CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details
TCM Diagnosis
Severe qi and blood stagnation
Herbal Formula
TCM Diagnosis
Liver yang rising
Herbal Formula
Gentiana Complex
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Ear : Opposite side of the pain, needle Shangqiu (SP 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4). Same side of the pain Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qiuxu (GB 40), Yangchi (TH 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Yanggu (SI 5), Xiaohai (SI 8). If the both ear hurt, needle bilaterally.
- Nose : Zusanli (ST 36), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), two needles from Quze (PC 3) to Ximen (PC 4)
- Throat : Opposite side of the pain, needle Taixi (KI 3), Yangxi (LI 5), Daling (PC 7). Same side of the pain, needle Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7)
- Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
- Primary points: Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Houjian (T 33.19)*, Dingke (T 44.28)*, Mu (T 11.17), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Secondary points: Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Fenjin (T 44.01), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Menjin (T 66.05), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Biyi (T 1010.22), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Ersan (T 99.08)
- Ear, nose, throat infection: Dabai (T 22.04), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*. Bleed Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11)
- Sore throat:
- Houjian (T 33.19)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11)
- Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Quling (T 33.16), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23) and dark veins visible near Yinlingquan (SP 9) to Xuehai (SP 10) and the throat. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Throat infection: Houjian (T 33.19)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11) and also dark veins nearby Yinlingquan (SP 9) to Xuehai (SP 10), Quling (T 33.16), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23) and the throat. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Tonsillitis: Sanjian (LI 3), Mu (T 11.17), Qihu (T 77.26), Waisanguan (T 77.27), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Hegu (LI 4), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tushui (T 22.11), Shiyin (T 88.32), Cesanli (T 77.22), Zuqianjin (T 77.24). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11) and also dark veins nearby Yinlingquan (SP 9) to Xuehai (SP 10). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Swollen throat:
- Houjian (T 33.19)*, Hegu (LI 4), Cesanli (T 77.22)
- Bleed Sanzhong (T 77.07) and Shaoshang (LU 11). Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Middle ear infection:
- Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Huoying (T 66.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Bleed dark veins nearby 2 cuns above the lateral malleolus. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Linggu (T 22.05), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07). Bleed dark veins on or around the external malleoulus. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Mumps: Linggu (T 22.05), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Shangquan (T 88.22), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Xiaquan (T 88.20), Waisanguan (T 77.27). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Influenza or common cold: Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17)
- Ear pain:
- Middle ear infection:
- Fengchi (GB 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Tinggong (SI 19), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Zulinqi (GB 41), Shenshu (BL 23), Quchi (LI 11)
- Source 6 : Yifeng (TH 17), Tinghui (GB 2), Hegu (LI 4), Zulinqi (GB 41)
- Source 14: Fengchi (GB 20), Tinghui (GB 2), Ermen (TH 21), Yifeng (TH 17), Zulinqi (GB 41)
- Source 16 : Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Qiuxu (GB 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Ermen (TH 21), Taixi (KI 3), Quchi (LI 11)
- Source 17 : Ermen (TH 21), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Xiaguan (ST 7), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2)
- Source 19 : Hegu (LI 4), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6)
- Ear infection with pus: Xiaguan (ST 7), Ermen (TH 21), Fengchi (GB 20), Tinggong (SI 19), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Jiache (ST 6), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yingxiang (LI 20), Zulinqi (GB 41), Waiguan (TH 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Shenshu (BL 23), Taichong (LR 3)
- Ear swelling and pain: Tinghui (GB 2), Hegu (LI 4), Jiache (ST 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yifeng (TH 17)
- Ear infection in children with ulceration or oozing fluids: Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Ermen (TH 21), Tinghui (GB 2), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Sinus infection:
- Sore throat:
- Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Fenglong (ST 40), Jiexi (ST 41), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiaosun (TH 20)
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Quchi (LI 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14)
- Source 12 : Zhaohai (KI 6), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 21 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Source 27 :
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Shaochong (HT 9), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Shangyang (LI 1), Naohui (TH 13), Qianding (GV 21), Baihui (GV 20), Houding (GV 19), Fengfu (GV 16), Jiache (ST 6), Fengchi (GB 20), Jianjing (GB 21), Chize (LU 5), Quze (PC 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Shaohai (HT 3), Zhongchong (PC 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yinbai (SP 1)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Lianquan (CV 23), Houding (GV 19), Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangyang (LI 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Shaoze (SI 1), Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangxing (GV 23)
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongdu (LR 6), Jiache (ST 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Fengfu (GV 16), Waiguan (TH 5), Fenglong (ST 40), Tianrong (SI 17). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Sanjian (LI 3), Guanchong (TH 1), Fengfu (GV 16), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Yinbai (SP 1), Chize (LU 5), Ligou (LR 5), Rangu (KI 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7), Daling (PC 7), Yongquan (KI 1). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Source 29 : Shenmen (HT 7), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Wenliu (LI 7), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Sanjian (LI 3), Yangxi (LI 5), Daling (PC 7), Pianli (LI 6), Wangu (GB 12), Qiangu (SI 2), Tianrong (SI 17), Quepen (ST 12), Dashu (BL 11), Geshu (BL 17), Yunmen (LU 2), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Lidui (ST 45), Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Tianding (LI 17), Guanchong (TH 1), Shaoze (SI 1), Fengchi (GB 20).
- Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Shaoze (SI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Shaochong (HT 9), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Rangu (KI 2), bed of the pinky, Taixi (KI 3). Squeeze out at least one drop of blood.
- Mumps:
- Source 13: Hegu (LI 4), Shuaigu (GB 8), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11)
- Source 16: Shuaigu (GB 8), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Fenglong (ST 40), Jiexi (ST 41), Waiguan (TH 5), Quchi (LI 11), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiaosun (TH 20)
- Source 18: Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Taichong (LR 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yiming
- Source 27: Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yifeng (TH 17), Henggu (KI 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Jiache (ST 6), Neiting (ST 44), Tianjing (TH 10), Quchi (LI 11), Waiguan (TH 5), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Source 29: Daying (ST 5), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengchi (GB 20), Yemen (TH 2), Jiaosun (TH 20). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Throat abscess: Hegu (LI 4), Zhaohai (KI 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Zusanli (ST 36), Shaoze (SI 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Fengchi (GB 20). Moxa Shaochong (HT 9), Shaoshang (LU 11). Bleed Guanchong (TH 1), Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Swollen throat:
- Source 21 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Source 31: Guanchong (TH 1), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 27 :
- Zhongdu (LR 6), Tianzhu (BL 10), Fengfu (GV 16), Tianchuang (SI 16), Laogong (PC 8), Zhigou (TH 6), Neiting (ST 44), Qiangu (SI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yongquan (KI 1), Dazhong (KI 4), Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3), Futu (ST 32), Tiantu (CV 22), Tianxi (SP 18), Jingqu (LU 8), Fuliu (KI 7), Ligou (LR 5)
- Fengfu (GV 16), Danshu (BL 19), Xiguan (LR 7), Tianchuang (SI 16), Shuitu (ST 10), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Renying (ST 9), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2), Xuanji (CV 21), Quze (PC 3), Hegu (LI 4), Shaoshang (LU 11), Houxi (SI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shangyang (LI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Shenmen (HT 7), Chize (LU 5), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44). Moxa Chize (LU 5), Tiantu (CV 22). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Fengfu (GV 16), Yamen (GV 15), Tianzhu (BL 10), Hegu (LI 4), Daling (PC 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44), Chize (LU 5), Xiabai (LU 4), Shaoshang (LU 11), Tianfu (LU 3), Shenmen (HT 7), Quze (PC 3), Yuji (LU 10), Yemen (TH 2), Waiguan (TH 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Source 29 : Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3)
- Tonsillitis:
- Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11) and also dark veins nearby Yinlingquan (SP 9) to Xuehai (SP 10), Shaoshang (LU 11). Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Source 12,6: Shaoshang (LU 11), Futu (ST 32), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 13: Tianzhu (BL 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Jiaosun (TH 20), Guanchong (TH 1)
- Source 16: Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Tianrong (SI 17), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Pianli (LI 6), Jiaosun (TH 20). Bleed the ear apex.
- Source 17: Bleed Ashi points, sublingual veins, Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Source 18: Tianrong (SI 17), Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), apex and bottom of the ear lobe
- Source 19: Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Weizhong (BL 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 27:
- One-sided: Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lianquan (CV 23), Guanchong (TH 1), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Houxi (SI 3), Tianchuang (SI 16), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Bilateral: Houxi (SI 3), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Shaochong (HT 9), Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Tianchuang (SI 16), Chize (LU 5), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Taixi (KI 3), Lianquan (CV 23), Jiache (ST 6), Yifeng (TH 17), Dadun (LR 1). Bleed dark veins nearby Yuji (LU 10).
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Yuji (LU 10), Quchi (LI 11), Tianzhu (BL 10), Weizhong (BL 40), Sanjian (LI 3). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Source 30: Bleed Chize (LU 5), Neiting (ST 44), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), veins on the back of the ears.
- Kidney, Inner Ear, Endocrine, Outer Ear. Bleed any distended veins on the back of the ear.
- Otitis media: Internal Ear, External Ear, Temple, San Jiao, Endocrine, Spleen, Adrenal Gland. Bleed Ear Apex. Bleed Helix 5.
- Earache: Lesser Occipital Nerve, Large Auricular Nerve, Auriculotemporal Nerve Point, corresponding points (to the area of pain). Bleed Ear Apex and Helix 5.
- Sore throat: Pharynx, Larynx, Glottis, Mouth, Lung, Endocrine, Trachea. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Tonsillitis: Tonsil, Trachea, Larynx and Tooth, Mouth. Bleed Ear Apex and Helix 6.
- Acute laryngeal pharyngitis: Pharynx, Larynx, Mouth, San Jiao, Endocrine, Tooth, Trachea. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Chronic laryngeal pharyngitis: Larynx, Pharynx, Lung, Tooth, Trachea, Spleen, San Jiao, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Erysipelas: Lung, Allergic Area, Liver, Spleen, Adrenal Gland, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
TCM Diagnosis
Kidney yin deficiency
Herbal Formula
Nourish
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Ear : Opposite side of the pain, needle Shangqiu (SP 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4). Same side of the pain Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qiuxu (GB 40), Yangchi (TH 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Yanggu (SI 5), Xiaohai (SI 8). If the both ear hurt, needle bilaterally.
- Nose : Zusanli (ST 36), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), two needles from Quze (PC 3) to Ximen (PC 4)
- Throat : Opposite side of the pain, needle Taixi (KI 3), Yangxi (LI 5), Daling (PC 7). Same side of the pain, needle Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7)
- Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
- Primary points: Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Houjian (T 33.19)*, Dingke (T 44.28)*, Mu (T 11.17), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Secondary points: Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Fenjin (T 44.01), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Menjin (T 66.05), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Biyi (T 1010.22), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Ersan (T 99.08)
- Ear, nose, throat infection: Dabai (T 22.04), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*. Bleed Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11)
- Sore throat:
- Houjian (T 33.19)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11)
- Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Quling (T 33.16), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23) and dark veins visible near Yinlingquan (SP 9) to Xuehai (SP 10) and the throat. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Throat infection: Houjian (T 33.19)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11) and also dark veins nearby Yinlingquan (SP 9) to Xuehai (SP 10), Quling (T 33.16), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23) and the throat. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Tonsillitis: Sanjian (LI 3), Mu (T 11.17), Qihu (T 77.26), Waisanguan (T 77.27), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Hegu (LI 4), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tushui (T 22.11), Shiyin (T 88.32), Cesanli (T 77.22), Zuqianjin (T 77.24). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11) and also dark veins nearby Yinlingquan (SP 9) to Xuehai (SP 10). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Swollen throat:
- Houjian (T 33.19)*, Hegu (LI 4), Cesanli (T 77.22)
- Bleed Sanzhong (T 77.07) and Shaoshang (LU 11). Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Middle ear infection:
- Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Huoying (T 66.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Bleed dark veins nearby 2 cuns above the lateral malleolus. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Linggu (T 22.05), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07). Bleed dark veins on or around the external malleoulus. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Mumps: Linggu (T 22.05), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Shangquan (T 88.22), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Xiaquan (T 88.20), Waisanguan (T 77.27). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Influenza or common cold: Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17)
- Ear pain:
- Middle ear infection:
- Fengchi (GB 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Tinggong (SI 19), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Zulinqi (GB 41), Shenshu (BL 23), Quchi (LI 11)
- Source 6 : Yifeng (TH 17), Tinghui (GB 2), Hegu (LI 4), Zulinqi (GB 41)
- Source 14: Fengchi (GB 20), Tinghui (GB 2), Ermen (TH 21), Yifeng (TH 17), Zulinqi (GB 41)
- Source 16 : Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Qiuxu (GB 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Ermen (TH 21), Taixi (KI 3), Quchi (LI 11)
- Source 17 : Ermen (TH 21), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Xiaguan (ST 7), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2)
- Source 19 : Hegu (LI 4), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6)
- Ear infection with pus: Xiaguan (ST 7), Ermen (TH 21), Fengchi (GB 20), Tinggong (SI 19), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Jiache (ST 6), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yingxiang (LI 20), Zulinqi (GB 41), Waiguan (TH 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Shenshu (BL 23), Taichong (LR 3)
- Ear swelling and pain: Tinghui (GB 2), Hegu (LI 4), Jiache (ST 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yifeng (TH 17)
- Ear infection in children with ulceration or oozing fluids: Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Ermen (TH 21), Tinghui (GB 2), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Sinus infection:
- Sore throat:
- Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Fenglong (ST 40), Jiexi (ST 41), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiaosun (TH 20)
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Quchi (LI 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14)
- Source 12 : Zhaohai (KI 6), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 21 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Source 27 :
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Shaochong (HT 9), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Shangyang (LI 1), Naohui (TH 13), Qianding (GV 21), Baihui (GV 20), Houding (GV 19), Fengfu (GV 16), Jiache (ST 6), Fengchi (GB 20), Jianjing (GB 21), Chize (LU 5), Quze (PC 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Shaohai (HT 3), Zhongchong (PC 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yinbai (SP 1)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Lianquan (CV 23), Houding (GV 19), Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangyang (LI 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Shaoze (SI 1), Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangxing (GV 23)
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongdu (LR 6), Jiache (ST 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Fengfu (GV 16), Waiguan (TH 5), Fenglong (ST 40), Tianrong (SI 17). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Sanjian (LI 3), Guanchong (TH 1), Fengfu (GV 16), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Yinbai (SP 1), Chize (LU 5), Ligou (LR 5), Rangu (KI 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7), Daling (PC 7), Yongquan (KI 1). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Source 29 : Shenmen (HT 7), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Wenliu (LI 7), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Sanjian (LI 3), Yangxi (LI 5), Daling (PC 7), Pianli (LI 6), Wangu (GB 12), Qiangu (SI 2), Tianrong (SI 17), Quepen (ST 12), Dashu (BL 11), Geshu (BL 17), Yunmen (LU 2), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Lidui (ST 45), Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Tianding (LI 17), Guanchong (TH 1), Shaoze (SI 1), Fengchi (GB 20).
- Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Shaoze (SI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Shaochong (HT 9), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Rangu (KI 2), bed of the pinky, Taixi (KI 3). Squeeze out at least one drop of blood.
- Mumps:
- Source 13: Hegu (LI 4), Shuaigu (GB 8), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11)
- Source 16: Shuaigu (GB 8), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Fenglong (ST 40), Jiexi (ST 41), Waiguan (TH 5), Quchi (LI 11), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiaosun (TH 20)
- Source 18: Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Taichong (LR 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yiming
- Source 27: Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yifeng (TH 17), Henggu (KI 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Jiache (ST 6), Neiting (ST 44), Tianjing (TH 10), Quchi (LI 11), Waiguan (TH 5), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Source 29: Daying (ST 5), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengchi (GB 20), Yemen (TH 2), Jiaosun (TH 20). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Throat abscess: Hegu (LI 4), Zhaohai (KI 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Zusanli (ST 36), Shaoze (SI 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Fengchi (GB 20). Moxa Shaochong (HT 9), Shaoshang (LU 11). Bleed Guanchong (TH 1), Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Swollen throat:
- Source 21 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Source 31: Guanchong (TH 1), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 27 :
- Zhongdu (LR 6), Tianzhu (BL 10), Fengfu (GV 16), Tianchuang (SI 16), Laogong (PC 8), Zhigou (TH 6), Neiting (ST 44), Qiangu (SI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yongquan (KI 1), Dazhong (KI 4), Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3), Futu (ST 32), Tiantu (CV 22), Tianxi (SP 18), Jingqu (LU 8), Fuliu (KI 7), Ligou (LR 5)
- Fengfu (GV 16), Danshu (BL 19), Xiguan (LR 7), Tianchuang (SI 16), Shuitu (ST 10), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Renying (ST 9), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2), Xuanji (CV 21), Quze (PC 3), Hegu (LI 4), Shaoshang (LU 11), Houxi (SI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shangyang (LI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Shenmen (HT 7), Chize (LU 5), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44). Moxa Chize (LU 5), Tiantu (CV 22). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Fengfu (GV 16), Yamen (GV 15), Tianzhu (BL 10), Hegu (LI 4), Daling (PC 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44), Chize (LU 5), Xiabai (LU 4), Shaoshang (LU 11), Tianfu (LU 3), Shenmen (HT 7), Quze (PC 3), Yuji (LU 10), Yemen (TH 2), Waiguan (TH 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Source 29 : Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3)
- Tonsillitis:
- Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11) and also dark veins nearby Yinlingquan (SP 9) to Xuehai (SP 10), Shaoshang (LU 11). Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Source 12,6: Shaoshang (LU 11), Futu (ST 32), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 13: Tianzhu (BL 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Jiaosun (TH 20), Guanchong (TH 1)
- Source 16: Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Tianrong (SI 17), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Pianli (LI 6), Jiaosun (TH 20). Bleed the ear apex.
- Source 17: Bleed Ashi points, sublingual veins, Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Source 18: Tianrong (SI 17), Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), apex and bottom of the ear lobe
- Source 19: Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Weizhong (BL 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 27:
- One-sided: Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lianquan (CV 23), Guanchong (TH 1), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Houxi (SI 3), Tianchuang (SI 16), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Bilateral: Houxi (SI 3), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Shaochong (HT 9), Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Tianchuang (SI 16), Chize (LU 5), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Taixi (KI 3), Lianquan (CV 23), Jiache (ST 6), Yifeng (TH 17), Dadun (LR 1). Bleed dark veins nearby Yuji (LU 10).
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Yuji (LU 10), Quchi (LI 11), Tianzhu (BL 10), Weizhong (BL 40), Sanjian (LI 3). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Source 30: Bleed Chize (LU 5), Neiting (ST 44), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), veins on the back of the ears.
- Kidney, Inner Ear, Endocrine, Outer Ear. Bleed any distended veins on the back of the ear.
- Otitis media: Internal Ear, External Ear, Temple, San Jiao, Endocrine, Spleen, Adrenal Gland. Bleed Ear Apex. Bleed Helix 5.
- Earache: Lesser Occipital Nerve, Large Auricular Nerve, Auriculotemporal Nerve Point, corresponding points (to the area of pain). Bleed Ear Apex and Helix 5.
- Sore throat: Pharynx, Larynx, Glottis, Mouth, Lung, Endocrine, Trachea. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Tonsillitis: Tonsil, Trachea, Larynx and Tooth, Mouth. Bleed Ear Apex and Helix 6.
- Acute laryngeal pharyngitis: Pharynx, Larynx, Mouth, San Jiao, Endocrine, Tooth, Trachea. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Chronic laryngeal pharyngitis: Larynx, Pharynx, Lung, Tooth, Trachea, Spleen, San Jiao, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Erysipelas: Lung, Allergic Area, Liver, Spleen, Adrenal Gland, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
TCM Diagnosis
Liver wind rising
Herbal Formula
Gastrodia Complex
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
- Common cold : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), two points from Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Asthma or cough : Zusanli (ST 36), two points from Tiaokou (ST 38) to Fenglong (ST 40), two points from Fuliu (KI 7) to Jiaoxin (KI 8), Pianli (LI 6), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Ear : Opposite side of the pain, needle Shangqiu (SP 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4). Same side of the pain Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qiuxu (GB 40), Yangchi (TH 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Yanggu (SI 5), Xiaohai (SI 8). If the both ear hurt, needle bilaterally.
- Nose : Zusanli (ST 36), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), two needles from Quze (PC 3) to Ximen (PC 4)
- Throat : Opposite side of the pain, needle Taixi (KI 3), Yangxi (LI 5), Daling (PC 7). Same side of the pain, needle Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7)
- Nose symptoms: Bilateral - Shangyang (LI 1), Erjian (LI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11)
- Lung symptoms: Bilateral - Chize (LU 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9)
- Sore Throat:
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Gongsun (SP 4) to Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Neiguan (PC 6) to Laogong (PC 8)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Yangchi (TH 4) to Zhigou (TH 6), Dazhong (KI 4) to Zhaohai (KI 6), 3 ah shi points on or near Daling (PC 7), 3 ah shi points on or near Qiuxu (GB 40)
- Bilateral - 3 needles evenly spaced from Hegu (LI 4) to Pianli (LI 6), Fenglong (ST 40) to Chongyang (ST 42), Lieque (LU 7) to Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2) to Fuliu (KI 7)
- Primary points: Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Houjian (T 33.19)*, Dingke (T 44.28)*, Mu (T 11.17), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)
- Secondary points: Renshi (T 33.13), Dishi (T 33.14), Tianshi (T 33.15), Fenjin (T 44.01), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Menjin (T 66.05), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23), Biyi (T 1010.22), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Ersan (T 99.08)
- Ear, nose, throat infection: Dabai (T 22.04), Sanchasan (T 22.17)*. Bleed Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11)
- Sore throat:
- Houjian (T 33.19)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11)
- Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Quling (T 33.16), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23) and dark veins visible near Yinlingquan (SP 9) to Xuehai (SP 10) and the throat. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Throat infection: Houjian (T 33.19)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Chongzi (T 22.01), Chongxian (T 22.02), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11) and also dark veins nearby Yinlingquan (SP 9) to Xuehai (SP 10), Quling (T 33.16), Cesanli (T 77.22), Cexiasanli (T 77.23) and the throat. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Tonsillitis: Sanjian (LI 3), Mu (T 11.17), Qihu (T 77.26), Waisanguan (T 77.27), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Hegu (LI 4), Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Tushui (T 22.11), Shiyin (T 88.32), Cesanli (T 77.22), Zuqianjin (T 77.24). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11) and also dark veins nearby Yinlingquan (SP 9) to Xuehai (SP 10). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Swollen throat:
- Houjian (T 33.19)*, Hegu (LI 4), Cesanli (T 77.22)
- Bleed Sanzhong (T 77.07) and Shaoshang (LU 11). Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Middle ear infection:
- Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Linggu (T 22.05), Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Huoying (T 66.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18). Bleed dark veins nearby 2 cuns above the lateral malleolus. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Linggu (T 22.05), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07). Bleed dark veins on or around the external malleoulus. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Mumps: Linggu (T 22.05), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Shangquan (T 88.22), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Xiaquan (T 88.20), Waisanguan (T 77.27). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Influenza or common cold: Fugesan (T 33.20)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmaoyi (T 88.07), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Huofuhai (T 33.07), Mu (T 11.17)
- Ear pain:
- Middle ear infection:
- Fengchi (GB 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Tinggong (SI 19), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Zulinqi (GB 41), Shenshu (BL 23), Quchi (LI 11)
- Source 6 : Yifeng (TH 17), Tinghui (GB 2), Hegu (LI 4), Zulinqi (GB 41)
- Source 14: Fengchi (GB 20), Tinghui (GB 2), Ermen (TH 21), Yifeng (TH 17), Zulinqi (GB 41)
- Source 16 : Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Qiuxu (GB 40), Zusanli (ST 36), Ermen (TH 21), Taixi (KI 3), Quchi (LI 11)
- Source 17 : Ermen (TH 21), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Xiaguan (ST 7), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2)
- Source 19 : Hegu (LI 4), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6)
- Ear infection with pus: Xiaguan (ST 7), Ermen (TH 21), Fengchi (GB 20), Tinggong (SI 19), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Jiache (ST 6), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yingxiang (LI 20), Zulinqi (GB 41), Waiguan (TH 5), Tianjing (TH 10), Shenshu (BL 23), Taichong (LR 3)
- Ear swelling and pain: Tinghui (GB 2), Hegu (LI 4), Jiache (ST 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yifeng (TH 17)
- Ear infection in children with ulceration or oozing fluids: Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Ermen (TH 21), Tinghui (GB 2), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Sinus infection:
- Sore throat:
- Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Fenglong (ST 40), Jiexi (ST 41), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiaosun (TH 20)
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Tianrong (SI 17)
- Quchi (LI 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Chize (LU 5), Hegu (LI 4), Dazhui (GV 14)
- Source 12 : Zhaohai (KI 6), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 21 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Source 27 :
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Shaochong (HT 9), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Shangyang (LI 1), Naohui (TH 13), Qianding (GV 21), Baihui (GV 20), Houding (GV 19), Fengfu (GV 16), Jiache (ST 6), Fengchi (GB 20), Jianjing (GB 21), Chize (LU 5), Quze (PC 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Shaohai (HT 3), Zhongchong (PC 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Yinbai (SP 1)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Lianquan (CV 23), Houding (GV 19), Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangyang (LI 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Shaoze (SI 1), Shaoshang (LU 11), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangxing (GV 23)
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongdu (LR 6), Jiache (ST 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Fengfu (GV 16), Waiguan (TH 5), Fenglong (ST 40), Tianrong (SI 17). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Sanjian (LI 3), Guanchong (TH 1), Fengfu (GV 16), Tiantu (CV 22), Fenglong (ST 40), Yinbai (SP 1), Chize (LU 5), Ligou (LR 5), Rangu (KI 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7), Daling (PC 7), Yongquan (KI 1). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Source 29 : Shenmen (HT 7), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Wenliu (LI 7), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Fenglong (ST 40), Sanjian (LI 3), Yangxi (LI 5), Daling (PC 7), Pianli (LI 6), Wangu (GB 12), Qiangu (SI 2), Tianrong (SI 17), Quepen (ST 12), Dashu (BL 11), Geshu (BL 17), Yunmen (LU 2), Erjian (Ex-HN6), Lidui (ST 45), Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Tianding (LI 17), Guanchong (TH 1), Shaoze (SI 1), Fengchi (GB 20).
- Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Shaoze (SI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Shaochong (HT 9), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Rangu (KI 2), bed of the pinky, Taixi (KI 3). Squeeze out at least one drop of blood.
- Mumps:
- Source 13: Hegu (LI 4), Shuaigu (GB 8), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11)
- Source 16: Shuaigu (GB 8), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Fenglong (ST 40), Jiexi (ST 41), Waiguan (TH 5), Quchi (LI 11), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiaosun (TH 20)
- Source 18: Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Taichong (LR 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yiming
- Source 27: Erjian (Ex-HN6), Yifeng (TH 17), Henggu (KI 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Lieque (LU 7), Jiache (ST 6), Neiting (ST 44), Tianjing (TH 10), Quchi (LI 11), Waiguan (TH 5), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Source 29: Daying (ST 5), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Yifeng (TH 17), Jiache (ST 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Fengchi (GB 20), Yemen (TH 2), Jiaosun (TH 20). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Throat abscess: Hegu (LI 4), Zhaohai (KI 6), Tiantu (CV 22), Zusanli (ST 36), Shaoze (SI 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Fengchi (GB 20). Moxa Shaochong (HT 9), Shaoshang (LU 11). Bleed Guanchong (TH 1), Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Swollen throat:
- Source 21 : Shaoshang (LU 11), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Source 31: Guanchong (TH 1), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 27 :
- Zhongdu (LR 6), Tianzhu (BL 10), Fengfu (GV 16), Tianchuang (SI 16), Laogong (PC 8), Zhigou (TH 6), Neiting (ST 44), Qiangu (SI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yongquan (KI 1), Dazhong (KI 4), Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3), Futu (ST 32), Tiantu (CV 22), Tianxi (SP 18), Jingqu (LU 8), Fuliu (KI 7), Ligou (LR 5)
- Fengfu (GV 16), Danshu (BL 19), Xiguan (LR 7), Tianchuang (SI 16), Shuitu (ST 10), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Renying (ST 9), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Yemen (TH 2), Xuanji (CV 21), Quze (PC 3), Hegu (LI 4), Shaoshang (LU 11), Houxi (SI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shangyang (LI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Shenmen (HT 7), Chize (LU 5), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44). Moxa Chize (LU 5), Tiantu (CV 22). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Fengfu (GV 16), Yamen (GV 15), Tianzhu (BL 10), Hegu (LI 4), Daling (PC 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Neiting (ST 44), Chize (LU 5), Xiabai (LU 4), Shaoshang (LU 11), Tianfu (LU 3), Shenmen (HT 7), Quze (PC 3), Yuji (LU 10), Yemen (TH 2), Waiguan (TH 5). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Source 29 : Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3)
- Tonsillitis:
- Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11) and also dark veins nearby Yinlingquan (SP 9) to Xuehai (SP 10), Shaoshang (LU 11). Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Source 12,6: Shaoshang (LU 11), Futu (ST 32), Hegu (LI 4)
- Source 13: Tianzhu (BL 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Jiaosun (TH 20), Guanchong (TH 1)
- Source 16: Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Tianrong (SI 17), Hegu (LI 4), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Pianli (LI 6), Jiaosun (TH 20). Bleed the ear apex.
- Source 17: Bleed Ashi points, sublingual veins, Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Source 18: Tianrong (SI 17), Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11), apex and bottom of the ear lobe
- Source 19: Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Weizhong (BL 40), Chize (LU 5)
- Source 27:
- One-sided: Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Lianquan (CV 23), Guanchong (TH 1), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Houxi (SI 3), Tianchuang (SI 16), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Bilateral: Houxi (SI 3), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Shaochong (HT 9), Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Tianchuang (SI 16), Chize (LU 5), Shenmen (HT 7), Zusanli (ST 36), Taixi (KI 3), Lianquan (CV 23), Jiache (ST 6), Yifeng (TH 17), Dadun (LR 1). Bleed dark veins nearby Yuji (LU 10).
- Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20), Fengmen (BL 12), Yuji (LU 10), Quchi (LI 11), Tianzhu (BL 10), Weizhong (BL 40), Sanjian (LI 3). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Source 30: Bleed Chize (LU 5), Neiting (ST 44), Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Shaoshang (LU 11), Shangyang (LI 1), veins on the back of the ears.
- Kidney, Inner Ear, Endocrine, Outer Ear. Bleed any distended veins on the back of the ear.
- Otitis media: Internal Ear, External Ear, Temple, San Jiao, Endocrine, Spleen, Adrenal Gland. Bleed Ear Apex. Bleed Helix 5.
- Earache: Lesser Occipital Nerve, Large Auricular Nerve, Auriculotemporal Nerve Point, corresponding points (to the area of pain). Bleed Ear Apex and Helix 5.
- Sore throat: Pharynx, Larynx, Glottis, Mouth, Lung, Endocrine, Trachea. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Tonsillitis: Tonsil, Trachea, Larynx and Tooth, Mouth. Bleed Ear Apex and Helix 6.
- Acute laryngeal pharyngitis: Pharynx, Larynx, Mouth, San Jiao, Endocrine, Tooth, Trachea. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Chronic laryngeal pharyngitis: Larynx, Pharynx, Lung, Tooth, Trachea, Spleen, San Jiao, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Erysipelas: Lung, Allergic Area, Liver, Spleen, Adrenal Gland, Endocrine. Bleed Ear Apex.
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.