CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details
TCM Diagnosis
Spleen qi deficiency
Herbal Formula
GI Tonic
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- High Blood Pressure: Taichong (LR 3), Ligou (LR 5), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Neiguan (PC 6), Shaohai (HT 3), Yintang, Ear Shenmen, bleed the ear apex
- Lower Jiao Damp Heat: Shugu (BL 65), Zulinqi (GB 41), Zhaohai (KI 6), Ligou (LR 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), two needles in between Gongsun (SP 4) and Shangqiu (SP 5), 2 needles from Yunmen (LU 2) to Shufu (KI 27), Linggu (T 22.05), Quchi (LI 11), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Baihui (GV 20)
- High Blood Pressure: Needle jing (well) points on both feet.
- Mitral valve prolapse with a weak murmur: Bilateral - Shaofu (HT 8), Yongquan (KI 1), Shaoze (SI 1), Qiangu (SI 2); Juque (CV 14). Leave needles in for 10 minutes.
- Aortic valve prolapse with a strong murmur: Bilateral - Yongquan (KI 1), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Shaofu (HT 8), Ear Shenmen; Juque (CV 14). Leave needles in for 40 minutes.
- Damp Heat in the Lower Jiao: Bilateral - Jingmen (GB 25), Zhubin (KI 9), Yingu (KI 10), Huizong (TH 7), Sanyangluo (TH 8), Shaohai (HT 3), Quze (PC 3), Xialian (LI 8), Shanglian (LI 9), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Chengshan (BL 57), Feiyang (BL 58)
- High blood pressure: Linggu (T 22.05) with Quchi (LI 11), Huoying (T 66.03). Bleed Ear Apex, Weizhong (BL 40), Fenglong (ST 40), Heart Zone, Wuling (T DT.04), Shuangfeng (T DT.05), jing (well) points, Xingjian (LR 2) area.
- With Kidney deficiency, dizziness: add Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18)
- With repletion in the head: add Jianzhong (T 44.06)
- Damp-heat in the lower jiao: Yunbai (T 44.11), Libai (T 44.12), Fuke (T 11.24), Haibao (T 66.01). Bleed Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Fenzhixia (T DT.02), Kidney and Bladder Zone, Dadun (LR 1).
- High Blood Pressure : Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huozhu (T 66.04), Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14)
- Lower Jiao Damp Heat: Yunbai (T 44.11), Libai (T 44.12), Xiabai (T 22.07), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huolian (T 66.10), Huoju (T 66.11), Baihui (GV 20), Linggu (T 22.05)
- High systolic pressure, hypertension due to Liver deficiency, dizziness: Fuding (T 44.04), Houzhi (T 44.05)
- High diastolic pressure, hypertension due to Kidney deficiency: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18)
- High systolic and diastolic pressure: Bleed Wuling (T DT.04) first. Then needle Quchi (LI 11), Huoying (T 66.03).
- Hypertension: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Quchi (LI 11), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Zhengjin (T 77.01), Zhengzong (T 77.02), Sansheng (T 55.07)*, Weizhong (BL 40), Huoying (T 66.03), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongtian (T 88.03). Bleed the back of the neck, LU and HT, LR and SP, ST areas with cupping. Bleed dark veins nearby the ST, BL channels on the lower limbs. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Blurry vision due to hypertension: Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Huolian (T 66.10)
- Conjunctivitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Dajian (T 11.01), Huoying (T 66.03), Haibao (T 66.01), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shangbai
- Dizziness
- Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yongquan (KI 1), Quchi (LI 11)
- Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Shangquan (T 88.22), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Xiaquan (T 88.20), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Liuwan (T 66.08), Zhongbai (T 22.06)
- (T 22.03), Guangming (GB 37), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18) and two points on the side of the thumbs on the first metacarpal joint.
- Vertigo:
- Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Luotong (T 44.14), two points on the sides of the first metacarpal joint of the thumb, Fuding (T 44.04), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Zhitong (T 44.13), Huosan (T 66.12), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18)
- Viral infection (genital herpes and herpes zoster): Linggu (T 22.05), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
- Herpes of the eyes: Shangbai (T 22.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Simazhong (T 88.17). Bleed the LU area below the knees. Bleed before needling for best result.
- UTI: Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Liukuai (T 1010.16), Qikuai (T 1010.17), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Bleed dark veins nearby the KI channel on the lower limb. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Yeast infection:
- Genital swelling and infection: Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24), Yunbai (T 44.11), Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06), Haibao (T 66.01). Bleed sacral area with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Boil and carbuncle: Jianzhong (T 44.06), Waisanguan (T 77.27), Zhiwu (T 11.26)
- Gonorrhea:
- Cystitis: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Liukuai (T 1010.16), Qikuai (T 1010.17), Liuwan (T 66.08), Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Yunbai (T 44.11), Libai (T 44.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Bleed tender points on the KI area of the back between L1-L5 with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Dysuria/Lin zheng:
- Bleed tender points on the KI area of the back, L1-L5, with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Liukuai (T 1010.16), Qikuai (T 1010.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18)
- Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Fenzhixia (T DT.02), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Huozhu (T 66.04)
- Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Yunbai (T 44.11), Libai (T 44.12), Majinshui (T 1010.13), Makuaishui (T 1010.14), Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Fenzhixia (T DT.02)
- Dysurina/Gao lin (cloudy dysuria): Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- High diastolic: Sansheng (T 55.07)*. Bleed 6 cun lateral to L4.
- Hypertension:
- Baihui (GV 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Renying (ST 9), Taichong (LR 3)
- Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Fenglong (ST 40), Ganshu (BL 18), Yongquan (KI 1), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 12: Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shimen (CV 5)
- Source 6: Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 6: Sudden increase in blood pressure, Zusanli (ST 36), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 13: Touwei (ST 8), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Fengchi (GB 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taiyuan (LU 9), Renying (ST 9). Bleed Touwei (ST 8).
- Source 15: Baihui (GV 20), Xinhui (GV 22), Tianzhu (BL 10), Tianliao (TH 15), Naoshu (SI 10), Ganshu (BL 18), Zhongdu (LR 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Houxi (SI 3), Shimen (CV 5), Xiaxi (GB 43), Shanglian (LI 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Taixi (KI 3), Xingjian (LR 2). Bleed the visible veins on the back of the ears.
- Source 18: Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Fengchi (GB 20), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Neiguan (PC 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 19: Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yongquan (KI 1), Yinbai (SP 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Quchi (LI 11), Huantiao (GB 30)
- Source 23: Touwei (ST 8), Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Tianzhu (BL 10), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yongquan (KI 1), Yinbai (SP 1)
- Source 29: Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (Ex-HN1), Fengchi (GB 20), Touwei (ST 8), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Ququan (LR 8), Taixi (KI 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shenshu (BL 23). Bleed Touwei (ST 8)
- Conjunctivitis:
- Source 12 : Fengchi (GB 20), Taiyang, Hegu (LI 4). Bleed Taiyang and Ear Apex
- Source 16 : Taiyang, Zanzhu (BL 2), Jingming (BL 1), Tongziliao (GB 1), Hegu (LI 4). Bleed the ear apex.
- Source 18 : Jingming (BL 1), Taiyang, Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14). Bleed the ear apex, Shaoshang (LU 11), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Source 19 : Jingming (BL 1), Zanzhu (BL 2), Tongziliao (GB 1), Toulinqi (GB 15), Touwei (ST 8), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyang
- Dizziness, Vertigo:
- Source 21: Muchuang (GB 16), Baihui (GV 20), Shenmai (BL 62), Zhiyin (BL 67), Luoque (BL 8), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Qianding (GV 21), Naokong (GB 19), Fengchi (GB 20), Yanggu (SI 5), Dadu (SP 2), Jinmen (BL 63), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 31 : Fengchi (GB 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 27 :
- Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Fengchi (GB 20), Naohui (TH 13), Tongli (HT 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Kunlun (BL 60), Guanyuan (CV 4), Guanchong (TH 1), Qianding (GV 21), Houding (GV 19), Tianyou (TH 16), Xuanlu (GB 5)
- Wangu (GB 12), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanggu (SI 5), Yuzhen (BL 9), Chengguang (BL 6), Shenmai (BL 62), Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Naohui (TH 13), Tianyou (TH 16), Qianding (GV 21), Zanzhu (BL 2), Houding (GV 19), Tongli (HT 5), Baihui (GV 20), Yingu (KI 10), Muchuang (GB 16), Tianzhu (BL 10), Taodao (GV 13), Dadun (LR 1), Shangguan (GB 3), Jinmen (BL 63).
- Zanzhu (BL 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanggu (SI 5), Wangu (GB 12), Shenmai (BL 62), Muchuang (GB 16), Baihui (GV 20), Zhiyin (BL 67), Luoque (BL 8), Naohui (TH 13), Xiaxi (GB 43), Fenglong (ST 40), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Sizhukong (TH 23), Yintang, Touwei (ST 8), Baihui (GV 20), Quchi (LI 11), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Fenglong (ST 40), Jiexi (ST 41), Shenmai (BL 62), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Mingmen (GV 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Shangxing (GV 23)
- Phlegm: Waiguan (TH 5), Dadun (LR 1), Ganshu (BL 18), Baihui (GV 20), Shangxing (GV 23), Fengchi (GB 20), Tianzhu (BL 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Fenglong (ST 40), Xingjian (LR 2), Xiaxi (GB 43), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Jiexi (ST 41), Neiguan (PC 6), Shangqiu (SP 5), Zhangmen (LR 13). Bleed taiyang.
- Phlegm Fire: Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Touwei (ST 8), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyang, Daling (PC 7), Taichong (LR 3), Zhizheng (SI 7), Feiyang (BL 58), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weishu (BL 21), Shenting (GV 24).
- Liver Wind: Yangbai (GB 14), Tongziliao (GB 1), Yingu (KI 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Xingjian (LR 2), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Fenglong (ST 40), Baihui (GV 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4). Bleed Shixuan, Weizhong (BL 40).
- Liver Fire: Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenmen (HT 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Xiaxi (GB 43)
- Inner ear imbalance : Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20), Yintang, Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yifeng (TH 17), Tinggong (SI 19), Shuaigu (GB 8)
- Dysuria/Lin zheng:
- Bleed dark veins nearby the KI channel on the lower limb. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guilai (ST 29), Ququan (LR 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 14: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Shugu (BL 65), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Ciliao (BL 32)
- Source 18: Shenshu (BL 23), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Qihai (CV 6), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Source 23: Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Qihai (CV 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Zhongji (CV 3), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 29: Qiangu (SI 2), Weizhong (BL 40), Wangu (GB 12), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhaohai (KI 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanchong (TH 1), Hegu (LI 4). Bleed Guanchong (TH 1).
- Source 19: Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Source 21: Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yingu (KI 10), Daling (PC 7)
- Source 27 :
- Zhongfeng (LR 4), Dadun (LR 1), Taichong (LR 3), Qimen (LR 14), Guanyuan (CV 4), Changqiang (GV 1), Zhiyin (BL 67), Zhongji (CV 3), Rangu (KI 2), Qugu (CV 2), Shuiquan (KI 5), Weiyang (BL 39), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xiaochangshu (BL 27)
- Hegu (LI 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanchong (TH 1), Baihui (GV 20), Yingu (KI 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6).
- Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Qihai (CV 6), Shimen (CV 5).
- Acute : Needle and moxa Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yaoyan, Tianshu (ST 25), Daheng (SP 15).
- Chronic : Needle and moxa Yaoyan, Lougu (SP 7), Xialiao (BL 34), Zhongliao (BL 33), Ciliao (BL 32), Shangliao (BL 31), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Mingmen (GV 4), Daheng (SP 15), Qugu (CV 2), Henggu (KI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 29 :
- Dysurina/Gao lin (cloudy dysuria): Shenshu (BL 23), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Shimen (CV 5), Jingmen (GB 25), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Dysurina/Laolin (fatigue dysuria): Needle and moxa Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Pishu (BL 20), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5), Pangguangshu (BL 28)
- Dysurina/Qi lin (qidysuria):
- Source 27 :
- Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Qihaishu (BL 24), Qihai (CV 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taixi (KI 3), Shuidao (ST 28), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Taichong (LR 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Chize (LU 5), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Shimen (CV 5)
- Source 29 :
- Source 27 :
- Stroke prevention:
- Source 21: Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39).
- Source 25: Jianjing (GB 21), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Quchi (LI 11) for 1-3 hours.
- Source 27: Baihui (GV 20), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Fengshi (GB 31), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39). Moxa Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Jianjing (GB 21), Quchi (LI 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Moxa Hegu (LI 4), Fengshi (GB 31), Kunlun (BL 60), Shousanli (LI 10), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Huantiao (GB 30).
- Hypertension: Adrenal gland, bleed the depression groove in the back of the ear to lower blood pressure, Heart, Shenmen, Endocrine, Taiyang, Liver, Kidney. Select four or five points for each treatment, which lasts three days. Ten treatments equal one treatment course. Rest for one week in between treatment courses.
- Eczema of the rectum: Rectum, Anus, Spleen, Lung, and Adrenal Gland. Embed steel balls or ear needle and switch ears every three to five days. Instruct the patient to massage the points three to four times daily for two minutes each time.
- Hypertension: Shenmen, Kidney, Liver, Heart, Occiput, Forehead, Decrease Blood Pressure Point, Sympathetic, Coronary Vascular Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Cystitis: Bladder, Urethra, Lower Jiao, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Auditory vertigo: Internal Ear, Dizziness Area, Occiput, San Jiao, Liver, Kidney, Gallbladder. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Conjunctivitis: Eye, Vision 2, Lung. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Cataract: Kidney, Liver, Eye, Vision 2, Endocrine, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Glaucoma: Eye, Decrease Blood Pressure Point, Kidney, Liver, Occiput, Vision 1, Coronary Vascular Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Urinary tract infection: Urethra, Prostate, Internal Urethra, Liver, Adrenal Gland, Lower Jiao, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex
TCM Diagnosis
Qi, blood, phlegm and food stagnation
Herbal Formula
or
Shine
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- High Blood Pressure: Taichong (LR 3), Ligou (LR 5), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Neiguan (PC 6), Shaohai (HT 3), Yintang, Ear Shenmen, bleed the ear apex
- Lower Jiao Damp Heat: Shugu (BL 65), Zulinqi (GB 41), Zhaohai (KI 6), Ligou (LR 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), two needles in between Gongsun (SP 4) and Shangqiu (SP 5), 2 needles from Yunmen (LU 2) to Shufu (KI 27), Linggu (T 22.05), Quchi (LI 11), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Baihui (GV 20)
- High Blood Pressure: Needle jing (well) points on both feet.
- Mitral valve prolapse with a weak murmur: Bilateral - Shaofu (HT 8), Yongquan (KI 1), Shaoze (SI 1), Qiangu (SI 2); Juque (CV 14). Leave needles in for 10 minutes.
- Aortic valve prolapse with a strong murmur: Bilateral - Yongquan (KI 1), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Shaofu (HT 8), Ear Shenmen; Juque (CV 14). Leave needles in for 40 minutes.
- Damp Heat in the Lower Jiao: Bilateral - Jingmen (GB 25), Zhubin (KI 9), Yingu (KI 10), Huizong (TH 7), Sanyangluo (TH 8), Shaohai (HT 3), Quze (PC 3), Xialian (LI 8), Shanglian (LI 9), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Chengshan (BL 57), Feiyang (BL 58)
- High blood pressure: Linggu (T 22.05) with Quchi (LI 11), Huoying (T 66.03). Bleed Ear Apex, Weizhong (BL 40), Fenglong (ST 40), Heart Zone, Wuling (T DT.04), Shuangfeng (T DT.05), jing (well) points, Xingjian (LR 2) area.
- With Kidney deficiency, dizziness: add Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18)
- With repletion in the head: add Jianzhong (T 44.06)
- Damp-heat in the lower jiao: Yunbai (T 44.11), Libai (T 44.12), Fuke (T 11.24), Haibao (T 66.01). Bleed Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Fenzhixia (T DT.02), Kidney and Bladder Zone, Dadun (LR 1).
- High Blood Pressure : Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huozhu (T 66.04), Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14)
- Lower Jiao Damp Heat: Yunbai (T 44.11), Libai (T 44.12), Xiabai (T 22.07), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huolian (T 66.10), Huoju (T 66.11), Baihui (GV 20), Linggu (T 22.05)
- High systolic pressure, hypertension due to Liver deficiency, dizziness: Fuding (T 44.04), Houzhi (T 44.05)
- High diastolic pressure, hypertension due to Kidney deficiency: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18)
- High systolic and diastolic pressure: Bleed Wuling (T DT.04) first. Then needle Quchi (LI 11), Huoying (T 66.03).
- Hypertension: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Quchi (LI 11), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Zhengjin (T 77.01), Zhengzong (T 77.02), Sansheng (T 55.07)*, Weizhong (BL 40), Huoying (T 66.03), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongtian (T 88.03). Bleed the back of the neck, LU and HT, LR and SP, ST areas with cupping. Bleed dark veins nearby the ST, BL channels on the lower limbs. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Blurry vision due to hypertension: Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Huolian (T 66.10)
- Conjunctivitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Dajian (T 11.01), Huoying (T 66.03), Haibao (T 66.01), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shangbai
- Dizziness
- Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yongquan (KI 1), Quchi (LI 11)
- Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Shangquan (T 88.22), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Xiaquan (T 88.20), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Liuwan (T 66.08), Zhongbai (T 22.06)
- (T 22.03), Guangming (GB 37), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18) and two points on the side of the thumbs on the first metacarpal joint.
- Vertigo:
- Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Luotong (T 44.14), two points on the sides of the first metacarpal joint of the thumb, Fuding (T 44.04), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Zhitong (T 44.13), Huosan (T 66.12), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18)
- Viral infection (genital herpes and herpes zoster): Linggu (T 22.05), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
- Herpes of the eyes: Shangbai (T 22.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Simazhong (T 88.17). Bleed the LU area below the knees. Bleed before needling for best result.
- UTI: Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Liukuai (T 1010.16), Qikuai (T 1010.17), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Bleed dark veins nearby the KI channel on the lower limb. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Yeast infection:
- Genital swelling and infection: Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24), Yunbai (T 44.11), Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06), Haibao (T 66.01). Bleed sacral area with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Boil and carbuncle: Jianzhong (T 44.06), Waisanguan (T 77.27), Zhiwu (T 11.26)
- Gonorrhea:
- Cystitis: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Liukuai (T 1010.16), Qikuai (T 1010.17), Liuwan (T 66.08), Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Yunbai (T 44.11), Libai (T 44.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Bleed tender points on the KI area of the back between L1-L5 with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Dysuria/Lin zheng:
- Bleed tender points on the KI area of the back, L1-L5, with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Liukuai (T 1010.16), Qikuai (T 1010.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18)
- Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Fenzhixia (T DT.02), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Huozhu (T 66.04)
- Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Yunbai (T 44.11), Libai (T 44.12), Majinshui (T 1010.13), Makuaishui (T 1010.14), Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Fenzhixia (T DT.02)
- Dysurina/Gao lin (cloudy dysuria): Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- High diastolic: Sansheng (T 55.07)*. Bleed 6 cun lateral to L4.
- Hypertension:
- Baihui (GV 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Renying (ST 9), Taichong (LR 3)
- Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Fenglong (ST 40), Ganshu (BL 18), Yongquan (KI 1), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 12: Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shimen (CV 5)
- Source 6: Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 6: Sudden increase in blood pressure, Zusanli (ST 36), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 13: Touwei (ST 8), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Fengchi (GB 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taiyuan (LU 9), Renying (ST 9). Bleed Touwei (ST 8).
- Source 15: Baihui (GV 20), Xinhui (GV 22), Tianzhu (BL 10), Tianliao (TH 15), Naoshu (SI 10), Ganshu (BL 18), Zhongdu (LR 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Houxi (SI 3), Shimen (CV 5), Xiaxi (GB 43), Shanglian (LI 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Taixi (KI 3), Xingjian (LR 2). Bleed the visible veins on the back of the ears.
- Source 18: Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Fengchi (GB 20), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Neiguan (PC 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 19: Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yongquan (KI 1), Yinbai (SP 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Quchi (LI 11), Huantiao (GB 30)
- Source 23: Touwei (ST 8), Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Tianzhu (BL 10), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yongquan (KI 1), Yinbai (SP 1)
- Source 29: Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (Ex-HN1), Fengchi (GB 20), Touwei (ST 8), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Ququan (LR 8), Taixi (KI 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shenshu (BL 23). Bleed Touwei (ST 8)
- Conjunctivitis:
- Source 12 : Fengchi (GB 20), Taiyang, Hegu (LI 4). Bleed Taiyang and Ear Apex
- Source 16 : Taiyang, Zanzhu (BL 2), Jingming (BL 1), Tongziliao (GB 1), Hegu (LI 4). Bleed the ear apex.
- Source 18 : Jingming (BL 1), Taiyang, Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14). Bleed the ear apex, Shaoshang (LU 11), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Source 19 : Jingming (BL 1), Zanzhu (BL 2), Tongziliao (GB 1), Toulinqi (GB 15), Touwei (ST 8), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyang
- Dizziness, Vertigo:
- Source 21: Muchuang (GB 16), Baihui (GV 20), Shenmai (BL 62), Zhiyin (BL 67), Luoque (BL 8), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Qianding (GV 21), Naokong (GB 19), Fengchi (GB 20), Yanggu (SI 5), Dadu (SP 2), Jinmen (BL 63), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 31 : Fengchi (GB 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 27 :
- Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Fengchi (GB 20), Naohui (TH 13), Tongli (HT 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Kunlun (BL 60), Guanyuan (CV 4), Guanchong (TH 1), Qianding (GV 21), Houding (GV 19), Tianyou (TH 16), Xuanlu (GB 5)
- Wangu (GB 12), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanggu (SI 5), Yuzhen (BL 9), Chengguang (BL 6), Shenmai (BL 62), Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Naohui (TH 13), Tianyou (TH 16), Qianding (GV 21), Zanzhu (BL 2), Houding (GV 19), Tongli (HT 5), Baihui (GV 20), Yingu (KI 10), Muchuang (GB 16), Tianzhu (BL 10), Taodao (GV 13), Dadun (LR 1), Shangguan (GB 3), Jinmen (BL 63).
- Zanzhu (BL 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanggu (SI 5), Wangu (GB 12), Shenmai (BL 62), Muchuang (GB 16), Baihui (GV 20), Zhiyin (BL 67), Luoque (BL 8), Naohui (TH 13), Xiaxi (GB 43), Fenglong (ST 40), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Sizhukong (TH 23), Yintang, Touwei (ST 8), Baihui (GV 20), Quchi (LI 11), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Fenglong (ST 40), Jiexi (ST 41), Shenmai (BL 62), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Mingmen (GV 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Shangxing (GV 23)
- Phlegm: Waiguan (TH 5), Dadun (LR 1), Ganshu (BL 18), Baihui (GV 20), Shangxing (GV 23), Fengchi (GB 20), Tianzhu (BL 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Fenglong (ST 40), Xingjian (LR 2), Xiaxi (GB 43), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Jiexi (ST 41), Neiguan (PC 6), Shangqiu (SP 5), Zhangmen (LR 13). Bleed taiyang.
- Phlegm Fire: Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Touwei (ST 8), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyang, Daling (PC 7), Taichong (LR 3), Zhizheng (SI 7), Feiyang (BL 58), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weishu (BL 21), Shenting (GV 24).
- Liver Wind: Yangbai (GB 14), Tongziliao (GB 1), Yingu (KI 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Xingjian (LR 2), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Fenglong (ST 40), Baihui (GV 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4). Bleed Shixuan, Weizhong (BL 40).
- Liver Fire: Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenmen (HT 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Xiaxi (GB 43)
- Inner ear imbalance : Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20), Yintang, Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yifeng (TH 17), Tinggong (SI 19), Shuaigu (GB 8)
- Dysuria/Lin zheng:
- Bleed dark veins nearby the KI channel on the lower limb. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Source 6: Qihai (CV 6), Guilai (ST 29), Ququan (LR 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 14: Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Shugu (BL 65), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Ciliao (BL 32)
- Source 18: Shenshu (BL 23), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Qihai (CV 6), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Source 23: Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Qihai (CV 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Zhongji (CV 3), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 29: Qiangu (SI 2), Weizhong (BL 40), Wangu (GB 12), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhaohai (KI 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanchong (TH 1), Hegu (LI 4). Bleed Guanchong (TH 1).
- Source 19: Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Source 21: Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yingu (KI 10), Daling (PC 7)
- Source 27 :
- Zhongfeng (LR 4), Dadun (LR 1), Taichong (LR 3), Qimen (LR 14), Guanyuan (CV 4), Changqiang (GV 1), Zhiyin (BL 67), Zhongji (CV 3), Rangu (KI 2), Qugu (CV 2), Shuiquan (KI 5), Weiyang (BL 39), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xiaochangshu (BL 27)
- Hegu (LI 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanchong (TH 1), Baihui (GV 20), Yingu (KI 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6).
- Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Qihai (CV 6), Shimen (CV 5).
- Acute : Needle and moxa Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yaoyan, Tianshu (ST 25), Daheng (SP 15).
- Chronic : Needle and moxa Yaoyan, Lougu (SP 7), Xialiao (BL 34), Zhongliao (BL 33), Ciliao (BL 32), Shangliao (BL 31), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Mingmen (GV 4), Daheng (SP 15), Qugu (CV 2), Henggu (KI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 29 :
- Dysurina/Gao lin (cloudy dysuria): Shenshu (BL 23), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Shimen (CV 5), Jingmen (GB 25), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Dysurina/Laolin (fatigue dysuria): Needle and moxa Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Pishu (BL 20), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5), Pangguangshu (BL 28)
- Dysurina/Qi lin (qidysuria):
- Source 27 :
- Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Qihaishu (BL 24), Qihai (CV 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taixi (KI 3), Shuidao (ST 28), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Taichong (LR 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Chize (LU 5), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Pangguangshu (BL 28), Shimen (CV 5)
- Source 29 :
- Source 27 :
- Stroke prevention:
- Source 21: Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39).
- Source 25: Jianjing (GB 21), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Quchi (LI 11) for 1-3 hours.
- Source 27: Baihui (GV 20), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Fengshi (GB 31), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39). Moxa Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Jianjing (GB 21), Quchi (LI 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Moxa Hegu (LI 4), Fengshi (GB 31), Kunlun (BL 60), Shousanli (LI 10), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Huantiao (GB 30).
- Hypertension: Shenmen, Kidney, Liver, Heart, Occiput, Forehead, Decrease Blood Pressure Point, Sympathetic, Coronary Vascular Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Cystitis: Bladder, Urethra, Lower Jiao, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Auditory vertigo: Internal Ear, Dizziness Area, Occiput, San Jiao, Liver, Kidney, Gallbladder. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Conjunctivitis: Eye, Vision 2, Lung. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Cataract: Kidney, Liver, Eye, Vision 2, Endocrine, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Glaucoma: Eye, Decrease Blood Pressure Point, Kidney, Liver, Occiput, Vision 1, Coronary Vascular Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Urinary tract infection: Urethra, Prostate, Internal Urethra, Liver, Adrenal Gland, Lower Jiao, Endocrine. 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.