CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis | Master Tung's Acupuncture

Moderate cases of stress, anxiety, irritability, restlessness, nervousness

TCM Diagnosis

Liver qi stagnation

Herbal Formula

Calm

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
Right side: Quze (PC 3), Daling (PC 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Xiangu (ST 43)
Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qiuxu (GB 40), Taichong (LR 3), Ligou (LR 5), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Anmian (Ex-HN16), 4 needles on Sishencong (Ex-HN1) inserting from 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock directions, Ear Shenmen

DNA — Bob Doane

Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)
Leave needles in for 40+ minutes.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Huoxi (T 11.16), Mu (T 11.17), Muyan (T 11.20), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
Secondary points: Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Neiguan (PC 6)
Liver qi stagnation, anxiety, stress, irritability, nervousness: Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
PMS: Fuke (T 11.24), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fengchao
Breast distension: Jianzhong (T 44.06)
Insomnia: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18). Direct moxa on Shimian.
Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone, Fenglong (ST 40) or Heart Zone, Huoying (T 66.03), Renhuang (T 77.21), Zhaohai (KI 6)

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Liver qi stagnation: Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Taichong (LR 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xuehai (SP 10)
PMS: Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Xingjian (LR 2), Huozhu (T 66.04), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Anxiety, stress, irritability, insomnia: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)
PMS: Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24)

Tung Acup — Classic

Insomnia: Linggu (T 22.05), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Shenjian (T 44.19), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Shenmen on the ear. Bleed du (governing) channel and back of the knee area. Bleed before needling for best result.
PMS: Fuke (T 11.24), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Linggu (T 22.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06). Bleed Huobao (T 55.01) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
Stress: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13)
Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) : Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13). Bleed the Heart and the Lung areas on the back as well as Qixing (T DT.03).
Teeth clenching or grinding at night: Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Fuchang (T 77.12), Huoying (T 66.03), Sanzhong (T 77.07)

TCM Acup

Irritability:
- Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Qimen (LR 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 21 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 31 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 27 : Yinxi (HT 6), Juque (CV 14), Yutang (CV 18), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Gongsun (SP 4), Jiexi (ST 41), Zhiyin (BL 67), Wangu (GB 12), Baihui (GV 20), Qiangjian (GV 18), Chengguang (BL 6), Youmen (KI 21), Shaochong (HT 9), Chize (LU 5), Shaoze (SI 1), Tongli (HT 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Taiyi (ST 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zigong (CV 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Jiuwei (CV 15)
  - Due to Deficiency: Neiguan (PC 6), Feishu (BL 13)
  - Due to deficiency heat : Baihui (GV 20), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Daling (PC 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jianjing (GB 21)
  - Excess heat or febrile disease : Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3), Shangwan (CV 13), Yangxi (LI 5), Baihui (GV 20), Quze (PC 3)
  - Due to Stomach and Spleen Disharmony : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Source 29 :
  - Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhaohai (KI 6), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhiyang (GV 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhubin (KI 9), Geshu (BL 17), Yangxi (LI 5), Shuiquan (KI 5), Ximen (PC 4), Zhongchong (PC 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiaoxin (KI 8), Jianli (CV 11)
  - Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Juque (CV 14), Jianli (CV 11), Tianshu (ST 25), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhong (KI 4), Feiyang (BL 58)
Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) :
- Souce 15 : Shenmen (HT 7), Taichong (LR 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Huaroumen (ST 24)
- Source 31: Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Xinshu (BL 15)
- Source 27 :
  - Tianzhu (BL 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1). Moxa Fengchi (GB 20), Dashu (BL 11), Shenzhu (GV 12)
  - Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
  - Renzhong (GV 26), Shenmen (HT 7), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Houxi (SI 3), Fenglong (ST 40)
  - Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiuwei (CV 15), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenzhu (GV 12), Juque (CV 14), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Qimen (LR 14)
  - Renzhong (GV 26), Daling (PC 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Baihui (GV 20), Shenmen (HT 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Laogong (PC 8), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Source 29 :
  - Baihui (GV 20), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Xingjian (LR 2)
  - Xinshu (BL 15), Qimen (LR 14), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Taichong (LR 3), Yongquan (KI 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4).
Teeth clenching or grinding at night:
- Source 27 : Waiguan (TH 5), Chengjiang (CV 24), Daying (ST 5), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangqiu (SP 5), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Tianrong (SI 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Pohu (BL 42), Yixi (BL 45), Futu (ST 32), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yifeng (TH 17), Suliao (GV 25), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Waiguan (TH 5). Moxa Jiache (ST 6), Chengjiang (CV 24).
- Jiache (ST 6), Zhigou (TH 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Rangu (KI 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Yifeng (TH 17), Shangyang (LI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Zusanli (ST 36)

Ear Acup — Traditional

Shenmen

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Liver qi stagnation, stress, anxiety, restlessness: Shenmen, Heart, Nervous Subcortex, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Liver, Occiput. Bleed Ear Apex.
Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart.

Severe cases of stress, anxiety, irritability, restlessness, nervousness

TCM Diagnosis

Liver fire with shen (spirit) disturbance

Herbal Formula

Calm (ES)

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
Right side: Quze (PC 3), Daling (PC 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Xiangu (ST 43)
Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qiuxu (GB 40), Taichong (LR 3), Ligou (LR 5), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Anmian (Ex-HN16), 4 needles on Sishencong (Ex-HN1) inserting from 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock directions, Ear Shenmen

DNA — Bob Doane

Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)
Leave needles in for 40+ minutes.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Huoxi (T 11.16), Mu (T 11.17), Muyan (T 11.20), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
Secondary points: Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Neiguan (PC 6)
Liver qi stagnation, anxiety, stress, irritability, nervousness: Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
PMS: Fuke (T 11.24), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fengchao
Breast distension: Jianzhong (T 44.06)
Insomnia: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18). Direct moxa on Shimian.
Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone, Fenglong (ST 40) or Heart Zone, Huoying (T 66.03), Renhuang (T 77.21), Zhaohai (KI 6)

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Liver qi stagnation: Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Taichong (LR 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xuehai (SP 10)
PMS: Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Xingjian (LR 2), Huozhu (T 66.04), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Anxiety, stress, irritability, insomnia: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)
PMS: Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24)

Tung Acup — Classic

Insomnia: Linggu (T 22.05), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Shenjian (T 44.19), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Shenmen on the ear. Bleed du (governing) channel and back of the knee area. Bleed before needling for best result.
PMS: Fuke (T 11.24), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Linggu (T 22.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06). Bleed Huobao (T 55.01) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
Stress: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13)
Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) : Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13). Bleed the Heart and the Lung areas on the back as well as Qixing (T DT.03).
Teeth clenching or grinding at night: Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Fuchang (T 77.12), Huoying (T 66.03), Sanzhong (T 77.07)

TCM Acup

Irritability:
- Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Qimen (LR 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 21 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 31 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 27 : Yinxi (HT 6), Juque (CV 14), Yutang (CV 18), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Gongsun (SP 4), Jiexi (ST 41), Zhiyin (BL 67), Wangu (GB 12), Baihui (GV 20), Qiangjian (GV 18), Chengguang (BL 6), Youmen (KI 21), Shaochong (HT 9), Chize (LU 5), Shaoze (SI 1), Tongli (HT 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Taiyi (ST 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zigong (CV 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Jiuwei (CV 15)
  - Due to Deficiency: Neiguan (PC 6), Feishu (BL 13)
  - Due to deficiency heat : Baihui (GV 20), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Daling (PC 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jianjing (GB 21)
  - Excess heat or febrile disease : Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3), Shangwan (CV 13), Yangxi (LI 5), Baihui (GV 20), Quze (PC 3)
  - Due to Stomach and Spleen Disharmony : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Source 29 :
  - Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhaohai (KI 6), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhiyang (GV 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhubin (KI 9), Geshu (BL 17), Yangxi (LI 5), Shuiquan (KI 5), Ximen (PC 4), Zhongchong (PC 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiaoxin (KI 8), Jianli (CV 11)
  - Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Juque (CV 14), Jianli (CV 11), Tianshu (ST 25), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhong (KI 4), Feiyang (BL 58)
Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) :
- Souce 15 : Shenmen (HT 7), Taichong (LR 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Huaroumen (ST 24)
- Source 31: Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Xinshu (BL 15)
- Source 27 :
  - Tianzhu (BL 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1). Moxa Fengchi (GB 20), Dashu (BL 11), Shenzhu (GV 12)
  - Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
  - Renzhong (GV 26), Shenmen (HT 7), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Houxi (SI 3), Fenglong (ST 40)
  - Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiuwei (CV 15), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenzhu (GV 12), Juque (CV 14), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Qimen (LR 14)
  - Renzhong (GV 26), Daling (PC 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Baihui (GV 20), Shenmen (HT 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Laogong (PC 8), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Source 29 :
  - Baihui (GV 20), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Xingjian (LR 2)
  - Xinshu (BL 15), Qimen (LR 14), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Taichong (LR 3), Yongquan (KI 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4).
Teeth clenching or grinding at night:
- Source 27 : Waiguan (TH 5), Chengjiang (CV 24), Daying (ST 5), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangqiu (SP 5), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Tianrong (SI 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Pohu (BL 42), Yixi (BL 45), Futu (ST 32), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yifeng (TH 17), Suliao (GV 25), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Waiguan (TH 5). Moxa Jiache (ST 6), Chengjiang (CV 24).
- Jiache (ST 6), Zhigou (TH 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Rangu (KI 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Yifeng (TH 17), Shangyang (LI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Zusanli (ST 36)

Ear Acup — Traditional

Shenmen

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Liver qi stagnation, stress, anxiety, restlessness: Shenmen, Heart, Nervous Subcortex, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Liver, Occiput. Bleed Ear Apex.
Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart.

Scalp Acup — Karl Tai

Smoking: • Auricular Points by Li-Chun Huang: Shenmen, Mouth, Upper Lung, Lower Lung, Be Happy • Body Points: Add Jianshi (PC 5), Zhubin (KI 9). Irritability and restlessness during the urge, add Xingjian (LR 2), but needle and moxa Zhubin (KI 9). Drug Addiction: • Auricular Points by Li Chun Huang: Shenmen, Mouth, Liver (Quit Drinking, Liver point needs to be added) • Body Points: Tianweixue (T 22.27) bilaterally with electrostimulation - This point is located between Lieque (LU 7) and Yangxi (LI 5) • With severe urges: Add Xingjian (LR 2), needle and moxa Zhubin (KI 9)

Stress, anxiety, restlessness, insomnia in patients with deficiency

TCM Diagnosis

Liver qi stagnation with qi deficiency

Herbal Formula

Calm ZZZ

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
Right side: Quze (PC 3), Daling (PC 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Xiangu (ST 43)
Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qiuxu (GB 40), Taichong (LR 3), Ligou (LR 5), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Anmian (Ex-HN16), 4 needles on Sishencong (Ex-HN1) inserting from 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock directions, Ear Shenmen

DNA — Bob Doane

Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)
Leave needles in for 40+ minutes.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Huoxi (T 11.16), Mu (T 11.17), Muyan (T 11.20), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
Secondary points: Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Neiguan (PC 6)
Liver qi stagnation, anxiety, stress, irritability, nervousness: Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
PMS: Fuke (T 11.24), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fengchao
Breast distension: Jianzhong (T 44.06)
Insomnia: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18). Direct moxa on Shimian.
Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone, Fenglong (ST 40) or Heart Zone, Huoying (T 66.03), Renhuang (T 77.21), Zhaohai (KI 6)

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Liver qi stagnation: Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Taichong (LR 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xuehai (SP 10)
PMS: Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Xingjian (LR 2), Huozhu (T 66.04), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Anxiety, stress, irritability, insomnia: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)
PMS: Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24)

Tung Acup — Classic

Insomnia: Linggu (T 22.05), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Shenjian (T 44.19), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Shenmen on the ear. Bleed du (governing) channel and back of the knee area. Bleed before needling for best result.
PMS: Fuke (T 11.24), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Linggu (T 22.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06). Bleed Huobao (T 55.01) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
Stress: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13)
Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) : Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13). Bleed the Heart and the Lung areas on the back as well as Qixing (T DT.03).
Teeth clenching or grinding at night: Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Fuchang (T 77.12), Huoying (T 66.03), Sanzhong (T 77.07)

TCM Acup

Irritability:
- Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Qimen (LR 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 21 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 31 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 27 : Yinxi (HT 6), Juque (CV 14), Yutang (CV 18), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Gongsun (SP 4), Jiexi (ST 41), Zhiyin (BL 67), Wangu (GB 12), Baihui (GV 20), Qiangjian (GV 18), Chengguang (BL 6), Youmen (KI 21), Shaochong (HT 9), Chize (LU 5), Shaoze (SI 1), Tongli (HT 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Taiyi (ST 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zigong (CV 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Jiuwei (CV 15)
  - Due to Deficiency: Neiguan (PC 6), Feishu (BL 13)
  - Due to deficiency heat : Baihui (GV 20), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Daling (PC 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jianjing (GB 21)
  - Excess heat or febrile disease : Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3), Shangwan (CV 13), Yangxi (LI 5), Baihui (GV 20), Quze (PC 3)
  - Due to Stomach and Spleen Disharmony : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Source 29 :
  - Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhaohai (KI 6), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhiyang (GV 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhubin (KI 9), Geshu (BL 17), Yangxi (LI 5), Shuiquan (KI 5), Ximen (PC 4), Zhongchong (PC 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiaoxin (KI 8), Jianli (CV 11)
  - Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Juque (CV 14), Jianli (CV 11), Tianshu (ST 25), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhong (KI 4), Feiyang (BL 58)
Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) :
- Souce 15 : Shenmen (HT 7), Taichong (LR 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Huaroumen (ST 24)
- Source 31: Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Xinshu (BL 15)
- Source 27 :
  - Tianzhu (BL 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1). Moxa Fengchi (GB 20), Dashu (BL 11), Shenzhu (GV 12)
  - Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
  - Renzhong (GV 26), Shenmen (HT 7), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Houxi (SI 3), Fenglong (ST 40)
  - Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiuwei (CV 15), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenzhu (GV 12), Juque (CV 14), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Qimen (LR 14)
  - Renzhong (GV 26), Daling (PC 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Baihui (GV 20), Shenmen (HT 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Laogong (PC 8), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Source 29 :
  - Baihui (GV 20), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Xingjian (LR 2)
  - Xinshu (BL 15), Qimen (LR 14), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Taichong (LR 3), Yongquan (KI 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4).
Teeth clenching or grinding at night:
- Source 27 : Waiguan (TH 5), Chengjiang (CV 24), Daying (ST 5), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangqiu (SP 5), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Tianrong (SI 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Pohu (BL 42), Yixi (BL 45), Futu (ST 32), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yifeng (TH 17), Suliao (GV 25), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Waiguan (TH 5). Moxa Jiache (ST 6), Chengjiang (CV 24).
- Jiache (ST 6), Zhigou (TH 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Rangu (KI 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Yifeng (TH 17), Shangyang (LI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Zusanli (ST 36)

Ear Acup — Traditional

Shenmen

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Liver qi stagnation, stress, anxiety, restlessness: Shenmen, Heart, Nervous Subcortex, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Liver, Occiput. Bleed Ear Apex.
Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart.

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