CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details
TCM Diagnosis
Liver qi stagnation
Vitality
- Primary points: Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Secondary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sanchayi (T 22.15)*, Sanchaer (T 22.16)*, Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Yuhuo (T 1010.21), 1010.22 Biyi (T 1010.22)
- Low libido (women): Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Renhuang (T 77.21), Fuke (T 11.24), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03). Vaginal moxa or steaming.
- Low libido (men): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dadun (LR 1)
- Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone if stasis present
- Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3)
- Low libido (men), erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation: Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Baihui (GV 20). Needle closer to the KI channel, Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Renhuang (T 77.21), Dadun (LR 1), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Low libido (women): Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Fuke (T 11.24), Huanchao (T 11.06), Baihui (GV 20). Needle closer to the SP channel.
- Infertility (male): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14); Endocrine, Kidney and Testicle points on the ear. Moxa du (governing) channel on the back.
- Impotence: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sanshen (T 44.27)*. Bleed tender points on the Kidney area of the back from L1-L5 with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result. Administer moxa for at least 30 minutes to the Kidney area on the back from L1-L5, Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3).
- Spermatorrhea: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Zhongshu (GV 7)
- Low libido in women: Fuke (T 11.24), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Male Infertility: Qugu (CV 2), Ciliao (BL 32), Dadun (LR 1), Shenque (CV 8), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Qichong (ST 30), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Dahe (KI 12), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Huatuojiaji (Ex-B2)
- Impotence:
- Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Guanyuan (CV 4), Rangu (KI 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 10: Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Dadun (LR 1), Yinlian (LR 11), Qugu (CV 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Neiguan (PC 6), Qichong (ST 30), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taichong (LR 3), Taixi (KI 3), Dahe (KI 12), Geshu (BL 17). Moxa Dadun (LR 1), Guanyuan (CV 4), umbilicus.
- Kidney deficiency: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Baihui (GV 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa
- Spleen and Heart deficiency: Xinshu (BL 15), Neiguan (PC 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Damp-heat: Ligou (LR 5), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Ciliao (BL 32), Qichong (ST 30), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2)
- Liver qi stagnation: Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 13: Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 15: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Dahe (KI 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Shuiquan (KI 5), Jingmen (GB 25). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 18: Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenmen (HT 7), Ligou (LR 5), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongji (CV 3), Taixi (KI 3), Ququan (LR 8), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Premature ejaculation:
- Sanshen (T 44.27)*, Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Dihuang (T 77.19)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guilai (ST 29)
- Source 23 : Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Guilai (ST 29), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhishi (BL 52).
- Source 27 : Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guilai (ST 29)
- Semen - thin, scanty, none or poor quality: Huiyin (CV 1), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Zusanli (ST 36), Qichong (ST 30), Taichong (LR 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Taixi (KI 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Diji (SP 8)
- Semen - low count, poor morphology and motility: Yongquan (KI 1), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Fuliu (KI 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Diji (SP 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Shuidao (ST 28), Guilai (ST 29), Zusanli (ST 36), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Spermatorrhea:
- Source 10: Huiyin (CV 1), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Qimen (LR 14), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Ciliao (BL 32)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 13: Huiyin (CV 1), Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Taixi (KI 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Neiting (ST 44), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Yingu (KI 10), Baihui (GV 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 15: Yingu (KI 10), Zhishi (BL 52)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 21: Needle or moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hanyan (GB 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Zhongji (CV 3), Dahe (KI 12), Rangu (KI 2), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Qugu (CV 2).
- Source 23: Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Source 27:
- Dahe (KI 12), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Ququan (LR 8), Zhongji (CV 3), Ligou (LR 5), Lougu (SP 7), Chengfu (BL 36), Zhiyin (BL 67), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Lieque (LU 7), Xiaqu (T 44.15)
- Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Qihai (CV 6), Shimen (CV 5), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7).
- Spleen qi deficiency: Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Yishe (BL 49), Hunmen (BL 47), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Damp heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qugu (CV 2), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 29:
- Geshu (BL 17), Danshu (BL 19), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dahe (KI 12), Rangu (KI 2), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongji (CV 3), Ligou (LR 5), Lougu (SP 7), Chengfu (BL 36), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Kidne jing (essence) deficiency: Zhaohai (KI 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Zhaohai (KI 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3)
- Yin deficiency: Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Xinshu (BL 15), Rangu (KI 2), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Impotence: Male Internal Genital, External Genital, Gonadotropin, Kidney, Liver, Libido, Exciting Point, Endocrine, Pituitary
- Emission: Shenmen, Kidney, Liver, Heart, Neurasthenia Point (front and back), Neurasthenia Area (front and back), Nervous Subcortex, Dream Disturbed Sleeping Area, bleed Ear Apex
TCM Diagnosis
Kidney yin and yang deficiencies
Herbal Formula
Vitality
- Primary points: Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Secondary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sanchayi (T 22.15)*, Sanchaer (T 22.16)*, Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Yuhuo (T 1010.21), 1010.22 Biyi (T 1010.22)
- Low libido (women): Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Renhuang (T 77.21), Fuke (T 11.24), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03). Vaginal moxa or steaming.
- Low libido (men): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dadun (LR 1)
- Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone if stasis present
- Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3)
- Low libido (men), erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation: Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Baihui (GV 20). Needle closer to the KI channel, Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Renhuang (T 77.21), Dadun (LR 1), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Low libido (women): Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Fuke (T 11.24), Huanchao (T 11.06), Baihui (GV 20). Needle closer to the SP channel.
- Infertility (male): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14); Endocrine, Kidney and Testicle points on the ear. Moxa du (governing) channel on the back.
- Impotence: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sanshen (T 44.27)*. Bleed tender points on the Kidney area of the back from L1-L5 with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result. Administer moxa for at least 30 minutes to the Kidney area on the back from L1-L5, Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3).
- Spermatorrhea: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Zhongshu (GV 7)
- Low libido in women: Fuke (T 11.24), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Male Infertility: Qugu (CV 2), Ciliao (BL 32), Dadun (LR 1), Shenque (CV 8), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Qichong (ST 30), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Dahe (KI 12), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Huatuojiaji (Ex-B2)
- Impotence:
- Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Guanyuan (CV 4), Rangu (KI 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 10: Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Dadun (LR 1), Yinlian (LR 11), Qugu (CV 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Neiguan (PC 6), Qichong (ST 30), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taichong (LR 3), Taixi (KI 3), Dahe (KI 12), Geshu (BL 17). Moxa Dadun (LR 1), Guanyuan (CV 4), umbilicus.
- Kidney deficiency: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Baihui (GV 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa
- Spleen and Heart deficiency: Xinshu (BL 15), Neiguan (PC 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Damp-heat: Ligou (LR 5), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Ciliao (BL 32), Qichong (ST 30), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2)
- Liver qi stagnation: Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 13: Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 15: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Dahe (KI 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Shuiquan (KI 5), Jingmen (GB 25). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 18: Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenmen (HT 7), Ligou (LR 5), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongji (CV 3), Taixi (KI 3), Ququan (LR 8), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Premature ejaculation:
- Sanshen (T 44.27)*, Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Dihuang (T 77.19)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guilai (ST 29)
- Source 23 : Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Guilai (ST 29), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhishi (BL 52).
- Source 27 : Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guilai (ST 29)
- Semen - thin, scanty, none or poor quality: Huiyin (CV 1), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Zusanli (ST 36), Qichong (ST 30), Taichong (LR 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Taixi (KI 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Diji (SP 8)
- Semen - low count, poor morphology and motility: Yongquan (KI 1), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Fuliu (KI 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Diji (SP 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Shuidao (ST 28), Guilai (ST 29), Zusanli (ST 36), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Spermatorrhea:
- Source 10: Huiyin (CV 1), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Qimen (LR 14), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Ciliao (BL 32)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 13: Huiyin (CV 1), Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Taixi (KI 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Neiting (ST 44), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Yingu (KI 10), Baihui (GV 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 15: Yingu (KI 10), Zhishi (BL 52)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 21: Needle or moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hanyan (GB 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Zhongji (CV 3), Dahe (KI 12), Rangu (KI 2), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Qugu (CV 2).
- Source 23: Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Source 27:
- Dahe (KI 12), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Ququan (LR 8), Zhongji (CV 3), Ligou (LR 5), Lougu (SP 7), Chengfu (BL 36), Zhiyin (BL 67), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Lieque (LU 7), Xiaqu (T 44.15)
- Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Qihai (CV 6), Shimen (CV 5), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7).
- Spleen qi deficiency: Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Yishe (BL 49), Hunmen (BL 47), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Damp heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qugu (CV 2), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 29:
- Geshu (BL 17), Danshu (BL 19), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dahe (KI 12), Rangu (KI 2), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongji (CV 3), Ligou (LR 5), Lougu (SP 7), Chengfu (BL 36), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Kidne jing (essence) deficiency: Zhaohai (KI 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Zhaohai (KI 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3)
- Yin deficiency: Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Xinshu (BL 15), Rangu (KI 2), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Impotence: Male Internal Genital, External Genital, Gonadotropin, Kidney, Liver, Libido, Exciting Point, Endocrine, Pituitary
- Emission: Shenmen, Kidney, Liver, Heart, Neurasthenia Point (front and back), Neurasthenia Area (front and back), Nervous Subcortex, Dream Disturbed Sleeping Area, bleed Ear Apex
TCM Diagnosis
Kidney and Lung deficiencies
Herbal Formula
Vitality
- Primary points: Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Secondary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sanchayi (T 22.15)*, Sanchaer (T 22.16)*, Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Yuhuo (T 1010.21), 1010.22 Biyi (T 1010.22)
- Low libido (women): Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Renhuang (T 77.21), Fuke (T 11.24), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03). Vaginal moxa or steaming.
- Low libido (men): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dadun (LR 1)
- Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone if stasis present
- Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3)
- Low libido (men), erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation: Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Baihui (GV 20). Needle closer to the KI channel, Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Renhuang (T 77.21), Dadun (LR 1), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Low libido (women): Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Fuke (T 11.24), Huanchao (T 11.06), Baihui (GV 20). Needle closer to the SP channel.
- Infertility (male): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14); Endocrine, Kidney and Testicle points on the ear. Moxa du (governing) channel on the back.
- Impotence: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sanshen (T 44.27)*. Bleed tender points on the Kidney area of the back from L1-L5 with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result. Administer moxa for at least 30 minutes to the Kidney area on the back from L1-L5, Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3).
- Spermatorrhea: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Zhongshu (GV 7)
- Low libido in women: Fuke (T 11.24), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Male Infertility: Qugu (CV 2), Ciliao (BL 32), Dadun (LR 1), Shenque (CV 8), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Qichong (ST 30), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Dahe (KI 12), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Huatuojiaji (Ex-B2)
- Impotence:
- Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Guanyuan (CV 4), Rangu (KI 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 10: Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Dadun (LR 1), Yinlian (LR 11), Qugu (CV 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Neiguan (PC 6), Qichong (ST 30), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taichong (LR 3), Taixi (KI 3), Dahe (KI 12), Geshu (BL 17). Moxa Dadun (LR 1), Guanyuan (CV 4), umbilicus.
- Kidney deficiency: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Baihui (GV 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa
- Spleen and Heart deficiency: Xinshu (BL 15), Neiguan (PC 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Damp-heat: Ligou (LR 5), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Ciliao (BL 32), Qichong (ST 30), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2)
- Liver qi stagnation: Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 13: Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 15: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Dahe (KI 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Shuiquan (KI 5), Jingmen (GB 25). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 18: Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenmen (HT 7), Ligou (LR 5), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongji (CV 3), Taixi (KI 3), Ququan (LR 8), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Premature ejaculation:
- Sanshen (T 44.27)*, Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Dihuang (T 77.19)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guilai (ST 29)
- Source 23 : Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Guilai (ST 29), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhishi (BL 52).
- Source 27 : Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guilai (ST 29)
- Semen - thin, scanty, none or poor quality: Huiyin (CV 1), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Zusanli (ST 36), Qichong (ST 30), Taichong (LR 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Taixi (KI 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Diji (SP 8)
- Semen - low count, poor morphology and motility: Yongquan (KI 1), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Fuliu (KI 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Diji (SP 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Shuidao (ST 28), Guilai (ST 29), Zusanli (ST 36), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Spermatorrhea:
- Source 10: Huiyin (CV 1), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Qimen (LR 14), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Ciliao (BL 32)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 13: Huiyin (CV 1), Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Taixi (KI 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Neiting (ST 44), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Yingu (KI 10), Baihui (GV 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 15: Yingu (KI 10), Zhishi (BL 52)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 21: Needle or moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hanyan (GB 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Zhongji (CV 3), Dahe (KI 12), Rangu (KI 2), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Qugu (CV 2).
- Source 23: Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Source 27:
- Dahe (KI 12), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Ququan (LR 8), Zhongji (CV 3), Ligou (LR 5), Lougu (SP 7), Chengfu (BL 36), Zhiyin (BL 67), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Lieque (LU 7), Xiaqu (T 44.15)
- Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Qihai (CV 6), Shimen (CV 5), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7).
- Spleen qi deficiency: Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Yishe (BL 49), Hunmen (BL 47), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Damp heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qugu (CV 2), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 29:
- Geshu (BL 17), Danshu (BL 19), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dahe (KI 12), Rangu (KI 2), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongji (CV 3), Ligou (LR 5), Lougu (SP 7), Chengfu (BL 36), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Kidne jing (essence) deficiency: Zhaohai (KI 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Zhaohai (KI 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3)
- Yin deficiency: Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Xinshu (BL 15), Rangu (KI 2), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Impotence: Male Internal Genital, External Genital, Gonadotropin, Kidney, Liver, Libido, Exciting Point, Endocrine, Pituitary
- Emission: Shenmen, Kidney, Liver, Heart, Neurasthenia Point (front and back), Neurasthenia Area (front and back), Nervous Subcortex, Dream Disturbed Sleeping Area, bleed Ear Apex
TCM Diagnosis
Kidney jing(essence) deficiency
Herbal Formula
Vitality
- Primary points: Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Secondary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sanchayi (T 22.15)*, Sanchaer (T 22.16)*, Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Yuhuo (T 1010.21), 1010.22 Biyi (T 1010.22)
- Low libido (women): Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Renhuang (T 77.21), Fuke (T 11.24), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03). Vaginal moxa or steaming.
- Low libido (men): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dadun (LR 1)
- Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone if stasis present
- Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3)
- Low libido (men), erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation: Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Baihui (GV 20). Needle closer to the KI channel, Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Renhuang (T 77.21), Dadun (LR 1), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Low libido (women): Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Fuke (T 11.24), Huanchao (T 11.06), Baihui (GV 20). Needle closer to the SP channel.
- Infertility (male): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14); Endocrine, Kidney and Testicle points on the ear. Moxa du (governing) channel on the back.
- Impotence: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sanshen (T 44.27)*. Bleed tender points on the Kidney area of the back from L1-L5 with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result. Administer moxa for at least 30 minutes to the Kidney area on the back from L1-L5, Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3).
- Spermatorrhea: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Zhongshu (GV 7)
- Low libido in women: Fuke (T 11.24), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Male Infertility: Qugu (CV 2), Ciliao (BL 32), Dadun (LR 1), Shenque (CV 8), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Qichong (ST 30), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Dahe (KI 12), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Huatuojiaji (Ex-B2)
- Impotence:
- Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Guanyuan (CV 4), Rangu (KI 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 10: Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Dadun (LR 1), Yinlian (LR 11), Qugu (CV 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Neiguan (PC 6), Qichong (ST 30), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taichong (LR 3), Taixi (KI 3), Dahe (KI 12), Geshu (BL 17). Moxa Dadun (LR 1), Guanyuan (CV 4), umbilicus.
- Kidney deficiency: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Baihui (GV 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa
- Spleen and Heart deficiency: Xinshu (BL 15), Neiguan (PC 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Damp-heat: Ligou (LR 5), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Ciliao (BL 32), Qichong (ST 30), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2)
- Liver qi stagnation: Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 13: Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 15: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Dahe (KI 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Shuiquan (KI 5), Jingmen (GB 25). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 18: Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenmen (HT 7), Ligou (LR 5), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongji (CV 3), Taixi (KI 3), Ququan (LR 8), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Premature ejaculation:
- Sanshen (T 44.27)*, Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Dihuang (T 77.19)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guilai (ST 29)
- Source 23 : Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Guilai (ST 29), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhishi (BL 52).
- Source 27 : Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guilai (ST 29)
- Semen - thin, scanty, none or poor quality: Huiyin (CV 1), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Zusanli (ST 36), Qichong (ST 30), Taichong (LR 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Taixi (KI 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Diji (SP 8)
- Semen - low count, poor morphology and motility: Yongquan (KI 1), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Fuliu (KI 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Diji (SP 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Shuidao (ST 28), Guilai (ST 29), Zusanli (ST 36), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Spermatorrhea:
- Source 10: Huiyin (CV 1), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Qimen (LR 14), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Ciliao (BL 32)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 13: Huiyin (CV 1), Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Taixi (KI 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Neiting (ST 44), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Yingu (KI 10), Baihui (GV 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 15: Yingu (KI 10), Zhishi (BL 52)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 21: Needle or moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hanyan (GB 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Zhongji (CV 3), Dahe (KI 12), Rangu (KI 2), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Qugu (CV 2).
- Source 23: Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Source 27:
- Dahe (KI 12), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Ququan (LR 8), Zhongji (CV 3), Ligou (LR 5), Lougu (SP 7), Chengfu (BL 36), Zhiyin (BL 67), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Lieque (LU 7), Xiaqu (T 44.15)
- Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Qihai (CV 6), Shimen (CV 5), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7).
- Spleen qi deficiency: Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Yishe (BL 49), Hunmen (BL 47), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Damp heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qugu (CV 2), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 29:
- Geshu (BL 17), Danshu (BL 19), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dahe (KI 12), Rangu (KI 2), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongji (CV 3), Ligou (LR 5), Lougu (SP 7), Chengfu (BL 36), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Kidne jing (essence) deficiency: Zhaohai (KI 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Zhaohai (KI 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3)
- Yin deficiency: Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Xinshu (BL 15), Rangu (KI 2), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Impotence: Male Internal Genital, External Genital, Gonadotropin, Kidney, Liver, Libido, Exciting Point, Endocrine, Pituitary
- Emission: Shenmen, Kidney, Liver, Heart, Neurasthenia Point (front and back), Neurasthenia Area (front and back), Nervous Subcortex, Dream Disturbed Sleeping Area, bleed Ear Apex
TCM Diagnosis
Kidney yin deficiency with deficiency fire
Herbal Formula
Balance (Heat)
- Primary points: Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Secondary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sanchayi (T 22.15)*, Sanchaer (T 22.16)*, Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Yuhuo (T 1010.21), 1010.22 Biyi (T 1010.22)
- Low libido (women): Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Renhuang (T 77.21), Fuke (T 11.24), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03). Vaginal moxa or steaming.
- Low libido (men): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dadun (LR 1)
- Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone if stasis present
- Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3)
- Low libido (men), erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation: Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Baihui (GV 20). Needle closer to the KI channel, Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Renhuang (T 77.21), Dadun (LR 1), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Low libido (women): Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Fuke (T 11.24), Huanchao (T 11.06), Baihui (GV 20). Needle closer to the SP channel.
- Infertility (male): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14); Endocrine, Kidney and Testicle points on the ear. Moxa du (governing) channel on the back.
- Impotence: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sanshen (T 44.27)*. Bleed tender points on the Kidney area of the back from L1-L5 with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result. Administer moxa for at least 30 minutes to the Kidney area on the back from L1-L5, Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3).
- Spermatorrhea: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Zhongshu (GV 7)
- Low libido in women: Fuke (T 11.24), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Male Infertility: Qugu (CV 2), Ciliao (BL 32), Dadun (LR 1), Shenque (CV 8), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Qichong (ST 30), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Dahe (KI 12), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Huatuojiaji (Ex-B2)
- Impotence:
- Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Guanyuan (CV 4), Rangu (KI 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 10: Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Dadun (LR 1), Yinlian (LR 11), Qugu (CV 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Neiguan (PC 6), Qichong (ST 30), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taichong (LR 3), Taixi (KI 3), Dahe (KI 12), Geshu (BL 17). Moxa Dadun (LR 1), Guanyuan (CV 4), umbilicus.
- Kidney deficiency: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Baihui (GV 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa
- Spleen and Heart deficiency: Xinshu (BL 15), Neiguan (PC 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Damp-heat: Ligou (LR 5), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Ciliao (BL 32), Qichong (ST 30), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2)
- Liver qi stagnation: Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 13: Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 15: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Dahe (KI 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Shuiquan (KI 5), Jingmen (GB 25). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 18: Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenmen (HT 7), Ligou (LR 5), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongji (CV 3), Taixi (KI 3), Ququan (LR 8), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Premature ejaculation:
- Sanshen (T 44.27)*, Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Dihuang (T 77.19)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guilai (ST 29)
- Source 23 : Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Guilai (ST 29), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhishi (BL 52).
- Source 27 : Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guilai (ST 29)
- Semen - thin, scanty, none or poor quality: Huiyin (CV 1), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Zusanli (ST 36), Qichong (ST 30), Taichong (LR 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Taixi (KI 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Diji (SP 8)
- Semen - low count, poor morphology and motility: Yongquan (KI 1), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Fuliu (KI 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Diji (SP 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Shuidao (ST 28), Guilai (ST 29), Zusanli (ST 36), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Spermatorrhea:
- Source 10: Huiyin (CV 1), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Qimen (LR 14), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Ciliao (BL 32)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 13: Huiyin (CV 1), Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Taixi (KI 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Neiting (ST 44), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Yingu (KI 10), Baihui (GV 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 15: Yingu (KI 10), Zhishi (BL 52)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 21: Needle or moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hanyan (GB 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Zhongji (CV 3), Dahe (KI 12), Rangu (KI 2), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Qugu (CV 2).
- Source 23: Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Source 27:
- Dahe (KI 12), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Ququan (LR 8), Zhongji (CV 3), Ligou (LR 5), Lougu (SP 7), Chengfu (BL 36), Zhiyin (BL 67), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Lieque (LU 7), Xiaqu (T 44.15)
- Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Qihai (CV 6), Shimen (CV 5), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7).
- Spleen qi deficiency: Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Yishe (BL 49), Hunmen (BL 47), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Damp heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qugu (CV 2), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 29:
- Geshu (BL 17), Danshu (BL 19), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dahe (KI 12), Rangu (KI 2), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongji (CV 3), Ligou (LR 5), Lougu (SP 7), Chengfu (BL 36), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Kidne jing (essence) deficiency: Zhaohai (KI 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Zhaohai (KI 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3)
- Yin deficiency: Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Xinshu (BL 15), Rangu (KI 2), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Uterus, Ovary, Endocrine, Sympathetic, Subcortex
- For emotional disorders, add Shenmen and Heart.
- For palpitations and irregular heartbeat, add Heart and Small Intestine.
- For flushed cheeks, excess perspiration, add Cheeks and Lung.
- Impotence: Male Internal Genital, External Genital, Gonadotropin, Kidney, Liver, Libido, Exciting Point, Endocrine, Pituitary
- Emission: Shenmen, Kidney, Liver, Heart, Neurasthenia Point (front and back), Neurasthenia Area (front and back), Nervous Subcortex, Dream Disturbed Sleeping Area, bleed Ear Apex
TCM Diagnosis
Damp-heat in the lower jiao
Herbal Formula
Gentiana Complex
- Primary points: Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Secondary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sanchayi (T 22.15)*, Sanchaer (T 22.16)*, Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Yuhuo (T 1010.21), 1010.22 Biyi (T 1010.22)
- Low libido (women): Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Renhuang (T 77.21), Fuke (T 11.24), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03). Vaginal moxa or steaming.
- Low libido (men): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dadun (LR 1)
- Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone if stasis present
- Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3)
- Low libido (men), erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation: Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Baihui (GV 20). Needle closer to the KI channel, Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Renhuang (T 77.21), Dadun (LR 1), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Low libido (women): Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Fuke (T 11.24), Huanchao (T 11.06), Baihui (GV 20). Needle closer to the SP channel.
- Infertility (male): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14); Endocrine, Kidney and Testicle points on the ear. Moxa du (governing) channel on the back.
- Impotence: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sanshen (T 44.27)*. Bleed tender points on the Kidney area of the back from L1-L5 with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result. Administer moxa for at least 30 minutes to the Kidney area on the back from L1-L5, Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3).
- Spermatorrhea: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Zhongshu (GV 7)
- Low libido in women: Fuke (T 11.24), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Male Infertility: Qugu (CV 2), Ciliao (BL 32), Dadun (LR 1), Shenque (CV 8), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Qichong (ST 30), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Dahe (KI 12), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Huatuojiaji (Ex-B2)
- Impotence:
- Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Guanyuan (CV 4), Rangu (KI 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 10: Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Dadun (LR 1), Yinlian (LR 11), Qugu (CV 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Neiguan (PC 6), Qichong (ST 30), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taichong (LR 3), Taixi (KI 3), Dahe (KI 12), Geshu (BL 17). Moxa Dadun (LR 1), Guanyuan (CV 4), umbilicus.
- Kidney deficiency: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Baihui (GV 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa
- Spleen and Heart deficiency: Xinshu (BL 15), Neiguan (PC 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Damp-heat: Ligou (LR 5), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Ciliao (BL 32), Qichong (ST 30), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2)
- Liver qi stagnation: Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 13: Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 15: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Dahe (KI 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Shuiquan (KI 5), Jingmen (GB 25). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 18: Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenmen (HT 7), Ligou (LR 5), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongji (CV 3), Taixi (KI 3), Ququan (LR 8), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Premature ejaculation:
- Sanshen (T 44.27)*, Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Dihuang (T 77.19)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guilai (ST 29)
- Source 23 : Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Guilai (ST 29), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhishi (BL 52).
- Source 27 : Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guilai (ST 29)
- Semen - thin, scanty, none or poor quality: Huiyin (CV 1), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Zusanli (ST 36), Qichong (ST 30), Taichong (LR 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Taixi (KI 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Diji (SP 8)
- Semen - low count, poor morphology and motility: Yongquan (KI 1), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Fuliu (KI 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Diji (SP 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Shuidao (ST 28), Guilai (ST 29), Zusanli (ST 36), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Spermatorrhea:
- Source 10: Huiyin (CV 1), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Qimen (LR 14), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Ciliao (BL 32)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 13: Huiyin (CV 1), Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Taixi (KI 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Neiting (ST 44), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Yingu (KI 10), Baihui (GV 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 15: Yingu (KI 10), Zhishi (BL 52)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 21: Needle or moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hanyan (GB 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Zhongji (CV 3), Dahe (KI 12), Rangu (KI 2), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Qugu (CV 2).
- Source 23: Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Source 27:
- Dahe (KI 12), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Ququan (LR 8), Zhongji (CV 3), Ligou (LR 5), Lougu (SP 7), Chengfu (BL 36), Zhiyin (BL 67), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Lieque (LU 7), Xiaqu (T 44.15)
- Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Qihai (CV 6), Shimen (CV 5), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7).
- Spleen qi deficiency: Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Yishe (BL 49), Hunmen (BL 47), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Damp heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qugu (CV 2), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 29:
- Geshu (BL 17), Danshu (BL 19), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dahe (KI 12), Rangu (KI 2), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongji (CV 3), Ligou (LR 5), Lougu (SP 7), Chengfu (BL 36), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Kidne jing (essence) deficiency: Zhaohai (KI 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Zhaohai (KI 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3)
- Yin deficiency: Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Xinshu (BL 15), Rangu (KI 2), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Uterus, Ovary, Endocrine, Sympathetic, Subcortex
- For emotional disorders, add Shenmen and Heart.
- For palpitations and irregular heartbeat, add Heart and Small Intestine.
- For flushed cheeks, excess perspiration, add Cheeks and Lung.
- Impotence: Male Internal Genital, External Genital, Gonadotropin, Kidney, Liver, Libido, Exciting Point, Endocrine, Pituitary
- Emission: Shenmen, Kidney, Liver, Heart, Neurasthenia Point (front and back), Neurasthenia Area (front and back), Nervous Subcortex, Dream Disturbed Sleeping Area, bleed Ear Apex
TCM Diagnosis
Kidney yin deficiency
Herbal Formula
Balance Spring
- Primary points: Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Secondary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sanchayi (T 22.15)*, Sanchaer (T 22.16)*, Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Yuhuo (T 1010.21), 1010.22 Biyi (T 1010.22)
- Low libido (women): Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Renhuang (T 77.21), Fuke (T 11.24), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03). Vaginal moxa or steaming.
- Low libido (men): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dadun (LR 1)
- Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone if stasis present
- Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3)
- Low libido (men), erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation: Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Baihui (GV 20). Needle closer to the KI channel, Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Renhuang (T 77.21), Dadun (LR 1), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Low libido (women): Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Fuke (T 11.24), Huanchao (T 11.06), Baihui (GV 20). Needle closer to the SP channel.
- Infertility (male): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14); Endocrine, Kidney and Testicle points on the ear. Moxa du (governing) channel on the back.
- Impotence: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sanshen (T 44.27)*. Bleed tender points on the Kidney area of the back from L1-L5 with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result. Administer moxa for at least 30 minutes to the Kidney area on the back from L1-L5, Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3).
- Spermatorrhea: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Zhongshu (GV 7)
- Low libido in women: Fuke (T 11.24), Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Male Infertility: Qugu (CV 2), Ciliao (BL 32), Dadun (LR 1), Shenque (CV 8), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Qichong (ST 30), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Dahe (KI 12), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Huatuojiaji (Ex-B2)
- Impotence:
- Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Guanyuan (CV 4), Rangu (KI 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 10: Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Dadun (LR 1), Yinlian (LR 11), Qugu (CV 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Neiguan (PC 6), Qichong (ST 30), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taichong (LR 3), Taixi (KI 3), Dahe (KI 12), Geshu (BL 17). Moxa Dadun (LR 1), Guanyuan (CV 4), umbilicus.
- Kidney deficiency: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Baihui (GV 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa
- Spleen and Heart deficiency: Xinshu (BL 15), Neiguan (PC 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Damp-heat: Ligou (LR 5), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Ciliao (BL 32), Qichong (ST 30), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2)
- Liver qi stagnation: Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 13: Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 15: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Dahe (KI 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Shuiquan (KI 5), Jingmen (GB 25). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 18: Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenmen (HT 7), Ligou (LR 5), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongji (CV 3), Taixi (KI 3), Ququan (LR 8), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Premature ejaculation:
- Sanshen (T 44.27)*, Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Dihuang (T 77.19)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guilai (ST 29)
- Source 23 : Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Guilai (ST 29), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhishi (BL 52).
- Source 27 : Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guilai (ST 29)
- Semen - thin, scanty, none or poor quality: Huiyin (CV 1), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Ciliao (BL 32), Zusanli (ST 36), Qichong (ST 30), Taichong (LR 3), Mingmen (GV 4), Taixi (KI 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Diji (SP 8)
- Semen - low count, poor morphology and motility: Yongquan (KI 1), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Fuliu (KI 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Diji (SP 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Shuidao (ST 28), Guilai (ST 29), Zusanli (ST 36), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Spermatorrhea:
- Source 10: Huiyin (CV 1), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Qimen (LR 14), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Ciliao (BL 32)
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongliao (BL 33), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 13: Huiyin (CV 1), Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Taixi (KI 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Neiting (ST 44), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Yingu (KI 10), Baihui (GV 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 15: Yingu (KI 10), Zhishi (BL 52)
- Source 19: Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 21: Needle or moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hanyan (GB 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Zhongji (CV 3), Dahe (KI 12), Rangu (KI 2), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Qugu (CV 2).
- Source 23: Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Source 27:
- Dahe (KI 12), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Ququan (LR 8), Zhongji (CV 3), Ligou (LR 5), Lougu (SP 7), Chengfu (BL 36), Zhiyin (BL 67), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Lieque (LU 7), Xiaqu (T 44.15)
- Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Qihai (CV 6), Shimen (CV 5), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7).
- Spleen qi deficiency: Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Yishe (BL 49), Hunmen (BL 47), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Damp heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qugu (CV 2), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 29:
- Geshu (BL 17), Danshu (BL 19), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dahe (KI 12), Rangu (KI 2), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongji (CV 3), Ligou (LR 5), Lougu (SP 7), Chengfu (BL 36), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Kidne jing (essence) deficiency: Zhaohai (KI 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Zhaohai (KI 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Taixi (KI 3)
- Yin deficiency: Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Xinshu (BL 15), Rangu (KI 2), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Uterus, Ovary, Endocrine, Sympathetic, Subcortex
- For emotional disorders, add Shenmen and Heart.
- For palpitations and irregular heartbeat, add Heart and Small Intestine.
- For flushed cheeks, excess perspiration, add Cheeks and Lung.
- Impotence: Male Internal Genital, External Genital, Gonadotropin, Kidney, Liver, Libido, Exciting Point, Endocrine, Pituitary
- Emission: Shenmen, Kidney, Liver, Heart, Neurasthenia Point (front and back), Neurasthenia Area (front and back), Nervous Subcortex, Dream Disturbed Sleeping Area, bleed Ear Apex
Important! The information is intended as a reference for professional TCM practitioners. It's important to recognize that a single symptom may point to multiple potential diagnoses, and a specific diagnosis can require different treatment protocols due to varying clinical presentations and underlying causes. Informed professional judgment and careful evaluation must be exercised prior to recommending any treatment protocols to patients.