CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis | Master Tung's Acupuncture

Heaviness and/or sluggish feeling

TCM Diagnosis

Damp accumulation

Herbal Formula

Herbal DRX

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Hegu (LI 4), Shaoze (SI 1), Wangu (SI 4),Yinlingquan (SP 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Gongsun (SP 4)
Right side: Chize (LU 5), Jingqu (LU 8), Shaoshang (LU 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Weizhong (BL 40), Kunlun (BL 60)

Left side: Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Yinbai (SP 1), Dadu (SP 2), Taibai (SP 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9) Rangu (KI 2)
Right side: Jianshi (PC 5), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongchong (PC 9), Jiexi (ST 41)

Alternate sides in between treatments.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6) needle deep under tallus, Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Quchi (LI 11), Shousanli (LI 10), Shaohai (HT 3), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7)

DNA — Bob Doane

Due to the Heart:
- Bilateral - Shaofu (HT 8), Yongquan (KI 1), Shaoze (SI 1), Qiangu (SI 2); Juque (CV 14)
- Excess patients, leave needles in for 40+ minutes.
- Deficient patients, leave needles in for 10 minutes.
Due to the Spleen:
- Left side: Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Ququan (LR 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Right side: Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11)
Secondary points: Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Shuiqu (T 66.09), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuixiang (T 66.14)
Caution when needling with severe edema in lower extremities
General edema: Bleed Fenglong (ST 40)
Lower extremities edema: Bleed Wuling (T DT.04)
Pulmonary edema: Bleed Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Renhuang (T 77.21), Linggu (T 22.05)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Edema: Shuiqu (T 66.09), Tongshen (T 88.09)

Tung Acup — Classic

Edema (general): Dihuang (T 77.19), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuiqu (T 66.09), Tongbei (T 88.11)
Edema (face): Dihuang (T 77.19), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Huoying (T 66.03), Shuijin (T 1010.20) towards Shuitong (T 1010.19), Xinling (T 33.17)*
Edema (pulmonary): Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Simazhong (T 88.17), Neiguan (PC 6). Bleed the LU and HT area below the knee. Bleed before needling for best result.
Edema (lower body): Fuchang (T 77.12), Shuiqu (T 66.09), Renhuang (T 77.21), Dihuang (T 77.19), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Shuixian (T 66.15), Shuixiang (T 66.14), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09)

TCM Acup

Edema (general):
- Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Piani (LI 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weiyang (BL 39), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Shuifen (CV 9), Ciliao (BL 32), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Source 15 : Yongquan (KI 1), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Source 21 : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Wangu (GB 12), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yingu (KI 10), Ququan (LR 8), Jiexi (ST 41), Xiangu (ST 43), Fuliu (KI 7), Gongsun (SP 4), Lidui (ST 45), Chongyang (ST 42), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weishu (BL 21), Shuifen (CV 9)
- Source 27 :
  - Weicang (BL 50), Zulinqi (GB 41), Qiuxu (GB 40), Kunlun (BL 60), Zhongji (CV 3), Shimen (CV 5), Siman (KI 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Fuliu (KI 7), Weidao (GB 28), Renzhong (GV 26), Lieque (LU 7), Wangu (GB 12), Hegu (LI 4), Jianshi (PC 5), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yingu (KI 10), Ququan (LR 8), Jiexi (ST 41), Xiangu (ST 43), Gongsun (SP 4), Lidui (ST 45), Chongyang (ST 42), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Qugu (CV 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Pishu (BL 20).
  - Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhibian (BL 54), Yinlingquan (SP 9). Moxa Neiting (ST 44), Dadun (LR 1), Shuifen (CV 9), Shenshu (BL 23), Shenque (CV 8).
  - Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiexi (ST 41). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23).
  - Due to Deficeincy : Moxa Taichong (LR 3), Shenshu (BL 23).
  - Yang Edema : Lieque (LU 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Renzhong (GV 26), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Zhangmen (LR 13), Hegu (LI 4), Fengmen (BL 12), Pangguangshu (BL 28).
  - Yin Edema : Qihai (CV 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shuifen (CV 9), Yingu (KI 10), Fuliu (KI 7), Mingmen (GV 4). Moxa Qihai (CV 6), Shuifen (CV 9).
- Source 29 : Rangu (KI 2), Qichong (ST 30), Siman (KI 14), Zhangmen (LR 13).
  - Kidney Deficiency : Needle and moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Taichong (LR 3), Shuifen (CV 9), Qihai (CV 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadun (LR 1), Ququan (LR 8), Rangu (KI 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guilai (ST 29), Pangguangshu (BL 28).
  - Damp heat : Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Quchi (LI 11), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Qi deficiency : Zhaohai (KI 6), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Zhaohai (KI 6), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)

Edema (abdomen): Zhongfu (LU 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shimen (CV 5)
Edema (limbs):
- Source 21 : Quchi (LI 11), Tongli (HT 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhongdu (LR 6), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiting (ST 44), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 27 : Fenglong (ST 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Lieque (LU 7), Quchi (LI 11), Tongli (HT 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiting (ST 44), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 29 : Fuliu (KI 7), Fenglong (ST 40), Zhigou (TH 6), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4)
Edema (face):
- Source 21 : Moxa Shuifen (CV 9). Bleed Xiangu (ST 43) and blue veins in the medial side of the elbow.
- Source 27 :
  - Zhongfu (LU 1), Jianshi (PC 5), Hegu (LI 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Fenglong (ST 40), Lidui (ST 45), Xiangu (ST 43), Chongyang (ST 42), Shangxing (GV 23), Xinhui (GV 22), Qianding (GV 21), Renzhong (GV 26), Fengchi (GB 20), Xuanzhong (GB 39).
  - Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Wangu (GB 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Due to heat : Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Quchi (LI 11), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
Edema (pulmonary): Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Guanyuan (CV 4)

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Edema: Kidney, Spleen, Heart, San Jiao, Endocrine, Ascites Point

Scalp Acup — Karl Tai

• Baihui (GV 20) • Frontal Lateral Reproductive/Large Intestine Area (Scalp-KT6) 額旁生殖大腸區 • Frontal Lateral Reproductive/Small Intestine Area (Scalp-KT7) 額旁生殖小腸區額旁生 • Frontal Lateral Heart/Lung Area (Scalp-KT3) 額旁心肺區 • Fuliu (KI 7) • Zhaohai (KI 6) – moxa and needle • Neiguan (PC 6)

Obesity with excessive appetite

TCM Diagnosis

Stomach heat

Herbal Formula

Herbalite

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Hegu (LI 4), Shaoze (SI 1), Wangu (SI 4),Yinlingquan (SP 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Gongsun (SP 4)
Right side: Chize (LU 5), Jingqu (LU 8), Shaoshang (LU 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Weizhong (BL 40), Kunlun (BL 60)

Left side: Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Yinbai (SP 1), Dadu (SP 2), Taibai (SP 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9) Rangu (KI 2)
Right side: Jianshi (PC 5), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongchong (PC 9), Jiexi (ST 41)

Alternate sides in between treatments.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6) needle deep under tallus, Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Quchi (LI 11), Shousanli (LI 10), Shaohai (HT 3), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7)

DNA — Bob Doane

Due to the Heart:
- Bilateral - Shaofu (HT 8), Yongquan (KI 1), Shaoze (SI 1), Qiangu (SI 2); Juque (CV 14)
- Excess patients, leave needles in for 40+ minutes.
- Deficient patients, leave needles in for 10 minutes.
Due to the Spleen:
- Left side: Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Ququan (LR 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Right side: Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Shuiqu (T 66.09), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuixiang (T 66.14)
Caution when needling with severe edema in lower extremities
General edema: Bleed Fenglong (ST 40)
Lower extremities edema: Bleed Wuling (T DT.04)
Pulmonary edema: Bleed Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Renhuang (T 77.21), Linggu (T 22.05)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Edema: Shuiqu (T 66.09), Tongshen (T 88.09)

Tung Acup — Classic

Edema (general): Dihuang (T 77.19), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuiqu (T 66.09), Tongbei (T 88.11)
Edema (face): Dihuang (T 77.19), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Huoying (T 66.03), Shuijin (T 1010.20) towards Shuitong (T 1010.19), Xinling (T 33.17)*
Edema (pulmonary): Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Simazhong (T 88.17), Neiguan (PC 6). Bleed the LU and HT area below the knee. Bleed before needling for best result.
Edema (lower body): Fuchang (T 77.12), Shuiqu (T 66.09), Renhuang (T 77.21), Dihuang (T 77.19), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Shuixian (T 66.15), Shuixiang (T 66.14), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09)

TCM Acup

Edema (general):
- Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Piani (LI 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weiyang (BL 39), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Shuifen (CV 9), Ciliao (BL 32), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Source 15 : Yongquan (KI 1), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Source 21 : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Wangu (GB 12), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yingu (KI 10), Ququan (LR 8), Jiexi (ST 41), Xiangu (ST 43), Fuliu (KI 7), Gongsun (SP 4), Lidui (ST 45), Chongyang (ST 42), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weishu (BL 21), Shuifen (CV 9)
- Source 27 :
  - Weicang (BL 50), Zulinqi (GB 41), Qiuxu (GB 40), Kunlun (BL 60), Zhongji (CV 3), Shimen (CV 5), Siman (KI 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Fuliu (KI 7), Weidao (GB 28), Renzhong (GV 26), Lieque (LU 7), Wangu (GB 12), Hegu (LI 4), Jianshi (PC 5), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yingu (KI 10), Ququan (LR 8), Jiexi (ST 41), Xiangu (ST 43), Gongsun (SP 4), Lidui (ST 45), Chongyang (ST 42), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Qugu (CV 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Pishu (BL 20).
  - Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhibian (BL 54), Yinlingquan (SP 9). Moxa Neiting (ST 44), Dadun (LR 1), Shuifen (CV 9), Shenshu (BL 23), Shenque (CV 8).
  - Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiexi (ST 41). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23).
  - Due to Deficeincy : Moxa Taichong (LR 3), Shenshu (BL 23).
  - Yang Edema : Lieque (LU 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Renzhong (GV 26), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Zhangmen (LR 13), Hegu (LI 4), Fengmen (BL 12), Pangguangshu (BL 28).
  - Yin Edema : Qihai (CV 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shuifen (CV 9), Yingu (KI 10), Fuliu (KI 7), Mingmen (GV 4). Moxa Qihai (CV 6), Shuifen (CV 9).
- Source 29 : Rangu (KI 2), Qichong (ST 30), Siman (KI 14), Zhangmen (LR 13).
  - Kidney Deficiency : Needle and moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Taichong (LR 3), Shuifen (CV 9), Qihai (CV 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadun (LR 1), Ququan (LR 8), Rangu (KI 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guilai (ST 29), Pangguangshu (BL 28).
  - Damp heat : Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Quchi (LI 11), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Qi deficiency : Zhaohai (KI 6), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Zhaohai (KI 6), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)

Edema (abdomen): Zhongfu (LU 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shimen (CV 5)
Edema (limbs):
- Source 21 : Quchi (LI 11), Tongli (HT 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhongdu (LR 6), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiting (ST 44), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 27 : Fenglong (ST 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Lieque (LU 7), Quchi (LI 11), Tongli (HT 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiting (ST 44), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 29 : Fuliu (KI 7), Fenglong (ST 40), Zhigou (TH 6), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4)
Edema (face):
- Source 21 : Moxa Shuifen (CV 9). Bleed Xiangu (ST 43) and blue veins in the medial side of the elbow.
- Source 27 :
  - Zhongfu (LU 1), Jianshi (PC 5), Hegu (LI 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Fenglong (ST 40), Lidui (ST 45), Xiangu (ST 43), Chongyang (ST 42), Shangxing (GV 23), Xinhui (GV 22), Qianding (GV 21), Renzhong (GV 26), Fengchi (GB 20), Xuanzhong (GB 39).
  - Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Wangu (GB 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Due to heat : Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Quchi (LI 11), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
Edema (pulmonary): Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Guanyuan (CV 4)

Ear Acup — Traditional

Stomach, Small Intestine, Kidney, Hypothalamus
Embed ear seeds and massage the points for two to three minutes, thirty minutes before meals, to decrease appetite. Replace ear seeds once a week, and continue for five weeks per course of treatment. Rest for one to two weeks in between courses of treatments.
The most effective ear seeds for weight loss are Jie Zi (Semen Sinapis) and Wang Bu Liu Xing (Semen Vaccariae).

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Edema: Kidney, Spleen, Heart, San Jiao, Endocrine, Ascites Point

General feeling of heaviness, lassitude and weakness

TCM Diagnosis

Damp accumulation with Spleen qi deficiency

Herbal Formula

Pinellia Complex

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Hegu (LI 4), Shaoze (SI 1), Wangu (SI 4),Yinlingquan (SP 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Gongsun (SP 4)
Right side: Chize (LU 5), Jingqu (LU 8), Shaoshang (LU 11), Fenglong (ST 40), Weizhong (BL 40), Kunlun (BL 60)

Left side: Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Yinbai (SP 1), Dadu (SP 2), Taibai (SP 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9) Rangu (KI 2)
Right side: Jianshi (PC 5), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhongchong (PC 9), Jiexi (ST 41)

Alternate sides in between treatments.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6) needle deep under tallus, Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Waiguan (TH 5), Quchi (LI 11), Shousanli (LI 10), Shaohai (HT 3), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7)

DNA — Bob Doane

Due to the Heart:
- Bilateral - Shaofu (HT 8), Yongquan (KI 1), Shaoze (SI 1), Qiangu (SI 2); Juque (CV 14)
- Excess patients, leave needles in for 40+ minutes.
- Deficient patients, leave needles in for 10 minutes.
Due to the Spleen:
- Left side: Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Ququan (LR 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Right side: Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11)
Secondary points: Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Shuiqu (T 66.09), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuixiang (T 66.14)
Caution when needling with severe edema in lower extremities
General edema: Bleed Fenglong (ST 40)
Lower extremities edema: Bleed Wuling (T DT.04)
Pulmonary edema: Bleed Posterior Back Heart and Lung Zone

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Renhuang (T 77.21), Linggu (T 22.05)

Tung Acup — Classic

Edema (general): Dihuang (T 77.19), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Shuiqu (T 66.09), Tongbei (T 88.11)
Edema (face): Dihuang (T 77.19), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11), Huoying (T 66.03), Shuijin (T 1010.20) towards Shuitong (T 1010.19), Xinling (T 33.17)*
Edema (pulmonary): Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Simazhong (T 88.17), Neiguan (PC 6). Bleed the LU and HT area below the knee. Bleed before needling for best result.
Edema (lower body): Fuchang (T 77.12), Shuiqu (T 66.09), Renhuang (T 77.21), Dihuang (T 77.19), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Shuixian (T 66.15), Shuixiang (T 66.14), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09)

TCM Acup

Edema (general):
- Lieque (LU 7), Hegu (LI 4), Piani (LI 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weiyang (BL 39), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Shuifen (CV 9), Ciliao (BL 32), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Source 15 : Yongquan (KI 1), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Source 21 : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lieque (LU 7), Wangu (GB 12), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yingu (KI 10), Ququan (LR 8), Jiexi (ST 41), Xiangu (ST 43), Fuliu (KI 7), Gongsun (SP 4), Lidui (ST 45), Chongyang (ST 42), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weishu (BL 21), Shuifen (CV 9)
- Source 27 :
  - Weicang (BL 50), Zulinqi (GB 41), Qiuxu (GB 40), Kunlun (BL 60), Zhongji (CV 3), Shimen (CV 5), Siman (KI 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Fuliu (KI 7), Weidao (GB 28), Renzhong (GV 26), Lieque (LU 7), Wangu (GB 12), Hegu (LI 4), Jianshi (PC 5), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yingu (KI 10), Ququan (LR 8), Jiexi (ST 41), Xiangu (ST 43), Gongsun (SP 4), Lidui (ST 45), Chongyang (ST 42), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weishu (BL 21). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Qugu (CV 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Pishu (BL 20).
  - Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhibian (BL 54), Yinlingquan (SP 9). Moxa Neiting (ST 44), Dadun (LR 1), Shuifen (CV 9), Shenshu (BL 23), Shenque (CV 8).
  - Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiexi (ST 41). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23).
  - Due to Deficeincy : Moxa Taichong (LR 3), Shenshu (BL 23).
  - Yang Edema : Lieque (LU 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Renzhong (GV 26), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Zhangmen (LR 13), Hegu (LI 4), Fengmen (BL 12), Pangguangshu (BL 28).
  - Yin Edema : Qihai (CV 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Gongsun (SP 4), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shuifen (CV 9), Yingu (KI 10), Fuliu (KI 7), Mingmen (GV 4). Moxa Qihai (CV 6), Shuifen (CV 9).
- Source 29 : Rangu (KI 2), Qichong (ST 30), Siman (KI 14), Zhangmen (LR 13).
  - Kidney Deficiency : Needle and moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Taichong (LR 3), Shuifen (CV 9), Qihai (CV 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Dadun (LR 1), Ququan (LR 8), Rangu (KI 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guilai (ST 29), Pangguangshu (BL 28).
  - Damp heat : Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Quchi (LI 11), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Qi deficiency : Zhaohai (KI 6), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Zhaohai (KI 6), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)

Edema (abdomen): Zhongfu (LU 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shimen (CV 5)
Edema (limbs):
- Source 21 : Quchi (LI 11), Tongli (HT 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhongdu (LR 6), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiting (ST 44), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 27 : Fenglong (ST 40), Fuliu (KI 7), Lieque (LU 7), Quchi (LI 11), Tongli (HT 5), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiting (ST 44), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Source 29 : Fuliu (KI 7), Fenglong (ST 40), Zhigou (TH 6), Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4)
Edema (face):
- Source 21 : Moxa Shuifen (CV 9). Bleed Xiangu (ST 43) and blue veins in the medial side of the elbow.
- Source 27 :
  - Zhongfu (LU 1), Jianshi (PC 5), Hegu (LI 4), Tianshu (ST 25), Fenglong (ST 40), Lidui (ST 45), Xiangu (ST 43), Chongyang (ST 42), Shangxing (GV 23), Xinhui (GV 22), Qianding (GV 21), Renzhong (GV 26), Fengchi (GB 20), Xuanzhong (GB 39).
  - Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Wangu (GB 12), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Sanyinjiao (SP 6).
  - Due to heat : Zhaohai (KI 6), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Quchi (LI 11), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
Edema (pulmonary): Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Fengmen (BL 12), Feishu (BL 13), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Guanyuan (CV 4)

Ear Acup — Traditional

Stomach, Small Intestine, Kidney, Hypothalamus
Embed ear seeds and massage the points for two to three minutes, thirty minutes before meals, to decrease appetite. Replace ear seeds once a week, and continue for five weeks per course of treatment. Rest for one to two weeks in between courses of treatments.
The most effective ear seeds for weight loss are Jie Zi (Semen Sinapis) and Wang Bu Liu Xing (Semen Vaccariae).

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Edema: Kidney, Spleen, Heart, San Jiao, Endocrine, Ascites Point

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