CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details
TCM Diagnosis
Liver and Kidney yin deficiency
Symmetry
- Left side: Xuanzhong (GB 39), Fenglong (ST 40), Chengshan (BL 57), Lieque (LU 7), Tongli (HT 5)
- Right side: Taichong (LR 3), Rangu (KI 2), Gongsun (SP 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Binao (LI 14)
or
- Left side: Sanjian (LI 3), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Houxi (SI 3), Yongquan (KI 1), Yinbai (SP 1), Dadun (LR 1)
- Right side: Neiguan (PC 6), Jingqu (LU 8), Tongli (HT 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- High Blood Pressure: Needle jing (well) points on both feet.
- Mitral valve prolapse with a weak murmur: Bilateral - Shaofu (HT 8), Yongquan (KI 1), Shaoze (SI 1), Qiangu (SI 2); Juque (CV 14). Leave needles in for 10 minutes.
- Aortic valve prolpase with a strong murmur: Bilateral - Yongquan (KI 1), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Shaofu (HT 8), Ear Shenmen; Juque (CV 14). Leave needles in for 40 minutes.
- Primary points: Mu (T 11.17), Xinchang (T 11.19), Muyan (T 11.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14)
- Secondary points: Zhongjian (T 11.05), Huolian (T 66.10), Huoju (T 66.11), Huosan (T 66.12), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
- Hypertension: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Quchi (LI 11), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Zhengjin (T 77.01), Zhengzong (T 77.02), Sansheng (T 55.07)*, Weizhong (BL 40), Huoying (T 66.03), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongtian (T 88.03), Fuding (T 44.04), Jianfeng (T 44.31)*, Luotong (T 44.14), Zhitong (T 44.13). Bleed the back of the neck, LU and HT, LR and SP, ST areas with cupping. Bleed dark veins nearby the ST, BL channels on the lower limbs. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Headache: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sansheng (T 55.07)*, Weizhong (BL 40), Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tongtian (T 88.03), Fuding (T 44.04), Houzhi (T 44.05), Jianfeng (T 44.31)*, Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongguan (T 88.01), Zhitong (T 44.13). Bleed Huoshan (T 33.06), Huoling (T 33.05) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Vertigo: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yongquan (KI 1), Quchi (LI 11)
- Epilepsy: Linggu (T 22.05), Zhengjin (T 77.01), Zhengzong (T 77.02), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongguan (T 88.01), Sifuyi (T 1010.11), Sifuer (T 1010.10), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Bleed du (governing) channel, temporal region and back of the knee for dark veins. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Blurry vision: Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Huolian (T 66.10)
- Dizziness
- Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yongquan (KI 1), Quchi (LI 11)
- Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Shangquan (T 88.22), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Xiaquan (T 88.20), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Liuwan (T 66.08), Zhongbai (T 22.06)
- Vertigo:
- Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Luotong (T 44.14), two points on the sides of the first metacarpal joint of the thumb, Fuding (T 44.04), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Zhitong (T 44.13), Huosan (T 66.12), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18)
- High diastolic: Sansheng (T 55.07)*. Bleed 6 cun lateral to L4.
- Tinnitus (Liver): Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Xiabai (T 22.07), Zhongbai (T 22.06), Tongshen (T 88.09), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07). Bleed the dark veins visible on the lateral aspect of the lower limb. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Convulsion/Seizure: Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06). Bleed any red veins in the back.
- Tics/Tremors: Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangquan (T 88.22), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Xiaquan (T 88.20)
- Hypertension:
- Baihui (GV 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Renying (ST 9), Taichong (LR 3)
- Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Fenglong (ST 40), Ganshu (BL 18), Yongquan (KI 1), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 12: Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shimen (CV 5)
- Source 6: Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 6: Sudden increase in blood pressure, Zusanli (ST 36), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 13: Touwei (ST 8), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Fengchi (GB 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taiyuan (LU 9), Renying (ST 9). Bleed Touwei (ST 8).
- Source 15: Baihui (GV 20), Xinhui (GV 22), Tianzhu (BL 10), Tianliao (TH 15), Naoshu (SI 10), Ganshu (BL 18), Zhongdu (LR 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Houxi (SI 3), Shimen (CV 5), Xiaxi (GB 43), Shanglian (LI 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Taixi (KI 3), Xingjian (LR 2). Bleed the visible veins on the back of the ears.
- Source 18: Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Fengchi (GB 20), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Neiguan (PC 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 19: Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yongquan (KI 1), Yinbai (SP 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Quchi (LI 11), Huantiao (GB 30)
- Source 23: Touwei (ST 8), Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Tianzhu (BL 10), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yongquan (KI 1), Yinbai (SP 1)
- Source 29: Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (Ex-HN1), Fengchi (GB 20), Touwei (ST 8), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Ququan (LR 8), Taixi (KI 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shenshu (BL 23). Bleed Touwei (ST 8)
- Dizziness, vertigo:
- Source 21: Muchuang (GB 16), Baihui (GV 20), Shenmai (BL 62), Zhiyin (BL 67), Luoque (BL 8), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Qianding (GV 21), Naokong (GB 19), Fengchi (GB 20), Yanggu (SI 5), Dadu (SP 2), Jinmen (BL 63), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 31 : Fengchi (GB 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 27 :
- Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Fengchi (GB 20), Naohui (TH 13), Tongli (HT 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Kunlun (BL 60), Guanyuan (CV 4), Guanchong (TH 1), Qianding (GV 21), Houding (GV 19), Tianyou (TH 16), Xuanlu (GB 5)
- Wangu (GB 12), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanggu (SI 5), Yuzhen (BL 9), Chengguang (BL 6), Shenmai (BL 62), Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Naohui (TH 13), Tianyou (TH 16), Qianding (GV 21), Zanzhu (BL 2), Houding (GV 19), Tongli (HT 5), Baihui (GV 20), Yingu (KI 10), Muchuang (GB 16), Tianzhu (BL 10), Taodao (GV 13), Dadun (LR 1), Shangguan (GB 3), Jinmen (BL 63).
- Zanzhu (BL 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanggu (SI 5), Wangu (GB 12), Shenmai (BL 62), Muchuang (GB 16), Baihui (GV 20), Zhiyin (BL 67), Luoque (BL 8), Naohui (TH 13), Xiaxi (GB 43), Fenglong (ST 40), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Sizhukong (TH 23), Yintang, Touwei (ST 8), Baihui (GV 20), Quchi (LI 11), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Fenglong (ST 40), Jiexi (ST 41), Shenmai (BL 62), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Mingmen (GV 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Shangxing (GV 23)
- Phlegm: Waiguan (TH 5), Dadun (LR 1), Ganshu (BL 18), Baihui (GV 20), Shangxing (GV 23), Fengchi (GB 20), Tianzhu (BL 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Fenglong (ST 40), Xingjian (LR 2), Xiaxi (GB 43), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Jiexi (ST 41), Neiguan (PC 6), Shangqiu (SP 5), Zhangmen (LR 13). Bleed taiyang.
- Phlegm Fire: Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Touwei (ST 8), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyang, Daling (PC 7), Taichong (LR 3), Zhizheng (SI 7), Feiyang (BL 58), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weishu (BL 21), Shenting (GV 24).
- Liver Wind: Yangbai (GB 14), Tongziliao (GB 1), Yingu (KI 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Xingjian (LR 2), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Fenglong (ST 40), Baihui (GV 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4). Bleed Shixuan, Weizhong (BL 40).
- Liver Fire: Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenmen (HT 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Xiaxi (GB 43)
- Inner ear imbalance : Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20), Yintang, Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yifeng (TH 17), Tinggong (SI 19), Shuaigu (GB 8)
- Stroke prevention:
- Source 21: Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39).
- Source 25: Jianjing (GB 21), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Quchi (LI 11) for 1-3 hours.
- Source 27: Baihui (GV 20), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Fengshi (GB 31), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39). Moxa Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Jianjing (GB 21), Quchi (LI 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Moxa Hegu (LI 4), Fengshi (GB 31), Kunlun (BL 60), Shousanli (LI 10), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Huantiao (GB 30).
- Tinnitus (Liver):
- Source 19 : Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Yifeng (TH 17), Shenshu (BL 23), Yemen (TH 2), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 27 : Ermen (TH 21), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanggu (SI 5), Houxi (SI 3), Yangxi (LI 5), Hegu (LI 4), Daling (PC 7), Jinmen (BL 63), Taixi (KI 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Xiaxi (GB 43), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Xingjian (LR 2)
- Tinnitus (Liver and Kidney):
- Source 27 :
- Shangguan (GB 3), Xiaguan (ST 7), Sibai (ST 2), Baihui (GV 20), Luxi (TH 19), Yifeng (TH 17), Ermen (TH 21), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yangxi (LI 5), Guanchong (TH 1), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianrong (SI 17), Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Wangu (GB 12), Yanggu (SI 5), Jianzhen (SI 9), Xiaxi (GB 43)
- Daling (PC 7), Pianli (LI 6), Qiangu (SI 2), Houxi (SI 3), Baihui (GV 20), Fubai (GB 10), Shangguan (GB 3), Ermen (TH 21), Tinghui (GB 2), Yangxi (LI 5), Shangyang (LI 1), Wangu (GB 12), Luoque (BL 8), Shenshu (BL 23), Tinggong (SI 19)
- Deficiency : Yifeng (TH 17), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Tinghui (GB 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Ermen (TH 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengchi (GB 20). Moxa Baihui (GV 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 29 :
- Source 27 :
- Convulsion/Seizure:
- Source 6 : Suliao (GV 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 21 : Shenting (GV 24), Baihui (GV 20), Qianding (GV 21), Yongquan (KI 1), Sizhukong (TH 23). Moxa the umbilicus and Jiuwei (CV 15).
- Source 31: : Dadun (LR 1), Hegu (LI 4), Xingjian (LR 2), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Taiyang (Ex-HN5)
- Source 27 :
- Acute : Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Quchi (LI 11), Renzhong (GV 26), Dazhui (GV 14), Yongquan (KI 1), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weizhong (BL 40), Yamen (GV 15), Baihui (GV 20), Shixuan (Ex-UE11). Needle Sizhukong (TH 23), Tongziliao (GB 1), Quanliao (SI 18), Zanzhu (BL 2), Dicang (ST 4), Renzhong (GV 26), Huizong (TH 7), Huantiao (GB 30), Zhongdu (LR 6), Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Dazhui (GV 14), Taodao (GV 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Zhiyang (GV 9), Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Ganshu (BL 18), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Qihai (CV 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Chengshan (BL 57), Zusanli (ST 36), Kunlun (BL 60), Neiting (ST 44).
- Chronic : Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Youmen (KI 21), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Taichong (LR 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Feishu (BL 13), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Quchi (LI 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shaohai (HT 3). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenque (CV 8).
- Lingxu (KI 24), Shenfeng (KI 23), Yingu (KI 10), Zhubin (KI 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zusanli (ST 36), Xingjian (LR 2). Moxa Dazhui (GV 14), Baihui (GV 20), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Weishu (BL 21), Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Tics/Tremors:
- Source 15 : Bailao (Ex-HN17), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
- Source 23 : Xiaohai (SI 8), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Daling (PC 7), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shaohai (HT 3), Quze (PC 3), Yinshi (ST 33), Jianyu (LI 15), Huantiao (GB 30), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Fengshi (GB 31), Weizhong (BL 40), Taixi (KI 3), Kunlun (BL 60), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Taichong (LR 3). Moxa Shenting (GV 24), Baihui (GV 20).
- Reducing blood pressure: Heart, Shenmen, Kidney, Liver, Occiput, Forehead, Decrease Blood Pressure Point, Sympathetic, Coronary Vascular Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Auditory vertigo: Internal Ear, Dizziness Area, Occiput, San Jiao, Liver, Kidney, Gallbladder. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Dizziness and vertigo from cerebral arteriosclerosis: Brain, Dizziness Area, Coronary Vascular Subcortex, Triangle Area of Cervical Vertebra, External Sympathetic, Liver, Occiput. Bleed Ear Apex.
TCM Diagnosis
Liver wind
Herbal Formula
Calm (Jr)
- Left side: Xuanzhong (GB 39), Fenglong (ST 40), Chengshan (BL 57), Lieque (LU 7), Tongli (HT 5)
- Right side: Taichong (LR 3), Rangu (KI 2), Gongsun (SP 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Binao (LI 14)
or
- Left side: Sanjian (LI 3), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Houxi (SI 3), Yongquan (KI 1), Yinbai (SP 1), Dadun (LR 1)
- Right side: Neiguan (PC 6), Jingqu (LU 8), Tongli (HT 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- High Blood Pressure: Needle jing (well) points on both feet.
- Mitral valve prolapse with a weak murmur: Bilateral - Shaofu (HT 8), Yongquan (KI 1), Shaoze (SI 1), Qiangu (SI 2); Juque (CV 14). Leave needles in for 10 minutes.
- Aortic valve prolpase with a strong murmur: Bilateral - Yongquan (KI 1), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Shaofu (HT 8), Ear Shenmen; Juque (CV 14). Leave needles in for 40 minutes.
- Primary points: Mu (T 11.17), Xinchang (T 11.19), Muyan (T 11.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14)
- Secondary points: Zhongjian (T 11.05), Huolian (T 66.10), Huoju (T 66.11), Huosan (T 66.12), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
- High systolic pressure, hypertension due to Liver deficiency, dizziness: Fuding (T 44.04), Houzhi (T 44.05)
- High diastolic pressure, hypertension due to Kidney deficiency: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18)
- High systolic and diastolic pressure: Bleed Wuling (T DT.04) first. Then needle Quchi (LI 11), Huoying (T 66.03).
- Hypertension: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Quchi (LI 11), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Zhengjin (T 77.01), Zhengzong (T 77.02), Sansheng (T 55.07)*, Weizhong (BL 40), Huoying (T 66.03), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongtian (T 88.03), Fuding (T 44.04), Jianfeng (T 44.31)*, Luotong (T 44.14), Zhitong (T 44.13). Bleed the back of the neck, LU and HT, LR and SP, ST areas with cupping. Bleed dark veins nearby the ST, BL channels on the lower limbs. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Headache: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Sansheng (T 55.07)*, Weizhong (BL 40), Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tongtian (T 88.03), Fuding (T 44.04), Houzhi (T 44.05), Jianfeng (T 44.31)*, Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongguan (T 88.01), Zhitong (T 44.13). Bleed Huoshan (T 33.06), Huoling (T 33.05) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Vertigo: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yongquan (KI 1), Quchi (LI 11)
- Epilepsy: Linggu (T 22.05), Zhengjin (T 77.01), Zhengzong (T 77.02), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongguan (T 88.01), Sifuyi (T 1010.11), Sifuer (T 1010.10), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Bleed du (governing) channel, temporal region and back of the knee for dark veins. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Blurry vision: Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Huolian (T 66.10)
- Dizziness
- Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yongquan (KI 1), Quchi (LI 11)
- Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Shangquan (T 88.22), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Xiaquan (T 88.20), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Liuwan (T 66.08), Zhongbai (T 22.06)
- Vertigo:
- Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Luotong (T 44.14), two points on the sides of the first metacarpal joint of the thumb, Fuding (T 44.04), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Zhitong (T 44.13), Huosan (T 66.12), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18)
- High diastolic: Sansheng (T 55.07)*. Bleed 6 cun lateral to L4.
- Tinnitus (Liver): Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Xiabai (T 22.07), Zhongbai (T 22.06), Tongshen (T 88.09), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07). Bleed the dark veins visible on the lateral aspect of the lower limb. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Convulsion/Seizure: Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06). Bleed any red veins in the back.
- Tics/Tremors: Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Shangquan (T 88.22), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Xiaquan (T 88.20)
- Hypertension:
- Baihui (GV 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Renying (ST 9), Taichong (LR 3)
- Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Fenglong (ST 40), Ganshu (BL 18), Yongquan (KI 1), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 12: Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shimen (CV 5)
- Source 6: Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 6: Sudden increase in blood pressure, Zusanli (ST 36), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 13: Touwei (ST 8), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Fengchi (GB 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taiyuan (LU 9), Renying (ST 9). Bleed Touwei (ST 8).
- Source 15: Baihui (GV 20), Xinhui (GV 22), Tianzhu (BL 10), Tianliao (TH 15), Naoshu (SI 10), Ganshu (BL 18), Zhongdu (LR 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shanzhong (CV 17), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Houxi (SI 3), Shimen (CV 5), Xiaxi (GB 43), Shanglian (LI 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Taixi (KI 3), Xingjian (LR 2). Bleed the visible veins on the back of the ears.
- Source 18: Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Fengchi (GB 20), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Neiguan (PC 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 19: Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Yongquan (KI 1), Yinbai (SP 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Quchi (LI 11), Huantiao (GB 30)
- Source 23: Touwei (ST 8), Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Tianzhu (BL 10), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Lieque (LU 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yongquan (KI 1), Yinbai (SP 1)
- Source 29: Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (Ex-HN1), Fengchi (GB 20), Touwei (ST 8), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Ququan (LR 8), Taixi (KI 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Quchi (LI 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shenshu (BL 23). Bleed Touwei (ST 8)
- Dizziness, vertigo:
- Source 21: Muchuang (GB 16), Baihui (GV 20), Shenmai (BL 62), Zhiyin (BL 67), Luoque (BL 8), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Qianding (GV 21), Naokong (GB 19), Fengchi (GB 20), Yanggu (SI 5), Dadu (SP 2), Jinmen (BL 63), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 31 : Fengchi (GB 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 27 :
- Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Fengchi (GB 20), Naohui (TH 13), Tongli (HT 5), Fengmen (BL 12), Kunlun (BL 60), Guanyuan (CV 4), Guanchong (TH 1), Qianding (GV 21), Houding (GV 19), Tianyou (TH 16), Xuanlu (GB 5)
- Wangu (GB 12), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanggu (SI 5), Yuzhen (BL 9), Chengguang (BL 6), Shenmai (BL 62), Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Naohui (TH 13), Tianyou (TH 16), Qianding (GV 21), Zanzhu (BL 2), Houding (GV 19), Tongli (HT 5), Baihui (GV 20), Yingu (KI 10), Muchuang (GB 16), Tianzhu (BL 10), Taodao (GV 13), Dadun (LR 1), Shangguan (GB 3), Jinmen (BL 63).
- Zanzhu (BL 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanggu (SI 5), Wangu (GB 12), Shenmai (BL 62), Muchuang (GB 16), Baihui (GV 20), Zhiyin (BL 67), Luoque (BL 8), Naohui (TH 13), Xiaxi (GB 43), Fenglong (ST 40), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Sizhukong (TH 23), Yintang, Touwei (ST 8), Baihui (GV 20), Quchi (LI 11), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Fenglong (ST 40), Jiexi (ST 41), Shenmai (BL 62), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Mingmen (GV 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Shangxing (GV 23)
- Phlegm: Waiguan (TH 5), Dadun (LR 1), Ganshu (BL 18), Baihui (GV 20), Shangxing (GV 23), Fengchi (GB 20), Tianzhu (BL 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Fenglong (ST 40), Xingjian (LR 2), Xiaxi (GB 43), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Jiexi (ST 41), Neiguan (PC 6), Shangqiu (SP 5), Zhangmen (LR 13). Bleed taiyang.
- Phlegm Fire: Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Touwei (ST 8), Hegu (LI 4), Taiyang, Daling (PC 7), Taichong (LR 3), Zhizheng (SI 7), Feiyang (BL 58), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weishu (BL 21), Shenting (GV 24).
- Liver Wind: Yangbai (GB 14), Tongziliao (GB 1), Yingu (KI 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Xingjian (LR 2), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Fenglong (ST 40), Baihui (GV 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4). Bleed Shixuan, Weizhong (BL 40).
- Liver Fire: Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Ganshu (BL 18), Shenmen (HT 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Xiaxi (GB 43)
- Inner ear imbalance : Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20), Yintang, Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yifeng (TH 17), Tinggong (SI 19), Shuaigu (GB 8)
- Stroke prevention:
- Source 21: Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39).
- Source 25: Jianjing (GB 21), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Quchi (LI 11) for 1-3 hours.
- Source 27: Baihui (GV 20), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Fengshi (GB 31), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39). Moxa Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Jianjing (GB 21), Quchi (LI 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Moxa Hegu (LI 4), Fengshi (GB 31), Kunlun (BL 60), Shousanli (LI 10), Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Huantiao (GB 30).
- Tinnitus (Liver):
- Source 19 : Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Yifeng (TH 17), Shenshu (BL 23), Yemen (TH 2), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 27 : Ermen (TH 21), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanggu (SI 5), Houxi (SI 3), Yangxi (LI 5), Hegu (LI 4), Daling (PC 7), Jinmen (BL 63), Taixi (KI 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Xiaxi (GB 43), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Xingjian (LR 2)
- Tinnitus (Liver and Kidney):
- Source 27 :
- Shangguan (GB 3), Xiaguan (ST 7), Sibai (ST 2), Baihui (GV 20), Luxi (TH 19), Yifeng (TH 17), Ermen (TH 21), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yangxi (LI 5), Guanchong (TH 1), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianrong (SI 17), Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Wangu (GB 12), Yanggu (SI 5), Jianzhen (SI 9), Xiaxi (GB 43)
- Daling (PC 7), Pianli (LI 6), Qiangu (SI 2), Houxi (SI 3), Baihui (GV 20), Fubai (GB 10), Shangguan (GB 3), Ermen (TH 21), Tinghui (GB 2), Yangxi (LI 5), Shangyang (LI 1), Wangu (GB 12), Luoque (BL 8), Shenshu (BL 23), Tinggong (SI 19)
- Deficiency : Yifeng (TH 17), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Tinghui (GB 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Ermen (TH 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengchi (GB 20). Moxa Baihui (GV 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 29 :
- Source 27 :
- Convulsion/Seizure:
- Source 6 : Suliao (GV 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 21 : Shenting (GV 24), Baihui (GV 20), Qianding (GV 21), Yongquan (KI 1), Sizhukong (TH 23). Moxa the umbilicus and Jiuwei (CV 15).
- Source 31: : Dadun (LR 1), Hegu (LI 4), Xingjian (LR 2), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Taiyang (Ex-HN5)
- Source 27 :
- Acute : Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Quchi (LI 11), Renzhong (GV 26), Dazhui (GV 14), Yongquan (KI 1), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weizhong (BL 40), Yamen (GV 15), Baihui (GV 20), Shixuan (Ex-UE11). Needle Sizhukong (TH 23), Tongziliao (GB 1), Quanliao (SI 18), Zanzhu (BL 2), Dicang (ST 4), Renzhong (GV 26), Huizong (TH 7), Huantiao (GB 30), Zhongdu (LR 6), Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Dazhui (GV 14), Taodao (GV 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Zhiyang (GV 9), Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Ganshu (BL 18), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Qihai (CV 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Chengshan (BL 57), Zusanli (ST 36), Kunlun (BL 60), Neiting (ST 44).
- Chronic : Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Youmen (KI 21), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Taichong (LR 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Feishu (BL 13), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Quchi (LI 11), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shaohai (HT 3). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenque (CV 8).
- Lingxu (KI 24), Shenfeng (KI 23), Yingu (KI 10), Zhubin (KI 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zusanli (ST 36), Xingjian (LR 2). Moxa Dazhui (GV 14), Baihui (GV 20), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Weishu (BL 21), Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Tics/Tremors:
- Source 15 : Bailao (Ex-HN17), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
- Source 23 : Xiaohai (SI 8), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Daling (PC 7), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shaohai (HT 3), Quze (PC 3), Yinshi (ST 33), Jianyu (LI 15), Huantiao (GB 30), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Fengshi (GB 31), Weizhong (BL 40), Taixi (KI 3), Kunlun (BL 60), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Taichong (LR 3). Moxa Shenting (GV 24), Baihui (GV 20).
- Reducing blood pressure: Heart, Shenmen, Kidney, Liver, Occiput, Forehead, Decrease Blood Pressure Point, Sympathetic, Coronary Vascular Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Auditory vertigo: Internal Ear, Dizziness Area, Occiput, San Jiao, Liver, Kidney, Gallbladder. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Dizziness and vertigo from cerebral arteriosclerosis: Brain, Dizziness Area, Coronary Vascular Subcortex, Triangle Area of Cervical Vertebra, External Sympathetic, Liver, Occiput. Bleed Ear Apex.
Learning difficulties
- Baihui (GV 20)
- Jin’s Cognitive Three Needles 靳氏智三針
- Tai’s Memory Three Needles 增智記憶冠三針/頭智針 Poor Visual Memory:
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- Occipital Vision Area (Scalp-KT23) 枕上視覺區
- Occipital Midline (Scalp-KT25) 枕上正中線
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.