CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details
TCM Diagnosis
Heart and Kidney deficiencies
Herbal Formula
Enhance Memory
- Bilateral - Jingmen (GB 25), Quze (PC 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Sanyangluo (TH 8), Ear Shenmen; Juque (CV 14). If there is excess heat, also needle all the jing (well) points.
- If there is excess heat, needle all the jing (well) points.
- Primary points: Dan (T 11.13), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
- Secondary points: Huoxi (T 11.16), Mu (T 11.17), Muyan (T 11.20), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)
- Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13), Yintang
- Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) : Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13). Bleed the Heart and the Lung areas on the back as well as Qixing (T DT.03).
- Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (Ex-HN1)
- Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Baihui (GV 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Daling (PC 7)
- ADD, ADHD:
- Source 10 : Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong, Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7), Anmian, Xinshu (BL 15), Shanzhong (CV 17), Fenglong (ST 40), Taixi (KI 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7). Plum blossom needles on the Huatuojiaji points and Du (governing) and Bladder channels on the back
- Source 29: Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong, Daling (PC 7), Anmian, Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Shenting (GV 24), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhaohai (KI 6). Plum blossom needles on the Huatoujiaji points.
- Irritability:
- Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Yintang
- Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Qimen (LR 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 21 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 31 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 27 : Yinxi (HT 6), Juque (CV 14), Yutang (CV 18), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Gongsun (SP 4), Jiexi (ST 41), Zhiyin (BL 67), Wangu (GB 12), Baihui (GV 20), Qiangjian (GV 18), Chengguang (BL 6), Youmen (KI 21), Shaochong (HT 9), Chize (LU 5), Shaoze (SI 1), Tongli (HT 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Taiyi (ST 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zigong (CV 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Due to Deficiency: Neiguan (PC 6), Feishu (BL 13)
- Due to deficiency heat : Baihui (GV 20), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Daling (PC 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jianjing (GB 21)
- Excess heat or febrile disease : Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3), Shangwan (CV 13), Yangxi (LI 5), Baihui (GV 20), Quze (PC 3)
- Due to Stomach and Spleen Disharmony : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Source 29 :
- Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhaohai (KI 6), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhiyang (GV 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhubin (KI 9), Geshu (BL 17), Yangxi (LI 5), Shuiquan (KI 5), Ximen (PC 4), Zhongchong (PC 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiaoxin (KI 8), Jianli (CV 11)
- Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Juque (CV 14), Jianli (CV 11), Tianshu (ST 25), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhong (KI 4), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Seizure, convulsion, epilepsy in children:
- Source 13 : Houxi (SI 3), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Source 15 : Shixuan, Taichong (LR 3), Yongquan (KI 1), Laogong (PC 8), Baihui (GV 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Xiaguan (ST 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhigou (TH 6), Houxi (SI 3), Fengfu (GV 16), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengchi (GB 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Taibai (SP 3), Jianli (CV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shenmen (HT 7)
- Source 16 : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Yintang, Renzhong (GV 26), Houxi (SI 3), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36), Shixuan, Baihui (GV 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Dicang (ST 4), Yingxiang (LI 20), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yamen (GV 15), Fengfu (GV 16), Lianquan (CV 23), Xingjian (LR 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yongquan (KI 1), Ganshu (BL 18), Xinshu (BL 15), Waiguan (TH 5), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Sifeng
- Source 19 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Quchi (LI 11), Renzhong (GV 26), Dazhui (GV 14), Yongquan (KI 1), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12) to stop tremors for one to two minutes. If symptoms continue, needle Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhongchong (PC 9), Shaochong (HT 9), Shaoze (SI 1), Yinbai (SP 1), Weizhong (BL 40), Chengshan (BL 57), Kunlun (BL 60)
- Source 21 : Shenting (GV 24), Baihui (GV 20), Qianding (GV 21), Yongquan (KI 1), Sizhukong (TH 23), Wangu (GB 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shenmen (HT 7), Jinmen (BL 63), Kunlun (BL 60), Juque (CV 14). Moxa the umbilicus and Jiuwei (CV 15), Juque (CV 14), Dazhui (GV 14), Baihui (GV 20), purple veins in the posterior ear.
- Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) :
- Souce 15 : Shenmen (HT 7), Taichong (LR 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Huaroumen (ST 24)
- Source 31: Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Xinshu (BL 15)
- Source 27 :
- Tianzhu (BL 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1). Moxa Fengchi (GB 20), Dashu (BL 11), Shenzhu (GV 12)
- Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Shenmen (HT 7), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Houxi (SI 3), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiuwei (CV 15), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenzhu (GV 12), Juque (CV 14), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Qimen (LR 14)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Daling (PC 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Baihui (GV 20), Shenmen (HT 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Laogong (PC 8), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Source 29 :
- Attention deficit disorder: Shenmen, Occiput, Brain Stem, Brain, Nervous Subcortex, Neurasthenia Point. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Asperger syndrome: Brain, Forehead, Occiput, Shenmen, Nervous Subcortex, Neurasthenia Point, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Groove of Brain Posterior. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Epilepsy: Epilepsy Point, Brain, Brain Stem, Nervous Subcortex, Occiput, Shenmen, Kidney, Liver. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Autism in infants: Thalamus, Brain, Forehead, Exciting, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Endocrine.
- Convulsion and hyperactivity: Shenmen, Occiput, Nervous Subcortex, Lesser Occipital Nerve, Liver, Brain Stem, Brain. 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
TCM Diagnosis
Kidney yang deficiency
Herbal Formula
Neuro Plus
- Primary points: Dan (T 11.13), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
- Secondary points: Huoxi (T 11.16), Mu (T 11.17), Muyan (T 11.20), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)
- Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13), Yintang
- Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) : Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13). Bleed the Heart and the Lung areas on the back as well as Qixing (T DT.03).
- Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong (Ex-HN1)
- Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Baihui (GV 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Daling (PC 7)
- ADD, ADHD:
- Source 10 : Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Quchi (LI 11), Dazhui (GV 14), Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong, Shenting (GV 24), Daling (PC 7), Anmian, Xinshu (BL 15), Shanzhong (CV 17), Fenglong (ST 40), Taixi (KI 3), Shaofu (HT 8), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7). Plum blossom needles on the Huatuojiaji points and Du (governing) and Bladder channels on the back
- Source 29: Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Baihui (GV 20), Sishencong, Daling (PC 7), Anmian, Xinshu (BL 15), Shenmen (HT 7), Shenting (GV 24), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhaohai (KI 6). Plum blossom needles on the Huatoujiaji points.
- Irritability:
- Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Yintang
- Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Qimen (LR 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 21 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 31 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 27 : Yinxi (HT 6), Juque (CV 14), Yutang (CV 18), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Gongsun (SP 4), Jiexi (ST 41), Zhiyin (BL 67), Wangu (GB 12), Baihui (GV 20), Qiangjian (GV 18), Chengguang (BL 6), Youmen (KI 21), Shaochong (HT 9), Chize (LU 5), Shaoze (SI 1), Tongli (HT 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Taiyi (ST 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zigong (CV 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Due to Deficiency: Neiguan (PC 6), Feishu (BL 13)
- Due to deficiency heat : Baihui (GV 20), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Daling (PC 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jianjing (GB 21)
- Excess heat or febrile disease : Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3), Shangwan (CV 13), Yangxi (LI 5), Baihui (GV 20), Quze (PC 3)
- Due to Stomach and Spleen Disharmony : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Source 29 :
- Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhaohai (KI 6), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhiyang (GV 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhubin (KI 9), Geshu (BL 17), Yangxi (LI 5), Shuiquan (KI 5), Ximen (PC 4), Zhongchong (PC 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiaoxin (KI 8), Jianli (CV 11)
- Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Juque (CV 14), Jianli (CV 11), Tianshu (ST 25), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhong (KI 4), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Seizure, convulsion, epilepsy in children:
- Source 13 : Houxi (SI 3), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Source 15 : Shixuan, Taichong (LR 3), Yongquan (KI 1), Laogong (PC 8), Baihui (GV 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Fenglong (ST 40), Hegu (LI 4), Xiaguan (ST 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhigou (TH 6), Houxi (SI 3), Fengfu (GV 16), Shenzhu (GV 12), Fengchi (GB 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Taibai (SP 3), Jianli (CV 11), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shenmen (HT 7)
- Source 16 : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Yintang, Renzhong (GV 26), Houxi (SI 3), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36), Shixuan, Baihui (GV 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Dicang (ST 4), Yingxiang (LI 20), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yamen (GV 15), Fengfu (GV 16), Lianquan (CV 23), Xingjian (LR 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yongquan (KI 1), Ganshu (BL 18), Xinshu (BL 15), Waiguan (TH 5), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Sifeng
- Source 19 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Quchi (LI 11), Renzhong (GV 26), Dazhui (GV 14), Yongquan (KI 1), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12) to stop tremors for one to two minutes. If symptoms continue, needle Shaoshang (LU 11), Zhongchong (PC 9), Shaochong (HT 9), Shaoze (SI 1), Yinbai (SP 1), Weizhong (BL 40), Chengshan (BL 57), Kunlun (BL 60)
- Source 21 : Shenting (GV 24), Baihui (GV 20), Qianding (GV 21), Yongquan (KI 1), Sizhukong (TH 23), Wangu (GB 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shenmen (HT 7), Jinmen (BL 63), Kunlun (BL 60), Juque (CV 14). Moxa the umbilicus and Jiuwei (CV 15), Juque (CV 14), Dazhui (GV 14), Baihui (GV 20), purple veins in the posterior ear.
- Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) :
- Souce 15 : Shenmen (HT 7), Taichong (LR 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Huaroumen (ST 24)
- Source 31: Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Xinshu (BL 15)
- Source 27 :
- Tianzhu (BL 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1). Moxa Fengchi (GB 20), Dashu (BL 11), Shenzhu (GV 12)
- Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Shenmen (HT 7), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Houxi (SI 3), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiuwei (CV 15), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenzhu (GV 12), Juque (CV 14), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Qimen (LR 14)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Daling (PC 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Baihui (GV 20), Shenmen (HT 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Laogong (PC 8), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Source 29 :
- Attention deficit disorder: Shenmen, Occiput, Brain Stem, Brain, Nervous Subcortex, Neurasthenia Point. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Asperger syndrome: Brain, Forehead, Occiput, Shenmen, Nervous Subcortex, Neurasthenia Point, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Groove of Brain Posterior. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Epilepsy: Epilepsy Point, Brain, Brain Stem, Nervous Subcortex, Occiput, Shenmen, Kidney, Liver. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Autism in infants: Thalamus, Brain, Forehead, Exciting, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Endocrine.
- Convulsion and hyperactivity: Shenmen, Occiput, Nervous Subcortex, Lesser Occipital Nerve, Liver, Brain Stem, Brain. 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.