CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details
TCM Diagnosis
Spleen qi deficiency
Herbal Formula
GI Tonic
- Left side: Sanjian (LI 3), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Ququan (LR 8)
- Right side: ah shi points around Chize (LU 5) to Kongzui (LU 6), Quze (PC 3) to Ximen (PC 4), Shaohai (HT 3) to Lingdao (HT 4), Zulinqi (GB 41), Xiangu (ST 43)
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)
- Alternate sides from treatment to treatment. Patient should receive acupuncture treatment at least twice a week for optimal result.
- Bell’s Palsy : On the same side, bleed and cup Dubi (ST 35) to Fenglong (ST 40) every other day for a week and the condition will usually resolve if it’s a recent attack
- TMJ: On the same side, Fengshi (GB 31), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Futu (ST 32), Liangqiu (ST 34), Sidu (TH 9), Qinglengyuan (TH 11). On the opposite side Shaohai (HT 3), Quze (PC 3), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xuehai (SP 10). If the joint hurts, needle Xiyangguan (GB 33), Yanglingquan (GB 34) and ashi points around there on the same side.
- Bilateral - Dubi (ST 35), Zusanli (ST 36), 4 needles from Zusanli (ST 36) to Tiaokou (ST 38), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Fenglong (ST 40), Chongyang (ST 42), Xiangu (ST 43), Neiting (ST 44), Lougu (SP 7), Diji (SP 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Yangxi (LI 5), Pianli (LI 6), Wenliu (LI 7), Shanglian (LI 9), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11)
- Primary points: Muhuo (T 11.10), Zhisanzhong (T 11.14), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Shangjiuli (T 88.26), Xiajiuli (T 88.27)
- Secondary points: Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Fuding (T 44.04), Houzhi (T 44.05), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Menjin (T 66.05), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07), Liuwan (T 66.08), Xiaquan (T 88.20), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Shangquan (T 88.22)
- Facial paralysis: Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Dizong (T 44.09), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Shangquan (T 88.22), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Xiaquan (T 88.20) , Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Dicang (ST 4), Jiache (ST 6), Zhisanzhong (T 11.14). Bleed dark veins nearby the temporal area. Bleed before needling for best result.
- TMJ (temporomandibular joint) pain: Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tongshen (T 88.09), Shangquan (T 88.22), Xiaquan (T 88.20), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Huoying (T 66.03), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06)
- Trigeminal neuralgia: Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Shangquan (T 88.22), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Xiaquan (T 88.20), Cesanli (T 77.22), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25). Bleed the ear lobe and the ah shi points. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Migraine: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Cesanli (T 77.22), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Liuwan (T 66.08), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)
- Post-stroke sequelae (twitching of muscles): Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Houxi (SI 3) to Laogong (PC 8), Gongsun (SP 4) to Yongquan (KI 1), Sanchayi (T 22.15)*, Sanchaer (T 22.16)*, Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Bafeng, Baxie
- Drooling: Zhixian (T 11.25)
- 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), Jinqianshang (T 88.24), Jinqianxia (T 88.23). Bleed the du (governing) channel and dark veins near the temporal area at a 45 degree angle. The patient should lean downwards, hold his/her breath, and then exhale, to help push blood out. Bleed any red veins on the back. Bleed before needling for the best results. Bleed the occipital area below the knees.
- Facial ticks, twich, spasms: Sanzhong (T 77.07), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Shangquan (T 88.22), Xiaquan (T 88.20), Zhongquan (T 88.21). Bleed the affected area. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- 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)
- Bell’s palsy or facial paralysis:
- Needle the affected side (the side with the eye and/or mouth that cannot close): Jiache (ST 6), Dicang (ST 4), Xiaguan (ST 7), Sibai (ST 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Taiyang, Yingxiang (LI 20), Chengjiang (CV 24), Yifeng (TH 17), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zanzhu (BL 2)
- In severe cases, more aggressive treatment is necessary. Thread the needle underneath the skin from Dicang (ST 4) towards Jiache (ST 6), Yangbai (GB 14) towards Yuyao, Zanzhu (BL 2) towards Jingming (BL 1), Yingxiang (LI 20) towards Sibai (ST 2), and Renzhong (GV 26) towards Dicang (ST 4). These points are needled subcutaneously at least 1 cun parallel to the skin. Once the needle is inserted, be careful to not have the tip of the needle penetrate out of the skin.
- Source 10: Dicang (ST 4), Jiache (ST 6), Xiaguan (ST 7), Sibai (ST 2), Daying (ST 5), Yangbai (GB 14), Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yingxiang (LI 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Chengjiang (CV 24), Yifeng (TH 17), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Tongziliao (GB 1), Sizhukong (TH 23), Tinghui (GB 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Juliao (GB 29), Quanliao (SI 18), Yuyao (Ex-HN4), Yingxiang (LI 20)
- Deep penetrating from Renzhong (GV 26) to Dicang (ST 4), Dicang (ST 4) to Juliao (ST 3), Yingxiang (LI 20) to Sibai (ST 2), Sizhukong (TH 23) to Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Yangbai (GB 14) to Yuyao (Ex-HN4)
- Source 13: Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Jiache (ST 6)
- Source 14: Dicang (ST 4) towards Jiache (ST 6), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 16: Dicang (ST 4), Jiache (ST 6), Yangbai (GB 14), Sibai (ST 2), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yingxiang (LI 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Chengjiang (CV 24), Lianquan (CV 23), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiaguan (ST 7), Juliao (ST 3), Quchi (LI 11), Tinghui (GB 2), Tongziliao (GB 1), Jingming (BL 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taichong (LR 3), Taixi (KI 3)
- Source 18: Yifeng (TH 17), Dicang (ST 4), Jiache (ST 6), Xiaguan (ST 7), Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Yangbai (GB 14), Quanliao (SI 18), Chengjiang (CV 24), Yingxiang (LI 20), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Shenmai (BL 62), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Source 19: Dicang (ST 4), Jiache (ST 6), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Source 23: Hegu (LI 4), Yingxiang (LI 20), Dicang (ST 4), Jiache (ST 6), Tongziliao (GB 1), Sizhukong (TH 23), Ermen (TH 21), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Yangbai (GB 14). Moxa Tinghui (GB 2), Jiache (ST 6), Dicang (ST 4).
- Source 27:
- Quanliao (SI 18), Xiaguan (ST 7), Renzhong (GV 26), Waiguan (TH 5), Yifeng (TH 17), Taiyuan (LU 9), Pianli (LI 6), Chengqi (ST 1), Sibai (ST 2), Suliao (GV 25), Shangguan (GB 3), Daying (ST 5), Qiangjian (GV 18), Fengchi (GB 20), Yingxiang (LI 20), Jiache (ST 6), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangqiu (SP 5).
- Wangu (GB 12), Shangguan (GB 3), Xiaguan (ST 7), Chengguang (BL 6), Tongtian (T 88.03), Lieque (LU 7), Chengjiang (CV 24), Quanliao (SI 18), Dicang (ST 4), Xingjian (LR 2), Wenliu (LI 7), Pianli (LI 6), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Neiting (ST 44), Chongyang (ST 42).
- Tinghui (GB 2), Jiache (ST 6), Dicang (ST 4), Lieque (LU 7), Shenmai (BL 62), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Futonggu (KI 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Sizhukong (TH 23)
- Source 29 : Dicang (ST 4), Sibai (ST 2), Juliao (ST 3), Suliao (GV 25), Shangguan (GB 3), Daying (ST 5), Qiangjian (GV 18), Fengchi (GB 20), Yingxiang (LI 20), Renzhong (GV 26). Moxa Juliao (ST 3), Shangguan (GB 3), Fengchi (GB 20).
- Source 30 :
- Bleed the blue veins nearby the follwoing points. If there are no visible veins, bleed the points : Dicang (ST 4), Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6). Squeeze out 10 drops of blood for the first point and 3-5 for the rest. Then bleed Sibai (ST 2), Daying (ST 5), Jiache (ST 6).
- Use plum blossom needles once a day for 10 ten days on Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Xiaguan (ST 7), Dicang (ST 4), Chengjiang (CV 24), Renzhong (GV 26), Yingxiang (LI 20), Sibai (ST 2), Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Sizhukong (TH 23), Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Zanzhu (BL 2), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Touwei (ST 8). Massage the ear and bleed the visible veins.
- Trigeminal neuralgia:
- Strongly stimulate the following points: Zanzhu (BL 2), Xiaguan (ST 7), Daying (ST 5), Yuyao, Sibai (ST 2), Chengjiang (CV 24), Yintang, Tinggong (SI 19)
- Alternate points in Group 1 and 2 from treatment to treatment. Needle and bleed these points.
- Group 1: Shangxing (GV 23), Wuchu (BL 5), Chengguang (BL 6), Tongtian (BL 7), Luoque (BL 8)
- Group 2: Qianding (GV 21), Baihui (GV 20), Toulinqi (GB 15), Muchuang (GB 16), Zhengying (GB 17), Chengling (GB 18)
- Select a few points and alternate between them: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyang, Yangbai (GB 14), Zanzhu (BL 2), Tongziliao (GB 1), Xiaguan (ST 7), Juliao (GB 29), Jiache (ST 6), Daying (ST 5), and Tinghui (GB 2)
- Source 12: Xiaguan (ST 7), Baihui (GV 20), Shenmai (BL 62), Zanzhu (BL 2) to Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Yangbai (GB 14), Neiting (ST 44), Sibai (ST 2), Yingxiang (LI 20), Juliao (GB 29), Quanliao (SI 18), Hegu (LI 4), Chengjiang (CV 24), Wangu (GB 12), Jiache (ST 6), Dicang (ST 4), Yingxiang (LI 20), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Taiyang (Ex-HN5). Moxa Jiache (ST 6) and Dicang (ST 4)
- Source 13: Quanliao (SI 18), Sibai (ST 2), Xiaguan (ST 7), Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 14: Fengchi (GB 20), Touwei (ST 8), Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Baihui (GV 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 15: Zusanli (ST 36), Shangguan (GB 3), Jiache (ST 6), Daying (ST 5)
- Source 16: Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Yangbai (GB 14), Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Shuaigu (GB 8), Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Sibai (ST 2), Xiaguan (ST 7), Chengjiang (CV 24), Renying (ST 9), Shangxing (GV 23), Wuchu (BL 5), Chengguang (BL 6), Tongtian (T 88.03), Qianding (GV 21), Baihui (GV 20), Zulinqi (GB 41), Muchuang (GB 16), Zhengying (GB 17), Chengling (GB 18)
- Source 18:
- General points: Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Sibai (ST 2), Chengjiang (CV 24), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Juliao (ST 3), Quanliao (SI 18), Jiache (ST 6), Xiaguan (ST 7), Hegu (LI 4).
- First trigeminal nerve: Yangbai (GB 14) to Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Zanzhu (BL 2) to Yuyao (Ex-HN4) .
- Second trigeminal nerve: Sibai (ST 2) to Quanliao (SI 18), Juliao (ST 3) to Sibai (ST 2).
- Third trigeminal nerve: Chengjiang (CV 24) to Jiache (ST 6).
- Source 19: Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Touwei (ST 8), Sizhukong (TH 23), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yingxiang (LI 20), Jiache (ST 6), Dicang (ST 4), Chengjiang (CV 24)
- Bleeding: Bleed ashi points.
- Facial paralysis in children: Baihui (GV 20), Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Touwei (ST 8), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao, Sizhukong (TH 23), Tongziliao (GB 1), Chengqi (ST 1), Jingming (BL 1), Quanliao (SI 18), Jiache (ST 6), Xiaguan (ST 7), Dicang (ST 4), Renzhong (GV 26), Chengjiang (CV 24), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa can also be used on the affected area.
- Drooling:
- Facial ticks, twitch, spasms:
- Source 18: Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Sibai (ST 2), Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Source 19: Dicang (ST 4), Jiache (ST 6), Jingming (BL 1), Zanzhu (BL 2), Touwei (ST 8), Tinggong (SI 19), Tinghui (GB 2), Ermen (TH 21), Tongziliao (GB 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 23: Ermen (TH 21), Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Jiache (ST 6), Touwei (ST 8), Jingming (BL 1), Zulinqi (GB 41), Zanzhu (BL 2), Dicang (ST 4), Tongziliao (GB 1)
- Source 27: Chengqi (ST 1), Dicang (ST 4), Zanzhu (BL 2), Jingming (BL 1)
- Source 29: Yinjiao (GV 28), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Daying (ST 5), Wangu (GB 12), Waiguan (TH 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Sibai (ST 2), Quanliao (SI 18), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Baihui (GV 20), Hegu (LI 4), Fengfu (GV 16), Yamen (GV 15), Lieque (LU 7)
- Epilepsy:
- Source 12 : Changqiang (GV 1), Baihui (GV 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Fenglong (ST 40), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 13 : Changqiang (GV 1), Jiuwei (CV 15), Taodao (GV 13), Feishu (BL 13), Geshu (BL 17), Fengchi (GB 20), Taiyang
- Source 15 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Jinsuo (GV 8), Shenzhu (GV 12), Jiuwei (CV 15), Taichong (LR 3), Shenmen (HT 7), Jianshi (PC 5), Fenglong (ST 40), Fengfu (GV 16), Yaoqi (Ex-B9)
- Source 18 : Yamen (GV 15), Yintang, Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Dazhui (GV 14), Shangxing (GV 23), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Taodao (GV 13), Houxi (SI 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Fengchi (GB 20), Taichong (LR 3), Laogong (PC 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 19: Shenmen (HT 7), Houxi (SI 3), Jianshi (PC 5), Jiuwei (CV 15), Daling (PC 7), Renzhong (GV 26), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yongquan (KI 1), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenting (GV 24), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 21 : Zanzhu (BL 2), Tianjing (TH 10), Xiaohai (SI 8), Shenmen (HT 7), Jinmen (BL 63), Shangqiu (SP 5), Xingjian (LR 2), Futonggu (KI 20), Houxi (SI 3). Moxa Xinshu (BL 15).
- Source 23 : During episode : Ginger moxa Zhongwan (CV 12), Yongquan (KI 1). During remission : Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Houxi (SI 3), Jianshi (PC 5), Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26). Moxa Baihui (GV 20), Shenting (GV 24), Jiuwei (CV 15), Zhongwan (CV 12).
- Source 31 : Houxi (SI 3), Shenmen (HT 7), Xinshu (BL 15).
- Source 27 : Yongquan (KI 1). Moxa Baihui (GV 20), Jiuwei (CV 15), Shangwan (CV 13).
- Baihui (GV 20), Shenting (GV 24), Shangxing (GV 23), Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Sizhukong (TH 23), Shenmen (HT 7), Feishu (BL 13), Juque (CV 14), Jiuwei (CV 15), Shangwan (CV 13), Shenque (CV 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yangfu (GB 38).
- Shenting (GV 24), Shenzhu (GV 12), Lingdao (HT 4), Jinmen (BL 63), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- First moxa Baihui (GV 20), then Shangwan (CV 13). Moxa during every attack to see gradual improvement.
- Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (Ex-HN1), Dazhui (GV 14), Taixi (KI 3), Jianshi (PC 5), Renzhong (GV 26), Jiuwei (CV 15), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenmai (BL 62), Yongquan (KI 1). Moxa Baihui (GV 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenmai (BL 62), Yongquan (KI 1).
- Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Jiuwei (CV 15), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Ganshu (BL 18), Yongquan (KI 1), Zusanli (ST 36), Juque (CV 14).
- Deficiency : Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Jiuwei (CV 15), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shenmen (HT 7), Jianshi (PC 5), Fenglong (ST 40), Zhaohai (KI 6).
- Source 29 :
- Renzhong (GV 26), Tianjing (TH 10), Xiaohai (SI 8), Shugu (BL 65), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Fengchi (GB 20), Tinghui (GB 2), Fuliu (KI 7), Pianli (LI 6), Shenting (GV 24), Zanzhu (BL 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Shangxing (GV 23), Baihui (GV 20), Zhubin (KI 9), Yangxi (LI 5), Houding (GV 19), Qiangjian (GV 18), Naohu (GV 17), Luoque (BL 8), Yuzhen (BL 9)
- Sizhukong (TH 23), Futonggu (KI 20), Lidui (ST 45), Yinjiao (GV 28), Chengjiang (CV 24), Daying (ST 5), Naohui (TH 13), Tianzhu (BL 10), Shangqiu (SP 5), Laogong (PC 8), Daling (PC 7), Shenmai (BL 62). Bleed Shaoze (SI 1)
- Quchi (LI 11), Shaoze (SI 1), Jiexi (ST 41), Wenliu (LI 7), Pushen (BL 61), Fengfu (GV 16), Baihui (GV 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Chengjiang (CV 24), Zanzhu (BL 2), Xiaohai (SI 8), Houding (GV 19), Qiangjian (GV 18)
- Source 30: Bleed Changqiang (GV 1) and one point in front and behind by first pinching the skin around the point. Depth of insertion should be 2 to 3 fen to elicit bleeding. Best to repeat bleeding 10 times every 7 days. Maximum 30 times.
- Postpartum facial paralysis: Zanzhu (BL 2), Sibai (ST 2), Dicang (ST 4), Jiache (ST 6), Hegu (LI 4)
- TMJ (temporomandibular joint) pain:
- Source 23 : Needle or moxa Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Touwei (ST 8), Zanzhu (BL 2), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenmai (BL 62), Yingxiang (LI 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Suliao (GV 25), Yifeng (TH 17), Neiting (ST 44), Jiache (ST 6), Dicang (ST 4), Tianrong (SI 17), Xiaguan (ST 7).
- Source 27 : Xiaguan (ST 7), Daying (ST 5), Yifeng (TH 17), Qichong (ST 30), Tinghui (GB 2), Ermen (TH 21), Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Wangu (GB 12), Renzhong (GV 26), Shangguan (GB 3), Baihui (GV 20), Chengjiang (CV 24), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 29 : Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Yangbai (GB 14), Shuaigu (GB 8), Fengchi (GB 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taiyang (Ex-HN5), Xiaguan (ST 7), Neiting (ST 44), Jiache (ST 6), Taixi (KI 3), Taichong (LR 3), Juliao (ST 3), Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Sibai (ST 2), Chengjiang (CV 24)
- 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).
- Large Intestine, Small Intestine, Lung, Spleen
- Trigeminal neuralgia: Auriculotemporal Nerve Point, Brain Stem, San Jiao. Bleed Ear Apex.
- For neuralgia of the first branch of the trigeminal nerve, add Forehead and Eye.
- For neuralgia of the maxilla nerve, add Upper Jaw and Upper Palate.
- For neuralgia of the mandibular nerve, add Lower Jaw and Lower Palate.
- Facial paralysis: Cheek Area, Brain Stem, San Jiao, Endocrine, Adrenal Gland, Mouth, Sympathetic, Liver, Spleen, Coronary Vascular Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex and Helix 5.
- Epilepsy: Epilepsy Point, Brain, Brain Stem, Nervous Subcortex, Occiput, Shenmen, Kidney, Liver. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain: TMJ (front and back), San Jiao, Tooth and Larynx, Mouth. Bleed Helix 4 or Helix 5.
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.