CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details
TCM Diagnosis
Liver overacting on the Spleen and Stomach
Herbal Formula
Calm
- GI symptoms due to Liver overacting on the Spleen: Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Diaphragm Pain: Bilateral - ah shi points around Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Primary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tushui (T 22.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07), Zhiwujin (T 11.08)
- Secondary points: Zuqianjin (T 77.24), Zuwujin (T 77.25), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
- Gastritis: Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Needle Tushui (T 22.11) or Cesanli (T 77.22) towards the ST channel.
- Acid reflux: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Duodenal ulcer: Menjin (T 66.05), Fuchang (T 77.12)
- Acid reflux: Tushui (T 22.11), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18)
- Stomach ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Menjin (T 66.05), Cesanli (T 77.22), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Tushui (T 22.11). On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on the ST. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Duodenal ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tushui (T 22.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Cesanli (T 77.22). Bleed dark veins nearby the ST channel on the lower limb. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Gastritis: Linggu (T 22.05), Tushui (T 22.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Menjin (T 66.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13). Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08) or nearby dark veins. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Nausea: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Vomiting: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12). Bleed near Yamen (GV 15). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Bloating: Pizhong (T 11.18), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Fuchang (T 77.12), Menjin (T 66.05), Huoju (T 66.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Beimian (T 44.07), Fukuai (T 1010.15), Shangjiuli (T 88.26), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Xiajiuli (T 88.27), Sifuyi (T 1010.11), Sifuer (T 1010.10)
- Belching: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Epigastric or stomach pain:
- Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Cesanli (T 77.22), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Tushui (T 22.11)
- Dan (T 11.13), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Tushui (T 22.11), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Menjin (T 66.05), Zusanli (ST 36), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Bleed T10-T12 with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Esophagitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Hiccups: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Stomach distension: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tuling (T 88.46)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shangjiuli (T 88.26)
- Acid reflux, Stomach pain:
- Xiangu (ST 43), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenque (CV 8), Neiguan (PC 6), Gongsun (SP 4), Qihai (CV 6), Quze (PC 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadu (SP 2), Shangwan (CV 13), Youmen (KI 21), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Liangmen (ST 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 6 : Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 19 : Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 27 :
- Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Gongsun (SP 4), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Juque (CV 14), Qimen (LR 14), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44)
- Esophagitis: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17)
- Belching:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10: Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao, Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Bloating:
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 29 : Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shuifen (CV 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Nausea in children: Fengfu (GV 16), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Neiguan (PC 6) Zusanli (ST 36)
- Stomach ulcer:
- Source13 : Xiawan (CV 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Jiuwei (CV 15), Weicang (BL 50), Ganshu (BL 18), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 17 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 19 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), ashi points
- Source 23 : Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa the ashi points.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Duodenal ulcer:
- Bleed the Stomach area below the knees, the dark veins on the top of the foot , lateral malleolus or nearby the ST channel on the lower leg. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 29 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Shenque (CV 8)
- Epigastric or stomach pain with bloating and distention:
- Source 12 : Zusanli (ST 36), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Liangmen (ST 21), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 15 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Dachangshu (BL 25), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Daju (ST 27), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44), Yingu (KI 10), Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhigou (TH 6), Hunmen (BL 47), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 16 : Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Neiting (ST 44), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Guanyuan (CV 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Liangmen (ST 21)
- Source 21 : Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiting (ST 44), Hegu (LI 4), Qimen (LR 14). Moxa 1 cun below the breast bilaterally.
- Source 23 : Needle or moxa Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23). Moxa 1 cun below the nipple bilaterally.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Taibai (SP 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Dashu (BL 11), Chengjiang (CV 24), Neiguan (PC 6), Lidui (ST 45), Yinbai (SP 1), Liangmen (ST 21), Qihai (CV 6), Liangqiu (ST 34), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xingjian (LR 2), Jianli (CV 11)
- Source 29 : Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17), Yingu (KI 10), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Gastritis (acute):
- Source 1: Yintang (Ex-HN3), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Tiantu (CV 22), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10), Neiting (ST 44), Gongsun (SP 4), Tianshu (ST 25)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14)
- Gastritis (chronic):
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yindu (KI 19), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Ganshu (BL 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Chize (LU 5), Zhangmen (LR 13). Moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Yishe (BL 49)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Hiccups:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 15 : Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Neiting (ST 44), Qihai (CV 6), Jianli (CV 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Taichong (LR 3), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Source 16 : Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Source 21 : Daling (PC 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Danshu (BL 19), Yinbai (SP 1), Shenmen (HT 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Taibai (SP 3), Xiangu (ST 43), Dadun (LR 1)
- Source 23 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 27:
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gongsun (SP 4), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qihai (CV 6), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhongfu (LU 1), Fengmen (BL 12), Jianjing (GB 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Due to cold: Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Due to heat: Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Geshu (BL 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to deficiency: Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20)
- Due to excess: Shangwan (CV 13), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Deficiency cold: Needle and moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to Liver fire: Ganshu (BL 18), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tiantu (CV 22), Qihai (CV 6), Hegu (LI 4), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Stomach heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
- Qi stagnation: Needle and moxa Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Qihai (CV 6), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22).
- Phlegm: Needle and moxa Geshu (BL 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Dadu (SP 2), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 29:
- Nausea:
- Source 21: Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Bailao (Ex-HN17) Fengmen (BL 12), Suliao (GV 25), Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Jianjing (GB 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Zhongkui
- Source 27:
- Shangqiu (SP 5), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Changqiang (GV 1), Juque (CV 14), Lingxu (KI 24), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongting (CV 16), Zhongfu (LU 1), Shimen (CV 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Dazhong (KI 4), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Zhangmen (LR 13), Taichong (LR 3).
- Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Futonggu (KI 20) , Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Danshu (BL 19), Pishu (BL 20), Chize (LU 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Youmen (KI 21), Shanglian (LI 9), Neiting (ST 44), Daling (PC 7)
- Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Futonggu (KI 20) , Wangu (GB 12), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6). Moxa Rugen (ST 18) and Zhongkui (Ex-UE4).
- Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Pishu (BL 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Laogong (PC 8), Chize (LU 5), Shiguan (KI 18), Qihai (CV 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangwan (CV 13), Daling (PC 7), Houxi (SI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shuaigu (GB 8), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Shangqiu (SP 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhongchong (PC 9), Danshu (BL 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Chize (LU 5), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Neiting (ST 44), Shuifen (CV 9), Fengfu (GV 16), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Shanzhong (CV 17), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Neiting (ST 44), Waiguan (TH 5), Xuanji (CV 21), Gongsun (SP 4), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 29:
- Source 30:
- Stomach, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland, Duodenum. Use ear seeds.
- Nausea, vomiting: Stomach, Liver, Spleen, Shenmen. Needle once a day for three to five days. For severe cases, needle two or three times daily. These points can also be used for morning sickness during pregnancy. However, ear seeds with mild massage are recommended.
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Gastritis: Stomach, Spleen, Digestive Subcortex
- For acute gastritis, add Sympathetic and bleed Ear Apex.
- For superficial gastritis, add Sympathetic.
- For atrophic gastritis, add Pancreas, Endocrine, Mouth (Sympathetic point is contraindicated).
- For disharmony between the Liver and Stomach, add Stomach, Abdominal Distention Area, and San Jiao.
- Gastric and duodenal ulcers: Stomach, Spleen, Duodenum, Sympathetic, Digestive Subcortex
- Reducing excessive gastric acid secretion: Cardia, Sympathetic, Stomach, Duodenum, Gallbladder, Digestive Subcortex.
- Invigorating the Spleen and promoting digestion: Spleen, Stomach, Mouth, Pancreas, Endocrine, Digestive Subcortex, Small Intestine
TCM Diagnosis
Qi stagnation of the Large Intestine
Herbal Formula
Gentle Lax (Excess)
- GI symptoms due to Liver overacting on the Spleen: Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Diaphragm Pain: Bilateral - ah shi points around Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Primary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tushui (T 22.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07), Zhiwujin (T 11.08)
- Secondary points: Zuqianjin (T 77.24), Zuwujin (T 77.25), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
- Gastritis: Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Needle Tushui (T 22.11) or Cesanli (T 77.22) towards the ST channel.
- Acid reflux: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Duodenal ulcer: Menjin (T 66.05), Fuchang (T 77.12)
- Acid reflux: Tushui (T 22.11), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18)
- Stomach ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Menjin (T 66.05), Cesanli (T 77.22), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Tushui (T 22.11). On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on the ST. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Duodenal ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tushui (T 22.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Cesanli (T 77.22). Bleed dark veins nearby the ST channel on the lower limb. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Gastritis: Linggu (T 22.05), Tushui (T 22.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Menjin (T 66.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13). Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08) or nearby dark veins. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Nausea: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Vomiting: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12). Bleed near Yamen (GV 15). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Bloating: Pizhong (T 11.18), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Fuchang (T 77.12), Menjin (T 66.05), Huoju (T 66.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Beimian (T 44.07), Fukuai (T 1010.15), Shangjiuli (T 88.26), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Xiajiuli (T 88.27), Sifuyi (T 1010.11), Sifuer (T 1010.10)
- Belching: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Epigastric or stomach pain:
- Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Cesanli (T 77.22), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Tushui (T 22.11)
- Dan (T 11.13), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Tushui (T 22.11), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Menjin (T 66.05), Zusanli (ST 36), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Bleed T10-T12 with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Esophagitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Hiccups: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Stomach distension: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tuling (T 88.46)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shangjiuli (T 88.26)
- Acid reflux, Stomach pain:
- Xiangu (ST 43), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenque (CV 8), Neiguan (PC 6), Gongsun (SP 4), Qihai (CV 6), Quze (PC 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadu (SP 2), Shangwan (CV 13), Youmen (KI 21), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Liangmen (ST 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 6 : Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 19 : Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 27 :
- Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Gongsun (SP 4), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Juque (CV 14), Qimen (LR 14), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44)
- Esophagitis: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17)
- Belching:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10: Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao, Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Bloating:
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 29 : Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shuifen (CV 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Nausea in children: Fengfu (GV 16), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Neiguan (PC 6) Zusanli (ST 36)
- Stomach ulcer:
- Source13 : Xiawan (CV 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Jiuwei (CV 15), Weicang (BL 50), Ganshu (BL 18), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 17 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 19 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), ashi points
- Source 23 : Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa the ashi points.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Duodenal ulcer:
- Bleed the Stomach area below the knees, the dark veins on the top of the foot , lateral malleolus or nearby the ST channel on the lower leg. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 29 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Shenque (CV 8)
- Epigastric or stomach pain with bloating and distention:
- Source 12 : Zusanli (ST 36), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Liangmen (ST 21), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 15 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Dachangshu (BL 25), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Daju (ST 27), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44), Yingu (KI 10), Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhigou (TH 6), Hunmen (BL 47), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 16 : Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Neiting (ST 44), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Guanyuan (CV 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Liangmen (ST 21)
- Source 21 : Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiting (ST 44), Hegu (LI 4), Qimen (LR 14). Moxa 1 cun below the breast bilaterally.
- Source 23 : Needle or moxa Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23). Moxa 1 cun below the nipple bilaterally.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Taibai (SP 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Dashu (BL 11), Chengjiang (CV 24), Neiguan (PC 6), Lidui (ST 45), Yinbai (SP 1), Liangmen (ST 21), Qihai (CV 6), Liangqiu (ST 34), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xingjian (LR 2), Jianli (CV 11)
- Source 29 : Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17), Yingu (KI 10), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Gastritis (acute):
- Source 1: Yintang (Ex-HN3), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Tiantu (CV 22), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10), Neiting (ST 44), Gongsun (SP 4), Tianshu (ST 25)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14)
- Gastritis (chronic):
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yindu (KI 19), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Ganshu (BL 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Chize (LU 5), Zhangmen (LR 13). Moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Yishe (BL 49)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Hiccups:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 15 : Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Neiting (ST 44), Qihai (CV 6), Jianli (CV 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Taichong (LR 3), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Source 16 : Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Source 21 : Daling (PC 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Danshu (BL 19), Yinbai (SP 1), Shenmen (HT 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Taibai (SP 3), Xiangu (ST 43), Dadun (LR 1)
- Source 23 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 27:
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gongsun (SP 4), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qihai (CV 6), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhongfu (LU 1), Fengmen (BL 12), Jianjing (GB 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Due to cold: Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Due to heat: Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Geshu (BL 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to deficiency: Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20)
- Due to excess: Shangwan (CV 13), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Deficiency cold: Needle and moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to Liver fire: Ganshu (BL 18), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tiantu (CV 22), Qihai (CV 6), Hegu (LI 4), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Stomach heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
- Qi stagnation: Needle and moxa Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Qihai (CV 6), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22).
- Phlegm: Needle and moxa Geshu (BL 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Dadu (SP 2), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 29:
- Nausea:
- Source 21: Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Bailao (Ex-HN17) Fengmen (BL 12), Suliao (GV 25), Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Jianjing (GB 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Zhongkui
- Source 27:
- Shangqiu (SP 5), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Changqiang (GV 1), Juque (CV 14), Lingxu (KI 24), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongting (CV 16), Zhongfu (LU 1), Shimen (CV 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Dazhong (KI 4), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Zhangmen (LR 13), Taichong (LR 3).
- Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Futonggu (KI 20) , Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Danshu (BL 19), Pishu (BL 20), Chize (LU 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Youmen (KI 21), Shanglian (LI 9), Neiting (ST 44), Daling (PC 7)
- Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Futonggu (KI 20) , Wangu (GB 12), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6). Moxa Rugen (ST 18) and Zhongkui (Ex-UE4).
- Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Pishu (BL 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Laogong (PC 8), Chize (LU 5), Shiguan (KI 18), Qihai (CV 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangwan (CV 13), Daling (PC 7), Houxi (SI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shuaigu (GB 8), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Shangqiu (SP 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhongchong (PC 9), Danshu (BL 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Chize (LU 5), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Neiting (ST 44), Shuifen (CV 9), Fengfu (GV 16), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Shanzhong (CV 17), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Neiting (ST 44), Waiguan (TH 5), Xuanji (CV 21), Gongsun (SP 4), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 29:
- Source 30:
- Stomach, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland, Duodenum. Use ear seeds.
- Nausea, vomiting: Stomach, Liver, Spleen, Shenmen. Needle once a day for three to five days. For severe cases, needle two or three times daily. These points can also be used for morning sickness during pregnancy. However, ear seeds with mild massage are recommended.
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Gastritis: Stomach, Spleen, Digestive Subcortex
- For acute gastritis, add Sympathetic and bleed Ear Apex.
- For superficial gastritis, add Sympathetic.
- For atrophic gastritis, add Pancreas, Endocrine, Mouth (Sympathetic point is contraindicated).
- For disharmony between the Liver and Stomach, add Stomach, Abdominal Distention Area, and San Jiao.
- Gastric and duodenal ulcers: Stomach, Spleen, Duodenum, Sympathetic, Digestive Subcortex
- Reducing excessive gastric acid secretion: Cardia, Sympathetic, Stomach, Duodenum, Gallbladder, Digestive Subcortex.
- Invigorating the Spleen and promoting digestion: Spleen, Stomach, Mouth, Pancreas, Endocrine, Digestive Subcortex, Small Intestine
TCM Diagnosis
Liver qi stagnation
Herbal Formula
Calm
- GI symptoms due to Liver overacting on the Spleen: Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Diaphragm Pain: Bilateral - ah shi points around Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Primary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tushui (T 22.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07), Zhiwujin (T 11.08)
- Secondary points: Zuqianjin (T 77.24), Zuwujin (T 77.25), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
- Gastritis: Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Needle Tushui (T 22.11) or Cesanli (T 77.22) towards the ST channel.
- Acid reflux: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Duodenal ulcer: Menjin (T 66.05), Fuchang (T 77.12)
- Acid reflux: Tushui (T 22.11), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18)
- Stomach ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Menjin (T 66.05), Cesanli (T 77.22), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Tushui (T 22.11). On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on the ST. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Duodenal ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tushui (T 22.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Cesanli (T 77.22). Bleed dark veins nearby the ST channel on the lower limb. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Gastritis: Linggu (T 22.05), Tushui (T 22.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Menjin (T 66.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13). Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08) or nearby dark veins. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Nausea: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Vomiting: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12). Bleed near Yamen (GV 15). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Bloating: Pizhong (T 11.18), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Fuchang (T 77.12), Menjin (T 66.05), Huoju (T 66.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Beimian (T 44.07), Fukuai (T 1010.15), Shangjiuli (T 88.26), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Xiajiuli (T 88.27), Sifuyi (T 1010.11), Sifuer (T 1010.10)
- Belching: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Epigastric or stomach pain:
- Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Cesanli (T 77.22), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Tushui (T 22.11)
- Dan (T 11.13), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Tushui (T 22.11), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Menjin (T 66.05), Zusanli (ST 36), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Bleed T10-T12 with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Esophagitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Hiccups: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Stomach distension: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tuling (T 88.46)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shangjiuli (T 88.26)
- Acid reflux, Stomach pain:
- Xiangu (ST 43), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenque (CV 8), Neiguan (PC 6), Gongsun (SP 4), Qihai (CV 6), Quze (PC 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadu (SP 2), Shangwan (CV 13), Youmen (KI 21), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Liangmen (ST 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 6 : Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 19 : Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 27 :
- Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Gongsun (SP 4), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Juque (CV 14), Qimen (LR 14), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44)
- Esophagitis: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17)
- Belching:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10: Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao, Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Bloating:
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 29 : Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shuifen (CV 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Nausea in children: Fengfu (GV 16), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Neiguan (PC 6) Zusanli (ST 36)
- Stomach ulcer:
- Source13 : Xiawan (CV 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Jiuwei (CV 15), Weicang (BL 50), Ganshu (BL 18), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 17 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 19 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), ashi points
- Source 23 : Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa the ashi points.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Duodenal ulcer:
- Bleed the Stomach area below the knees, the dark veins on the top of the foot , lateral malleolus or nearby the ST channel on the lower leg. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 29 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Shenque (CV 8)
- Epigastric or stomach pain with bloating and distention:
- Source 12 : Zusanli (ST 36), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Liangmen (ST 21), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 15 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Dachangshu (BL 25), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Daju (ST 27), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44), Yingu (KI 10), Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhigou (TH 6), Hunmen (BL 47), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 16 : Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Neiting (ST 44), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Guanyuan (CV 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Liangmen (ST 21)
- Source 21 : Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiting (ST 44), Hegu (LI 4), Qimen (LR 14). Moxa 1 cun below the breast bilaterally.
- Source 23 : Needle or moxa Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23). Moxa 1 cun below the nipple bilaterally.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Taibai (SP 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Dashu (BL 11), Chengjiang (CV 24), Neiguan (PC 6), Lidui (ST 45), Yinbai (SP 1), Liangmen (ST 21), Qihai (CV 6), Liangqiu (ST 34), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xingjian (LR 2), Jianli (CV 11)
- Source 29 : Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17), Yingu (KI 10), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Gastritis (acute):
- Source 1: Yintang (Ex-HN3), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Tiantu (CV 22), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10), Neiting (ST 44), Gongsun (SP 4), Tianshu (ST 25)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14)
- Gastritis (chronic):
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yindu (KI 19), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Ganshu (BL 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Chize (LU 5), Zhangmen (LR 13). Moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Yishe (BL 49)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Hiccups:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 15 : Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Neiting (ST 44), Qihai (CV 6), Jianli (CV 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Taichong (LR 3), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Source 16 : Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Source 21 : Daling (PC 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Danshu (BL 19), Yinbai (SP 1), Shenmen (HT 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Taibai (SP 3), Xiangu (ST 43), Dadun (LR 1)
- Source 23 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 27:
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gongsun (SP 4), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qihai (CV 6), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhongfu (LU 1), Fengmen (BL 12), Jianjing (GB 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Due to cold: Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Due to heat: Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Geshu (BL 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to deficiency: Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20)
- Due to excess: Shangwan (CV 13), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Deficiency cold: Needle and moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to Liver fire: Ganshu (BL 18), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tiantu (CV 22), Qihai (CV 6), Hegu (LI 4), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Stomach heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
- Qi stagnation: Needle and moxa Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Qihai (CV 6), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22).
- Phlegm: Needle and moxa Geshu (BL 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Dadu (SP 2), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 29:
- Nausea:
- Source 21: Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Bailao (Ex-HN17) Fengmen (BL 12), Suliao (GV 25), Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Jianjing (GB 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Zhongkui
- Source 27:
- Shangqiu (SP 5), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Changqiang (GV 1), Juque (CV 14), Lingxu (KI 24), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongting (CV 16), Zhongfu (LU 1), Shimen (CV 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Dazhong (KI 4), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Zhangmen (LR 13), Taichong (LR 3).
- Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Futonggu (KI 20) , Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Danshu (BL 19), Pishu (BL 20), Chize (LU 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Youmen (KI 21), Shanglian (LI 9), Neiting (ST 44), Daling (PC 7)
- Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Futonggu (KI 20) , Wangu (GB 12), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6). Moxa Rugen (ST 18) and Zhongkui (Ex-UE4).
- Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Pishu (BL 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Laogong (PC 8), Chize (LU 5), Shiguan (KI 18), Qihai (CV 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangwan (CV 13), Daling (PC 7), Houxi (SI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shuaigu (GB 8), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Shangqiu (SP 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhongchong (PC 9), Danshu (BL 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Chize (LU 5), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Neiting (ST 44), Shuifen (CV 9), Fengfu (GV 16), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Shanzhong (CV 17), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Neiting (ST 44), Waiguan (TH 5), Xuanji (CV 21), Gongsun (SP 4), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 29:
- Source 30:
- Stomach, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland, Duodenum. Use ear seeds.
- Nausea, vomiting: Stomach, Liver, Spleen, Shenmen. Needle once a day for three to five days. For severe cases, needle two or three times daily. These points can also be used for morning sickness during pregnancy. However, ear seeds with mild massage are recommended.
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Gastritis: Stomach, Spleen, Digestive Subcortex
- For acute gastritis, add Sympathetic and bleed Ear Apex.
- For superficial gastritis, add Sympathetic.
- For atrophic gastritis, add Pancreas, Endocrine, Mouth (Sympathetic point is contraindicated).
- For disharmony between the Liver and Stomach, add Stomach, Abdominal Distention Area, and San Jiao.
- Gastric and duodenal ulcers: Stomach, Spleen, Duodenum, Sympathetic, Digestive Subcortex
- Reducing excessive gastric acid secretion: Cardia, Sympathetic, Stomach, Duodenum, Gallbladder, Digestive Subcortex.
- Invigorating the Spleen and promoting digestion: Spleen, Stomach, Mouth, Pancreas, Endocrine, Digestive Subcortex, Small Intestine
TCM Diagnosis
Blood stagnation in the lower jiao
Herbal Formula
Resolve (Lower)
- GI symptoms due to Liver overacting on the Spleen: Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Diaphragm Pain: Bilateral - ah shi points around Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Primary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tushui (T 22.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07), Zhiwujin (T 11.08)
- Secondary points: Zuqianjin (T 77.24), Zuwujin (T 77.25), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
- Gastritis: Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Needle Tushui (T 22.11) or Cesanli (T 77.22) towards the ST channel.
- Acid reflux: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Duodenal ulcer: Menjin (T 66.05), Fuchang (T 77.12)
- Acid reflux: Tushui (T 22.11), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18)
- Stomach ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Menjin (T 66.05), Cesanli (T 77.22), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Tushui (T 22.11). On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on the ST. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Duodenal ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tushui (T 22.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Cesanli (T 77.22). Bleed dark veins nearby the ST channel on the lower limb. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Gastritis: Linggu (T 22.05), Tushui (T 22.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Menjin (T 66.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13). Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08) or nearby dark veins. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Nausea: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Vomiting: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12). Bleed near Yamen (GV 15). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Bloating: Pizhong (T 11.18), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Fuchang (T 77.12), Menjin (T 66.05), Huoju (T 66.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Beimian (T 44.07), Fukuai (T 1010.15), Shangjiuli (T 88.26), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Xiajiuli (T 88.27), Sifuyi (T 1010.11), Sifuer (T 1010.10)
- Belching: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Epigastric or stomach pain:
- Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Cesanli (T 77.22), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Tushui (T 22.11)
- Dan (T 11.13), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Tushui (T 22.11), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Menjin (T 66.05), Zusanli (ST 36), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Bleed T10-T12 with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Esophagitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Hiccups: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Stomach distension: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tuling (T 88.46)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shangjiuli (T 88.26)
- Acid reflux, Stomach pain:
- Xiangu (ST 43), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenque (CV 8), Neiguan (PC 6), Gongsun (SP 4), Qihai (CV 6), Quze (PC 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadu (SP 2), Shangwan (CV 13), Youmen (KI 21), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Liangmen (ST 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 6 : Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 19 : Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 27 :
- Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Gongsun (SP 4), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Juque (CV 14), Qimen (LR 14), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44)
- Esophagitis: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17)
- Belching:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10: Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao, Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Bloating:
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 29 : Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shuifen (CV 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Nausea in children: Fengfu (GV 16), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Neiguan (PC 6) Zusanli (ST 36)
- Stomach ulcer:
- Source13 : Xiawan (CV 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Jiuwei (CV 15), Weicang (BL 50), Ganshu (BL 18), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 17 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 19 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), ashi points
- Source 23 : Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa the ashi points.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Duodenal ulcer:
- Bleed the Stomach area below the knees, the dark veins on the top of the foot , lateral malleolus or nearby the ST channel on the lower leg. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 29 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Shenque (CV 8)
- Epigastric or stomach pain with bloating and distention:
- Source 12 : Zusanli (ST 36), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Liangmen (ST 21), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 15 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Dachangshu (BL 25), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Daju (ST 27), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44), Yingu (KI 10), Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhigou (TH 6), Hunmen (BL 47), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 16 : Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Neiting (ST 44), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Guanyuan (CV 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Liangmen (ST 21)
- Source 21 : Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiting (ST 44), Hegu (LI 4), Qimen (LR 14). Moxa 1 cun below the breast bilaterally.
- Source 23 : Needle or moxa Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23). Moxa 1 cun below the nipple bilaterally.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Taibai (SP 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Dashu (BL 11), Chengjiang (CV 24), Neiguan (PC 6), Lidui (ST 45), Yinbai (SP 1), Liangmen (ST 21), Qihai (CV 6), Liangqiu (ST 34), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xingjian (LR 2), Jianli (CV 11)
- Source 29 : Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17), Yingu (KI 10), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Gastritis (acute):
- Source 1: Yintang (Ex-HN3), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Tiantu (CV 22), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10), Neiting (ST 44), Gongsun (SP 4), Tianshu (ST 25)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14)
- Gastritis (chronic):
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yindu (KI 19), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Ganshu (BL 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Chize (LU 5), Zhangmen (LR 13). Moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Yishe (BL 49)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Hiccups:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 15 : Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Neiting (ST 44), Qihai (CV 6), Jianli (CV 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Taichong (LR 3), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Source 16 : Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Source 21 : Daling (PC 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Danshu (BL 19), Yinbai (SP 1), Shenmen (HT 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Taibai (SP 3), Xiangu (ST 43), Dadun (LR 1)
- Source 23 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 27:
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gongsun (SP 4), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qihai (CV 6), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhongfu (LU 1), Fengmen (BL 12), Jianjing (GB 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Due to cold: Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Due to heat: Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Geshu (BL 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to deficiency: Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20)
- Due to excess: Shangwan (CV 13), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Deficiency cold: Needle and moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to Liver fire: Ganshu (BL 18), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tiantu (CV 22), Qihai (CV 6), Hegu (LI 4), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Stomach heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
- Qi stagnation: Needle and moxa Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Qihai (CV 6), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22).
- Phlegm: Needle and moxa Geshu (BL 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Dadu (SP 2), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 29:
- Nausea:
- Source 21: Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Bailao (Ex-HN17) Fengmen (BL 12), Suliao (GV 25), Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Jianjing (GB 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Zhongkui
- Source 27:
- Shangqiu (SP 5), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Changqiang (GV 1), Juque (CV 14), Lingxu (KI 24), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongting (CV 16), Zhongfu (LU 1), Shimen (CV 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Dazhong (KI 4), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Zhangmen (LR 13), Taichong (LR 3).
- Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Futonggu (KI 20) , Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Danshu (BL 19), Pishu (BL 20), Chize (LU 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Youmen (KI 21), Shanglian (LI 9), Neiting (ST 44), Daling (PC 7)
- Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Futonggu (KI 20) , Wangu (GB 12), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6). Moxa Rugen (ST 18) and Zhongkui (Ex-UE4).
- Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Pishu (BL 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Laogong (PC 8), Chize (LU 5), Shiguan (KI 18), Qihai (CV 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangwan (CV 13), Daling (PC 7), Houxi (SI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shuaigu (GB 8), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Shangqiu (SP 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhongchong (PC 9), Danshu (BL 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Chize (LU 5), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Neiting (ST 44), Shuifen (CV 9), Fengfu (GV 16), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Shanzhong (CV 17), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Neiting (ST 44), Waiguan (TH 5), Xuanji (CV 21), Gongsun (SP 4), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 29:
- Source 30:
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Gastritis: Stomach, Spleen, Digestive Subcortex
- For acute gastritis, add Sympathetic and bleed Ear Apex.
- For superficial gastritis, add Sympathetic.
- For atrophic gastritis, add Pancreas, Endocrine, Mouth (Sympathetic point is contraindicated).
- For disharmony between the Liver and Stomach, add Stomach, Abdominal Distention Area, and San Jiao.
- Gastric and duodenal ulcers: Stomach, Spleen, Duodenum, Sympathetic, Digestive Subcortex
- Reducing excessive gastric acid secretion: Cardia, Sympathetic, Stomach, Duodenum, Gallbladder, Digestive Subcortex.
- Invigorating the Spleen and promoting digestion: Spleen, Stomach, Mouth, Pancreas, Endocrine, Digestive Subcortex, Small Intestine
TCM Diagnosis
Damp-heat in the Gallbladder
Herbal Formula
Dissolve (GS)
- GI symptoms due to Liver overacting on the Spleen: Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Diaphragm Pain: Bilateral - ah shi points around Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Primary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tushui (T 22.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07), Zhiwujin (T 11.08)
- Secondary points: Zuqianjin (T 77.24), Zuwujin (T 77.25), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
- Gastritis: Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Needle Tushui (T 22.11) or Cesanli (T 77.22) towards the ST channel.
- Acid reflux: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Duodenal ulcer: Menjin (T 66.05), Fuchang (T 77.12)
- Acid reflux: Tushui (T 22.11), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18)
- Stomach ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Menjin (T 66.05), Cesanli (T 77.22), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Tushui (T 22.11). On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on the ST. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Duodenal ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tushui (T 22.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Cesanli (T 77.22). Bleed dark veins nearby the ST channel on the lower limb. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Gastritis: Linggu (T 22.05), Tushui (T 22.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Menjin (T 66.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13). Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08) or nearby dark veins. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Nausea: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Vomiting: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12). Bleed near Yamen (GV 15). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Bloating: Pizhong (T 11.18), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Fuchang (T 77.12), Menjin (T 66.05), Huoju (T 66.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Beimian (T 44.07), Fukuai (T 1010.15), Shangjiuli (T 88.26), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Xiajiuli (T 88.27), Sifuyi (T 1010.11), Sifuer (T 1010.10)
- Belching: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Epigastric or stomach pain:
- Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Cesanli (T 77.22), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Tushui (T 22.11)
- Dan (T 11.13), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Tushui (T 22.11), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Menjin (T 66.05), Zusanli (ST 36), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Bleed T10-T12 with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Esophagitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Hiccups: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Stomach distension: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tuling (T 88.46)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shangjiuli (T 88.26)
- Acid reflux, Stomach pain:
- Xiangu (ST 43), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenque (CV 8), Neiguan (PC 6), Gongsun (SP 4), Qihai (CV 6), Quze (PC 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadu (SP 2), Shangwan (CV 13), Youmen (KI 21), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Liangmen (ST 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 6 : Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 19 : Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 27 :
- Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Gongsun (SP 4), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Juque (CV 14), Qimen (LR 14), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44)
- Esophagitis: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17)
- Belching:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10: Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao, Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Bloating:
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 29 : Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shuifen (CV 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Nausea in children: Fengfu (GV 16), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Neiguan (PC 6) Zusanli (ST 36)
- Stomach ulcer:
- Source13 : Xiawan (CV 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Jiuwei (CV 15), Weicang (BL 50), Ganshu (BL 18), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 17 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 19 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), ashi points
- Source 23 : Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa the ashi points.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Duodenal ulcer:
- Bleed the Stomach area below the knees, the dark veins on the top of the foot , lateral malleolus or nearby the ST channel on the lower leg. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 29 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Shenque (CV 8)
- Epigastric or stomach pain with bloating and distention:
- Source 12 : Zusanli (ST 36), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Liangmen (ST 21), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 15 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Dachangshu (BL 25), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Daju (ST 27), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44), Yingu (KI 10), Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhigou (TH 6), Hunmen (BL 47), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 16 : Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Neiting (ST 44), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Guanyuan (CV 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Liangmen (ST 21)
- Source 21 : Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiting (ST 44), Hegu (LI 4), Qimen (LR 14). Moxa 1 cun below the breast bilaterally.
- Source 23 : Needle or moxa Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23). Moxa 1 cun below the nipple bilaterally.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Taibai (SP 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Dashu (BL 11), Chengjiang (CV 24), Neiguan (PC 6), Lidui (ST 45), Yinbai (SP 1), Liangmen (ST 21), Qihai (CV 6), Liangqiu (ST 34), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xingjian (LR 2), Jianli (CV 11)
- Source 29 : Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17), Yingu (KI 10), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Gastritis (acute):
- Source 1: Yintang (Ex-HN3), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Tiantu (CV 22), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10), Neiting (ST 44), Gongsun (SP 4), Tianshu (ST 25)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14)
- Gastritis (chronic):
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yindu (KI 19), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Ganshu (BL 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Chize (LU 5), Zhangmen (LR 13). Moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Yishe (BL 49)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Hiccups:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 15 : Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Neiting (ST 44), Qihai (CV 6), Jianli (CV 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Taichong (LR 3), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Source 16 : Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Source 21 : Daling (PC 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Danshu (BL 19), Yinbai (SP 1), Shenmen (HT 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Taibai (SP 3), Xiangu (ST 43), Dadun (LR 1)
- Source 23 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 27:
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gongsun (SP 4), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qihai (CV 6), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhongfu (LU 1), Fengmen (BL 12), Jianjing (GB 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Due to cold: Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Due to heat: Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Geshu (BL 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to deficiency: Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20)
- Due to excess: Shangwan (CV 13), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Deficiency cold: Needle and moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to Liver fire: Ganshu (BL 18), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tiantu (CV 22), Qihai (CV 6), Hegu (LI 4), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Stomach heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
- Qi stagnation: Needle and moxa Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Qihai (CV 6), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22).
- Phlegm: Needle and moxa Geshu (BL 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Dadu (SP 2), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 29:
- Nausea:
- Source 21: Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Bailao (Ex-HN17) Fengmen (BL 12), Suliao (GV 25), Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Jianjing (GB 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Zhongkui
- Source 27:
- Shangqiu (SP 5), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Changqiang (GV 1), Juque (CV 14), Lingxu (KI 24), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongting (CV 16), Zhongfu (LU 1), Shimen (CV 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Dazhong (KI 4), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Zhangmen (LR 13), Taichong (LR 3).
- Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Futonggu (KI 20) , Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Danshu (BL 19), Pishu (BL 20), Chize (LU 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Youmen (KI 21), Shanglian (LI 9), Neiting (ST 44), Daling (PC 7)
- Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Futonggu (KI 20) , Wangu (GB 12), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6). Moxa Rugen (ST 18) and Zhongkui (Ex-UE4).
- Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Pishu (BL 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Laogong (PC 8), Chize (LU 5), Shiguan (KI 18), Qihai (CV 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangwan (CV 13), Daling (PC 7), Houxi (SI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shuaigu (GB 8), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Shangqiu (SP 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhongchong (PC 9), Danshu (BL 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Chize (LU 5), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Neiting (ST 44), Shuifen (CV 9), Fengfu (GV 16), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Shanzhong (CV 17), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Neiting (ST 44), Waiguan (TH 5), Xuanji (CV 21), Gongsun (SP 4), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 29:
- Source 30:
- Stomach, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland, Duodenum. Use ear seeds.
- Nausea, vomiting: Stomach, Liver, Spleen, Shenmen. Needle once a day for three to five days. For severe cases, needle two or three times daily. These points can also be used for morning sickness during pregnancy. However, ear seeds with mild massage are recommended.
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Gastritis: Stomach, Spleen, Digestive Subcortex
- For acute gastritis, add Sympathetic and bleed Ear Apex.
- For superficial gastritis, add Sympathetic.
- For atrophic gastritis, add Pancreas, Endocrine, Mouth (Sympathetic point is contraindicated).
- For disharmony between the Liver and Stomach, add Stomach, Abdominal Distention Area, and San Jiao.
- Gastric and duodenal ulcers: Stomach, Spleen, Duodenum, Sympathetic, Digestive Subcortex
- Reducing excessive gastric acid secretion: Cardia, Sympathetic, Stomach, Duodenum, Gallbladder, Digestive Subcortex.
- Invigorating the Spleen and promoting digestion: Spleen, Stomach, Mouth, Pancreas, Endocrine, Digestive Subcortex, Small Intestine
TCM Diagnosis
Liver qi stagnation
Herbal Formula
GI Harmony
- GI symptoms due to Liver overacting on the Spleen: Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Diaphragm Pain: Bilateral - ah shi points around Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Primary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tushui (T 22.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07), Zhiwujin (T 11.08)
- Secondary points: Zuqianjin (T 77.24), Zuwujin (T 77.25), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
- Gastritis: Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Needle Tushui (T 22.11) or Cesanli (T 77.22) towards the ST channel.
- Acid reflux: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Duodenal ulcer: Menjin (T 66.05), Fuchang (T 77.12)
- Acid reflux: Tushui (T 22.11), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18)
- Stomach ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Menjin (T 66.05), Cesanli (T 77.22), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Tushui (T 22.11). On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on the ST. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Duodenal ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tushui (T 22.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Cesanli (T 77.22). Bleed dark veins nearby the ST channel on the lower limb. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Gastritis: Linggu (T 22.05), Tushui (T 22.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Menjin (T 66.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13). Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08) or nearby dark veins. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Nausea: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Vomiting: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12). Bleed near Yamen (GV 15). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Bloating: Pizhong (T 11.18), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Fuchang (T 77.12), Menjin (T 66.05), Huoju (T 66.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Beimian (T 44.07), Fukuai (T 1010.15), Shangjiuli (T 88.26), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Xiajiuli (T 88.27), Sifuyi (T 1010.11), Sifuer (T 1010.10)
- Belching: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Epigastric or stomach pain:
- Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Cesanli (T 77.22), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Tushui (T 22.11)
- Dan (T 11.13), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Tushui (T 22.11), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Menjin (T 66.05), Zusanli (ST 36), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Bleed T10-T12 with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Esophagitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Hiccups: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Stomach distension: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tuling (T 88.46)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shangjiuli (T 88.26)
- Acid reflux, Stomach pain:
- Xiangu (ST 43), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenque (CV 8), Neiguan (PC 6), Gongsun (SP 4), Qihai (CV 6), Quze (PC 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadu (SP 2), Shangwan (CV 13), Youmen (KI 21), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Liangmen (ST 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 6 : Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 19 : Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 27 :
- Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Gongsun (SP 4), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Juque (CV 14), Qimen (LR 14), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44)
- Esophagitis: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17)
- Belching:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10: Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao, Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Bloating:
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 29 : Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shuifen (CV 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Nausea in children: Fengfu (GV 16), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Neiguan (PC 6) Zusanli (ST 36)
- Stomach ulcer:
- Source13 : Xiawan (CV 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Jiuwei (CV 15), Weicang (BL 50), Ganshu (BL 18), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 17 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 19 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), ashi points
- Source 23 : Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa the ashi points.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Duodenal ulcer:
- Bleed the Stomach area below the knees, the dark veins on the top of the foot , lateral malleolus or nearby the ST channel on the lower leg. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 29 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Shenque (CV 8)
- Epigastric or stomach pain with bloating and distention:
- Source 12 : Zusanli (ST 36), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Liangmen (ST 21), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 15 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Dachangshu (BL 25), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Daju (ST 27), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44), Yingu (KI 10), Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhigou (TH 6), Hunmen (BL 47), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 16 : Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Neiting (ST 44), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Guanyuan (CV 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Liangmen (ST 21)
- Source 21 : Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiting (ST 44), Hegu (LI 4), Qimen (LR 14). Moxa 1 cun below the breast bilaterally.
- Source 23 : Needle or moxa Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23). Moxa 1 cun below the nipple bilaterally.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Taibai (SP 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Dashu (BL 11), Chengjiang (CV 24), Neiguan (PC 6), Lidui (ST 45), Yinbai (SP 1), Liangmen (ST 21), Qihai (CV 6), Liangqiu (ST 34), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xingjian (LR 2), Jianli (CV 11)
- Source 29 : Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17), Yingu (KI 10), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Gastritis (acute):
- Source 1: Yintang (Ex-HN3), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Tiantu (CV 22), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10), Neiting (ST 44), Gongsun (SP 4), Tianshu (ST 25)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14)
- Gastritis (chronic):
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yindu (KI 19), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Ganshu (BL 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Chize (LU 5), Zhangmen (LR 13). Moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Yishe (BL 49)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Hiccups:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 15 : Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Neiting (ST 44), Qihai (CV 6), Jianli (CV 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Taichong (LR 3), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Source 16 : Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Source 21 : Daling (PC 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Danshu (BL 19), Yinbai (SP 1), Shenmen (HT 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Taibai (SP 3), Xiangu (ST 43), Dadun (LR 1)
- Source 23 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 27:
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gongsun (SP 4), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qihai (CV 6), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhongfu (LU 1), Fengmen (BL 12), Jianjing (GB 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Due to cold: Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Due to heat: Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Geshu (BL 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to deficiency: Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20)
- Due to excess: Shangwan (CV 13), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Deficiency cold: Needle and moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to Liver fire: Ganshu (BL 18), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tiantu (CV 22), Qihai (CV 6), Hegu (LI 4), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Stomach heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
- Qi stagnation: Needle and moxa Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Qihai (CV 6), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22).
- Phlegm: Needle and moxa Geshu (BL 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Dadu (SP 2), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 29:
- Nausea:
- Source 21: Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Bailao (Ex-HN17) Fengmen (BL 12), Suliao (GV 25), Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Jianjing (GB 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Zhongkui
- Source 27:
- Shangqiu (SP 5), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Changqiang (GV 1), Juque (CV 14), Lingxu (KI 24), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongting (CV 16), Zhongfu (LU 1), Shimen (CV 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Dazhong (KI 4), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Zhangmen (LR 13), Taichong (LR 3).
- Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Futonggu (KI 20) , Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Danshu (BL 19), Pishu (BL 20), Chize (LU 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Youmen (KI 21), Shanglian (LI 9), Neiting (ST 44), Daling (PC 7)
- Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Futonggu (KI 20) , Wangu (GB 12), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6). Moxa Rugen (ST 18) and Zhongkui (Ex-UE4).
- Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Pishu (BL 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Laogong (PC 8), Chize (LU 5), Shiguan (KI 18), Qihai (CV 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangwan (CV 13), Daling (PC 7), Houxi (SI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shuaigu (GB 8), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Shangqiu (SP 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhongchong (PC 9), Danshu (BL 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Chize (LU 5), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Neiting (ST 44), Shuifen (CV 9), Fengfu (GV 16), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Shanzhong (CV 17), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Neiting (ST 44), Waiguan (TH 5), Xuanji (CV 21), Gongsun (SP 4), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 29:
- Source 30:
- Stomach, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland, Duodenum. Use ear seeds.
- Nausea, vomiting: Stomach, Liver, Spleen, Shenmen. Needle once a day for three to five days. For severe cases, needle two or three times daily. These points can also be used for morning sickness during pregnancy. However, ear seeds with mild massage are recommended.
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Gastritis: Stomach, Spleen, Digestive Subcortex
- For acute gastritis, add Sympathetic and bleed Ear Apex.
- For superficial gastritis, add Sympathetic.
- For atrophic gastritis, add Pancreas, Endocrine, Mouth (Sympathetic point is contraindicated).
- For disharmony between the Liver and Stomach, add Stomach, Abdominal Distention Area, and San Jiao.
- Gastric and duodenal ulcers: Stomach, Spleen, Duodenum, Sympathetic, Digestive Subcortex
- Reducing excessive gastric acid secretion: Cardia, Sympathetic, Stomach, Duodenum, Gallbladder, Digestive Subcortex.
- Invigorating the Spleen and promoting digestion: Spleen, Stomach, Mouth, Pancreas, Endocrine, Digestive Subcortex, Small Intestine
TCM Diagnosis
Damp-heat accumulation
Herbal Formula
GI Care (UC)
- GI symptoms due to Liver overacting on the Spleen: Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Diaphragm Pain: Bilateral - ah shi points around Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Primary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tushui (T 22.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07), Zhiwujin (T 11.08)
- Secondary points: Zuqianjin (T 77.24), Zuwujin (T 77.25), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
- Gastritis: Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Needle Tushui (T 22.11) or Cesanli (T 77.22) towards the ST channel.
- Acid reflux: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Duodenal ulcer: Menjin (T 66.05), Fuchang (T 77.12)
- Acid reflux: Tushui (T 22.11), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18)
- Stomach ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Menjin (T 66.05), Cesanli (T 77.22), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Tushui (T 22.11). On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on the ST. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Duodenal ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tushui (T 22.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Cesanli (T 77.22). Bleed dark veins nearby the ST channel on the lower limb. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Gastritis: Linggu (T 22.05), Tushui (T 22.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Menjin (T 66.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13). Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08) or nearby dark veins. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Nausea: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Vomiting: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12). Bleed near Yamen (GV 15). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Bloating: Pizhong (T 11.18), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Fuchang (T 77.12), Menjin (T 66.05), Huoju (T 66.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Beimian (T 44.07), Fukuai (T 1010.15), Shangjiuli (T 88.26), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Xiajiuli (T 88.27), Sifuyi (T 1010.11), Sifuer (T 1010.10)
- Belching: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Epigastric or stomach pain:
- Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Cesanli (T 77.22), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Tushui (T 22.11)
- Dan (T 11.13), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Tushui (T 22.11), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Menjin (T 66.05), Zusanli (ST 36), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Bleed T10-T12 with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Esophagitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Hiccups: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Stomach distension: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tuling (T 88.46)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shangjiuli (T 88.26)
- Acid reflux, Stomach pain:
- Xiangu (ST 43), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenque (CV 8), Neiguan (PC 6), Gongsun (SP 4), Qihai (CV 6), Quze (PC 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadu (SP 2), Shangwan (CV 13), Youmen (KI 21), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Liangmen (ST 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 6 : Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 19 : Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 27 :
- Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Gongsun (SP 4), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Juque (CV 14), Qimen (LR 14), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44)
- Esophagitis: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17)
- Belching:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10: Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao, Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Bloating:
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 29 : Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shuifen (CV 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Nausea in children: Fengfu (GV 16), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Neiguan (PC 6) Zusanli (ST 36)
- Stomach ulcer:
- Source13 : Xiawan (CV 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Jiuwei (CV 15), Weicang (BL 50), Ganshu (BL 18), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 17 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 19 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), ashi points
- Source 23 : Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa the ashi points.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Duodenal ulcer:
- Bleed the Stomach area below the knees, the dark veins on the top of the foot , lateral malleolus or nearby the ST channel on the lower leg. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 29 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Shenque (CV 8)
- Epigastric or stomach pain with bloating and distention:
- Source 12 : Zusanli (ST 36), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Liangmen (ST 21), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 15 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Dachangshu (BL 25), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Daju (ST 27), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44), Yingu (KI 10), Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhigou (TH 6), Hunmen (BL 47), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 16 : Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Neiting (ST 44), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Guanyuan (CV 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Liangmen (ST 21)
- Source 21 : Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiting (ST 44), Hegu (LI 4), Qimen (LR 14). Moxa 1 cun below the breast bilaterally.
- Source 23 : Needle or moxa Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23). Moxa 1 cun below the nipple bilaterally.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Taibai (SP 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Dashu (BL 11), Chengjiang (CV 24), Neiguan (PC 6), Lidui (ST 45), Yinbai (SP 1), Liangmen (ST 21), Qihai (CV 6), Liangqiu (ST 34), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xingjian (LR 2), Jianli (CV 11)
- Source 29 : Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17), Yingu (KI 10), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Gastritis (acute):
- Source 1: Yintang (Ex-HN3), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Tiantu (CV 22), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10), Neiting (ST 44), Gongsun (SP 4), Tianshu (ST 25)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14)
- Gastritis (chronic):
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yindu (KI 19), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Ganshu (BL 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Chize (LU 5), Zhangmen (LR 13). Moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Yishe (BL 49)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Hiccups:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 15 : Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Neiting (ST 44), Qihai (CV 6), Jianli (CV 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Taichong (LR 3), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Source 16 : Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Source 21 : Daling (PC 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Danshu (BL 19), Yinbai (SP 1), Shenmen (HT 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Taibai (SP 3), Xiangu (ST 43), Dadun (LR 1)
- Source 23 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 27:
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gongsun (SP 4), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qihai (CV 6), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhongfu (LU 1), Fengmen (BL 12), Jianjing (GB 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Due to cold: Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Due to heat: Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Geshu (BL 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to deficiency: Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20)
- Due to excess: Shangwan (CV 13), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Deficiency cold: Needle and moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to Liver fire: Ganshu (BL 18), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tiantu (CV 22), Qihai (CV 6), Hegu (LI 4), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Stomach heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
- Qi stagnation: Needle and moxa Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Qihai (CV 6), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22).
- Phlegm: Needle and moxa Geshu (BL 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Dadu (SP 2), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 29:
- Nausea:
- Source 21: Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Bailao (Ex-HN17) Fengmen (BL 12), Suliao (GV 25), Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Jianjing (GB 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Zhongkui
- Source 27:
- Shangqiu (SP 5), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Changqiang (GV 1), Juque (CV 14), Lingxu (KI 24), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongting (CV 16), Zhongfu (LU 1), Shimen (CV 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Dazhong (KI 4), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Zhangmen (LR 13), Taichong (LR 3).
- Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Futonggu (KI 20) , Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Danshu (BL 19), Pishu (BL 20), Chize (LU 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Youmen (KI 21), Shanglian (LI 9), Neiting (ST 44), Daling (PC 7)
- Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Futonggu (KI 20) , Wangu (GB 12), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6). Moxa Rugen (ST 18) and Zhongkui (Ex-UE4).
- Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Pishu (BL 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Laogong (PC 8), Chize (LU 5), Shiguan (KI 18), Qihai (CV 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangwan (CV 13), Daling (PC 7), Houxi (SI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shuaigu (GB 8), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Shangqiu (SP 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhongchong (PC 9), Danshu (BL 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Chize (LU 5), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Neiting (ST 44), Shuifen (CV 9), Fengfu (GV 16), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Shanzhong (CV 17), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Neiting (ST 44), Waiguan (TH 5), Xuanji (CV 21), Gongsun (SP 4), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 29:
- Source 30:
- Stomach, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland, Duodenum. Use ear seeds.
- Nausea, vomiting: Stomach, Liver, Spleen, Shenmen. Needle once a day for three to five days. For severe cases, needle two or three times daily. These points can also be used for morning sickness during pregnancy. However, ear seeds with mild massage are recommended.
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Gastritis: Stomach, Spleen, Digestive Subcortex
- For acute gastritis, add Sympathetic and bleed Ear Apex.
- For superficial gastritis, add Sympathetic.
- For atrophic gastritis, add Pancreas, Endocrine, Mouth (Sympathetic point is contraindicated).
- For disharmony between the Liver and Stomach, add Stomach, Abdominal Distention Area, and San Jiao.
- Gastric and duodenal ulcers: Stomach, Spleen, Duodenum, Sympathetic, Digestive Subcortex
- Reducing excessive gastric acid secretion: Cardia, Sympathetic, Stomach, Duodenum, Gallbladder, Digestive Subcortex.
- Invigorating the Spleen and promoting digestion: Spleen, Stomach, Mouth, Pancreas, Endocrine, Digestive Subcortex, Small Intestine
TCM Diagnosis
Spleen qi deficiency
Herbal Formula
GI Tonic
- GI symptoms due to Liver overacting on the Spleen: Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Diaphragm Pain: Bilateral - ah shi points around Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Primary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tushui (T 22.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07), Zhiwujin (T 11.08)
- Secondary points: Zuqianjin (T 77.24), Zuwujin (T 77.25), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
- Gastritis: Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Needle Tushui (T 22.11) or Cesanli (T 77.22) towards the ST channel.
- Acid reflux: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Duodenal ulcer: Menjin (T 66.05), Fuchang (T 77.12)
- Acid reflux: Tushui (T 22.11), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18)
- Stomach ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Menjin (T 66.05), Cesanli (T 77.22), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Tushui (T 22.11). On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on the ST. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Duodenal ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tushui (T 22.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Cesanli (T 77.22). Bleed dark veins nearby the ST channel on the lower limb. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Gastritis: Linggu (T 22.05), Tushui (T 22.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Menjin (T 66.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13). Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08) or nearby dark veins. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Nausea: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Vomiting: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12). Bleed near Yamen (GV 15). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Bloating: Pizhong (T 11.18), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Fuchang (T 77.12), Menjin (T 66.05), Huoju (T 66.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Beimian (T 44.07), Fukuai (T 1010.15), Shangjiuli (T 88.26), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Xiajiuli (T 88.27), Sifuyi (T 1010.11), Sifuer (T 1010.10)
- Belching: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Epigastric or stomach pain:
- Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Cesanli (T 77.22), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Tushui (T 22.11)
- Dan (T 11.13), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Tushui (T 22.11), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Menjin (T 66.05), Zusanli (ST 36), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Bleed T10-T12 with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Esophagitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Hiccups: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Stomach distension: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tuling (T 88.46)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shangjiuli (T 88.26)
- Acid reflux, Stomach pain:
- Xiangu (ST 43), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenque (CV 8), Neiguan (PC 6), Gongsun (SP 4), Qihai (CV 6), Quze (PC 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadu (SP 2), Shangwan (CV 13), Youmen (KI 21), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Liangmen (ST 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 6 : Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 19 : Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 27 :
- Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Gongsun (SP 4), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Juque (CV 14), Qimen (LR 14), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44)
- Esophagitis: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17)
- Belching:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10: Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao, Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Bloating:
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 29 : Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shuifen (CV 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Nausea in children: Fengfu (GV 16), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Neiguan (PC 6) Zusanli (ST 36)
- Stomach ulcer:
- Source13 : Xiawan (CV 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Jiuwei (CV 15), Weicang (BL 50), Ganshu (BL 18), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 17 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 19 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), ashi points
- Source 23 : Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa the ashi points.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Duodenal ulcer:
- Bleed the Stomach area below the knees, the dark veins on the top of the foot , lateral malleolus or nearby the ST channel on the lower leg. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 29 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Shenque (CV 8)
- Epigastric or stomach pain with bloating and distention:
- Source 12 : Zusanli (ST 36), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Liangmen (ST 21), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 15 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Dachangshu (BL 25), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Daju (ST 27), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44), Yingu (KI 10), Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhigou (TH 6), Hunmen (BL 47), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 16 : Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Neiting (ST 44), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Guanyuan (CV 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Liangmen (ST 21)
- Source 21 : Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiting (ST 44), Hegu (LI 4), Qimen (LR 14). Moxa 1 cun below the breast bilaterally.
- Source 23 : Needle or moxa Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23). Moxa 1 cun below the nipple bilaterally.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Taibai (SP 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Dashu (BL 11), Chengjiang (CV 24), Neiguan (PC 6), Lidui (ST 45), Yinbai (SP 1), Liangmen (ST 21), Qihai (CV 6), Liangqiu (ST 34), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xingjian (LR 2), Jianli (CV 11)
- Source 29 : Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17), Yingu (KI 10), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Gastritis (acute):
- Source 1: Yintang (Ex-HN3), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Tiantu (CV 22), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10), Neiting (ST 44), Gongsun (SP 4), Tianshu (ST 25)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14)
- Gastritis (chronic):
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yindu (KI 19), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Ganshu (BL 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Chize (LU 5), Zhangmen (LR 13). Moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Yishe (BL 49)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Hiccups:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 15 : Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Neiting (ST 44), Qihai (CV 6), Jianli (CV 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Taichong (LR 3), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Source 16 : Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Source 21 : Daling (PC 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Danshu (BL 19), Yinbai (SP 1), Shenmen (HT 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Taibai (SP 3), Xiangu (ST 43), Dadun (LR 1)
- Source 23 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 27:
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gongsun (SP 4), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qihai (CV 6), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhongfu (LU 1), Fengmen (BL 12), Jianjing (GB 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Due to cold: Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Due to heat: Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Geshu (BL 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to deficiency: Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20)
- Due to excess: Shangwan (CV 13), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Deficiency cold: Needle and moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to Liver fire: Ganshu (BL 18), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tiantu (CV 22), Qihai (CV 6), Hegu (LI 4), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Stomach heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
- Qi stagnation: Needle and moxa Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Qihai (CV 6), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22).
- Phlegm: Needle and moxa Geshu (BL 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Dadu (SP 2), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 29:
- Nausea:
- Source 21: Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Bailao (Ex-HN17) Fengmen (BL 12), Suliao (GV 25), Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Jianjing (GB 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Zhongkui
- Source 27:
- Shangqiu (SP 5), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Changqiang (GV 1), Juque (CV 14), Lingxu (KI 24), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongting (CV 16), Zhongfu (LU 1), Shimen (CV 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Dazhong (KI 4), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Zhangmen (LR 13), Taichong (LR 3).
- Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Futonggu (KI 20) , Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Danshu (BL 19), Pishu (BL 20), Chize (LU 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Youmen (KI 21), Shanglian (LI 9), Neiting (ST 44), Daling (PC 7)
- Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Futonggu (KI 20) , Wangu (GB 12), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6). Moxa Rugen (ST 18) and Zhongkui (Ex-UE4).
- Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Pishu (BL 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Laogong (PC 8), Chize (LU 5), Shiguan (KI 18), Qihai (CV 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangwan (CV 13), Daling (PC 7), Houxi (SI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shuaigu (GB 8), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Shangqiu (SP 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhongchong (PC 9), Danshu (BL 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Chize (LU 5), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Neiting (ST 44), Shuifen (CV 9), Fengfu (GV 16), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Shanzhong (CV 17), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Neiting (ST 44), Waiguan (TH 5), Xuanji (CV 21), Gongsun (SP 4), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 29:
- Source 30:
- Stomach, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland, Duodenum. Use ear seeds.
- Nausea, vomiting: Stomach, Liver, Spleen, Shenmen. Needle once a day for three to five days. For severe cases, needle two or three times daily. These points can also be used for morning sickness during pregnancy. However, ear seeds with mild massage are recommended.
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Gastritis: Stomach, Spleen, Digestive Subcortex
- For acute gastritis, add Sympathetic and bleed Ear Apex.
- For superficial gastritis, add Sympathetic.
- For atrophic gastritis, add Pancreas, Endocrine, Mouth (Sympathetic point is contraindicated).
- For disharmony between the Liver and Stomach, add Stomach, Abdominal Distention Area, and San Jiao.
- Gastric and duodenal ulcers: Stomach, Spleen, Duodenum, Sympathetic, Digestive Subcortex
- Reducing excessive gastric acid secretion: Cardia, Sympathetic, Stomach, Duodenum, Gallbladder, Digestive Subcortex.
- Invigorating the Spleen and promoting digestion: Spleen, Stomach, Mouth, Pancreas, Endocrine, Digestive Subcortex, Small Intestine
TCM Diagnosis
Stomach yin and qi deficiencies
Herbal Formula
C/R Support
- GI symptoms due to Liver overacting on the Spleen: Bilateral - Tianshu (ST 25), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Ququan (LR 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Taiyuan (LU 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4); Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Diaphragm Pain: Bilateral - ah shi points around Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Primary points: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tushui (T 22.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07), Zhiwujin (T 11.08)
- Secondary points: Zuqianjin (T 77.24), Zuwujin (T 77.25), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
- Gastritis: Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Needle Tushui (T 22.11) or Cesanli (T 77.22) towards the ST channel.
- Acid reflux: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Duodenal ulcer: Menjin (T 66.05), Fuchang (T 77.12)
- Acid reflux: Tushui (T 22.11), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18)
- Stomach ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Menjin (T 66.05), Cesanli (T 77.22), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongbei (T 88.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Tushui (T 22.11). On the lower limb, bleed the dark veins visible on the ST. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Duodenal ulcer: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tushui (T 22.11), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongshen (T 88.09), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Xinmen (T 33.12), Changmen (T 33.10), Ganmen (T 33.11), Cesanli (T 77.22). Bleed dark veins nearby the ST channel on the lower limb. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Gastritis: Linggu (T 22.05), Tushui (T 22.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Menjin (T 66.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuali (T 77.13). Bleed Sihuashang (T 77.08) or nearby dark veins. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Nausea: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Vomiting: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12). Bleed near Yamen (GV 15). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Bloating: Pizhong (T 11.18), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Fuchang (T 77.12), Menjin (T 66.05), Huoju (T 66.11), Changmen (T 33.10), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Beimian (T 44.07), Fukuai (T 1010.15), Shangjiuli (T 88.26), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Xiajiuli (T 88.27), Sifuyi (T 1010.11), Sifuer (T 1010.10)
- Belching: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Epigastric or stomach pain:
- Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongwei (T 88.10), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Cesanli (T 77.22), Sihuawai (T 77.14), Tushui (T 22.11)
- Dan (T 11.13), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Tushui (T 22.11), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Menjin (T 66.05), Zusanli (ST 36), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Sihuawai (T 77.14). Bleed T10-T12 with cupping. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Esophagitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Hiccups: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Dajian (T 11.01), Xiaojian (T 11.02), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19)
- Stomach distension: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tuling (T 88.46)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Shangjiuli (T 88.26)
- Acid reflux, Stomach pain:
- Xiangu (ST 43), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenque (CV 8), Neiguan (PC 6), Gongsun (SP 4), Qihai (CV 6), Quze (PC 3), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadu (SP 2), Shangwan (CV 13), Youmen (KI 21), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Liangmen (ST 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 6 : Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Laogong (PC 8), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 19 : Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 27 :
- Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Gongsun (SP 4), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Juque (CV 14), Qimen (LR 14), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44)
- Esophagitis: Hegu (LI 4), Taiyuan (LU 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17)
- Belching:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10: Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao, Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Bloating:
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Source 29 : Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Shuifen (CV 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Nausea in children: Fengfu (GV 16), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Neiguan (PC 6) Zusanli (ST 36)
- Stomach ulcer:
- Source13 : Xiawan (CV 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Jiuwei (CV 15), Weicang (BL 50), Ganshu (BL 18), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 17 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20)
- Source 19 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), ashi points
- Source 23 : Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa the ashi points.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Duodenal ulcer:
- Bleed the Stomach area below the knees, the dark veins on the top of the foot , lateral malleolus or nearby the ST channel on the lower leg. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Source 10: Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 16 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Xingjian (LR 2), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Zhigou (TH 6), Qihai (CV 6)
- Source 29 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qimen (LR 14), Daling (PC 7), Shenque (CV 8)
- Epigastric or stomach pain with bloating and distention:
- Source 12 : Zusanli (ST 36), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Liangmen (ST 21), Liangqiu (ST 34), Zusanli (ST 36), Gongsun (SP 4)
- Source 15 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Dachangshu (BL 25), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Daju (ST 27), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44), Yingu (KI 10), Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhigou (TH 6), Hunmen (BL 47), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 16 : Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Neiting (ST 44), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Guanyuan (CV 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Liangmen (ST 21)
- Source 21 : Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiting (ST 44), Hegu (LI 4), Qimen (LR 14). Moxa 1 cun below the breast bilaterally.
- Source 23 : Needle or moxa Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23). Moxa 1 cun below the nipple bilaterally.
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3).
- Taibai (SP 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Xiawan (CV 10), Geshu (BL 17), Ganshu (BL 18), Dashu (BL 11), Chengjiang (CV 24), Neiguan (PC 6), Lidui (ST 45), Yinbai (SP 1), Liangmen (ST 21), Qihai (CV 6), Liangqiu (ST 34), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xingjian (LR 2), Jianli (CV 11)
- Source 29 : Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Geshu (BL 17), Yingu (KI 10), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Gastritis (acute):
- Source 1: Yintang (Ex-HN3), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Tiantu (CV 22), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10), Neiting (ST 44), Gongsun (SP 4), Tianshu (ST 25)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14)
- Gastritis (chronic):
- Source 19: Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yindu (KI 19), Jianli (CV 11), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 23: Ganshu (BL 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenmen (HT 7), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Chize (LU 5), Zhangmen (LR 13). Moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Yinbai (SP 1), Neiting (ST 44), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Yishe (BL 49)
- Source 27 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shimen (CV 5), Shangqiu (SP 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yuji (LU 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Gongsun (SP 4), Juque (CV 14). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3)
- Hiccups:
- Source 12 : Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 10 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15), Tianding (LI 17), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yuyao (Ex-HN4) , Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shanzhong (CV 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 6 : Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 15 : Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Neiting (ST 44), Qihai (CV 6), Jianli (CV 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Taichong (LR 3), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Source 16 : Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Source 21 : Daling (PC 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Danshu (BL 19), Yinbai (SP 1), Shenmen (HT 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Taibai (SP 3), Xiangu (ST 43), Dadun (LR 1)
- Source 23 : Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tiantu (CV 22), Qimen (LR 14), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Rugen (ST 18), Geshu (BL 17), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21).
- Source 27:
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gongsun (SP 4), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Qihai (CV 6), Rugen (ST 18), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhongfu (LU 1), Fengmen (BL 12), Jianjing (GB 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Due to cold: Shangwan (CV 13), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Due to heat: Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Geshu (BL 17), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to deficiency: Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20)
- Due to excess: Shangwan (CV 13), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Deficiency cold: Needle and moxa Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Due to Liver fire: Ganshu (BL 18), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tiantu (CV 22), Qihai (CV 6), Hegu (LI 4), Geshu (BL 17), Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Stomach heat: Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44)
- Qi stagnation: Needle and moxa Zhongwan (CV 12), Shanzhong (CV 17), Qihai (CV 6), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22).
- Phlegm: Needle and moxa Geshu (BL 17), Tiantu (CV 22), Feishu (BL 13), Fenglong (ST 40), Dadu (SP 2), Xiawan (CV 10)
- Source 29:
- Nausea:
- Source 21: Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Bailao (Ex-HN17) Fengmen (BL 12), Suliao (GV 25), Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Jianjing (GB 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Zhongkui
- Source 27:
- Shangqiu (SP 5), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Changqiang (GV 1), Juque (CV 14), Lingxu (KI 24), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongting (CV 16), Zhongfu (LU 1), Shimen (CV 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Dazhong (KI 4), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Zhangmen (LR 13), Taichong (LR 3).
- Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Futonggu (KI 20) , Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Danshu (BL 19), Pishu (BL 20), Chize (LU 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Youmen (KI 21), Shanglian (LI 9), Neiting (ST 44), Daling (PC 7)
- Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Futonggu (KI 20) , Wangu (GB 12), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6). Moxa Rugen (ST 18) and Zhongkui (Ex-UE4).
- Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Pishu (BL 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Laogong (PC 8), Chize (LU 5), Shiguan (KI 18), Qihai (CV 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangwan (CV 13), Daling (PC 7), Houxi (SI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shuaigu (GB 8), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Shangqiu (SP 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhongchong (PC 9), Danshu (BL 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Chize (LU 5), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Neiting (ST 44), Shuifen (CV 9), Fengfu (GV 16), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Shanzhong (CV 17), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Neiting (ST 44), Waiguan (TH 5), Xuanji (CV 21), Gongsun (SP 4), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 29:
- Source 30:
- Stomach, Adrenal Gland, Prostate Gland, Duodenum. Use ear seeds.
- Nausea, vomiting: Stomach, Liver, Spleen, Shenmen. Needle once a day for three to five days. For severe cases, needle two or three times daily. These points can also be used for morning sickness during pregnancy. However, ear seeds with mild massage are recommended.
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Gastritis: Stomach, Spleen, Digestive Subcortex
- For acute gastritis, add Sympathetic and bleed Ear Apex.
- For superficial gastritis, add Sympathetic.
- For atrophic gastritis, add Pancreas, Endocrine, Mouth (Sympathetic point is contraindicated).
- For disharmony between the Liver and Stomach, add Stomach, Abdominal Distention Area, and San Jiao.
- Gastric and duodenal ulcers: Stomach, Spleen, Duodenum, Sympathetic, Digestive Subcortex
- Reducing excessive gastric acid secretion: Cardia, Sympathetic, Stomach, Duodenum, Gallbladder, Digestive Subcortex.
- Invigorating the Spleen and promoting digestion: Spleen, Stomach, Mouth, Pancreas, Endocrine, Digestive Subcortex, Small Intestine
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.