CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details
TCM Diagnosis
Yin deficiency
Herbal Formula
Nourish
- Left side: Houxi (SI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8)
- Right side: Shaohai (HT 3), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41)
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- The above acupuncture prescription is for general inflammation. Please refer to other formulas for acupuncture points depending on each specific condition.
- Jing (well) and Ying (spring) points on both feet.
- Primary points: Huoxi (T 11.16), Mu (T 11.17), Xinchang (T 11.19), Muyan (T 11.20), Luotong (T 44.14), Xiaqu (T 44.15), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Secondary points: Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14)
- Excess heat: Huosan (T 66.12)
- Fever: Dabai (T 22.04). Bleed T1 area with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Gum disease: Linggu (T 22.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05)
- Heat stroke: Fuchang (T 77.12)
- Ulcers in the mouth: Shangchun (T 77.15), Xiachun (T 77.16)
- Excessive sweating: Zhihan (T 22.18)*, Laogong (PC 8), Jianfeng (T 44.31)*, Yunbai (T 44.11), Libai (T 44.12), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night: Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Fuchang (T 77.12), Huoying (T 66.03), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Red and swollen tongue: Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Houjian (T 33.19)*, Linggu (T 22.05). Bleed sublingually or on top of the foot. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Summer heat: jing (well) points, Weizhong (BL 40), Quze (PC 3), Yuji (LU 10), Rangu (KI 2)
- Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhongchong (PC 9), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Quchi (LI 11), Weizhong (BL 40), and Shixuan.
- Gua-sha can be performed all along the Urinary Bladder channel and medial sides of Weizhong (BL 40) until bruises are apparent. (Note: Gua-sha is the act of scraping the skin with a small board or with a coin after applying oil on the skin).
- Foul breath: Laogong (PC 8)
- Hot feeling in the mouth: Laogong (PC 8), Shaoze (SI 1), Sanjian (LI 3), Taichong (LR 3), Shaochong (HT 9), Dazhong (KI 4)
- Gum disease:
- Source 27 : Chengjiang (CV 24), Tianchong (GB 9), Jiaosun (TH 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Xiaohai (SI 8), Tongli (HT 5), Shaochong (HT 9), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Hegu (LI 4), Yanggu (SI 5), Dicang (ST 4), Jiache (ST 6), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Laogong (PC 8)
- Source 29 : Jiaosun (TH 20), Xiaohai (SI 8)
- Red and swollen tongue:
- Fever:
- Source 12: Waiguan (TH 5), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20). Bleed Dazhui (GV 14)
- Source 6: Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Shixuan (Ex-UE11). Bleeding of all jing (well) points.
- Source 21: Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Fuliu (KI 7), Xiangu (ST 43), Xiaxi (GB 43), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Weizhong (BL 40), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 27: Yuji (LU 10), Jingqu (LU 8), Shenmen (HT 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Taodao (GV 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Taichong (LR 3), Neiting (ST 44), Zhangmen (LR 13), Dashu (BL 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Guanchong (TH 1), Shaochong (HT 9), Shaoze (SI 1), Weizhong (BL 40).
- Source 29: Jingqu (LU 8), Yangchi (TH 4), Hegu (LI 4), Zhigou (TH 6), Qiangu (SI 2), Neiting (ST 44), Houxi (SI 3), Wangu (GB 12), Yanggu (SI 5), Lidui (ST 45), Chongyang (ST 42), Shangwan (CV 13), Shangxing (GV 23), Taodao (GV 13), Tianzhu (BL 10), Shangliao (BL 31), Xuanli (GB 6), Fengchi (GB 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Pangguangshu (BL 28).
- Fever (unremitting or lingering): Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4)
- Fever (low-grade): Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Yangchi (TH 4)
- Fever (without sweating): Shangyang (LI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Wangu (GB 12), Yanggu (SI 5), Xiaxi (GB 43), Lidui (ST 45), Laogong (PC 8). Bleed Shangyang (LI 1) and Lidui (ST 45)
- Fever in children:
- Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Bleeding : Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Dazhui (GV 14) in mild cases. In high fever, bleed the dark areas on the upper back. If there no dark areas, bleed in between the scapulas.
- Heat stroke:
- Source 6 : Yintang (Ex-HN3), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 13: Jiache (ST 6), Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhongchong (PC 9)
- Source 18: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Renzhong (GV 26), Neiguan (PC 6), Quchi (LI 11), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Weizhong (BL 40), Chengshan (BL 57), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yongquan (KI 1), Baihui (GV 20). Bleed Shixuan (Ex-UE11).
- Source 21: Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongchong (PC 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Quchi (LI 11), Shaoze (SI 1)
- Source 27:
- Waiguan (TH 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Hegu (LI 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Guanyuan (CV 4). Sedate all points but tonify the last one.
- Yingu (KI 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weizhong (BL 40), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34)
- Fainting: Renzhong (GV 26), Baihui (GV 20), Chengjiang (CV 24), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongchong (PC 9), Shaochong (HT 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Yingu (KI 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). After patient regains consciousness, needle Zhongchong (PC 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Quchi (LI 11), Shaoze (SI 1).
- Quchi (LI 11), Weizhong (BL 40), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Qihai (CV 6), Dashu (BL 11), Mingmen (GV 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Daling (PC 7), Chize (LU 5), Taibai (SP 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Ququan (LR 8). Bleed sublingual veins, Renzhong (GV 26), Shaoshang (LU 11), Guanchong (TH 1)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yongquan (KI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13). Bleed Quze (PC 3), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Cold sweating, coldness, vomiting or fainting: Moxa Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26), Yingu (KI 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Bleed all fingertips.
- Source 29 : Lieque (LU 7), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Tianfu (LU 3), Daling (PC 7), Dadun (LR 1). Bleed Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Source 30: Bleed all jing (well) points, Renzhong (GV 26), Dazhui (GV 14), Taodao (GV 13), Quze (PC 3), Weizhong (BL 40). Squeeze out at least one drop of blood.
- Ulcers in the mouth:
- Source 14: Yifeng (TH 17), Lieque (LU 7), Zhaohai (KI 6), Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Dicang (ST 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 16: Yongquan (KI 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiquan (HT 1)
- Source 21: Shanzhong (CV 17), Hegu (LI 4), Chengjiang (CV 24) Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Changqiang (GV 1)
- Source 31: Duiduan (GV 27), Zhigou (TH 6), Chengjiang (CV 24), Shixuan (Ex-UE11)
- Source 27:
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Daling (PC 7), Hegu (LI 4), Houxi (SI 3), Fengfu (GV 16), Yamen (GV 15), Dicang (ST 4), Zusanli (ST 36). Bleed Shenmen (HT 7).
- Excess heat: Hegu (LI 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Daling (PC 7), Shaofu (HT 8), Chengjiang (CV 24), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiting (ST 44), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13).
- Deficient heat: Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
- Spleen yang deficiency: Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21).
- Yin deficient fire: Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23), Chengjiang (CV 24), Hegu (LI 4), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Zusanli (ST 36), Taixi (KI 3), Pishu (BL 20).
- Source 29:
- Purpura:
- Excessive sweating:
- Yuji (LU 10), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dadu (SP 2), Taibai (SP 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Yixi (BL 45), Hegu (LI 4)
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Lieque (LU 7), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Chongyang (ST 42), Dadu (SP 2), Kunlun (BL 60)
- From exterior condition: Wuchu (BL 5), Zanzhu (BL 2), Shangwan (CV 13), Quepen (ST 12), Zhongfu (LU 1)
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night:
- Source 27 : Waiguan (TH 5), Chengjiang (CV 24), Daying (ST 5), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangqiu (SP 5), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Tianrong (SI 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Pohu (BL 42), Yixi (BL 45), Futu (ST 32), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yifeng (TH 17), Suliao (GV 25), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Waiguan (TH 5). Moxa Jiache (ST 6), Chengjiang (CV 24).
- Jiache (ST 6), Zhigou (TH 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Rangu (KI 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Yifeng (TH 17), Shangyang (LI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Vomiting due to heat: Dazhui (GV 14), Pohu (BL 42), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiting (ST 44), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Quchi (LI 11), Chengshan (BL 57), Gongsun (SP 4), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Jiexi (ST 41). Bleed Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Quze (PC 3), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Yangming syndrome: Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Jinmen (BL 63), Weishu (BL 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Lidui (ST 45), Shangyang (LI 1), Zhigou (TH 6), Yangjiao (GB 35), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Hegu (LI 4)
- Shenmen, Adrenals, Ear Apex. Use strong stimulation and remove the needles after 15 minutes.
- Elevated body temperature: Thalamus, Brain Stem, Lung, Sympathetic, Endocrine, corresponding points (to the area affected), Apex of Tragus and Adrenal Gland. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Hyperhidrosis: Sympathetic, Kidney, Heart, Spleen, Lung, Nervous Subcortex, corresponding points (to the area that is sweating)
TCM Diagnosis
Qi and blood deficiencies
Herbal Formula
Imperial Tonic
- Left side: Houxi (SI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8)
- Right side: Shaohai (HT 3), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41)
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- The above acupuncture prescription is for general inflammation. Please refer to other formulas for acupuncture points depending on each specific condition.
- Jing (well) and Ying (spring) points on both feet.
- Primary points: Huoxi (T 11.16), Mu (T 11.17), Xinchang (T 11.19), Muyan (T 11.20), Luotong (T 44.14), Xiaqu (T 44.15), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Secondary points: Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14)
- Excess heat: Huosan (T 66.12)
- Fever: Dabai (T 22.04). Bleed T1 area with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Gum disease: Linggu (T 22.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05)
- Heat stroke: Fuchang (T 77.12)
- Ulcers in the mouth: Shangchun (T 77.15), Xiachun (T 77.16)
- Excessive sweating: Zhihan (T 22.18)*, Laogong (PC 8), Jianfeng (T 44.31)*, Yunbai (T 44.11), Libai (T 44.12), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night: Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Fuchang (T 77.12), Huoying (T 66.03), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Red and swollen tongue: Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Houjian (T 33.19)*, Linggu (T 22.05). Bleed sublingually or on top of the foot. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Summer heat: jing (well) points, Weizhong (BL 40), Quze (PC 3), Yuji (LU 10), Rangu (KI 2)
- Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhongchong (PC 9), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Quchi (LI 11), Weizhong (BL 40), and Shixuan.
- Gua-sha can be performed all along the Urinary Bladder channel and medial sides of Weizhong (BL 40) until bruises are apparent. (Note: Gua-sha is the act of scraping the skin with a small board or with a coin after applying oil on the skin).
- Foul breath: Laogong (PC 8)
- Hot feeling in the mouth: Laogong (PC 8), Shaoze (SI 1), Sanjian (LI 3), Taichong (LR 3), Shaochong (HT 9), Dazhong (KI 4)
- Gum disease:
- Source 27 : Chengjiang (CV 24), Tianchong (GB 9), Jiaosun (TH 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Xiaohai (SI 8), Tongli (HT 5), Shaochong (HT 9), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Hegu (LI 4), Yanggu (SI 5), Dicang (ST 4), Jiache (ST 6), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Laogong (PC 8)
- Source 29 : Jiaosun (TH 20), Xiaohai (SI 8)
- Red and swollen tongue:
- Fever:
- Source 12: Waiguan (TH 5), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20). Bleed Dazhui (GV 14)
- Source 6: Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Shixuan (Ex-UE11). Bleeding of all jing (well) points.
- Source 21: Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Fuliu (KI 7), Xiangu (ST 43), Xiaxi (GB 43), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Weizhong (BL 40), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 27: Yuji (LU 10), Jingqu (LU 8), Shenmen (HT 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Taodao (GV 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Taichong (LR 3), Neiting (ST 44), Zhangmen (LR 13), Dashu (BL 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Guanchong (TH 1), Shaochong (HT 9), Shaoze (SI 1), Weizhong (BL 40).
- Source 29: Jingqu (LU 8), Yangchi (TH 4), Hegu (LI 4), Zhigou (TH 6), Qiangu (SI 2), Neiting (ST 44), Houxi (SI 3), Wangu (GB 12), Yanggu (SI 5), Lidui (ST 45), Chongyang (ST 42), Shangwan (CV 13), Shangxing (GV 23), Taodao (GV 13), Tianzhu (BL 10), Shangliao (BL 31), Xuanli (GB 6), Fengchi (GB 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Pangguangshu (BL 28).
- Fever (unremitting or lingering): Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4)
- Fever (low-grade): Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Yangchi (TH 4)
- Fever (without sweating): Shangyang (LI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Wangu (GB 12), Yanggu (SI 5), Xiaxi (GB 43), Lidui (ST 45), Laogong (PC 8). Bleed Shangyang (LI 1) and Lidui (ST 45)
- Fever in children:
- Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Bleeding : Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Dazhui (GV 14) in mild cases. In high fever, bleed the dark areas on the upper back. If there no dark areas, bleed in between the scapulas.
- Heat stroke:
- Source 6 : Yintang (Ex-HN3), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 13: Jiache (ST 6), Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhongchong (PC 9)
- Source 18: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Renzhong (GV 26), Neiguan (PC 6), Quchi (LI 11), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Weizhong (BL 40), Chengshan (BL 57), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yongquan (KI 1), Baihui (GV 20). Bleed Shixuan (Ex-UE11).
- Source 21: Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongchong (PC 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Quchi (LI 11), Shaoze (SI 1)
- Source 27:
- Waiguan (TH 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Hegu (LI 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Guanyuan (CV 4). Sedate all points but tonify the last one.
- Yingu (KI 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weizhong (BL 40), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34)
- Fainting: Renzhong (GV 26), Baihui (GV 20), Chengjiang (CV 24), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongchong (PC 9), Shaochong (HT 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Yingu (KI 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). After patient regains consciousness, needle Zhongchong (PC 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Quchi (LI 11), Shaoze (SI 1).
- Quchi (LI 11), Weizhong (BL 40), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Qihai (CV 6), Dashu (BL 11), Mingmen (GV 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Daling (PC 7), Chize (LU 5), Taibai (SP 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Ququan (LR 8). Bleed sublingual veins, Renzhong (GV 26), Shaoshang (LU 11), Guanchong (TH 1)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yongquan (KI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13). Bleed Quze (PC 3), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Cold sweating, coldness, vomiting or fainting: Moxa Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26), Yingu (KI 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Bleed all fingertips.
- Source 29 : Lieque (LU 7), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Tianfu (LU 3), Daling (PC 7), Dadun (LR 1). Bleed Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Source 30: Bleed all jing (well) points, Renzhong (GV 26), Dazhui (GV 14), Taodao (GV 13), Quze (PC 3), Weizhong (BL 40). Squeeze out at least one drop of blood.
- Ulcers in the mouth:
- Source 14: Yifeng (TH 17), Lieque (LU 7), Zhaohai (KI 6), Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Dicang (ST 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 16: Yongquan (KI 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiquan (HT 1)
- Source 21: Shanzhong (CV 17), Hegu (LI 4), Chengjiang (CV 24) Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Changqiang (GV 1)
- Source 31: Duiduan (GV 27), Zhigou (TH 6), Chengjiang (CV 24), Shixuan (Ex-UE11)
- Source 27:
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Daling (PC 7), Hegu (LI 4), Houxi (SI 3), Fengfu (GV 16), Yamen (GV 15), Dicang (ST 4), Zusanli (ST 36). Bleed Shenmen (HT 7).
- Excess heat: Hegu (LI 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Daling (PC 7), Shaofu (HT 8), Chengjiang (CV 24), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiting (ST 44), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13).
- Deficient heat: Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
- Spleen yang deficiency: Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21).
- Yin deficient fire: Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23), Chengjiang (CV 24), Hegu (LI 4), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Zusanli (ST 36), Taixi (KI 3), Pishu (BL 20).
- Source 29:
- Purpura:
- Excessive sweating:
- Yuji (LU 10), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dadu (SP 2), Taibai (SP 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Yixi (BL 45), Hegu (LI 4)
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Lieque (LU 7), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Chongyang (ST 42), Dadu (SP 2), Kunlun (BL 60)
- From exterior condition: Wuchu (BL 5), Zanzhu (BL 2), Shangwan (CV 13), Quepen (ST 12), Zhongfu (LU 1)
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night:
- Source 27 : Waiguan (TH 5), Chengjiang (CV 24), Daying (ST 5), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangqiu (SP 5), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Tianrong (SI 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Pohu (BL 42), Yixi (BL 45), Futu (ST 32), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yifeng (TH 17), Suliao (GV 25), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Waiguan (TH 5). Moxa Jiache (ST 6), Chengjiang (CV 24).
- Jiache (ST 6), Zhigou (TH 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Rangu (KI 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Yifeng (TH 17), Shangyang (LI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Vomiting due to heat: Dazhui (GV 14), Pohu (BL 42), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiting (ST 44), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Quchi (LI 11), Chengshan (BL 57), Gongsun (SP 4), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Jiexi (ST 41). Bleed Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Quze (PC 3), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Yangming syndrome: Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Jinmen (BL 63), Weishu (BL 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Lidui (ST 45), Shangyang (LI 1), Zhigou (TH 6), Yangjiao (GB 35), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Hegu (LI 4)
- Elevated body temperature: Thalamus, Brain Stem, Lung, Sympathetic, Endocrine, corresponding points (to the area affected), Apex of Tragus and Adrenal Gland. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Hyperhidrosis: Sympathetic, Kidney, Heart, Spleen, Lung, Nervous Subcortex, corresponding points (to the area that is sweating)
TCM Diagnosis
Blood stagnation
Herbal Formula
Circulation (SJ)
- Left side: Houxi (SI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8)
- Right side: Shaohai (HT 3), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41)
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- The above acupuncture prescription is for general inflammation. Please refer to other formulas for acupuncture points depending on each specific condition.
- Jing (well) and Ying (spring) points on both feet.
- Primary points: Huoxi (T 11.16), Mu (T 11.17), Xinchang (T 11.19), Muyan (T 11.20), Luotong (T 44.14), Xiaqu (T 44.15), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Secondary points: Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14)
- Excess heat: Huosan (T 66.12)
- Fever: Dabai (T 22.04). Bleed T1 area with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Gum disease: Linggu (T 22.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05)
- Heat stroke: Fuchang (T 77.12)
- Ulcers in the mouth: Shangchun (T 77.15), Xiachun (T 77.16)
- Excessive sweating: Zhihan (T 22.18)*, Laogong (PC 8), Jianfeng (T 44.31)*, Yunbai (T 44.11), Libai (T 44.12), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night: Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Fuchang (T 77.12), Huoying (T 66.03), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Red and swollen tongue: Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Houjian (T 33.19)*, Linggu (T 22.05). Bleed sublingually or on top of the foot. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Summer heat: jing (well) points, Weizhong (BL 40), Quze (PC 3), Yuji (LU 10), Rangu (KI 2)
- Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhongchong (PC 9), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Quchi (LI 11), Weizhong (BL 40), and Shixuan.
- Gua-sha can be performed all along the Urinary Bladder channel and medial sides of Weizhong (BL 40) until bruises are apparent. (Note: Gua-sha is the act of scraping the skin with a small board or with a coin after applying oil on the skin).
- Foul breath: Laogong (PC 8)
- Hot feeling in the mouth: Laogong (PC 8), Shaoze (SI 1), Sanjian (LI 3), Taichong (LR 3), Shaochong (HT 9), Dazhong (KI 4)
- Gum disease:
- Source 27 : Chengjiang (CV 24), Tianchong (GB 9), Jiaosun (TH 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Xiaohai (SI 8), Tongli (HT 5), Shaochong (HT 9), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Hegu (LI 4), Yanggu (SI 5), Dicang (ST 4), Jiache (ST 6), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Laogong (PC 8)
- Source 29 : Jiaosun (TH 20), Xiaohai (SI 8)
- Red and swollen tongue:
- Fever:
- Source 12: Waiguan (TH 5), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20). Bleed Dazhui (GV 14)
- Source 6: Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Shixuan (Ex-UE11). Bleeding of all jing (well) points.
- Source 21: Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Fuliu (KI 7), Xiangu (ST 43), Xiaxi (GB 43), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Weizhong (BL 40), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 27: Yuji (LU 10), Jingqu (LU 8), Shenmen (HT 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Taodao (GV 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Taichong (LR 3), Neiting (ST 44), Zhangmen (LR 13), Dashu (BL 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Guanchong (TH 1), Shaochong (HT 9), Shaoze (SI 1), Weizhong (BL 40).
- Source 29: Jingqu (LU 8), Yangchi (TH 4), Hegu (LI 4), Zhigou (TH 6), Qiangu (SI 2), Neiting (ST 44), Houxi (SI 3), Wangu (GB 12), Yanggu (SI 5), Lidui (ST 45), Chongyang (ST 42), Shangwan (CV 13), Shangxing (GV 23), Taodao (GV 13), Tianzhu (BL 10), Shangliao (BL 31), Xuanli (GB 6), Fengchi (GB 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Pangguangshu (BL 28).
- Fever (unremitting or lingering): Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4)
- Fever (low-grade): Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Yangchi (TH 4)
- Fever (without sweating): Shangyang (LI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Wangu (GB 12), Yanggu (SI 5), Xiaxi (GB 43), Lidui (ST 45), Laogong (PC 8). Bleed Shangyang (LI 1) and Lidui (ST 45)
- Fever in children:
- Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Bleeding : Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Dazhui (GV 14) in mild cases. In high fever, bleed the dark areas on the upper back. If there no dark areas, bleed in between the scapulas.
- Heat stroke:
- Source 6 : Yintang (Ex-HN3), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 13: Jiache (ST 6), Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhongchong (PC 9)
- Source 18: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Renzhong (GV 26), Neiguan (PC 6), Quchi (LI 11), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Weizhong (BL 40), Chengshan (BL 57), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yongquan (KI 1), Baihui (GV 20). Bleed Shixuan (Ex-UE11).
- Source 21: Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongchong (PC 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Quchi (LI 11), Shaoze (SI 1)
- Source 27:
- Waiguan (TH 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Hegu (LI 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Guanyuan (CV 4). Sedate all points but tonify the last one.
- Yingu (KI 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weizhong (BL 40), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34)
- Fainting: Renzhong (GV 26), Baihui (GV 20), Chengjiang (CV 24), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongchong (PC 9), Shaochong (HT 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Yingu (KI 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). After patient regains consciousness, needle Zhongchong (PC 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Quchi (LI 11), Shaoze (SI 1).
- Quchi (LI 11), Weizhong (BL 40), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Qihai (CV 6), Dashu (BL 11), Mingmen (GV 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Daling (PC 7), Chize (LU 5), Taibai (SP 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Ququan (LR 8). Bleed sublingual veins, Renzhong (GV 26), Shaoshang (LU 11), Guanchong (TH 1)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yongquan (KI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13). Bleed Quze (PC 3), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Cold sweating, coldness, vomiting or fainting: Moxa Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26), Yingu (KI 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Bleed all fingertips.
- Source 29 : Lieque (LU 7), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Tianfu (LU 3), Daling (PC 7), Dadun (LR 1). Bleed Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Source 30: Bleed all jing (well) points, Renzhong (GV 26), Dazhui (GV 14), Taodao (GV 13), Quze (PC 3), Weizhong (BL 40). Squeeze out at least one drop of blood.
- Ulcers in the mouth:
- Source 14: Yifeng (TH 17), Lieque (LU 7), Zhaohai (KI 6), Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Dicang (ST 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 16: Yongquan (KI 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiquan (HT 1)
- Source 21: Shanzhong (CV 17), Hegu (LI 4), Chengjiang (CV 24) Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Changqiang (GV 1)
- Source 31: Duiduan (GV 27), Zhigou (TH 6), Chengjiang (CV 24), Shixuan (Ex-UE11)
- Source 27:
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Daling (PC 7), Hegu (LI 4), Houxi (SI 3), Fengfu (GV 16), Yamen (GV 15), Dicang (ST 4), Zusanli (ST 36). Bleed Shenmen (HT 7).
- Excess heat: Hegu (LI 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Daling (PC 7), Shaofu (HT 8), Chengjiang (CV 24), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiting (ST 44), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13).
- Deficient heat: Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
- Spleen yang deficiency: Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21).
- Yin deficient fire: Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23), Chengjiang (CV 24), Hegu (LI 4), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Zusanli (ST 36), Taixi (KI 3), Pishu (BL 20).
- Source 29:
- Purpura:
- Excessive sweating:
- Yuji (LU 10), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dadu (SP 2), Taibai (SP 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Yixi (BL 45), Hegu (LI 4)
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Lieque (LU 7), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Chongyang (ST 42), Dadu (SP 2), Kunlun (BL 60)
- From exterior condition: Wuchu (BL 5), Zanzhu (BL 2), Shangwan (CV 13), Quepen (ST 12), Zhongfu (LU 1)
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night:
- Source 27 : Waiguan (TH 5), Chengjiang (CV 24), Daying (ST 5), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangqiu (SP 5), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Tianrong (SI 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Pohu (BL 42), Yixi (BL 45), Futu (ST 32), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yifeng (TH 17), Suliao (GV 25), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Waiguan (TH 5). Moxa Jiache (ST 6), Chengjiang (CV 24).
- Jiache (ST 6), Zhigou (TH 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Rangu (KI 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Yifeng (TH 17), Shangyang (LI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Vomiting due to heat: Dazhui (GV 14), Pohu (BL 42), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiting (ST 44), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Quchi (LI 11), Chengshan (BL 57), Gongsun (SP 4), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Jiexi (ST 41). Bleed Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Quze (PC 3), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Yangming syndrome: Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Jinmen (BL 63), Weishu (BL 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Lidui (ST 45), Shangyang (LI 1), Zhigou (TH 6), Yangjiao (GB 35), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Hegu (LI 4)
- Elevated body temperature: Thalamus, Brain Stem, Lung, Sympathetic, Endocrine, corresponding points (to the area affected), Apex of Tragus and Adrenal Gland. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Hyperhidrosis: Sympathetic, Kidney, Heart, Spleen, Lung, Nervous Subcortex, corresponding points (to the area that is sweating)
TCM Diagnosis
Blood Stagnation
Herbal Formula
Circulation
- Left side: Houxi (SI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8)
- Right side: Shaohai (HT 3), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41)
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- The above acupuncture prescription is for general inflammation. Please refer to other formulas for acupuncture points depending on each specific condition.
- Jing (well) and Ying (spring) points on both feet.
- Primary points: Huoxi (T 11.16), Mu (T 11.17), Xinchang (T 11.19), Muyan (T 11.20), Luotong (T 44.14), Xiaqu (T 44.15), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Secondary points: Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14)
- Excess heat: Huosan (T 66.12)
- Fever: Dabai (T 22.04). Bleed T1 area with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Gum disease: Linggu (T 22.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05)
- Heat stroke: Fuchang (T 77.12)
- Ulcers in the mouth: Shangchun (T 77.15), Xiachun (T 77.16)
- Excessive sweating: Zhihan (T 22.18)*, Laogong (PC 8), Jianfeng (T 44.31)*, Yunbai (T 44.11), Libai (T 44.12), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night: Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Fuchang (T 77.12), Huoying (T 66.03), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Red and swollen tongue: Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Houjian (T 33.19)*, Linggu (T 22.05). Bleed sublingually or on top of the foot. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Summer heat: jing (well) points, Weizhong (BL 40), Quze (PC 3), Yuji (LU 10), Rangu (KI 2)
- Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Yuji (LU 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhongchong (PC 9), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Quchi (LI 11), Weizhong (BL 40), and Shixuan.
- Gua-sha can be performed all along the Urinary Bladder channel and medial sides of Weizhong (BL 40) until bruises are apparent. (Note: Gua-sha is the act of scraping the skin with a small board or with a coin after applying oil on the skin).
- Foul breath: Laogong (PC 8)
- Hot feeling in the mouth: Laogong (PC 8), Shaoze (SI 1), Sanjian (LI 3), Taichong (LR 3), Shaochong (HT 9), Dazhong (KI 4)
- Gum disease:
- Source 27 : Chengjiang (CV 24), Tianchong (GB 9), Jiaosun (TH 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Xiaohai (SI 8), Tongli (HT 5), Shaochong (HT 9), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Hegu (LI 4), Yanggu (SI 5), Dicang (ST 4), Jiache (ST 6), Zusanli (ST 36). Moxa Laogong (PC 8)
- Source 29 : Jiaosun (TH 20), Xiaohai (SI 8)
- Red and swollen tongue:
- Fever:
- Source 12: Waiguan (TH 5), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20). Bleed Dazhui (GV 14)
- Source 6: Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Shixuan (Ex-UE11). Bleeding of all jing (well) points.
- Source 21: Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Fuliu (KI 7), Xiangu (ST 43), Xiaxi (GB 43), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Weizhong (BL 40), Yongquan (KI 1)
- Source 27: Yuji (LU 10), Jingqu (LU 8), Shenmen (HT 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Taodao (GV 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Taichong (LR 3), Neiting (ST 44), Zhangmen (LR 13), Dashu (BL 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Guanchong (TH 1), Shaochong (HT 9), Shaoze (SI 1), Weizhong (BL 40).
- Source 29: Jingqu (LU 8), Yangchi (TH 4), Hegu (LI 4), Zhigou (TH 6), Qiangu (SI 2), Neiting (ST 44), Houxi (SI 3), Wangu (GB 12), Yanggu (SI 5), Lidui (ST 45), Chongyang (ST 42), Shangwan (CV 13), Shangxing (GV 23), Taodao (GV 13), Tianzhu (BL 10), Shangliao (BL 31), Xuanli (GB 6), Fengchi (GB 20), Mingmen (GV 4), Pangguangshu (BL 28).
- Fever (unremitting or lingering): Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4)
- Fever (low-grade): Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Yangchi (TH 4)
- Fever (without sweating): Shangyang (LI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Wangu (GB 12), Yanggu (SI 5), Xiaxi (GB 43), Lidui (ST 45), Laogong (PC 8). Bleed Shangyang (LI 1) and Lidui (ST 45)
- Fever in children:
- Dazhui (GV 14), Fengfu (GV 16), Hegu (LI 4), Fuliu (KI 7), Dadu (SP 2). Bleed Chize (LU 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Shixuan.
- Bleeding : Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Dazhui (GV 14) in mild cases. In high fever, bleed the dark areas on the upper back. If there no dark areas, bleed in between the scapulas.
- Heat stroke:
- Source 6 : Yintang (Ex-HN3), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Source 13: Jiache (ST 6), Yingxiang (LI 20), Zhongchong (PC 9)
- Source 18: Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Renzhong (GV 26), Neiguan (PC 6), Quchi (LI 11), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Weizhong (BL 40), Chengshan (BL 57), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yongquan (KI 1), Baihui (GV 20). Bleed Shixuan (Ex-UE11).
- Source 21: Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongji (CV 3), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongchong (PC 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Quchi (LI 11), Shaoze (SI 1)
- Source 27:
- Waiguan (TH 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Hegu (LI 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Guanyuan (CV 4). Sedate all points but tonify the last one.
- Yingu (KI 10), Zhongwan (CV 12), Weizhong (BL 40), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34)
- Fainting: Renzhong (GV 26), Baihui (GV 20), Chengjiang (CV 24), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Fengmen (BL 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongchong (PC 9), Shaochong (HT 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Yingu (KI 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). After patient regains consciousness, needle Zhongchong (PC 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Quchi (LI 11), Shaoze (SI 1).
- Quchi (LI 11), Weizhong (BL 40), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13), Qihai (CV 6), Dashu (BL 11), Mingmen (GV 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Daling (PC 7), Chize (LU 5), Taibai (SP 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Ququan (LR 8). Bleed sublingual veins, Renzhong (GV 26), Shaoshang (LU 11), Guanchong (TH 1)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yongquan (KI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13). Bleed Quze (PC 3), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Cold sweating, coldness, vomiting or fainting: Moxa Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26), Yingu (KI 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Bleed all fingertips.
- Source 29 : Lieque (LU 7), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Tianfu (LU 3), Daling (PC 7), Dadun (LR 1). Bleed Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Source 30: Bleed all jing (well) points, Renzhong (GV 26), Dazhui (GV 14), Taodao (GV 13), Quze (PC 3), Weizhong (BL 40). Squeeze out at least one drop of blood.
- Ulcers in the mouth:
- Source 14: Yifeng (TH 17), Lieque (LU 7), Zhaohai (KI 6), Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Dicang (ST 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 16: Yongquan (KI 1), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiquan (HT 1)
- Source 21: Shanzhong (CV 17), Hegu (LI 4), Chengjiang (CV 24) Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Changqiang (GV 1)
- Source 31: Duiduan (GV 27), Zhigou (TH 6), Chengjiang (CV 24), Shixuan (Ex-UE11)
- Source 27:
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Daling (PC 7), Hegu (LI 4), Houxi (SI 3), Fengfu (GV 16), Yamen (GV 15), Dicang (ST 4), Zusanli (ST 36). Bleed Shenmen (HT 7).
- Excess heat: Hegu (LI 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Daling (PC 7), Shaofu (HT 8), Chengjiang (CV 24), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiting (ST 44), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13).
- Deficient heat: Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
- Spleen yang deficiency: Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21).
- Yin deficient fire: Xinshu (BL 15), Shenshu (BL 23), Chengjiang (CV 24), Hegu (LI 4), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Zusanli (ST 36), Taixi (KI 3), Pishu (BL 20).
- Source 29:
- Purpura:
- Excessive sweating:
- Yuji (LU 10), Taiyuan (LU 9), Dadu (SP 2), Taibai (SP 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Yixi (BL 45), Hegu (LI 4)
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Lieque (LU 7), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Chongyang (ST 42), Dadu (SP 2), Kunlun (BL 60)
- From exterior condition: Wuchu (BL 5), Zanzhu (BL 2), Shangwan (CV 13), Quepen (ST 12), Zhongfu (LU 1)
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night:
- Source 27 : Waiguan (TH 5), Chengjiang (CV 24), Daying (ST 5), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangqiu (SP 5), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Tianrong (SI 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Pohu (BL 42), Yixi (BL 45), Futu (ST 32), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yifeng (TH 17), Suliao (GV 25), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Waiguan (TH 5). Moxa Jiache (ST 6), Chengjiang (CV 24).
- Jiache (ST 6), Zhigou (TH 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Rangu (KI 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Yifeng (TH 17), Shangyang (LI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Vomiting due to heat: Dazhui (GV 14), Pohu (BL 42), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiting (ST 44), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Quchi (LI 11), Chengshan (BL 57), Gongsun (SP 4), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Jiexi (ST 41). Bleed Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Quze (PC 3), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Yangming syndrome: Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Jinmen (BL 63), Weishu (BL 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Lidui (ST 45), Shangyang (LI 1), Zhigou (TH 6), Yangjiao (GB 35), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Hegu (LI 4)
- Shenmen, Adrenals, Ear Apex. Use strong stimulation and remove the needles after 15 minutes.
- Elevated body temperature: Thalamus, Brain Stem, Lung, Sympathetic, Endocrine, corresponding points (to the area affected), Apex of Tragus and Adrenal Gland. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Hyperhidrosis: Sympathetic, Kidney, Heart, Spleen, Lung, Nervous Subcortex, corresponding points (to the area that is sweating)
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.