CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details
TCM Diagnosis
Wind-heat or wind-cold invasion
Herbal Formula
Lonicera Complex
- Left side: Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4), Yangxi (LI 5), Linggu (T 22.05), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Right side: Tongli (HT 5), Daling (PC 7), Tianquan (PC 2), Zulinqi (GB 41), ah shi points from Zusanli (ST 36) to Fenglong (ST 40)
- Hot flashes
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Endocrine dysfunction : Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4) thread the needle to Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7)
- Menopause : Zhiyin (BL 67), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Shaohai (HT 3)
- Vaginal dryness : Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shugu (BL 65), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Low libido : Feiyang (BL 58), Kunlun (BL 60), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Linggu (T 22.05), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6), Chize (LU 5), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Primary points: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Zhihan (T 22.18)*
- Secondary points: Shuijing (T 66.13), Shuixiang (T 66.14), Shuixian (T 66.15), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24), Mufu (T 88.38)*
- Menopause: Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18) with Huoying (T 66.03). Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone.
- Vaginal dryness, atrophic vaginitis: Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06), Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21). Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone, Buttocks and Ischial Zone, Dadun (LR 1).
- Menopause (general): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Hot flashes: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Mood swings: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Fuke (T 11.24), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Shuixiang (T 66.14)
- Irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09)
- Osteoporosis: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Fuke (T 11.24), Zhengji (T 44.24)*
- Perimenopause with irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Menstruation (profuse in amount): Fuke (T 11.24), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Palpitation: Dizong (T 44.09), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Quling (T 33.16), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Huochuan (T 33.04), Xinchang (T 11.19), Dajian (T 11.01), Huolian (T 66.10), Neitongguan (T 88.29), Neitongtian (T 88.31), Neitongshan (T 88.30), Xinmen (T 33.12), Zongshu (T 1010.07)
- Night sweats: Zhihan (T 22.18)*, Minghuang (T 88.12), Simazhong (T 88.17)
- Menopause (general):
- Taixi (KI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Jiuwei (CV 15), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taichong (LR 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7)
- Source 21 : Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Steaming bone sensation:
- Source 21 : Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Dazhui (GV 14), Yinxi (HT 6).
- Source 27 :
- Bailao, Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Pohu (BL 42), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Changqiang (GV 1)
- Low-grade fever: Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Yangchi (TH 4)
- Low-grade fever in children: Yinxi (HT 6), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Menstruation (profuse in amount):
- Source 15: Shimen (CV 5), Yinbai (SP 1), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 19: Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dadu (SP 2), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Tongli (HT 5)
- Source 21: Tongli (HT 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dadun (LR 1), Yingu (KI 10), Taichong (LR 3), Rangu (KI 2), Zhongji (CV 3)
- Source 23: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 27: Yinbai (SP 1), Shuiquan (KI 5), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Yang deficiency: Moxa Shenzhu (GV 12), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Qihai (CV 6). Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Five heart heat, hot palms:
- Palpitation:
- Source 23: Fengchi (GB 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Danshu (BL 19), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shaohai (HT 3), Xiabai (LU 4). Moxa Juque (CV 14), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Source 27:
- Neiguan (PC 6), Quze (PC 3), Rangu (KI 2), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shaofu (HT 8), Juque (CV 14), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shangwan (CV 13), Ligou (LR 5), Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7)
- Quze (PC 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Lingdao (HT 4), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Yuji (LU 10), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yemen (TH 2), Shaochong (HT 9), Baihui (GV 20), Lidui (ST 45), Juque (CV 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Jianshi (PC 5).
- Neiguan (PC 6), Shaohai (HT 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Xinshu (BL 15), Houxi (SI 3), Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jiexi (ST 41), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiaxi (GB 43), Rangu (KI 2)
- Dadu (SP 2), Ganshu (BL 18), Qihai (CV 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7).
- Source 29: Neiguan (PC 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Daling (PC 7), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Night sweats:
- Source 21 : Yinxi (HT 6), Shouwuli (LI 13), Jianshi (PC 5), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 27 : Chongyang (ST 42), Yinxi (HT 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Yixi (BL 45), Juque (CV 14), Xingjian (LR 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Hegu (LI 4), Yuji (LU 10), Dazhui (GV 14), Houxi (SI 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Yindu (KI 19), Zhongji (CV 3), Ganshu (BL 18), Quze (PC 3), Geshu (BL 17), Bailao (Ex-HN17).
- Source 29 : Feishu (BL 13), Fuliu (KI 7), Yixi (BL 45), Zhigou (TH 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhubin (KI 9).
- Qi and yin deficiencies : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yindu (KI 19)
- Uterus, Ovary, Endocrine, Sympathetic, Subcortex
- For emotional disorders, add Shenmen and Heart.
- For palpitations and irregular heartbeat, add Heart and Small Intestine.
- For flushed cheeks, excess perspiration, add Cheeks and Lung.
- Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart
- Relieving excessive sweating: Sympathetic, Thalamus, Heart, Lung, Spleen, Nervous Subcortex, corresponding sweating areas
TCM Diagnosis
Liver qi stagnation
Herbal Formula
Calm (ES)
- Left side: Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4), Yangxi (LI 5), Linggu (T 22.05), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Right side: Tongli (HT 5), Daling (PC 7), Tianquan (PC 2), Zulinqi (GB 41), ah shi points from Zusanli (ST 36) to Fenglong (ST 40)
- Hot flashes
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Endocrine dysfunction : Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4) thread the needle to Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7)
- Menopause : Zhiyin (BL 67), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Shaohai (HT 3)
- Vaginal dryness : Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shugu (BL 65), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Low libido : Feiyang (BL 58), Kunlun (BL 60), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Linggu (T 22.05), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6), Chize (LU 5), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Primary points: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Zhihan (T 22.18)*
- Secondary points: Shuijing (T 66.13), Shuixiang (T 66.14), Shuixian (T 66.15), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24), Mufu (T 88.38)*
- Menopause: Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18) with Huoying (T 66.03). Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone.
- Vaginal dryness, atrophic vaginitis: Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06), Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21). Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone, Buttocks and Ischial Zone, Dadun (LR 1).
- Menopause (general): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Hot flashes: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Mood swings: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Fuke (T 11.24), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Shuixiang (T 66.14)
- Irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09)
- Osteoporosis: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Fuke (T 11.24), Zhengji (T 44.24)*
- Perimenopause with irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Menstruation (profuse in amount): Fuke (T 11.24), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Palpitation: Dizong (T 44.09), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Quling (T 33.16), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Huochuan (T 33.04), Xinchang (T 11.19), Dajian (T 11.01), Huolian (T 66.10), Neitongguan (T 88.29), Neitongtian (T 88.31), Neitongshan (T 88.30), Xinmen (T 33.12), Zongshu (T 1010.07)
- Night sweats: Zhihan (T 22.18)*, Minghuang (T 88.12), Simazhong (T 88.17)
- Menopause (general):
- Taixi (KI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Jiuwei (CV 15), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taichong (LR 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7)
- Source 21 : Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Steaming bone sensation:
- Source 21 : Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Dazhui (GV 14), Yinxi (HT 6).
- Source 27 :
- Bailao, Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Pohu (BL 42), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Changqiang (GV 1)
- Low-grade fever: Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Yangchi (TH 4)
- Low-grade fever in children: Yinxi (HT 6), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Menstruation (profuse in amount):
- Source 15: Shimen (CV 5), Yinbai (SP 1), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 19: Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dadu (SP 2), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Tongli (HT 5)
- Source 21: Tongli (HT 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dadun (LR 1), Yingu (KI 10), Taichong (LR 3), Rangu (KI 2), Zhongji (CV 3)
- Source 23: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 27: Yinbai (SP 1), Shuiquan (KI 5), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Yang deficiency: Moxa Shenzhu (GV 12), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Qihai (CV 6). Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Five heart heat, hot palms:
- Palpitation:
- Source 23: Fengchi (GB 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Danshu (BL 19), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shaohai (HT 3), Xiabai (LU 4). Moxa Juque (CV 14), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Source 27:
- Neiguan (PC 6), Quze (PC 3), Rangu (KI 2), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shaofu (HT 8), Juque (CV 14), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shangwan (CV 13), Ligou (LR 5), Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7)
- Quze (PC 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Lingdao (HT 4), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Yuji (LU 10), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yemen (TH 2), Shaochong (HT 9), Baihui (GV 20), Lidui (ST 45), Juque (CV 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Jianshi (PC 5).
- Neiguan (PC 6), Shaohai (HT 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Xinshu (BL 15), Houxi (SI 3), Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jiexi (ST 41), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiaxi (GB 43), Rangu (KI 2)
- Dadu (SP 2), Ganshu (BL 18), Qihai (CV 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7).
- Source 29: Neiguan (PC 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Daling (PC 7), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Night sweats:
- Source 21 : Yinxi (HT 6), Shouwuli (LI 13), Jianshi (PC 5), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 27 : Chongyang (ST 42), Yinxi (HT 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Yixi (BL 45), Juque (CV 14), Xingjian (LR 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Hegu (LI 4), Yuji (LU 10), Dazhui (GV 14), Houxi (SI 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Yindu (KI 19), Zhongji (CV 3), Ganshu (BL 18), Quze (PC 3), Geshu (BL 17), Bailao (Ex-HN17).
- Source 29 : Feishu (BL 13), Fuliu (KI 7), Yixi (BL 45), Zhigou (TH 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhubin (KI 9).
- Qi and yin deficiencies : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yindu (KI 19)
- Uterus, Ovary, Endocrine, Sympathetic, Subcortex
- For emotional disorders, add Shenmen and Heart.
- For palpitations and irregular heartbeat, add Heart and Small Intestine.
- For flushed cheeks, excess perspiration, add Cheeks and Lung.
- Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart
- Relieving excessive sweating: Sympathetic, Thalamus, Heart, Lung, Spleen, Nervous Subcortex, corresponding sweating areas
Smoking:
• Auricular Points by Li-Chun Huang: Shenmen, Mouth, Upper Lung, Lower Lung, Be Happy
• Body Points: Add Jianshi (PC 5), Zhubin (KI 9). Irritability and restlessness during the urge, add Xingjian (LR 2), but needle and moxa Zhubin (KI 9).
Drug Addiction:
• Auricular Points by Li Chun Huang: Shenmen, Mouth, Liver (Quit Drinking, Liver point needs to be added)
• Body Points: Tianweixue (T 22.27) bilaterally with electrostimulation - This point is located between Lieque (LU 7) and Yangxi (LI 5)
• With severe urges: Add Xingjian (LR 2), needle and moxa Zhubin (KI 9)
TCM Diagnosis
Spleen and Heart deficiencies
Herbal Formula
Schisandra ZZZ
- Left side: Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4), Yangxi (LI 5), Linggu (T 22.05), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Right side: Tongli (HT 5), Daling (PC 7), Tianquan (PC 2), Zulinqi (GB 41), ah shi points from Zusanli (ST 36) to Fenglong (ST 40)
- Hot flashes
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Endocrine dysfunction : Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4) thread the needle to Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7)
- Menopause : Zhiyin (BL 67), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Shaohai (HT 3)
- Vaginal dryness : Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shugu (BL 65), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Low libido : Feiyang (BL 58), Kunlun (BL 60), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Linggu (T 22.05), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6), Chize (LU 5), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Primary points: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Zhihan (T 22.18)*
- Secondary points: Shuijing (T 66.13), Shuixiang (T 66.14), Shuixian (T 66.15), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24), Mufu (T 88.38)*
- Menopause: Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18) with Huoying (T 66.03). Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone.
- Vaginal dryness, atrophic vaginitis: Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06), Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21). Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone, Buttocks and Ischial Zone, Dadun (LR 1).
- Menopause (general): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Hot flashes: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Mood swings: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Fuke (T 11.24), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Shuixiang (T 66.14)
- Irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09)
- Osteoporosis: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Fuke (T 11.24), Zhengji (T 44.24)*
- Perimenopause with irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Menstruation (profuse in amount): Fuke (T 11.24), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Palpitation: Dizong (T 44.09), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Quling (T 33.16), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Huochuan (T 33.04), Xinchang (T 11.19), Dajian (T 11.01), Huolian (T 66.10), Neitongguan (T 88.29), Neitongtian (T 88.31), Neitongshan (T 88.30), Xinmen (T 33.12), Zongshu (T 1010.07)
- Night sweats: Zhihan (T 22.18)*, Minghuang (T 88.12), Simazhong (T 88.17)
- Menopause (general):
- Taixi (KI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Jiuwei (CV 15), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taichong (LR 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7)
- Source 21 : Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Steaming bone sensation:
- Source 21 : Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Dazhui (GV 14), Yinxi (HT 6).
- Source 27 :
- Bailao, Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Pohu (BL 42), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Changqiang (GV 1)
- Low-grade fever: Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Yangchi (TH 4)
- Low-grade fever in children: Yinxi (HT 6), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Menstruation (profuse in amount):
- Source 15: Shimen (CV 5), Yinbai (SP 1), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 19: Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dadu (SP 2), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Tongli (HT 5)
- Source 21: Tongli (HT 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dadun (LR 1), Yingu (KI 10), Taichong (LR 3), Rangu (KI 2), Zhongji (CV 3)
- Source 23: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 27: Yinbai (SP 1), Shuiquan (KI 5), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Yang deficiency: Moxa Shenzhu (GV 12), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Qihai (CV 6). Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Five heart heat, hot palms:
- Palpitation:
- Source 23: Fengchi (GB 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Danshu (BL 19), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shaohai (HT 3), Xiabai (LU 4). Moxa Juque (CV 14), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Source 27:
- Neiguan (PC 6), Quze (PC 3), Rangu (KI 2), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shaofu (HT 8), Juque (CV 14), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shangwan (CV 13), Ligou (LR 5), Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7)
- Quze (PC 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Lingdao (HT 4), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Yuji (LU 10), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yemen (TH 2), Shaochong (HT 9), Baihui (GV 20), Lidui (ST 45), Juque (CV 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Jianshi (PC 5).
- Neiguan (PC 6), Shaohai (HT 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Xinshu (BL 15), Houxi (SI 3), Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jiexi (ST 41), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiaxi (GB 43), Rangu (KI 2)
- Dadu (SP 2), Ganshu (BL 18), Qihai (CV 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7).
- Source 29: Neiguan (PC 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Daling (PC 7), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Night sweats:
- Source 21 : Yinxi (HT 6), Shouwuli (LI 13), Jianshi (PC 5), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 27 : Chongyang (ST 42), Yinxi (HT 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Yixi (BL 45), Juque (CV 14), Xingjian (LR 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Hegu (LI 4), Yuji (LU 10), Dazhui (GV 14), Houxi (SI 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Yindu (KI 19), Zhongji (CV 3), Ganshu (BL 18), Quze (PC 3), Geshu (BL 17), Bailao (Ex-HN17).
- Source 29 : Feishu (BL 13), Fuliu (KI 7), Yixi (BL 45), Zhigou (TH 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhubin (KI 9).
- Qi and yin deficiencies : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yindu (KI 19)
- Uterus, Ovary, Endocrine, Sympathetic, Subcortex
- For emotional disorders, add Shenmen and Heart.
- For palpitations and irregular heartbeat, add Heart and Small Intestine.
- For flushed cheeks, excess perspiration, add Cheeks and Lung.
- Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart
- Relieving excessive sweating: Sympathetic, Thalamus, Heart, Lung, Spleen, Nervous Subcortex, corresponding sweating areas
TCM Diagnosis
Liver yang rising or Liver fire
Herbal Formula
Gastrodia Complex
- Left side: Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4), Yangxi (LI 5), Linggu (T 22.05), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Right side: Tongli (HT 5), Daling (PC 7), Tianquan (PC 2), Zulinqi (GB 41), ah shi points from Zusanli (ST 36) to Fenglong (ST 40)
- Hot flashes
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Endocrine dysfunction : Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4) thread the needle to Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7)
- Menopause : Zhiyin (BL 67), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Shaohai (HT 3)
- Vaginal dryness : Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shugu (BL 65), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Low libido : Feiyang (BL 58), Kunlun (BL 60), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Linggu (T 22.05), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6), Chize (LU 5), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Primary points: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Zhihan (T 22.18)*
- Secondary points: Shuijing (T 66.13), Shuixiang (T 66.14), Shuixian (T 66.15), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24), Mufu (T 88.38)*
- Menopause: Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18) with Huoying (T 66.03). Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone.
- Vaginal dryness, atrophic vaginitis: Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06), Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21). Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone, Buttocks and Ischial Zone, Dadun (LR 1).
- Menopause (general): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Hot flashes: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Mood swings: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Fuke (T 11.24), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Shuixiang (T 66.14)
- Irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09)
- Osteoporosis: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Fuke (T 11.24), Zhengji (T 44.24)*
- Perimenopause with irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Menstruation (profuse in amount): Fuke (T 11.24), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Palpitation: Dizong (T 44.09), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Quling (T 33.16), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Huochuan (T 33.04), Xinchang (T 11.19), Dajian (T 11.01), Huolian (T 66.10), Neitongguan (T 88.29), Neitongtian (T 88.31), Neitongshan (T 88.30), Xinmen (T 33.12), Zongshu (T 1010.07)
- Night sweats: Zhihan (T 22.18)*, Minghuang (T 88.12), Simazhong (T 88.17)
- Menopause (general):
- Taixi (KI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Jiuwei (CV 15), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taichong (LR 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7)
- Source 21 : Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Steaming bone sensation:
- Source 21 : Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Dazhui (GV 14), Yinxi (HT 6).
- Source 27 :
- Bailao, Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Pohu (BL 42), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Changqiang (GV 1)
- Low-grade fever: Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Yangchi (TH 4)
- Low-grade fever in children: Yinxi (HT 6), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Menstruation (profuse in amount):
- Source 15: Shimen (CV 5), Yinbai (SP 1), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 19: Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dadu (SP 2), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Tongli (HT 5)
- Source 21: Tongli (HT 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dadun (LR 1), Yingu (KI 10), Taichong (LR 3), Rangu (KI 2), Zhongji (CV 3)
- Source 23: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 27: Yinbai (SP 1), Shuiquan (KI 5), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Yang deficiency: Moxa Shenzhu (GV 12), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Qihai (CV 6). Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Five heart heat, hot palms:
- Palpitation:
- Source 23: Fengchi (GB 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Danshu (BL 19), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shaohai (HT 3), Xiabai (LU 4). Moxa Juque (CV 14), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Source 27:
- Neiguan (PC 6), Quze (PC 3), Rangu (KI 2), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shaofu (HT 8), Juque (CV 14), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shangwan (CV 13), Ligou (LR 5), Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7)
- Quze (PC 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Lingdao (HT 4), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Yuji (LU 10), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yemen (TH 2), Shaochong (HT 9), Baihui (GV 20), Lidui (ST 45), Juque (CV 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Jianshi (PC 5).
- Neiguan (PC 6), Shaohai (HT 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Xinshu (BL 15), Houxi (SI 3), Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jiexi (ST 41), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiaxi (GB 43), Rangu (KI 2)
- Dadu (SP 2), Ganshu (BL 18), Qihai (CV 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7).
- Source 29: Neiguan (PC 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Daling (PC 7), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Night sweats:
- Source 21 : Yinxi (HT 6), Shouwuli (LI 13), Jianshi (PC 5), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 27 : Chongyang (ST 42), Yinxi (HT 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Yixi (BL 45), Juque (CV 14), Xingjian (LR 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Hegu (LI 4), Yuji (LU 10), Dazhui (GV 14), Houxi (SI 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Yindu (KI 19), Zhongji (CV 3), Ganshu (BL 18), Quze (PC 3), Geshu (BL 17), Bailao (Ex-HN17).
- Source 29 : Feishu (BL 13), Fuliu (KI 7), Yixi (BL 45), Zhigou (TH 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhubin (KI 9).
- Qi and yin deficiencies : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yindu (KI 19)
- Uterus, Ovary, Endocrine, Sympathetic, Subcortex
- For emotional disorders, add Shenmen and Heart.
- For palpitations and irregular heartbeat, add Heart and Small Intestine.
- For flushed cheeks, excess perspiration, add Cheeks and Lung.
- Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart
- Relieving excessive sweating: Sympathetic, Thalamus, Heart, Lung, Spleen, Nervous Subcortex, corresponding sweating areas
TCM Diagnosis
Toxic heat
Herbal Formula
Herbal DTX
- Left side: Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4), Yangxi (LI 5), Linggu (T 22.05), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Right side: Tongli (HT 5), Daling (PC 7), Tianquan (PC 2), Zulinqi (GB 41), ah shi points from Zusanli (ST 36) to Fenglong (ST 40)
- Hot flashes
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Endocrine dysfunction : Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4) thread the needle to Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7)
- Menopause : Zhiyin (BL 67), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Shaohai (HT 3)
- Vaginal dryness : Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shugu (BL 65), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Low libido : Feiyang (BL 58), Kunlun (BL 60), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Linggu (T 22.05), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6), Chize (LU 5), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Primary points: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Zhihan (T 22.18)*
- Secondary points: Shuijing (T 66.13), Shuixiang (T 66.14), Shuixian (T 66.15), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24), Mufu (T 88.38)*
- Menopause: Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18) with Huoying (T 66.03). Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone.
- Vaginal dryness, atrophic vaginitis: Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06), Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21). Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone, Buttocks and Ischial Zone, Dadun (LR 1).
- Menopause (general): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Hot flashes: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Mood swings: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Fuke (T 11.24), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Shuixiang (T 66.14)
- Irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09)
- Osteoporosis: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Fuke (T 11.24), Zhengji (T 44.24)*
- Perimenopause with irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Menstruation (profuse in amount): Fuke (T 11.24), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Palpitation: Dizong (T 44.09), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Quling (T 33.16), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Huochuan (T 33.04), Xinchang (T 11.19), Dajian (T 11.01), Huolian (T 66.10), Neitongguan (T 88.29), Neitongtian (T 88.31), Neitongshan (T 88.30), Xinmen (T 33.12), Zongshu (T 1010.07)
- Night sweats: Zhihan (T 22.18)*, Minghuang (T 88.12), Simazhong (T 88.17)
- Menopause (general):
- Taixi (KI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Jiuwei (CV 15), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taichong (LR 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7)
- Source 21 : Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Steaming bone sensation:
- Source 21 : Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Dazhui (GV 14), Yinxi (HT 6).
- Source 27 :
- Bailao, Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Pohu (BL 42), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Changqiang (GV 1)
- Low-grade fever: Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Yangchi (TH 4)
- Low-grade fever in children: Yinxi (HT 6), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Menstruation (profuse in amount):
- Source 15: Shimen (CV 5), Yinbai (SP 1), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 19: Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dadu (SP 2), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Tongli (HT 5)
- Source 21: Tongli (HT 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dadun (LR 1), Yingu (KI 10), Taichong (LR 3), Rangu (KI 2), Zhongji (CV 3)
- Source 23: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 27: Yinbai (SP 1), Shuiquan (KI 5), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Yang deficiency: Moxa Shenzhu (GV 12), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Qihai (CV 6). Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Five heart heat, hot palms:
- Palpitation:
- Source 23: Fengchi (GB 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Danshu (BL 19), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shaohai (HT 3), Xiabai (LU 4). Moxa Juque (CV 14), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Source 27:
- Neiguan (PC 6), Quze (PC 3), Rangu (KI 2), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shaofu (HT 8), Juque (CV 14), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shangwan (CV 13), Ligou (LR 5), Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7)
- Quze (PC 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Lingdao (HT 4), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Yuji (LU 10), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yemen (TH 2), Shaochong (HT 9), Baihui (GV 20), Lidui (ST 45), Juque (CV 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Jianshi (PC 5).
- Neiguan (PC 6), Shaohai (HT 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Xinshu (BL 15), Houxi (SI 3), Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jiexi (ST 41), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiaxi (GB 43), Rangu (KI 2)
- Dadu (SP 2), Ganshu (BL 18), Qihai (CV 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7).
- Source 29: Neiguan (PC 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Daling (PC 7), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Night sweats:
- Source 21 : Yinxi (HT 6), Shouwuli (LI 13), Jianshi (PC 5), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 27 : Chongyang (ST 42), Yinxi (HT 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Yixi (BL 45), Juque (CV 14), Xingjian (LR 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Hegu (LI 4), Yuji (LU 10), Dazhui (GV 14), Houxi (SI 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Yindu (KI 19), Zhongji (CV 3), Ganshu (BL 18), Quze (PC 3), Geshu (BL 17), Bailao (Ex-HN17).
- Source 29 : Feishu (BL 13), Fuliu (KI 7), Yixi (BL 45), Zhigou (TH 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhubin (KI 9).
- Qi and yin deficiencies : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yindu (KI 19)
- Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart
- Relieving excessive sweating: Sympathetic, Thalamus, Heart, Lung, Spleen, Nervous Subcortex, corresponding sweating areas
TCM Diagnosis
Blood deficiency
Herbal Formula
Corydalin (CR)
- Left side: Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4), Yangxi (LI 5), Linggu (T 22.05), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Right side: Tongli (HT 5), Daling (PC 7), Tianquan (PC 2), Zulinqi (GB 41), ah shi points from Zusanli (ST 36) to Fenglong (ST 40)
- Hot flashes
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Endocrine dysfunction : Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4) thread the needle to Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7)
- Menopause : Zhiyin (BL 67), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Shaohai (HT 3)
- Vaginal dryness : Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shugu (BL 65), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Low libido : Feiyang (BL 58), Kunlun (BL 60), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Linggu (T 22.05), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6), Chize (LU 5), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Primary points: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Zhihan (T 22.18)*
- Secondary points: Shuijing (T 66.13), Shuixiang (T 66.14), Shuixian (T 66.15), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24), Mufu (T 88.38)*
- Menopause: Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18) with Huoying (T 66.03). Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone.
- Vaginal dryness, atrophic vaginitis: Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06), Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21). Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone, Buttocks and Ischial Zone, Dadun (LR 1).
- Menopause (general): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Hot flashes: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Mood swings: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Fuke (T 11.24), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Shuixiang (T 66.14)
- Irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09)
- Osteoporosis: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Fuke (T 11.24), Zhengji (T 44.24)*
- Perimenopause with irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Menstruation (profuse in amount): Fuke (T 11.24), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Palpitation: Dizong (T 44.09), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Quling (T 33.16), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Huochuan (T 33.04), Xinchang (T 11.19), Dajian (T 11.01), Huolian (T 66.10), Neitongguan (T 88.29), Neitongtian (T 88.31), Neitongshan (T 88.30), Xinmen (T 33.12), Zongshu (T 1010.07)
- Night sweats: Zhihan (T 22.18)*, Minghuang (T 88.12), Simazhong (T 88.17)
- Menopause (general):
- Taixi (KI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Jiuwei (CV 15), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taichong (LR 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7)
- Source 21 : Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Steaming bone sensation:
- Source 21 : Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Dazhui (GV 14), Yinxi (HT 6).
- Source 27 :
- Bailao, Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Pohu (BL 42), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Changqiang (GV 1)
- Low-grade fever: Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Yangchi (TH 4)
- Low-grade fever in children: Yinxi (HT 6), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Menstruation (profuse in amount):
- Source 15: Shimen (CV 5), Yinbai (SP 1), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 19: Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dadu (SP 2), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Tongli (HT 5)
- Source 21: Tongli (HT 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dadun (LR 1), Yingu (KI 10), Taichong (LR 3), Rangu (KI 2), Zhongji (CV 3)
- Source 23: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 27: Yinbai (SP 1), Shuiquan (KI 5), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Yang deficiency: Moxa Shenzhu (GV 12), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Qihai (CV 6). Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Five heart heat, hot palms:
- Palpitation:
- Source 23: Fengchi (GB 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Danshu (BL 19), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shaohai (HT 3), Xiabai (LU 4). Moxa Juque (CV 14), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Source 27:
- Neiguan (PC 6), Quze (PC 3), Rangu (KI 2), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shaofu (HT 8), Juque (CV 14), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shangwan (CV 13), Ligou (LR 5), Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7)
- Quze (PC 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Lingdao (HT 4), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Yuji (LU 10), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yemen (TH 2), Shaochong (HT 9), Baihui (GV 20), Lidui (ST 45), Juque (CV 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Jianshi (PC 5).
- Neiguan (PC 6), Shaohai (HT 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Xinshu (BL 15), Houxi (SI 3), Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jiexi (ST 41), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiaxi (GB 43), Rangu (KI 2)
- Dadu (SP 2), Ganshu (BL 18), Qihai (CV 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7).
- Source 29: Neiguan (PC 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Daling (PC 7), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Night sweats:
- Source 21 : Yinxi (HT 6), Shouwuli (LI 13), Jianshi (PC 5), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 27 : Chongyang (ST 42), Yinxi (HT 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Yixi (BL 45), Juque (CV 14), Xingjian (LR 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Hegu (LI 4), Yuji (LU 10), Dazhui (GV 14), Houxi (SI 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Yindu (KI 19), Zhongji (CV 3), Ganshu (BL 18), Quze (PC 3), Geshu (BL 17), Bailao (Ex-HN17).
- Source 29 : Feishu (BL 13), Fuliu (KI 7), Yixi (BL 45), Zhigou (TH 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhubin (KI 9).
- Qi and yin deficiencies : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yindu (KI 19)
- Uterus, Ovary, Endocrine, Sympathetic, Subcortex
- For emotional disorders, add Shenmen and Heart.
- For palpitations and irregular heartbeat, add Heart and Small Intestine.
- For flushed cheeks, excess perspiration, add Cheeks and Lung.
- Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart
- Relieving excessive sweating: Sympathetic, Thalamus, Heart, Lung, Spleen, Nervous Subcortex, corresponding sweating areas
TCM Diagnosis
Wind-heat and toxic heat invasion
Herbal Formula
Herbal ENT
- Left side: Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4), Yangxi (LI 5), Linggu (T 22.05), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Right side: Tongli (HT 5), Daling (PC 7), Tianquan (PC 2), Zulinqi (GB 41), ah shi points from Zusanli (ST 36) to Fenglong (ST 40)
- Hot flashes
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Endocrine dysfunction : Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4) thread the needle to Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7)
- Menopause : Zhiyin (BL 67), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Shaohai (HT 3)
- Vaginal dryness : Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shugu (BL 65), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Low libido : Feiyang (BL 58), Kunlun (BL 60), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Linggu (T 22.05), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6), Chize (LU 5), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Primary points: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Zhihan (T 22.18)*
- Secondary points: Shuijing (T 66.13), Shuixiang (T 66.14), Shuixian (T 66.15), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24), Mufu (T 88.38)*
- Menopause: Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18) with Huoying (T 66.03). Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone.
- Vaginal dryness, atrophic vaginitis: Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06), Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21). Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone, Buttocks and Ischial Zone, Dadun (LR 1).
- Menopause (general): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Hot flashes: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Mood swings: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Fuke (T 11.24), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Shuixiang (T 66.14)
- Irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09)
- Osteoporosis: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Fuke (T 11.24), Zhengji (T 44.24)*
- Perimenopause with irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Menstruation (profuse in amount): Fuke (T 11.24), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Palpitation: Dizong (T 44.09), Tianshi (T 33.15), Dishi (T 33.14), Renshi (T 33.13), Quling (T 33.16), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Huochuan (T 33.04), Xinchang (T 11.19), Dajian (T 11.01), Huolian (T 66.10), Neitongguan (T 88.29), Neitongtian (T 88.31), Neitongshan (T 88.30), Xinmen (T 33.12), Zongshu (T 1010.07)
- Night sweats: Zhihan (T 22.18)*, Minghuang (T 88.12), Simazhong (T 88.17)
- Menopause (general):
- Taixi (KI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Feishu (BL 13), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Anmian (Ex-HN16), Jiuwei (CV 15), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taichong (LR 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7)
- Source 21 : Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Steaming bone sensation:
- Source 21 : Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Dazhui (GV 14), Yinxi (HT 6).
- Source 27 :
- Bailao, Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Pohu (BL 42), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Changqiang (GV 1)
- Low-grade fever: Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Yangchi (TH 4)
- Low-grade fever in children: Yinxi (HT 6), Fuliu (KI 7)
- Menstruation (profuse in amount):
- Source 15: Shimen (CV 5), Yinbai (SP 1), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 19: Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dadu (SP 2), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Tongli (HT 5)
- Source 21: Tongli (HT 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dadun (LR 1), Yingu (KI 10), Taichong (LR 3), Rangu (KI 2), Zhongji (CV 3)
- Source 23: Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 27: Yinbai (SP 1), Shuiquan (KI 5), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihui (GV 20), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Yang deficiency: Moxa Shenzhu (GV 12), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Qihai (CV 6). Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Five heart heat, hot palms:
- Palpitation:
- Source 23: Fengchi (GB 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Danshu (BL 19), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shaohai (HT 3), Xiabai (LU 4). Moxa Juque (CV 14), Guanyuan (CV 4).
- Source 27:
- Neiguan (PC 6), Quze (PC 3), Rangu (KI 2), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shaofu (HT 8), Juque (CV 14), Shenmen (HT 7), Tongli (HT 5), Shangwan (CV 13), Ligou (LR 5), Baihui (GV 20), Shendao (GV 11), Jianshi (PC 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Yemen (TH 2), Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7)
- Quze (PC 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Lingdao (HT 4), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Yuji (LU 10), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yemen (TH 2), Shaochong (HT 9), Baihui (GV 20), Lidui (ST 45), Juque (CV 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Jianshi (PC 5).
- Neiguan (PC 6), Shaohai (HT 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Xinshu (BL 15), Houxi (SI 3), Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jiexi (ST 41), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiaxi (GB 43), Rangu (KI 2)
- Dadu (SP 2), Ganshu (BL 18), Qihai (CV 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7).
- Source 29: Neiguan (PC 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Daling (PC 7), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Night sweats:
- Source 21 : Yinxi (HT 6), Shouwuli (LI 13), Jianshi (PC 5), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 27 : Chongyang (ST 42), Yinxi (HT 6), Weizhong (BL 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Yixi (BL 45), Juque (CV 14), Xingjian (LR 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6), Jianshi (PC 5), Hegu (LI 4), Yuji (LU 10), Dazhui (GV 14), Houxi (SI 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Yindu (KI 19), Zhongji (CV 3), Ganshu (BL 18), Quze (PC 3), Geshu (BL 17), Bailao (Ex-HN17).
- Source 29 : Feishu (BL 13), Fuliu (KI 7), Yixi (BL 45), Zhigou (TH 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhubin (KI 9).
- Qi and yin deficiencies : Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yindu (KI 19)
- Uterus, Ovary, Endocrine, Sympathetic, Subcortex
- For emotional disorders, add Shenmen and Heart.
- For palpitations and irregular heartbeat, add Heart and Small Intestine.
- For flushed cheeks, excess perspiration, add Cheeks and Lung.
- Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart
- Relieving excessive sweating: Sympathetic, Thalamus, Heart, Lung, Spleen, Nervous Subcortex, corresponding sweating areas
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.