CM Index Drug Effects
Drug-Herb Index
Terbutaline
Brethine

Clinical Application(s)
Herb Alternatives
Herb Alternatives
Respitrol (Cold)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)*
- 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.
- 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)
- 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)
- Common cold, flu
- 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)
- Common cold:
- Dingke (T 44.28)*, 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), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17), Fenjin (T 44.01), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- 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), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Bronchitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Fenjin (T 44.01), Shouying (T 44.03), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Zhongjian (T 11.05), Xiaojian (T 11.02). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back and below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
- Pneumonia: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Quling (T 33.16), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on or near the ST channel. Bleed the HT and LU areas of the upper back with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Feishu (BL 13), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Taibai (SP 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Ciliao (BL 32), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Kongzui (LU 6)
- 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
- Source 27:
- Bronchitis:
- Source 13: Ximen (PC 4), Quchi (LI 11), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 18: Acute: Tianfu (LU 3), Kongzui (LU 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Fenglong (ST 40), Zusanli (ST 36). Chronic: Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 19: Acute: Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Taiyuan (LU 9) Chronic: Taiyuan (LU 9), Hegu (LI 4), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Source 23: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Lieque (LU 7), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6)
- 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 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)
- Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
- Common Cold in children: Chengjiang (CV 24), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Chize (LU 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Tongli (HT 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Taichong (LR 3)
- Fever in children: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Pneumonia in children: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11)
- Common cold:
- Source 13 : Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 15 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Taiyang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhiyang (GV 9), Shousanli (LI 10)
- Source 18 : Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Taiyang, Yintang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Bitong, Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), ear apex.
- Source 23 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengfu (GV 16), Tongziliao (GB 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 27 : Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Fuliu (KI 7), Waiguan (TH 5)
- Headache : add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Touwei (ST 8), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyang, Yintang
- Nasal obstruction: add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Aversion to cold, fever : strong stimulation to Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Quchi (LI 11), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Sore throat , voice loss: add Yemen (TH 2), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Fever : add Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11)
- Cough : Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
- Wind-heat : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Yuji (LU 10)
- Wind-cold : Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Cough: Laogong (PC 8), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Chize (LU 5), Taixi (KI 3), Lieque (LU 7), Bailao, Zhongwan (CV 12) Taichong (LR 3), Yuji (LU 10), Qiangu (SI 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Ququan (LR 8) Fengmen (BL 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Kongzui (LU 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Pneumonia:
- Source 13: Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Lieque (LU 7), Tiantu (CV 22)
- Source 23: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Bronchi, Lung, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland. Apply ear seeds to these points on both ears.
- Bronchial 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, Stop Asthma.
- Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
- 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
- Tracheitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
• 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
Herb Alternatives
Respitrol (Deficient)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)*
- 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.
- 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)
- 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)
- Common cold, flu
- 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)
- Common cold:
- Dingke (T 44.28)*, 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), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17), Fenjin (T 44.01), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- 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), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Bronchitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Fenjin (T 44.01), Shouying (T 44.03), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Zhongjian (T 11.05), Xiaojian (T 11.02). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back and below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
- Pneumonia: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Quling (T 33.16), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on or near the ST channel. Bleed the HT and LU areas of the upper back with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Feishu (BL 13), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Taibai (SP 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Ciliao (BL 32), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Kongzui (LU 6)
- 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
- Source 27:
- Bronchitis:
- Source 13: Ximen (PC 4), Quchi (LI 11), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 18: Acute: Tianfu (LU 3), Kongzui (LU 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Fenglong (ST 40), Zusanli (ST 36). Chronic: Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 19: Acute: Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Taiyuan (LU 9) Chronic: Taiyuan (LU 9), Hegu (LI 4), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Source 23: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Lieque (LU 7), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6)
- 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 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)
- Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
- Common Cold in children: Chengjiang (CV 24), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Chize (LU 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Tongli (HT 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Taichong (LR 3)
- Fever in children: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Pneumonia in children: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11)
- Common cold:
- Source 13 : Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 15 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Taiyang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhiyang (GV 9), Shousanli (LI 10)
- Source 18 : Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Taiyang, Yintang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Bitong, Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), ear apex.
- Source 23 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengfu (GV 16), Tongziliao (GB 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 27 : Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Fuliu (KI 7), Waiguan (TH 5)
- Headache : add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Touwei (ST 8), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyang, Yintang
- Nasal obstruction: add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Aversion to cold, fever : strong stimulation to Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Quchi (LI 11), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Sore throat , voice loss: add Yemen (TH 2), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Fever : add Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11)
- Cough : Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
- Wind-heat : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Yuji (LU 10)
- Wind-cold : Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Cough: Laogong (PC 8), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Chize (LU 5), Taixi (KI 3), Lieque (LU 7), Bailao, Zhongwan (CV 12) Taichong (LR 3), Yuji (LU 10), Qiangu (SI 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Ququan (LR 8) Fengmen (BL 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Kongzui (LU 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Pneumonia:
- Source 13: Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Lieque (LU 7), Tiantu (CV 22)
- Source 23: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Bronchi, Lung, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland. Apply ear seeds to these points on both ears.
- Bronchial 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, Stop Asthma.
- Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
- 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
- Tracheitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
• 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
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.