanji (CV 21), Geshu (BL 17), Ququan (LR 8), Shidou (SP 17), Xiangu (ST 43), Shimen (CV 5), Yangxi (LI 5), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Source 31 : Laogong (PC 8), Shanzhong (CV 17), Jianshi (PC 5)
Asthma:
- Source 27:
  - Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Qimen (LR 14), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Shanzhong (CV 17), Renzhong (GV 26), Tiantu (CV 22), Xuanji (CV 21), Zhongfu (LU 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Yuji (LU 10), Jiexi (ST 41)
  - Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Feishu (BL 13), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 30 : Bleed Quze (PC 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Dingchuan
Asthma in children:
- Source 10 : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9). Bleed Sifeng.
- Source 27 :
  - Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6)
  - Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shendao (GV 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
  - Moxa Tiantu (CV 22), Lingtai (GV 10)
Cough: Fengmen (BL 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shanzhong (CV 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Zusanli (ST 36), Rugen (ST 18), Quepen (ST 12), Pohu (BL 42), Jingqu (LU 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongwan (CV 12), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Shaoshang (LU 11), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36)
Chronic, long-term cough: Feishu (BL 13), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Rugen (ST 18), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
Tuberculosis:
- Source 19: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Yaoyan (Ex-B7), Hegu (LI 4), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Yinxi (HT 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 21: Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13)
- Source 23:
  - Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Yaoyan (Ex-B7), Qihai (CV 6), Geshu (BL 17), Fenglong (ST 40), Rugen (ST 18).
  - For night sweating, add Yinxi (HT 6), Houxi (SI 3), Jianshi (PC 5)
  - For cough with blood and pus, add Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Bailao (Ex-HN17)
  - For steaming bones sensations, add Laogong (PC 8).
- Source 27: Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Qihu (T 77.26), Shenshu (BL 23), Taiyuan (LU 9), T5 area, Rugen (ST 18), Yixi (BL 45), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Jianshi (PC 5), Daling (PC 7), Zhigou (TH 6), Gaohuangshu (BL 43).
- Source 29: Bailao (Ex-HN17), Shenshu (BL 23), Feishu (BL 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Rugen (ST 18), Yuji (LU 10), Chize (LU 5), Jianshi (PC 5), Shenmen (HT 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Laogong (PC 8), Ququan (LR 8), Taixi (KI 3), Rangu (KI 2), Taichong (LR 3), Feishu (BL 13), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Pishu (BL 20), Ganshu (BL 18).

Ear Acup — Traditional

Bronchi, Lung, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland. Apply ear seeds to these points on both ears.

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Asthma: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Allergic Area, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
Common cold: Lung, Internal Nose, Throat (Larynx, Pharynx)
- For fever, bleed Ear Apex and Helix 1-6.
- For dizziness, add Dizziness Area.
- For pain and soreness all over the body, add Liver and Spleen. Bleed Helix 4.
- For cough, add Trachea, Bronchus, and Stop Asthma.
Bronchitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
Bronchiectasis: Bronchus, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Spleen
Emphysema: Sympathetic, Allergic Area, Chest, Lung, Bronchus, Stop Asthma, Spleen, Kidney, Endocrine
Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
Snoring, apnea: Trachea, San Jiao, Lung, Pharynx, Larynx, Sympathetic, Nasopharynx, Chest, Mouth, Esophagus, Tooth

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