CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details
TCM Diagnosis
Spleen qi deficiency with water accumulation
Herbal Formula
GI Tonic
- Left side: Hegu (LI 4), Shaoze (SI 1), Wangu (SI 4),Yinlingquan (SP 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Right side: Chize (LU 5), Jingqu (LU 8), Shaoshang (LU 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Weizhong (BL 40), Kunlun (BL 60)
or
- Left side: Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Yinbai (SP 1), Dadu (SP 2), Taibai (SP 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9) Rangu (KI 2)
- Right side: Jianshi (PC 5), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongchong (PC 9), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Alternate sides in between treatments.
- Due to the Heart:
- Due to the Spleen:
- Primary points: Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11)
- Secondary points: Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Edema (general): Dihuang (T 77.19), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuiqu (T 66.09), Tongbei (T 88.11)
- Edema (face): Dihuang (T 77.19), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Huoying (T 66.03), Shuijin (T 1010.20) towards Shuitong (T 1010.19), Xinling (T 33.17)*
- Edema (pulmonary): Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Simazhong (T 88.17), Neiguan (PC 6). Bleed the LU and HT area below the knee. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Edema (lower body): Fuchang (T 77.12), Shuiqu (T 66.09), Renhuang (T 77.21), Dihuang (T 77.19), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Shuixian (T 66.15), Shuixiang (T 66.14), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09)
- Edema (general):
- Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Piani (LI 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weiyang (BL 39), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Shuifen (CV 9), Ciliao (BL 32), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Source 15 : Yongquan (KI 1), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Source 21 : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Wangu (GB 12), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yingu (KI 10), Ququan (LR 8), Jiexi (ST 41), Xiangu (ST 43), Fuliu (KI 7), Gongsun (SP 4), Lidui (ST 45), Chongyang (ST 42), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weishu (BL 21), Shuifen (CV 9)
- Source 27 :
- Weicang (BL 50), Zulinqi (GB 41), Qiuxu (GB 40), Kunlun (BL 60), Zhongji (CV 3), Shimen (CV 5), Siman (KI 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Fuliu (KI 7), Weidao (GB 28), Renzhong (GV 26), Lieque (LU 7), Wangu (GB 12), Hegu (LI 4), Jianshi (PC 5), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yingu (KI 10), Ququan (LR 8), Jiexi (ST 41), Xiangu (ST 43), Gongsun (SP 4), Lidui (ST 45), Chongyang (ST 42), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Qugu (CV 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Pishu (BL 20).
- Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhibian (BL 54), Yinlingquan (SP 9). Moxa Neiting (ST 44), Dadun (LR 1), Shuifen (CV 9), Shenshu (BL 23), Shenque (CV 8).
- Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiexi (ST 41). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23).
- Due to Deficeincy : Moxa Taichong (LR 3), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Yang Edema : Lieque (LU 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Renzhong (GV 26), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Zhangmen (LR 13), Hegu (LI 4), Fengmen (BL 12), Pangguangshu (BL 28).
- Yin Edema : Qihai (CV 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shuifen (CV 9), Yingu (KI 10), Fuliu (KI 7), Mingmen (GV 4). Moxa Qihai (CV 6), Shuifen (CV 9).
- Source 29 : Rangu (KI 2), Qichong (ST 30), Siman (KI 14), Zhangmen (LR 13).
- Kidney Deficiency : Needle and moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Taichong (LR 3), Shuifen (CV 9), Qihai (CV 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadun (LR 1), Ququan (LR 8), Rangu (KI 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guilai (ST 29), Pangguangshu (BL 28).
- Damp heat : Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Quchi (LI 11), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
- Qi deficiency : Zhaohai (KI 6), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Zhaohai (KI 6), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Edema (abdomen): Zhongfu (LU 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shimen (CV 5)
- Edema (limbs):
- Source 21 : Quchi (LI 11), Tongli (HT 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhongdu (LR 6), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiting (ST 44), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 27 : Fenglong (ST 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Lieque (LU 7), Quchi (LI 11), Tongli (HT 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiting (ST 44), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 29 : Fuliu (KI 7), Fenglong (ST 40), Zhigou (TH 6), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Edema (face):
- Source 21 : Moxa Shuifen (CV 9). Bleed Xiangu (ST 43) and blue veins in the medial side of the elbow.
- Source 27 :
- Zhongfu (LU 1), Jianshi (PC 5), Hegu (LI 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Fenglong (ST 40), Lidui (ST 45), Xiangu (ST 43), Chongyang (ST 42), Shangxing (GV 23), Xinhui (GV 22), Qianding (GV 21), Renzhong (GV 26), Fengchi (GB 20), Xuanzhong (GB 39).
- Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Wangu (GB 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
- Due to heat : Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Quchi (LI 11), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Edema (pulmonary): Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Large Intestine, Small Intestine, Lung, Spleen
TCM Diagnosis
Qi deficiency
Herbal Formula
Vibrant
- Left side: Hegu (LI 4), Shaoze (SI 1), Wangu (SI 4),Yinlingquan (SP 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Right side: Chize (LU 5), Jingqu (LU 8), Shaoshang (LU 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Weizhong (BL 40), Kunlun (BL 60)
or
- Left side: Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Yinbai (SP 1), Dadu (SP 2), Taibai (SP 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9) Rangu (KI 2)
- Right side: Jianshi (PC 5), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongchong (PC 9), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Alternate sides in between treatments.
- Due to the Heart:
- Due to the Spleen:
- Primary points: Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11)
- Secondary points: Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Edema (general): Dihuang (T 77.19), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuiqu (T 66.09), Tongbei (T 88.11)
- Edema (face): Dihuang (T 77.19), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Huoying (T 66.03), Shuijin (T 1010.20) towards Shuitong (T 1010.19), Xinling (T 33.17)*
- Edema (pulmonary): Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Simazhong (T 88.17), Neiguan (PC 6). Bleed the LU and HT area below the knee. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Edema (lower body): Fuchang (T 77.12), Shuiqu (T 66.09), Renhuang (T 77.21), Dihuang (T 77.19), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Shuixian (T 66.15), Shuixiang (T 66.14), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09)
- Edema (general):
- Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Piani (LI 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weiyang (BL 39), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Shuifen (CV 9), Ciliao (BL 32), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Source 15 : Yongquan (KI 1), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Source 21 : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Wangu (GB 12), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yingu (KI 10), Ququan (LR 8), Jiexi (ST 41), Xiangu (ST 43), Fuliu (KI 7), Gongsun (SP 4), Lidui (ST 45), Chongyang (ST 42), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weishu (BL 21), Shuifen (CV 9)
- Source 27 :
- Weicang (BL 50), Zulinqi (GB 41), Qiuxu (GB 40), Kunlun (BL 60), Zhongji (CV 3), Shimen (CV 5), Siman (KI 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Fuliu (KI 7), Weidao (GB 28), Renzhong (GV 26), Lieque (LU 7), Wangu (GB 12), Hegu (LI 4), Jianshi (PC 5), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yingu (KI 10), Ququan (LR 8), Jiexi (ST 41), Xiangu (ST 43), Gongsun (SP 4), Lidui (ST 45), Chongyang (ST 42), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Qugu (CV 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Pishu (BL 20).
- Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhibian (BL 54), Yinlingquan (SP 9). Moxa Neiting (ST 44), Dadun (LR 1), Shuifen (CV 9), Shenshu (BL 23), Shenque (CV 8).
- Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiexi (ST 41). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23).
- Due to Deficeincy : Moxa Taichong (LR 3), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Yang Edema : Lieque (LU 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Renzhong (GV 26), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Zhangmen (LR 13), Hegu (LI 4), Fengmen (BL 12), Pangguangshu (BL 28).
- Yin Edema : Qihai (CV 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shuifen (CV 9), Yingu (KI 10), Fuliu (KI 7), Mingmen (GV 4). Moxa Qihai (CV 6), Shuifen (CV 9).
- Source 29 : Rangu (KI 2), Qichong (ST 30), Siman (KI 14), Zhangmen (LR 13).
- Kidney Deficiency : Needle and moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Taichong (LR 3), Shuifen (CV 9), Qihai (CV 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadun (LR 1), Ququan (LR 8), Rangu (KI 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guilai (ST 29), Pangguangshu (BL 28).
- Damp heat : Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Quchi (LI 11), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
- Qi deficiency : Zhaohai (KI 6), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Zhaohai (KI 6), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Edema (abdomen): Zhongfu (LU 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shimen (CV 5)
- Edema (limbs):
- Source 21 : Quchi (LI 11), Tongli (HT 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhongdu (LR 6), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiting (ST 44), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 27 : Fenglong (ST 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Lieque (LU 7), Quchi (LI 11), Tongli (HT 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiting (ST 44), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 29 : Fuliu (KI 7), Fenglong (ST 40), Zhigou (TH 6), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Edema (face):
- Source 21 : Moxa Shuifen (CV 9). Bleed Xiangu (ST 43) and blue veins in the medial side of the elbow.
- Source 27 :
- Zhongfu (LU 1), Jianshi (PC 5), Hegu (LI 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Fenglong (ST 40), Lidui (ST 45), Xiangu (ST 43), Chongyang (ST 42), Shangxing (GV 23), Xinhui (GV 22), Qianding (GV 21), Renzhong (GV 26), Fengchi (GB 20), Xuanzhong (GB 39).
- Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Wangu (GB 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
- Due to heat : Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Quchi (LI 11), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Edema (pulmonary): Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Guanyuan (CV 4)
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.