CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details
TCM Diagnosis
Lung cold
Herbal Formula
Respitrol (Cold)
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
- Asthma, Cough: Bilateral - 3 needles on each of the following points: Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Zhongfu (LU 1)
- Primary points: Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Fujian (T 11.03), Waijian (T 11.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09)
- Secondary points: Zhisima (T 11.07), Muyan (T 11.20), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*
- Common cold, flu: Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*. Bleed Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42), Dazhui (GV 14), Ear Apex.
- Severe cold-pattern presentation: Moxa Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42)
- Asthma: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5), Lung Zone, Shierhou (T VT.02), Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone.
- Kidney deficiency: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Lung deficiency: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quling (T 33.16)
- Common cold, flu: Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Asthma: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Common cold, flu
- Asthma
- Kidney type: Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
- Heart type: Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15)
- Lung type: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Common cold:
- Dingke (T 44.28)*, Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17), Fenjin (T 44.01), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Chest stuffiness: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangli (T 1010.09)
- Asthma: Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Bronchitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Fenjin (T 44.01), Shouying (T 44.03), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Zhongjian (T 11.05), Xiaojian (T 11.02). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back and below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
- Pneumonia: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Quling (T 33.16), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on or near the ST channel. Bleed the HT and LU areas of the upper back with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Feishu (BL 13), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Taibai (SP 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Ciliao (BL 32), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Kongzui (LU 6)
- Asthma:
- Source 27:
- Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Qimen (LR 14), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Shanzhong (CV 17), Renzhong (GV 26), Tiantu (CV 22), Xuanji (CV 21), Zhongfu (LU 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Yuji (LU 10), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Feishu (BL 13), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 30 : Bleed Quze (PC 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Dingchuan
- Source 27:
- Bronchitis:
- Source 13: Ximen (PC 4), Quchi (LI 11), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 18: Acute: Tianfu (LU 3), Kongzui (LU 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Fenglong (ST 40), Zusanli (ST 36). Chronic: Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 19: Acute: Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Taiyuan (LU 9) Chronic: Taiyuan (LU 9), Hegu (LI 4), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Source 23: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Lieque (LU 7), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Chest stuffiness and pressure:
- Source 27 : Feishu (BL 13), Lingtai (GV 10), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 29 : Quchi (LI 11), Renying (ST 9), Shendao (GV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhongfu (LU 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Tianchi (PC 1), Xuanji (CV 21), Geshu (BL 17), Ququan (LR 8), Shidou (SP 17), Xiangu (ST 43), Shimen (CV 5), Yangxi (LI 5), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Source 31 : Laogong (PC 8), Shanzhong (CV 17), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Asthma in children:
- Source 10 : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9). Bleed Sifeng.
- Source 27 :
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shendao (GV 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Moxa Tiantu (CV 22), Lingtai (GV 10)
- Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
- Common Cold in children: Chengjiang (CV 24), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Chize (LU 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Tongli (HT 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Taichong (LR 3)
- Fever in children: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Pneumonia in children: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11)
- Common cold:
- Source 13 : Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 15 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Taiyang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhiyang (GV 9), Shousanli (LI 10)
- Source 18 : Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Taiyang, Yintang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Bitong, Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), ear apex.
- Source 23 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengfu (GV 16), Tongziliao (GB 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 27 : Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Fuliu (KI 7), Waiguan (TH 5)
- Headache : add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Touwei (ST 8), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyang, Yintang
- Nasal obstruction: add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Aversion to cold, fever : strong stimulation to Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Quchi (LI 11), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Sore throat , voice loss: add Yemen (TH 2), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Fever : add Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11)
- Cough : Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
- Wind-heat : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Yuji (LU 10)
- Wind-cold : Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Cough: Laogong (PC 8), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Chize (LU 5), Taixi (KI 3), Lieque (LU 7), Bailao, Zhongwan (CV 12) Taichong (LR 3), Yuji (LU 10), Qiangu (SI 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Ququan (LR 8) Fengmen (BL 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Kongzui (LU 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Pneumonia:
- Source 13: Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Lieque (LU 7), Tiantu (CV 22)
- Source 23: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Bronchi, Lung, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland. Apply ear seeds to these points on both ears.
- Bronchial asthma: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Allergic Area, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Common cold: Lung, Internal Nose, Throat (Larynx, Pharynx)
- For fever, bleed Ear Apex and Helix 1-6.
- For dizziness, add Dizziness Area.
- For pain and soreness all over the body, add Liver and Spleen. Bleed Helix 4.
- For cough, add Trachea, Bronchus, Stop Asthma.
- Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchiectasis: Bronchus, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Spleen
- Emphysema: Sympathetic, Allergic Area, Chest, Lung, Bronchus, Stop Asthma, Spleen, Kidney, Endocrine
- Tracheitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
• Shenting (GV 24)
• Frontal Lateral Chest/Lung Area (Scalp-KT2) 額旁胸肺區
• Dazhui (GV 14)
• Dingchuan (Ex-B1)
• Feishu (BL 13)
• Shanzhong (CV 17)
If there is breathing difficulty, needle Neiguan (PC 6) bilaterally and Shanzhong (CV 17).
If there is asthma and wheezing, needle Dazhui (GV 14) or Dingchuan
TCM Diagnosis
Deficiencies of the Lung and the Kidney
Herbal Formula
Respitrol (Deficient)
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
- Asthma, Cough: Bilateral - 3 needles on each of the following points: Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Zhongfu (LU 1)
- Primary points: Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Fujian (T 11.03), Waijian (T 11.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09)
- Secondary points: Zhisima (T 11.07), Muyan (T 11.20), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*
- Common cold, flu: Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*. Bleed Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42), Dazhui (GV 14), Ear Apex.
- Severe cold-pattern presentation: Moxa Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42)
- Asthma: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5), Lung Zone, Shierhou (T VT.02), Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone.
- Kidney deficiency: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Lung deficiency: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quling (T 33.16)
- Common cold, flu: Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Asthma: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Common cold, flu
- Asthma
- Kidney type: Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
- Heart type: Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15)
- Lung type: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Common cold:
- Dingke (T 44.28)*, Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17), Fenjin (T 44.01), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Chest stuffiness: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangli (T 1010.09)
- Asthma: Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Bronchitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Fenjin (T 44.01), Shouying (T 44.03), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Zhongjian (T 11.05), Xiaojian (T 11.02). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back and below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
- Pneumonia: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Quling (T 33.16), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on or near the ST channel. Bleed the HT and LU areas of the upper back with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Feishu (BL 13), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Taibai (SP 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Ciliao (BL 32), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Kongzui (LU 6)
- Asthma:
- Source 27:
- Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Qimen (LR 14), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Shanzhong (CV 17), Renzhong (GV 26), Tiantu (CV 22), Xuanji (CV 21), Zhongfu (LU 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Yuji (LU 10), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Feishu (BL 13), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 30 : Bleed Quze (PC 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Dingchuan
- Source 27:
- Bronchitis:
- Source 13: Ximen (PC 4), Quchi (LI 11), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 18: Acute: Tianfu (LU 3), Kongzui (LU 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Fenglong (ST 40), Zusanli (ST 36). Chronic: Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 19: Acute: Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Taiyuan (LU 9) Chronic: Taiyuan (LU 9), Hegu (LI 4), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Source 23: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Lieque (LU 7), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Chest stuffiness and pressure:
- Source 27 : Feishu (BL 13), Lingtai (GV 10), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 29 : Quchi (LI 11), Renying (ST 9), Shendao (GV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhongfu (LU 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Tianchi (PC 1), Xuanji (CV 21), Geshu (BL 17), Ququan (LR 8), Shidou (SP 17), Xiangu (ST 43), Shimen (CV 5), Yangxi (LI 5), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Source 31 : Laogong (PC 8), Shanzhong (CV 17), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Asthma in children:
- Source 10 : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9). Bleed Sifeng.
- Source 27 :
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shendao (GV 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Moxa Tiantu (CV 22), Lingtai (GV 10)
- Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
- Common Cold in children: Chengjiang (CV 24), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Chize (LU 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Tongli (HT 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Taichong (LR 3)
- Fever in children: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Pneumonia in children: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11)
- Common cold:
- Source 13 : Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 15 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Taiyang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhiyang (GV 9), Shousanli (LI 10)
- Source 18 : Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Taiyang, Yintang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Bitong, Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), ear apex.
- Source 23 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengfu (GV 16), Tongziliao (GB 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 27 : Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Fuliu (KI 7), Waiguan (TH 5)
- Headache : add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Touwei (ST 8), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyang, Yintang
- Nasal obstruction: add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Aversion to cold, fever : strong stimulation to Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Quchi (LI 11), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Sore throat , voice loss: add Yemen (TH 2), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Fever : add Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11)
- Cough : Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
- Wind-heat : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Yuji (LU 10)
- Wind-cold : Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Cough: Laogong (PC 8), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Chize (LU 5), Taixi (KI 3), Lieque (LU 7), Bailao, Zhongwan (CV 12) Taichong (LR 3), Yuji (LU 10), Qiangu (SI 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Ququan (LR 8) Fengmen (BL 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Kongzui (LU 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Pneumonia:
- Source 13: Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Lieque (LU 7), Tiantu (CV 22)
- Source 23: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Bronchi, Lung, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland. Apply ear seeds to these points on both ears.
- Bronchial asthma: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Allergic Area, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Common cold: Lung, Internal Nose, Throat (Larynx, Pharynx)
- For fever, bleed Ear Apex and Helix 1-6.
- For dizziness, add Dizziness Area.
- For pain and soreness all over the body, add Liver and Spleen. Bleed Helix 4.
- For cough, add Trachea, Bronchus, Stop Asthma.
- Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchiectasis: Bronchus, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Spleen
- Emphysema: Sympathetic, Allergic Area, Chest, Lung, Bronchus, Stop Asthma, Spleen, Kidney, Endocrine
- Tracheitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
• Shenting (GV 24)
• Frontal Lateral Chest/Lung Area (Scalp-KT2) 額旁胸肺區
• Dazhui (GV 14)
• Dingchuan (Ex-B1)
• Feishu (BL 13)
• Shanzhong (CV 17)
If there is breathing difficulty, needle Neiguan (PC 6) bilaterally and Shanzhong (CV 17).
If there is asthma and wheezing, needle Dazhui (GV 14) or Dingchuan
TCM Diagnosis
Lung and Kidney deficiencies
Herbal Formula
Cordyceps 3
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
- Asthma, Cough: Bilateral - 3 needles on each of the following points: Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Zhongfu (LU 1)
- Primary points: Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Fujian (T 11.03), Waijian (T 11.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09)
- Secondary points: Zhisima (T 11.07), Muyan (T 11.20), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*
- Common cold, flu: Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*. Bleed Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42), Dazhui (GV 14), Ear Apex.
- Severe cold-pattern presentation: Moxa Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42)
- Asthma: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5), Lung Zone, Shierhou (T VT.02), Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone.
- Kidney deficiency: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Lung deficiency: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quling (T 33.16)
- Common cold, flu: Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Asthma: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Common cold:
- Dingke (T 44.28)*, Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17), Fenjin (T 44.01), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Chest stuffiness: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangli (T 1010.09)
- Asthma: Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Bronchitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Fenjin (T 44.01), Shouying (T 44.03), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Zhongjian (T 11.05), Xiaojian (T 11.02). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back and below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
- Pneumonia: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Quling (T 33.16), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on or near the ST channel. Bleed the HT and LU areas of the upper back with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Feishu (BL 13), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Taibai (SP 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Ciliao (BL 32), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Kongzui (LU 6)
- Asthma:
- Source 27:
- Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Qimen (LR 14), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Shanzhong (CV 17), Renzhong (GV 26), Tiantu (CV 22), Xuanji (CV 21), Zhongfu (LU 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Yuji (LU 10), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Feishu (BL 13), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 30 : Bleed Quze (PC 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Dingchuan
- Source 27:
- Bronchitis:
- Source 13: Ximen (PC 4), Quchi (LI 11), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 18: Acute: Tianfu (LU 3), Kongzui (LU 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Fenglong (ST 40), Zusanli (ST 36). Chronic: Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 19: Acute: Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Taiyuan (LU 9) Chronic: Taiyuan (LU 9), Hegu (LI 4), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Source 23: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Lieque (LU 7), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Chest stuffiness and pressure:
- Source 27 : Feishu (BL 13), Lingtai (GV 10), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 29 : Quchi (LI 11), Renying (ST 9), Shendao (GV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhongfu (LU 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Tianchi (PC 1), Xuanji (CV 21), Geshu (BL 17), Ququan (LR 8), Shidou (SP 17), Xiangu (ST 43), Shimen (CV 5), Yangxi (LI 5), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Source 31 : Laogong (PC 8), Shanzhong (CV 17), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Asthma in children:
- Source 10 : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9). Bleed Sifeng.
- Source 27 :
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shendao (GV 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Moxa Tiantu (CV 22), Lingtai (GV 10)
- Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
- Common Cold in children: Chengjiang (CV 24), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Chize (LU 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Tongli (HT 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Taichong (LR 3)
- Fever in children: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Pneumonia in children: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11)
- Common cold:
- Source 13 : Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 15 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Taiyang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhiyang (GV 9), Shousanli (LI 10)
- Source 18 : Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Taiyang, Yintang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Bitong, Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), ear apex.
- Source 23 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengfu (GV 16), Tongziliao (GB 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 27 : Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Fuliu (KI 7), Waiguan (TH 5)
- Headache : add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Touwei (ST 8), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyang, Yintang
- Nasal obstruction: add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Aversion to cold, fever : strong stimulation to Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Quchi (LI 11), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Sore throat , voice loss: add Yemen (TH 2), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Fever : add Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11)
- Cough : Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
- Wind-heat : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Yuji (LU 10)
- Wind-cold : Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Cough: Laogong (PC 8), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Chize (LU 5), Taixi (KI 3), Lieque (LU 7), Bailao, Zhongwan (CV 12) Taichong (LR 3), Yuji (LU 10), Qiangu (SI 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Ququan (LR 8) Fengmen (BL 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Kongzui (LU 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Pneumonia:
- Source 13: Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Lieque (LU 7), Tiantu (CV 22)
- Source 23: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Bronchi, Lung, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland. Apply ear seeds to these points on both ears.
- Bronchial asthma: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Allergic Area, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Common cold: Lung, Internal Nose, Throat (Larynx, Pharynx)
- For fever, bleed Ear Apex and Helix 1-6.
- For dizziness, add Dizziness Area.
- For pain and soreness all over the body, add Liver and Spleen. Bleed Helix 4.
- For cough, add Trachea, Bronchus, Stop Asthma.
- Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchiectasis: Bronchus, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Spleen
- Emphysema: Sympathetic, Allergic Area, Chest, Lung, Bronchus, Stop Asthma, Spleen, Kidney, Endocrine
- Tracheitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
TCM Diagnosis
Excessive phlegm accumulation
Herbal Formula
Pinellia XPT
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
- Asthma, Cough: Bilateral - 3 needles on each of the following points: Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Zhongfu (LU 1)
- Primary points: Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Fujian (T 11.03), Waijian (T 11.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09)
- Secondary points: Zhisima (T 11.07), Muyan (T 11.20), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*
- Common cold, flu: Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*. Bleed Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42), Dazhui (GV 14), Ear Apex.
- Severe cold-pattern presentation: Moxa Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42)
- Asthma: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5), Lung Zone, Shierhou (T VT.02), Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone.
- Kidney deficiency: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Lung deficiency: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quling (T 33.16)
- Common cold, flu: Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Asthma: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Common cold, flu
- Asthma
- Kidney type: Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
- Heart type: Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15)
- Lung type: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Common cold:
- Dingke (T 44.28)*, Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17), Fenjin (T 44.01), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Chest stuffiness: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangli (T 1010.09)
- Asthma: Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Bronchitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Fenjin (T 44.01), Shouying (T 44.03), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Zhongjian (T 11.05), Xiaojian (T 11.02). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back and below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
- Pneumonia: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Quling (T 33.16), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on or near the ST channel. Bleed the HT and LU areas of the upper back with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Feishu (BL 13), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Taibai (SP 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Ciliao (BL 32), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Kongzui (LU 6)
- Asthma:
- Source 27:
- Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Qimen (LR 14), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Shanzhong (CV 17), Renzhong (GV 26), Tiantu (CV 22), Xuanji (CV 21), Zhongfu (LU 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Yuji (LU 10), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Feishu (BL 13), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 30 : Bleed Quze (PC 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Dingchuan
- Source 27:
- Bronchitis:
- Source 13: Ximen (PC 4), Quchi (LI 11), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 18: Acute: Tianfu (LU 3), Kongzui (LU 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Fenglong (ST 40), Zusanli (ST 36). Chronic: Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 19: Acute: Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Taiyuan (LU 9) Chronic: Taiyuan (LU 9), Hegu (LI 4), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Source 23: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Lieque (LU 7), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Chest stuffiness and pressure:
- Source 27 : Feishu (BL 13), Lingtai (GV 10), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 29 : Quchi (LI 11), Renying (ST 9), Shendao (GV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhongfu (LU 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Tianchi (PC 1), Xuanji (CV 21), Geshu (BL 17), Ququan (LR 8), Shidou (SP 17), Xiangu (ST 43), Shimen (CV 5), Yangxi (LI 5), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Source 31 : Laogong (PC 8), Shanzhong (CV 17), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Asthma in children:
- Source 10 : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9). Bleed Sifeng.
- Source 27 :
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shendao (GV 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Moxa Tiantu (CV 22), Lingtai (GV 10)
- Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
- Common Cold in children: Chengjiang (CV 24), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Chize (LU 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Tongli (HT 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Taichong (LR 3)
- Fever in children: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Pneumonia in children: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11)
- Common cold:
- Source 13 : Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 15 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Taiyang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhiyang (GV 9), Shousanli (LI 10)
- Source 18 : Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Taiyang, Yintang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Bitong, Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), ear apex.
- Source 23 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengfu (GV 16), Tongziliao (GB 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 27 : Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Fuliu (KI 7), Waiguan (TH 5)
- Headache : add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Touwei (ST 8), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyang, Yintang
- Nasal obstruction: add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Aversion to cold, fever : strong stimulation to Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Quchi (LI 11), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Sore throat , voice loss: add Yemen (TH 2), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Fever : add Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11)
- Cough : Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
- Wind-heat : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Yuji (LU 10)
- Wind-cold : Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Cough: Laogong (PC 8), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Chize (LU 5), Taixi (KI 3), Lieque (LU 7), Bailao, Zhongwan (CV 12) Taichong (LR 3), Yuji (LU 10), Qiangu (SI 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Ququan (LR 8) Fengmen (BL 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Kongzui (LU 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Pneumonia:
- Source 13: Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Lieque (LU 7), Tiantu (CV 22)
- Source 23: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Bronchial asthma: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Allergic Area, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Common cold: Lung, Internal Nose, Throat (Larynx, Pharynx)
- For fever, bleed Ear Apex and Helix 1-6.
- For dizziness, add Dizziness Area.
- For pain and soreness all over the body, add Liver and Spleen. Bleed Helix 4.
- For cough, add Trachea, Bronchus, Stop Asthma.
- Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchiectasis: Bronchus, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Spleen
- Emphysema: Sympathetic, Allergic Area, Chest, Lung, Bronchus, Stop Asthma, Spleen, Kidney, Endocrine
- Tracheitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
TCM Diagnosis
Lung qi deficiency
Herbal Formula
Immune +
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
- Asthma, Cough: Bilateral - 3 needles on each of the following points: Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Zhongfu (LU 1)
- Primary points: Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Fujian (T 11.03), Waijian (T 11.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09)
- Secondary points: Zhisima (T 11.07), Muyan (T 11.20), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*
- Common cold, flu: Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*. Bleed Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42), Dazhui (GV 14), Ear Apex.
- Severe cold-pattern presentation: Moxa Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42)
- Asthma: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5), Lung Zone, Shierhou (T VT.02), Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone.
- Kidney deficiency: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Lung deficiency: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quling (T 33.16)
- Common cold, flu: Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Asthma: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Common cold, flu
- Asthma
- Kidney type: Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
- Heart type: Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15)
- Lung type: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Common cold:
- Dingke (T 44.28)*, Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17), Fenjin (T 44.01), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Chest stuffiness: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangli (T 1010.09)
- Asthma: Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Bronchitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Fenjin (T 44.01), Shouying (T 44.03), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Zhongjian (T 11.05), Xiaojian (T 11.02). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back and below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
- Pneumonia: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Quling (T 33.16), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on or near the ST channel. Bleed the HT and LU areas of the upper back with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Feishu (BL 13), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Taibai (SP 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Ciliao (BL 32), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Kongzui (LU 6)
- Asthma:
- Source 27:
- Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Qimen (LR 14), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Shanzhong (CV 17), Renzhong (GV 26), Tiantu (CV 22), Xuanji (CV 21), Zhongfu (LU 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Yuji (LU 10), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Feishu (BL 13), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 30 : Bleed Quze (PC 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Dingchuan
- Source 27:
- Bronchitis:
- Source 13: Ximen (PC 4), Quchi (LI 11), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 18: Acute: Tianfu (LU 3), Kongzui (LU 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Fenglong (ST 40), Zusanli (ST 36). Chronic: Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 19: Acute: Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Taiyuan (LU 9) Chronic: Taiyuan (LU 9), Hegu (LI 4), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Source 23: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Lieque (LU 7), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Chest stuffiness and pressure:
- Source 27 : Feishu (BL 13), Lingtai (GV 10), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 29 : Quchi (LI 11), Renying (ST 9), Shendao (GV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhongfu (LU 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Tianchi (PC 1), Xuanji (CV 21), Geshu (BL 17), Ququan (LR 8), Shidou (SP 17), Xiangu (ST 43), Shimen (CV 5), Yangxi (LI 5), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Source 31 : Laogong (PC 8), Shanzhong (CV 17), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Asthma in children:
- Source 10 : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9). Bleed Sifeng.
- Source 27 :
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shendao (GV 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Moxa Tiantu (CV 22), Lingtai (GV 10)
- Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
- Common Cold in children: Chengjiang (CV 24), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Chize (LU 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Tongli (HT 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Taichong (LR 3)
- Fever in children: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Pneumonia in children: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11)
- Common cold:
- Source 13 : Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 15 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Taiyang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhiyang (GV 9), Shousanli (LI 10)
- Source 18 : Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Taiyang, Yintang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Bitong, Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), ear apex.
- Source 23 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengfu (GV 16), Tongziliao (GB 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 27 : Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Fuliu (KI 7), Waiguan (TH 5)
- Headache : add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Touwei (ST 8), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyang, Yintang
- Nasal obstruction: add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Aversion to cold, fever : strong stimulation to Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Quchi (LI 11), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Sore throat , voice loss: add Yemen (TH 2), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Fever : add Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11)
- Cough : Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
- Wind-heat : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Yuji (LU 10)
- Wind-cold : Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Cough: Laogong (PC 8), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Chize (LU 5), Taixi (KI 3), Lieque (LU 7), Bailao, Zhongwan (CV 12) Taichong (LR 3), Yuji (LU 10), Qiangu (SI 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Ququan (LR 8) Fengmen (BL 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Kongzui (LU 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Pneumonia:
- Source 13: Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Lieque (LU 7), Tiantu (CV 22)
- Source 23: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Bronchi, Lung, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland. Apply ear seeds to these points on both ears.
- Bronchial asthma: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Allergic Area, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Common cold: Lung, Internal Nose, Throat (Larynx, Pharynx)
- For fever, bleed Ear Apex and Helix 1-6.
- For dizziness, add Dizziness Area.
- For pain and soreness all over the body, add Liver and Spleen. Bleed Helix 4.
- For cough, add Trachea, Bronchus, Stop Asthma.
- Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchiectasis: Bronchus, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Spleen
- Emphysema: Sympathetic, Allergic Area, Chest, Lung, Bronchus, Stop Asthma, Spleen, Kidney, Endocrine
- Tracheitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
TCM Diagnosis
Lung heat
Herbal Formula
Pueraria Clear Sinus
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
- Asthma, Cough: Bilateral - 3 needles on each of the following points: Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Zhongfu (LU 1)
- Primary points: Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Fujian (T 11.03), Waijian (T 11.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09)
- Secondary points: Zhisima (T 11.07), Muyan (T 11.20), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*
- Common cold, flu: Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*. Bleed Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42), Dazhui (GV 14), Ear Apex.
- Severe cold-pattern presentation: Moxa Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42)
- Asthma: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5), Lung Zone, Shierhou (T VT.02), Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone.
- Kidney deficiency: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Lung deficiency: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quling (T 33.16)
- Common cold, flu: Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Asthma: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Common cold, flu
- Asthma
- Kidney type: Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
- Heart type: Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15)
- Lung type: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Common cold:
- Dingke (T 44.28)*, Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17), Fenjin (T 44.01), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Chest stuffiness: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangli (T 1010.09)
- Asthma: Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Bronchitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Fenjin (T 44.01), Shouying (T 44.03), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Zhongjian (T 11.05), Xiaojian (T 11.02). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back and below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
- Pneumonia: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Quling (T 33.16), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on or near the ST channel. Bleed the HT and LU areas of the upper back with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Feishu (BL 13), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Taibai (SP 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Ciliao (BL 32), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Kongzui (LU 6)
- Asthma:
- Source 27:
- Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Qimen (LR 14), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Shanzhong (CV 17), Renzhong (GV 26), Tiantu (CV 22), Xuanji (CV 21), Zhongfu (LU 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Yuji (LU 10), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Feishu (BL 13), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 30 : Bleed Quze (PC 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Dingchuan
- Source 27:
- Bronchitis:
- Source 13: Ximen (PC 4), Quchi (LI 11), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 18: Acute: Tianfu (LU 3), Kongzui (LU 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Fenglong (ST 40), Zusanli (ST 36). Chronic: Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 19: Acute: Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Taiyuan (LU 9) Chronic: Taiyuan (LU 9), Hegu (LI 4), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Source 23: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Lieque (LU 7), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Chest stuffiness and pressure:
- Source 27 : Feishu (BL 13), Lingtai (GV 10), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 29 : Quchi (LI 11), Renying (ST 9), Shendao (GV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhongfu (LU 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Tianchi (PC 1), Xuanji (CV 21), Geshu (BL 17), Ququan (LR 8), Shidou (SP 17), Xiangu (ST 43), Shimen (CV 5), Yangxi (LI 5), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Source 31 : Laogong (PC 8), Shanzhong (CV 17), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Asthma in children:
- Source 10 : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9). Bleed Sifeng.
- Source 27 :
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shendao (GV 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Moxa Tiantu (CV 22), Lingtai (GV 10)
- Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
- Common Cold in children: Chengjiang (CV 24), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Chize (LU 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Tongli (HT 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Taichong (LR 3)
- Fever in children: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Pneumonia in children: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11)
- Common cold:
- Source 13 : Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 15 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Taiyang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhiyang (GV 9), Shousanli (LI 10)
- Source 18 : Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Taiyang, Yintang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Bitong, Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), ear apex.
- Source 23 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengfu (GV 16), Tongziliao (GB 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 27 : Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Fuliu (KI 7), Waiguan (TH 5)
- Headache : add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Touwei (ST 8), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyang, Yintang
- Nasal obstruction: add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Aversion to cold, fever : strong stimulation to Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Quchi (LI 11), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Sore throat , voice loss: add Yemen (TH 2), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Fever : add Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11)
- Cough : Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
- Wind-heat : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Yuji (LU 10)
- Wind-cold : Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Cough: Laogong (PC 8), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Chize (LU 5), Taixi (KI 3), Lieque (LU 7), Bailao, Zhongwan (CV 12) Taichong (LR 3), Yuji (LU 10), Qiangu (SI 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Ququan (LR 8) Fengmen (BL 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Kongzui (LU 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Pneumonia:
- Source 13: Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Lieque (LU 7), Tiantu (CV 22)
- Source 23: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Bronchial asthma: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Allergic Area, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Common cold: Lung, Internal Nose, Throat (Larynx, Pharynx)
- For fever, bleed Ear Apex and Helix 1-6.
- For dizziness, add Dizziness Area.
- For pain and soreness all over the body, add Liver and Spleen. Bleed Helix 4.
- For cough, add Trachea, Bronchus, Stop Asthma.
- Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchiectasis: Bronchus, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Spleen
- Emphysema: Sympathetic, Allergic Area, Chest, Lung, Bronchus, Stop Asthma, Spleen, Kidney, Endocrine
- Tracheitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
• Shenting (GV 24)
• Frontal Lateral Chest/Lung Area (Scalp-KT2) 額旁胸肺區
• Dazhui (GV 14)
• Dingchuan (Ex-B1)
• Feishu (BL 13)
• Shanzhong (CV 17)
If there is breathing difficulty, needle Neiguan (PC 6) bilaterally and Shanzhong (CV 17).
If there is asthma and wheezing, needle Dazhui (GV 14) or Dingchuan
TCM Diagnosis
Toxic heat
Herbal Formula
Herbal DTX
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
- Asthma, Cough: Bilateral - 3 needles on each of the following points: Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Zhongfu (LU 1)
- Primary points: Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Fujian (T 11.03), Waijian (T 11.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09)
- Secondary points: Zhisima (T 11.07), Muyan (T 11.20), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*
- Common cold, flu: Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*. Bleed Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42), Dazhui (GV 14), Ear Apex.
- Severe cold-pattern presentation: Moxa Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42)
- Asthma: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5), Lung Zone, Shierhou (T VT.02), Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone.
- Kidney deficiency: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Lung deficiency: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quling (T 33.16)
- Common cold, flu: Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Asthma: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Common cold, flu
- Asthma
- Kidney type: Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
- Heart type: Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15)
- Lung type: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Common cold:
- Dingke (T 44.28)*, Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17), Fenjin (T 44.01), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Chest stuffiness: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangli (T 1010.09)
- Asthma: Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Bronchitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Fenjin (T 44.01), Shouying (T 44.03), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Zhongjian (T 11.05), Xiaojian (T 11.02). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back and below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
- Pneumonia: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Quling (T 33.16), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on or near the ST channel. Bleed the HT and LU areas of the upper back with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Feishu (BL 13), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Taibai (SP 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Ciliao (BL 32), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Kongzui (LU 6)
- Asthma:
- Source 27:
- Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Qimen (LR 14), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Shanzhong (CV 17), Renzhong (GV 26), Tiantu (CV 22), Xuanji (CV 21), Zhongfu (LU 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Yuji (LU 10), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Feishu (BL 13), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 30 : Bleed Quze (PC 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Dingchuan
- Source 27:
- Bronchitis:
- Source 13: Ximen (PC 4), Quchi (LI 11), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 18: Acute: Tianfu (LU 3), Kongzui (LU 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Fenglong (ST 40), Zusanli (ST 36). Chronic: Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 19: Acute: Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Taiyuan (LU 9) Chronic: Taiyuan (LU 9), Hegu (LI 4), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Source 23: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Lieque (LU 7), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Chest stuffiness and pressure:
- Source 27 : Feishu (BL 13), Lingtai (GV 10), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 29 : Quchi (LI 11), Renying (ST 9), Shendao (GV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhongfu (LU 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Tianchi (PC 1), Xuanji (CV 21), Geshu (BL 17), Ququan (LR 8), Shidou (SP 17), Xiangu (ST 43), Shimen (CV 5), Yangxi (LI 5), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Source 31 : Laogong (PC 8), Shanzhong (CV 17), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Asthma in children:
- Source 10 : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9). Bleed Sifeng.
- Source 27 :
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shendao (GV 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Moxa Tiantu (CV 22), Lingtai (GV 10)
- Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
- Common Cold in children: Chengjiang (CV 24), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Chize (LU 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Tongli (HT 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Taichong (LR 3)
- Fever in children: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Pneumonia in children: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11)
- Common cold:
- Source 13 : Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 15 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Taiyang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhiyang (GV 9), Shousanli (LI 10)
- Source 18 : Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Taiyang, Yintang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Bitong, Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), ear apex.
- Source 23 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengfu (GV 16), Tongziliao (GB 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 27 : Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Fuliu (KI 7), Waiguan (TH 5)
- Headache : add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Touwei (ST 8), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyang, Yintang
- Nasal obstruction: add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Aversion to cold, fever : strong stimulation to Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Quchi (LI 11), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Sore throat , voice loss: add Yemen (TH 2), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Fever : add Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11)
- Cough : Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
- Wind-heat : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Yuji (LU 10)
- Wind-cold : Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Cough: Laogong (PC 8), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Chize (LU 5), Taixi (KI 3), Lieque (LU 7), Bailao, Zhongwan (CV 12) Taichong (LR 3), Yuji (LU 10), Qiangu (SI 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Ququan (LR 8) Fengmen (BL 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Kongzui (LU 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Pneumonia:
- Source 13: Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Lieque (LU 7), Tiantu (CV 22)
- Source 23: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Bronchial asthma: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Allergic Area, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Common cold: Lung, Internal Nose, Throat (Larynx, Pharynx)
- For fever, bleed Ear Apex and Helix 1-6.
- For dizziness, add Dizziness Area.
- For pain and soreness all over the body, add Liver and Spleen. Bleed Helix 4.
- For cough, add Trachea, Bronchus, Stop Asthma.
- Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchiectasis: Bronchus, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Spleen
- Emphysema: Sympathetic, Allergic Area, Chest, Lung, Bronchus, Stop Asthma, Spleen, Kidney, Endocrine
- Tracheitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
TCM Diagnosis
Lung cold
Herbal Formula
Magnolia Clear Sinus
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
- Asthma, Cough: Bilateral - 3 needles on each of the following points: Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Zhongfu (LU 1)
- Primary points: Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Fujian (T 11.03), Waijian (T 11.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09)
- Secondary points: Zhisima (T 11.07), Muyan (T 11.20), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*
- Common cold, flu: Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*. Bleed Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42), Dazhui (GV 14), Ear Apex.
- Severe cold-pattern presentation: Moxa Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42)
- Asthma: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5), Lung Zone, Shierhou (T VT.02), Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone.
- Kidney deficiency: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Lung deficiency: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quling (T 33.16)
- Common cold, flu: Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Asthma: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Common cold, flu
- Asthma
- Kidney type: Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
- Heart type: Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15)
- Lung type: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Common cold:
- Dingke (T 44.28)*, Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17), Fenjin (T 44.01), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Chest stuffiness: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangli (T 1010.09)
- Asthma: Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Bronchitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Fenjin (T 44.01), Shouying (T 44.03), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Zhongjian (T 11.05), Xiaojian (T 11.02). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back and below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
- Pneumonia: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Quling (T 33.16), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on or near the ST channel. Bleed the HT and LU areas of the upper back with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Feishu (BL 13), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Taibai (SP 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Ciliao (BL 32), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Kongzui (LU 6)
- Asthma:
- Source 27:
- Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Qimen (LR 14), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Shanzhong (CV 17), Renzhong (GV 26), Tiantu (CV 22), Xuanji (CV 21), Zhongfu (LU 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Yuji (LU 10), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Feishu (BL 13), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 30 : Bleed Quze (PC 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Dingchuan
- Source 27:
- Bronchitis:
- Source 13: Ximen (PC 4), Quchi (LI 11), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 18: Acute: Tianfu (LU 3), Kongzui (LU 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Fenglong (ST 40), Zusanli (ST 36). Chronic: Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 19: Acute: Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Taiyuan (LU 9) Chronic: Taiyuan (LU 9), Hegu (LI 4), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Source 23: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Lieque (LU 7), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Chest stuffiness and pressure:
- Source 27 : Feishu (BL 13), Lingtai (GV 10), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 29 : Quchi (LI 11), Renying (ST 9), Shendao (GV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhongfu (LU 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Tianchi (PC 1), Xuanji (CV 21), Geshu (BL 17), Ququan (LR 8), Shidou (SP 17), Xiangu (ST 43), Shimen (CV 5), Yangxi (LI 5), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Source 31 : Laogong (PC 8), Shanzhong (CV 17), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Asthma in children:
- Source 10 : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9). Bleed Sifeng.
- Source 27 :
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shendao (GV 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Moxa Tiantu (CV 22), Lingtai (GV 10)
- Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
- Common Cold in children: Chengjiang (CV 24), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Chize (LU 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Tongli (HT 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Taichong (LR 3)
- Fever in children: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Pneumonia in children: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11)
- Common cold:
- Source 13 : Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 15 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Taiyang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhiyang (GV 9), Shousanli (LI 10)
- Source 18 : Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Taiyang, Yintang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Bitong, Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), ear apex.
- Source 23 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengfu (GV 16), Tongziliao (GB 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 27 : Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Fuliu (KI 7), Waiguan (TH 5)
- Headache : add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Touwei (ST 8), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyang, Yintang
- Nasal obstruction: add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Aversion to cold, fever : strong stimulation to Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Quchi (LI 11), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Sore throat , voice loss: add Yemen (TH 2), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Fever : add Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11)
- Cough : Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
- Wind-heat : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Yuji (LU 10)
- Wind-cold : Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Cough: Laogong (PC 8), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Chize (LU 5), Taixi (KI 3), Lieque (LU 7), Bailao, Zhongwan (CV 12) Taichong (LR 3), Yuji (LU 10), Qiangu (SI 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Ququan (LR 8) Fengmen (BL 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Kongzui (LU 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Pneumonia:
- Source 13: Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Lieque (LU 7), Tiantu (CV 22)
- Source 23: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Bronchi, Lung, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland. Apply ear seeds to these points on both ears.
- Bronchial asthma: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Allergic Area, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Common cold: Lung, Internal Nose, Throat (Larynx, Pharynx)
- For fever, bleed Ear Apex and Helix 1-6.
- For dizziness, add Dizziness Area.
- For pain and soreness all over the body, add Liver and Spleen. Bleed Helix 4.
- For cough, add Trachea, Bronchus, Stop Asthma.
- Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchiectasis: Bronchus, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Spleen
- Emphysema: Sympathetic, Allergic Area, Chest, Lung, Bronchus, Stop Asthma, Spleen, Kidney, Endocrine
- Tracheitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
• Shenting (GV 24)
• Frontal Lateral Chest/Lung Area (Scalp-KT2) 額旁胸肺區
• Dazhui (GV 14)
• Dingchuan (Ex-B1)
• Feishu (BL 13)
• Shanzhong (CV 17)
If there is breathing difficulty, needle Neiguan (PC 6) bilaterally and Shanzhong (CV 17).
If there is asthma and wheezing, needle Dazhui (GV 14) or Dingchuan
TCM Diagnosis
Lung qi reversal
Herbal Formula
Respitrol (CF)
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
- Asthma, Cough: Bilateral - 3 needles on each of the following points: Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Zhongfu (LU 1)
- Primary points: Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Fujian (T 11.03), Waijian (T 11.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09)
- Secondary points: Zhisima (T 11.07), Muyan (T 11.20), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*
- Common cold, flu: Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*. Bleed Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42), Dazhui (GV 14), Ear Apex.
- Severe cold-pattern presentation: Moxa Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42)
- Asthma: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5), Lung Zone, Shierhou (T VT.02), Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone.
- Kidney deficiency: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Lung deficiency: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quling (T 33.16)
- Common cold, flu: Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Asthma: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Common cold, flu
- Asthma
- Kidney type: Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
- Heart type: Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15)
- Lung type: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Common cold:
- Dingke (T 44.28)*, Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17), Fenjin (T 44.01), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Chest stuffiness: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangli (T 1010.09)
- Asthma: Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Bronchitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Fenjin (T 44.01), Shouying (T 44.03), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Zhongjian (T 11.05), Xiaojian (T 11.02). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back and below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
- Pneumonia: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Quling (T 33.16), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on or near the ST channel. Bleed the HT and LU areas of the upper back with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Feishu (BL 13), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Taibai (SP 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Ciliao (BL 32), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Kongzui (LU 6)
- Asthma:
- Source 27:
- Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Qimen (LR 14), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Shanzhong (CV 17), Renzhong (GV 26), Tiantu (CV 22), Xuanji (CV 21), Zhongfu (LU 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Yuji (LU 10), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Feishu (BL 13), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 30 : Bleed Quze (PC 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Dingchuan
- Source 27:
- Bronchitis:
- Source 13: Ximen (PC 4), Quchi (LI 11), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 18: Acute: Tianfu (LU 3), Kongzui (LU 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Fenglong (ST 40), Zusanli (ST 36). Chronic: Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 19: Acute: Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Taiyuan (LU 9) Chronic: Taiyuan (LU 9), Hegu (LI 4), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Source 23: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Lieque (LU 7), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Chest stuffiness and pressure:
- Source 27 : Feishu (BL 13), Lingtai (GV 10), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 29 : Quchi (LI 11), Renying (ST 9), Shendao (GV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhongfu (LU 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Tianchi (PC 1), Xuanji (CV 21), Geshu (BL 17), Ququan (LR 8), Shidou (SP 17), Xiangu (ST 43), Shimen (CV 5), Yangxi (LI 5), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Source 31 : Laogong (PC 8), Shanzhong (CV 17), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Asthma in children:
- Source 10 : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9). Bleed Sifeng.
- Source 27 :
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shendao (GV 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Moxa Tiantu (CV 22), Lingtai (GV 10)
- Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
- Common Cold in children: Chengjiang (CV 24), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Chize (LU 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Tongli (HT 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Taichong (LR 3)
- Fever in children: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Pneumonia in children: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11)
- Common cold:
- Source 13 : Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 15 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Taiyang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhiyang (GV 9), Shousanli (LI 10)
- Source 18 : Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Taiyang, Yintang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Bitong, Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), ear apex.
- Source 23 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengfu (GV 16), Tongziliao (GB 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 27 : Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Fuliu (KI 7), Waiguan (TH 5)
- Headache : add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Touwei (ST 8), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyang, Yintang
- Nasal obstruction: add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Aversion to cold, fever : strong stimulation to Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Quchi (LI 11), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Sore throat , voice loss: add Yemen (TH 2), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Fever : add Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11)
- Cough : Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
- Wind-heat : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Yuji (LU 10)
- Wind-cold : Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Cough: Laogong (PC 8), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Chize (LU 5), Taixi (KI 3), Lieque (LU 7), Bailao, Zhongwan (CV 12) Taichong (LR 3), Yuji (LU 10), Qiangu (SI 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Ququan (LR 8) Fengmen (BL 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Kongzui (LU 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Pneumonia:
- Source 13: Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Lieque (LU 7), Tiantu (CV 22)
- Source 23: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Bronchi, Lung, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland. Apply ear seeds to these points on both ears.
- Bronchial asthma: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Allergic Area, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Common cold: Lung, Internal Nose, Throat (Larynx, Pharynx)
- For fever, bleed Ear Apex and Helix 1-6.
- For dizziness, add Dizziness Area.
- For pain and soreness all over the body, add Liver and Spleen. Bleed Helix 4.
- For cough, add Trachea, Bronchus, Stop Asthma.
- Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchiectasis: Bronchus, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Spleen
- Emphysema: Sympathetic, Allergic Area, Chest, Lung, Bronchus, Stop Asthma, Spleen, Kidney, Endocrine
- Tracheitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
TCM Diagnosis
Stomach and Lung yin deficiencies
Herbal Formula
Nourish (Fluids)
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Primary points: Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Fujian (T 11.03), Waijian (T 11.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09)
- Secondary points: Zhisima (T 11.07), Muyan (T 11.20), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*
- Common cold, flu: Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*. Bleed Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42), Dazhui (GV 14), Ear Apex.
- Severe cold-pattern presentation: Moxa Ganmaosan (T DT.12), Taodao (GV 13), bilaterally Pohu (BL 42)
- Asthma: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5), Lung Zone, Shierhou (T VT.02), Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone.
- Kidney deficiency: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Lung deficiency: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quling (T 33.16)
- Common cold, flu: Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Asthma: Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Common cold, flu
- Asthma
- Kidney type: Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
- Heart type: Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15)
- Lung type: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Common cold:
- Dingke (T 44.28)*, Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17), Fenjin (T 44.01), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Chest stuffiness: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangli (T 1010.09)
- Asthma: Dajian (T 11.01), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Libai (T 44.12), Yunbai (T 44.11), Hegu (LI 4), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shousanli (LI 10), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19). Bleed Sihuawai (T 77.14) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Bronchitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Fenjin (T 44.01), Shouying (T 44.03), Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Quling (T 33.16), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Feiqiyi (T 44.25)*, Feiqier (T 44.26)*, Zhongjian (T 11.05), Xiaojian (T 11.02). Bleed the HT and LU areas of the back and below the knees. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Dyspnea: Fuchang (T 77.12), Sanling (T 44.18)*, Xiaojian (T 11.02)
- Pneumonia: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Quling (T 33.16), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Zhongjian (T 11.05), Sihuazhong (T 77.09). Bleed the Lung area below the knees. On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on or near the ST channel. Bleed the HT and LU areas of the upper back with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Feishu (BL 13), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Taibai (SP 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Ciliao (BL 32), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Kongzui (LU 6)
- Asthma:
- Source 27:
- Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Qimen (LR 14), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taiyuan (LU 9), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Shanzhong (CV 17), Renzhong (GV 26), Tiantu (CV 22), Xuanji (CV 21), Zhongfu (LU 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Yuji (LU 10), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Feishu (BL 13), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 30 : Bleed Quze (PC 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Dingchuan
- Source 27:
- Bronchitis:
- Source 13: Ximen (PC 4), Quchi (LI 11), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 18: Acute: Tianfu (LU 3), Kongzui (LU 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Fenglong (ST 40), Zusanli (ST 36). Chronic: Feishu (BL 13), Dingchuan, Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 19: Acute: Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Taiyuan (LU 9) Chronic: Taiyuan (LU 9), Hegu (LI 4), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Tiantu (CV 22), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Source 23: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Lieque (LU 7), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Chest stuffiness and pressure:
- Source 27 : Feishu (BL 13), Lingtai (GV 10), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 29 : Quchi (LI 11), Renying (ST 9), Shendao (GV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhongfu (LU 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Tianchi (PC 1), Xuanji (CV 21), Geshu (BL 17), Ququan (LR 8), Shidou (SP 17), Xiangu (ST 43), Shimen (CV 5), Yangxi (LI 5), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Source 31 : Laogong (PC 8), Shanzhong (CV 17), Jianshi (PC 5)
- Asthma in children:
- Source 10 : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9). Bleed Sifeng.
- Source 27 :
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongfu (LU 1), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9). Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shendao (GV 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Moxa Tiantu (CV 22), Lingtai (GV 10)
- Chronic bronchitis in children: Bleed and up Dazhui (GV 14)
- Common Cold in children: Chengjiang (CV 24), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Chize (LU 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Tongli (HT 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Taichong (LR 3)
- Fever in children: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Pneumonia in children: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Fengmen (BL 12), Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11)
- Common cold:
- Source 13 : Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 15 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Lieque (LU 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Taiyang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhiyang (GV 9), Shousanli (LI 10)
- Source 18 : Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Taiyang, Yintang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Bitong, Fenglong (ST 40), Chize (LU 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), ear apex.
- Source 23 : Fengchi (GB 20), Fengfu (GV 16), Tongziliao (GB 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 27 : Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Fuliu (KI 7), Waiguan (TH 5)
- Headache : add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Touwei (ST 8), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyang, Yintang
- Nasal obstruction: add Shangxing (GV 23), Yingxiang (LI 20), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Aversion to cold, fever : strong stimulation to Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Quchi (LI 11), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Sore throat , voice loss: add Yemen (TH 2), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Fever : add Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11)
- Cough : Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9)
- Wind-heat : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Yuji (LU 10)
- Wind-cold : Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4)
- Cough: Laogong (PC 8), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Chize (LU 5), Taixi (KI 3), Lieque (LU 7), Bailao, Zhongwan (CV 12) Taichong (LR 3), Yuji (LU 10), Qiangu (SI 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Ququan (LR 8) Fengmen (BL 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Kongzui (LU 6), Fengmen (BL 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Pneumonia:
- Source 13: Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Kongzui (LU 6), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Lieque (LU 7), Tiantu (CV 22)
- Source 23: Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Bronchial asthma: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Allergic Area, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Common cold: Lung, Internal Nose, Throat (Larynx, Pharynx)
- For fever, bleed Ear Apex and Helix 1-6.
- For dizziness, add Dizziness Area.
- For pain and soreness all over the body, add Liver and Spleen. Bleed Helix 4.
- For cough, add Trachea, Bronchus, Stop Asthma.
- Cough: Trachea, Bronchus, Lung, Shenmen, Occiput, Stop Asthma, corresponding points of pain. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Bronchiectasis: Bronchus, Lung, Chest, Stop Asthma, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Spleen
- Emphysema: Sympathetic, Allergic Area, Chest, Lung, Bronchus, Stop Asthma, Spleen, Kidney, Endocrine
- Tracheitis: Bronchus, Trachea, Lung, Spleen, Stop Asthma, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.
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.