CM Index Drug Effects

Clinical Application(s)

Moderate to severe constipation

Herb Alternatives

Gentle Lax (Excess)

Gentle Lax (Deficient)

Gentle Lax (Excess)

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Waiguan (TH 5), Zhigou (TH 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Quchi (LI 11)
Right side: Shangjuxu (ST 37), Tiaokou (ST 38), Kongzui (LU 6) or ah shi points nearby, Quze (PC 3)
Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), two needles on Shousanli (LI 10), two needles from Waiguan (TH 5) to Huizong (TH 7), two needles from Kongzui (LU 6) to Lieque (LU 7)

DNA — Bob Doane

Bilateral - Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4), Ququan (LR 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9)
Leave needles in:
- Excess pulse: leave needles in for 40-50 minutes.
- Weak pulse: leave needs in for 10 minutes.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Huochuan (T 33.04), Huoling (T 33.05), Huoshan (T 33.06)
Secondary points: Changmen (T 33.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Huochuan (T 33.04), Menjin (T 66.05), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Tianshu (ST 25)
Bleed Lumbar Kidney Water Zone, Stomach Zone, Zhaohai (KI 6)

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Dazhong (KI 4), Menjin (T 66.05), Muliu (T 66.06), Shousanli (LI 10), Tianshu (ST 25)
Bleed Weizhong (BL 40)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Constipation: Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Huochuan (T 33.04) , Dabai (T 22.04)

Tung Acup — Classic

Constipation (general): Tushui (T 22.11), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Tongtian (T 88.03), Fuchang (T 77.12), Huochuan (T 33.04)

TCM Acup

Constipation:
- Tianshu (ST 25), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Tianshu (ST 25), Dachangshu (BL 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Zhigou (TH 6), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2)
- Source 13: Chengshan (BL 57), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhigou (TH 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Dachangshu (BL 25), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenzhu (GV 12), Xiangu (ST 43), Yongquan (KI 1), Jingming (BL 1), Yingxiang (LI 20), Shaoshang (LU 11)
- Source 15: Taiyi (ST 23), Wailing (ST 26)
- Source 18: Zhigou (TH 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 19: Dadu (SP 2), Tianshu (ST 25), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Dachangshu (BL 25), Zhigou (TH 6), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Source 21: Chengshan (BL 57), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Taibai (SP 3), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pangguangshu (BL 28)
- Source 23: Tianshu (ST 25), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhigou (TH 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dachangshu (BL 25), Ciliao (BL 32), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Source 31: Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihui (GV 20), Zhigou (TH 6)
- Source 27: Dazhong (KI 4), Zhongliao (BL 33), Shimen (CV 5), Chengshan (BL 57), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taixi (KI 3), Kunlun (BL 60), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Shiguan (KI 18), Zhongzhu (KI 15), Fuxi (BL 38), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Taibai (SP 3), Zhangmen (LR 13). Moxa Chengjin (BL 56), Dadu (SP 2)
  - Due to Deficiency: Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhigou (TH 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Chengshan (BL 57), Shangqiu (SP 5), Zhongji (CV 3), Daheng (SP 15), Dachangshu (BL 25), Dadun (LR 1). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Dachangshu (BL 25), Zhongliao (BL 33). Heat up seasalt with fire and place in the umbilicus and cover with a garlic slice and moxa.
  - Due to Heat: Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadun (LR 1), Hegu (LI 4), Zhigou (TH 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Dachangshu (BL 25), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
  - Due to Cold: Zhongwan (CV 12), Guanyuan (CV 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Dachangshu (BL 25), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenque (CV 8).
  - Due to qi stagnation: Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Zhigou (TH 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Dadun (LR 1), Neiting (ST 44), Changqiang (GV 1), Xingjian (LR 2).
  - Due to food stagnation: Add: Xuehai (SP 10), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18)
Constipation in Women: Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmai (BL 62), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
Borborygmi:
- Source 21 : Zusanli (ST 36), Xiangu (ST 43), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhangmen (LR 13), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shuifen (CV 9), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22)
- Source 27 : Xiangu (ST 43), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Chengman (ST 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Wenliu (LI 7), Lougu (SP 7), Fuliu (KI 7), Taibai (SP 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Pangguangshu (BL 28). Moxa Shangwan (CV 13), Shenque (CV 8), Weishu (BL 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Dachangshu (BL 25)
- Source 29 : Qihai (CV 6), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Shanglian (LI 9), Zusanli (ST 36)
Yangming fu syndrome: Lidui (ST 45), Shangyang (LI 1), Tianshu (ST 25), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Dachangshu (BL 25), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Zhigou (TH 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhaohai (KI 6), Chengjiang (CV 24), Yemen (TH 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Chengjiang (CV 24)

Ear Acup — Traditional

Large Intestine, Colon, Rectum, Sympathetic. Tape magnetic balls onto the points and switch ears every three days. If both ears are taped at the same time, rest one day in between the three-day treatments.
Large Intestine, Rectum. Strong stimulation is necessary two or three times daily. Leave the needles in for one hour. Embed ear seeds in Spleen, Large Intestine and Rectum. Switch ear every week.

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Constipation: Abdomen, Spleen, Lung, Liver, San Jiao, Large Intestine, Sigmoid, Digestive Subcortex

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