CM Index Drug Effects

Clinical Application(s)

Nerve-related pain, such as neuralgia and neuropathy

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Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Use Dr. Tan’s Balance Method accordingly as determined by where the pain is (use mirror or image system).

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

Needle the opposite side of the pain. If the pain is bilateral, needle bilaterally.
Needle muscle to treat the muscle, needle tendon to treat the tendon, needle ligament to treat the ligament, needle the bone to treat the bone. Treat the most painful areas first.
General points: Fengshi (GB 31), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhengjin (T 77.01), Zhengzong (T 77.02), patellar tendon, Tianjing (TH 10), Yangxi (LI 5)
Neck pain : Two points from Lingdao (HT 4) to Shenmen (HT 7) two points from Lieque (LU 7) to Taiyuan (LU 9), Shangqiu (SP 5), in between Shangqiu (SP 5) and Sanyinjiao (SP 6), 3 needles from Zhongfeng (LR 4) to Ligou (LR 5), two needles from Taixi (KI 3) to Fuliu (KI 7), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Boqiu (T 77.04)
Shoulder pain : Shangqiu (SP 5), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Jiexi (ST 41), Qiuxu (GB 40), two needles from Kunlun (BL 60) to Pushen (BL 61), needle halfway between Jiexi (ST 41) and Qiuxu (GB 40), 2-3 needles from Fenglong (ST 40) to Jiexi (ST 41). Neelde the opposite ankle or hip.
Whole arm pain : Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Weizhong (BL 40), Feiyang (BL 58), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
Elbow

Elbow pain (lateral) : Needle in front and behind Yanglingquan (GB 34) or the fibula, Yangjiao (GB 35), Waiqiu (GB 36), Guangming (GB 37)
Elbow pain (medial) : Yingu (KI 10), thread needle from Ququan (LR 8) to Yinlingquan (SP 9)

Wrist

Wrist pain (on the HT channel) : Needle ashi points from Taixi (KI 3) to Fuliu (KI 7)
Wrist pain (on the PC channel) : Needle ashi points from Zhongfeng (LR 4) to Xiguan (LR 7)
Wrist pain (on the Lu channel) : Shangqiu (SP 5), Zhongfeng (LR 4), needle ashi points from Ligou (LR 5) to Zhongdu (LR 6), Xiguan (LR 7)
Wrist pain (on the LI channel) : Needle ashi points from Fenglong (ST 40) to Jiexi (ST 41)
Wrist pain (on the SI channel) : Needle ashi points from Fuyang (BL 59) to Kunlun (BL 60)
Wrist pain (on the TH channel) : Xuanzhong (GB 39), also needle in front and behind the tibia and fibula

Hand and finger pain : Needle opposite side foot and toe images. For example, left lateral finger pain on the metacarpal phalangeal joint, needle right lateral metatarsal phalgeal join on the toe.
Back and hip pain: Needle the opposite side of the pain Chize (LU 5), two needles on Kongzui (LU 6); needle the same side of the pain, two needles from Chengshan (BL 57) to Feiyang (BL 58), three needles on ashi points around Feiyang (BL 58)
Knee

Lateral and front of the knee pain, patella pain: Quchi (LI 11) and ashi points all around there.
Medial knee pain : Shaohai (HT 3), Quze (PC 3) Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10) thread to Quze (PC 3).
Back of the knee pain : Xiaohai (SI 8), Xinmen (T 33.12)

Ankle

Lateral ankle pain : Needle ashi points from Yangchi (TH 4) to Waiguan (TH 5)
Medial ankle pain : Needle ashi points from Lieque (LU 7) to Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7)
Front of the ankle pain : Needle ashi points from Yangxi (LI 5) to Pianli (LI 6)
Achilles pain : Needle ashi points from Wangu (SI 4) to Yanglao (SI 6) on the tendon

Foot and toe pain : Needle opposite side hand and finger images. For example, left lateral toe pain on the metatarsal phalangeal joint, needle right lateral metacarpal phalgeal join on the thumb.

DNA — Bob Doane

Bilateral - insert 2 needles on each of the yin channels on the base of the hands.
Foot Pain: If the sole of the foot is in pain, needle both the top and the bottom of the opposite foot. Needle the top or bottom of both hands in the correct corresponding anatomical areas. For pain of the extremities, it is better to use anatomical points, which match the area of the pain on the affected area.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Renzong (T 44.08), Dizong (T 44.09), Tianzong (T 44.10)
Secondary points: Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Waisanguan (T 77.27), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Jianzhong (T 44.06)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Linggu (T 22.05), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
Bleed Wuling (T DT.04), Shuangfeng (T DT.05), Zhiwu (T 11.26)

Tung Acup — Esther Su

All neuropathy: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Chize (LU 5)
Shoulder pain: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Zuwujin (T 77.25), Zuqianjin (T 77.24), Tiaokou (ST 38)
Elbow pain: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Shangjiuli (T 88.26), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Xiajiuli (T 88.27), Fengshi (GB 31), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
Wrist pain: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Chize (LU 5)
Knee pain: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), between Dabai (T 22.04) and Linggu (T 22.05), Neiguan (PC 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34). Bleed Gaohuangshu (BL 43) with cupping
Ankle pain: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Xiaojie (T 22.13)*
Finger pain: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Wuhu (T 11.27) points 1,2,3
Big toe pain: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Wuhu (T 11.27) points 3,4,5, Baihui (GV 20)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Neuropathy: Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Qili (T 88.51)*, Sizhi (T 77.20), Renhuang (T 77.21)

Tung Acup — Classic

Needle contralateral to the pain. If the pain is in the center, needle bilaterally or the side with the more ah shi points. If the pain is bilateral, needle bilaterally.
Peripheral neuropathy:
- Erjiaoming (T 11.12), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Zhengshi (T 77.03), Zhengjin (T 77.01), Zhengzong (T 77.02).
- Bleed Weizhong (BL 40), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
Poor circulation: Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongtian (T 88.03)
Leg numbness: Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhoushui (T 1010.25), Shenjian (T 44.19)
Limb pain: Quchi (LI 11), Fengshi (GB 31), Waiguan (TH 5), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shousanli (LI 10)
Limb numbness: Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Wangu (GB 12), Fengshi (GB 31), Kunlun (BL 60), Xingjian (LR 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Weizhong (BL 40), Tongli (HT 5), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
Polyneuritis:
- Source 16 :
  - Upper body : Dazhui (GV 14), Dashu (BL 11), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Jianzhen (SI 9), Shousanli (LI 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Baxie (Ex-UE9), Huatuojiaji (Ex-B2).
  - Lower body : Huantiao (GB 30), Biguan (ST 31), Zusanli (ST 36), Jiexi (ST 41), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Xuehai (SP 10), Taixi (KI 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Qiuxu (GB 40), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jinggu (BL 64), Bafeng (Ex-LE10), Huatuojiaji (Ex-B2).
- Source 29 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fubai (GB 10), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyang (Ex-HN5)
Foot cramps: Sanlingyi (T 88.48)*, Sanlinger (T 88.49)*, Sanlingsan (T 88.50)*, Quling (T 33.16)

TCM Acup

Hua Tou Jia Ji, local ah shi points
Hegu (LI 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Pishu (BL 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taichong (LR 3)
Leg Numbness:
- Bleed Weizhong (BL 40) and the dorsal area on the foot. Bleed before needling for the best results. Do not use cups to draw out blood at Weizhong (BL 40) or the popliteal fossa.
- Source 27 : Ciliao (BL 32), Xingjian (LR 2), Qiuxu (GB 40), Kunlun (BL 60), Yangfu (GB 38), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 30 : Bleed Waiqiu (GB 36)
Numbness of the limbs: Quchi (LI 11), Fengshi (GB 31), Waiguan (TH 5), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shousanli (LI 10)
Neuropathy: Neiguan (PC 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Jiexi (ST 41), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taichong (LR 3)
Foot cramps:
- Source 21 :
  - Needle or moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Huantiao (GB 30), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Yangfu (GB 38), Taixi (KI 3), Zhiyin (BL 67)
  - Shenshu (BL 23), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yangfu (GB 38), Xuanzhong (GB 39). Moxa the lateral an the medial ankle, Chengshan (BL 57)
- Source 27 :
  - Shenshu (BL 23), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yangfu (GB 38), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Qiuxu (GB 40), Kunlun (BL 60), Zusanli (ST 36)
  - Jinggu (BL 64), Chengshan (BL 57), Chengjin (BL 56), Shangqiu (SP 5)
- Source 29 : Tianzhu (BL 10), Xingjian (LR 2), Chengshan (BL 57), Jinggu (BL 64), Shangqiu (SP 5), Zulinqi (GB 41), Qiuxu (GB 40), Gongsun (SP 4), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
Foot numbness:
- Source 21 : Huantiao (GB 30), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Yangfu (GB 38), Taixi (KI 3), Zhiyin (BL 67), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Xingjian (LR 2), Kunlun (BL 60), Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Source 27 :
  - Fengfu (GV 16), Yingu (KI 10), Kunlun (BL 60), Jinggu (BL 64), Chengshan (BL 57), Chengjin (BL 56), Shangqiu (SP 5), Rangu (KI 2), Zhongdu (LR 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Tianzhu (BL 10), Xingjian (LR 2). Moxa Huantiao (GB 30), Fengshi (GB 31)
  - Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Fengshi (GB 31), Kunlun (BL 60), Jiexi (ST 41), Chengshan (BL 57), Rangu (KI 2), Xialian (LI 8), Fuliu (KI 7), Shenmai (BL 62), Lidui (ST 45), Shenshu (BL 23), Taichong (LR 3), Qiuxu (GB 40), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Chengshan (BL 57), Jinmen (BL 63).
  - Taixi (KI 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Jiexi (ST 41), Fengshi (GB 31), Zusanli (ST 36), Yangfu (GB 38), Yangjiao (GB 35), Xingjian (LR 2), Kunlun (BL 60), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Qiuxu (GB 40), Xuanzhong (GB 39)

Ear Acup — Traditional

Affected area, Adrenal Gland, Lung
Embed magnetic balls and switch ears every five days.

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Peripheral neuropathy: Large Auricular Nerve, Lesser Occipital Nerve, and corresponding points (Finger, Toe). Bleed Ear Apex.
Intercostal neuralgia: Intercostal Area, Large Auricular Nerve, corresponding points (to the area affected)
- Supplementary points: Liver, Gallbladder, Chest, Occiput

Scalp Acup — Karl Tai

• Tai’s Sensory Si Shen Needles 戴氏感覺四神針 • Baihui (GV 20) • Qianding (GV 21) – calf area • Sagittal Suture Sensory Area (Scalp-KT8) 矢縫感觉区

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Clinical Application(s)

Nerve-related pain, such as neuralgia and neuropathy

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