CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details
TCM Diagnosis
Qi and blood deficiency
Herbal Formula
Imperial Tonic
- Primary points: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Menjin (T 66.05), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Secondary points: Tushui (T 22.11), Pizhong (T 11.18), Beimian (T 44.07)
- Diarrhea: Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Poor appetite: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11)
- Diarrehea during menstruation:
- Indigestion or poor digestion: Jinqianshang (T 88.24), Jinqianxia (T 88.23), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07)
- Nausea: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Diarrhea:
- Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Source 27:
- Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Fuliu (KI 7), Fuai (SP 16), Changqiang (GV 1), Taixi (KI 3), Dachangshu (BL 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12). Moxa Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Shenque (CV 8), Baihui (GV 20).
- Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Tianshu (ST 25), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Dachangshu (BL 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Pishu (BL 20), Huiyang (BL 35), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Tianshu (ST 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Liangmen (ST 21), Qihai (CV 6). Moxa Baihui (GV 20), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Zhongzhu (TH 3), Rangu (KI 2), Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Yinbai (SP 1), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Feishu (BL 13), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Gongsun (SP 4). Moxa Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 29:
- Inability to eat: Yanggang (BL 48), Qimen (LR 14), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Neiguan (PC 6), Wangu (GB 12), Pishu (BL 20), Gongsun (SP 4). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11)
- Poor appetite: Diji (SP 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shuifen (CV 9), Youmen (KI 21), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Rangu (KI 2), Neiting (ST 44), Pishu (BL 20), Lidui (ST 45) Moxa Baihui (GV 20). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Source 21:
- Borborygmi:
- Source 21 : Zusanli (ST 36), Xiangu (ST 43), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhangmen (LR 13), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shuifen (CV 9), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22)
- Source 27 : Xiangu (ST 43), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Chengman (ST 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Wenliu (LI 7), Lougu (SP 7), Fuliu (KI 7), Taibai (SP 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Pangguangshu (BL 28). Moxa Shangwan (CV 13), Shenque (CV 8), Weishu (BL 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Dachangshu (BL 25)
- Source 29 : Qihai (CV 6), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Shanglian (LI 9), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Diarrhea in children:
- Source 10 : Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Changqiang (GV 1), Shuifen (CV 9), Qihai (CV 6). Needle right below the umbilius 0.6 – 0.8 cun with even stimulation 5-7 times and remove the needle. Bleed Sifeng and perform Nie Ji, massage along the Huatuojiaji points on the back from Changqiang (GV 1) to Dazhui (GV 14). Moxa the umbilicus, abdomen and Zusanli (ST 36) in children with defiency.
- Source 13 : Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), needle above and below the umbilicus, Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Jianli (CV 11), Tianshu (ST 25), Sifeng, Changqiang (GV 1). Moxa the umbilicus.
- Source 15 : Mingmen (GV 4), Pishu (BL 20), Sifeng, Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Changqiang (GV 1)
- Source 19 : Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Guanyuan (CV 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Baihui (GV 20), Qihai (CV 6), Yintang
- Source 27 : Fengfu (GV 16), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Daheng (SP 15), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Zhonglushu (BL 29), Baihuanshu (BL 30). Moxa Shenque (CV 8)
- Indigestion in children:
- Poor appetite in children: Chengjiang (CV 24) for 3-5 min. Perform Nie Ji, massage along the Huatuojiaji points on the back from Changqiang (GV 1) to Dazhui (GV 14)
- Drooling:
- Indigestion or poor digestion:
- Source 14: Dazhui (GV 14), Taodao (GV 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Zhiyang (GV 9), Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 31 : Tianshu (ST 25), Shuifen (CV 9), Neiting (ST 44)
- Source 27 : Moxa Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 29 :
- Tianshu (ST 25), Lidui (ST 45), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Shousanli (LI 10), Shenshu (BL 23), Taibai (SP 3), Dachangshu (BL 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Xuanshu (GV 5), Weicang (BL 50), Yishe (BL 49), Geguan (BL 46).
- Zusanli (ST 36), Dachangshu (BL 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Xuanshu (GV 5), Liangmen (ST 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Fuai (SP 16), Taichong (LR 3), Tianshu (ST 25), Lidui (ST 45), Neiting (ST 44), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Geshu (BL 17), Qimen (LR 14), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Zhongting (CV 16), Danshu (BL 19), Dachangshu (BL 25), Zhourong (SP 20), Zigong (CV 19)
- Nausea:
- Source 21: Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Bailao (Ex-HN17) Fengmen (BL 12), Suliao (GV 25), Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Jianjing (GB 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Zhongkui
- Source 27:
- Shangqiu (SP 5), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Changqiang (GV 1), Juque (CV 14), Lingxu (KI 24), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongting (CV 16), Zhongfu (LU 1), Shimen (CV 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Dazhong (KI 4), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Zhangmen (LR 13), Taichong (LR 3).
- Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Futonggu (KI 20) , Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Danshu (BL 19), Pishu (BL 20), Chize (LU 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Youmen (KI 21), Shanglian (LI 9), Neiting (ST 44), Daling (PC 7)
- Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Futonggu (KI 20) , Wangu (GB 12), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6). Moxa Rugen (ST 18) and Zhongkui (Ex-UE4).
- Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Pishu (BL 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Laogong (PC 8), Chize (LU 5), Shiguan (KI 18), Qihai (CV 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangwan (CV 13), Daling (PC 7), Houxi (SI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shuaigu (GB 8), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Shangqiu (SP 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhongchong (PC 9), Danshu (BL 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Chize (LU 5), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Neiting (ST 44), Shuifen (CV 9), Fengfu (GV 16), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Shanzhong (CV 17), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Neiting (ST 44), Waiguan (TH 5), Xuanji (CV 21), Gongsun (SP 4), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 29:
- Source 30:
- Relieving diarrhea: Spleen, Occiput, Large Intestine, Sympathetic, Rectum, Shenmen, Digestive Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Strengthen the Spleen and promoting digestion: Spleen, Stomach, Mouth, Pancreas, Endocrine, Digestive Subcortex, Small Intestine
TCM Diagnosis
Kidney yin or yang deficiency
Herbal Formula
Kidney Tonic (Yang)
- Primary points: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Menjin (T 66.05), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Secondary points: Tushui (T 22.11), Pizhong (T 11.18), Beimian (T 44.07)
- Diarrhea: Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Poor appetite: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11)
- Diarrehea during menstruation:
- Indigestion or poor digestion: Jinqianshang (T 88.24), Jinqianxia (T 88.23), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07)
- Nausea: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Diarrhea:
- Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Source 27:
- Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Fuliu (KI 7), Fuai (SP 16), Changqiang (GV 1), Taixi (KI 3), Dachangshu (BL 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12). Moxa Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Shenque (CV 8), Baihui (GV 20).
- Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Tianshu (ST 25), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Dachangshu (BL 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Pishu (BL 20), Huiyang (BL 35), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Tianshu (ST 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Liangmen (ST 21), Qihai (CV 6). Moxa Baihui (GV 20), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Zhongzhu (TH 3), Rangu (KI 2), Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Yinbai (SP 1), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Feishu (BL 13), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Gongsun (SP 4). Moxa Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 29:
- Inability to eat: Yanggang (BL 48), Qimen (LR 14), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Neiguan (PC 6), Wangu (GB 12), Pishu (BL 20), Gongsun (SP 4). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11)
- Poor appetite: Diji (SP 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shuifen (CV 9), Youmen (KI 21), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Rangu (KI 2), Neiting (ST 44), Pishu (BL 20), Lidui (ST 45) Moxa Baihui (GV 20). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Source 21:
- Borborygmi:
- Source 21 : Zusanli (ST 36), Xiangu (ST 43), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhangmen (LR 13), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shuifen (CV 9), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22)
- Source 27 : Xiangu (ST 43), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Chengman (ST 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Wenliu (LI 7), Lougu (SP 7), Fuliu (KI 7), Taibai (SP 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Pangguangshu (BL 28). Moxa Shangwan (CV 13), Shenque (CV 8), Weishu (BL 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Dachangshu (BL 25)
- Source 29 : Qihai (CV 6), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Shanglian (LI 9), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Diarrhea in children:
- Source 10 : Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Changqiang (GV 1), Shuifen (CV 9), Qihai (CV 6). Needle right below the umbilius 0.6 – 0.8 cun with even stimulation 5-7 times and remove the needle. Bleed Sifeng and perform Nie Ji, massage along the Huatuojiaji points on the back from Changqiang (GV 1) to Dazhui (GV 14). Moxa the umbilicus, abdomen and Zusanli (ST 36) in children with defiency.
- Source 13 : Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), needle above and below the umbilicus, Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Jianli (CV 11), Tianshu (ST 25), Sifeng, Changqiang (GV 1). Moxa the umbilicus.
- Source 15 : Mingmen (GV 4), Pishu (BL 20), Sifeng, Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Changqiang (GV 1)
- Source 19 : Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Guanyuan (CV 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Baihui (GV 20), Qihai (CV 6), Yintang
- Source 27 : Fengfu (GV 16), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Daheng (SP 15), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Zhonglushu (BL 29), Baihuanshu (BL 30). Moxa Shenque (CV 8)
- Indigestion in children:
- Poor appetite in children: Chengjiang (CV 24) for 3-5 min. Perform Nie Ji, massage along the Huatuojiaji points on the back from Changqiang (GV 1) to Dazhui (GV 14)
- Drooling:
- Indigestion or poor digestion:
- Source 14: Dazhui (GV 14), Taodao (GV 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Zhiyang (GV 9), Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 31 : Tianshu (ST 25), Shuifen (CV 9), Neiting (ST 44)
- Source 27 : Moxa Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 29 :
- Tianshu (ST 25), Lidui (ST 45), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Shousanli (LI 10), Shenshu (BL 23), Taibai (SP 3), Dachangshu (BL 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Xuanshu (GV 5), Weicang (BL 50), Yishe (BL 49), Geguan (BL 46).
- Zusanli (ST 36), Dachangshu (BL 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Xuanshu (GV 5), Liangmen (ST 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Fuai (SP 16), Taichong (LR 3), Tianshu (ST 25), Lidui (ST 45), Neiting (ST 44), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Geshu (BL 17), Qimen (LR 14), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Zhongting (CV 16), Danshu (BL 19), Dachangshu (BL 25), Zhourong (SP 20), Zigong (CV 19)
- Nausea:
- Source 21: Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Bailao (Ex-HN17) Fengmen (BL 12), Suliao (GV 25), Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Jianjing (GB 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Zhongkui
- Source 27:
- Shangqiu (SP 5), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Changqiang (GV 1), Juque (CV 14), Lingxu (KI 24), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongting (CV 16), Zhongfu (LU 1), Shimen (CV 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Dazhong (KI 4), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Zhangmen (LR 13), Taichong (LR 3).
- Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Futonggu (KI 20) , Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Danshu (BL 19), Pishu (BL 20), Chize (LU 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Youmen (KI 21), Shanglian (LI 9), Neiting (ST 44), Daling (PC 7)
- Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Futonggu (KI 20) , Wangu (GB 12), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6). Moxa Rugen (ST 18) and Zhongkui (Ex-UE4).
- Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Pishu (BL 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Laogong (PC 8), Chize (LU 5), Shiguan (KI 18), Qihai (CV 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangwan (CV 13), Daling (PC 7), Houxi (SI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shuaigu (GB 8), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Shangqiu (SP 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhongchong (PC 9), Danshu (BL 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Chize (LU 5), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Neiting (ST 44), Shuifen (CV 9), Fengfu (GV 16), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Shanzhong (CV 17), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Neiting (ST 44), Waiguan (TH 5), Xuanji (CV 21), Gongsun (SP 4), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 29:
- Source 30:
- Relieving diarrhea: Spleen, Occiput, Large Intestine, Sympathetic, Rectum, Shenmen, Digestive Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Strengthen the Spleen and promoting digestion: Spleen, Stomach, Mouth, Pancreas, Endocrine, Digestive Subcortex, Small Intestine
TCM Diagnosis
Dampness with Spleen qi deficiency
Herbal Formula
Pinellia Complex
- Primary points: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Menjin (T 66.05), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuafu (T 77.10), Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05)
- Secondary points: Tushui (T 22.11), Pizhong (T 11.18), Beimian (T 44.07)
- Diarrhea: Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Menjin (T 66.05), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21)
- Poor appetite: Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Sihuaxia (T 77.11)
- Diarrehea during menstruation:
- Indigestion or poor digestion: Jinqianshang (T 88.24), Jinqianxia (T 88.23), Muliu (T 66.06), Mudou (T 66.07)
- Nausea: Tushui (T 22.11), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Menjin (T 66.05), Linggu (T 22.05), Xinmen (T 33.12), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongguan (T 88.01), Tongshan (T 88.02), Tongtian (T 88.03)
- Diarrhea:
- Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Mingmen (GV 4)
- Source 27:
- Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Fuliu (KI 7), Fuai (SP 16), Changqiang (GV 1), Taixi (KI 3), Dachangshu (BL 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12). Moxa Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Shenque (CV 8), Baihui (GV 20).
- Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Tianshu (ST 25), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Dachangshu (BL 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Pishu (BL 20), Huiyang (BL 35), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Tianshu (ST 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhongwan (CV 12), Liangmen (ST 21), Qihai (CV 6). Moxa Baihui (GV 20), Tianshu (ST 25), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Pishu (BL 20), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Zhongzhu (TH 3), Rangu (KI 2), Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Yinbai (SP 1), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Feishu (BL 13), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Gongsun (SP 4). Moxa Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhangmen (LR 13)
- Source 29:
- Inability to eat: Yanggang (BL 48), Qimen (LR 14), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Neiguan (PC 6), Wangu (GB 12), Pishu (BL 20), Gongsun (SP 4). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11)
- Poor appetite: Diji (SP 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Shuifen (CV 9), Youmen (KI 21), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Rangu (KI 2), Neiting (ST 44), Pishu (BL 20), Lidui (ST 45) Moxa Baihui (GV 20). Bleed Shaoshang (LU 11).
- Source 21:
- Borborygmi:
- Source 21 : Zusanli (ST 36), Xiangu (ST 43), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhangmen (LR 13), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shuifen (CV 9), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22)
- Source 27 : Xiangu (ST 43), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Pishu (BL 20), Chengman (ST 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Wenliu (LI 7), Lougu (SP 7), Fuliu (KI 7), Taibai (SP 3), Gongsun (SP 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Pangguangshu (BL 28). Moxa Shangwan (CV 13), Shenque (CV 8), Weishu (BL 21), Zusanli (ST 36), Dachangshu (BL 25)
- Source 29 : Qihai (CV 6), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Shanglian (LI 9), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Diarrhea in children:
- Source 10 : Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Changqiang (GV 1), Shuifen (CV 9), Qihai (CV 6). Needle right below the umbilius 0.6 – 0.8 cun with even stimulation 5-7 times and remove the needle. Bleed Sifeng and perform Nie Ji, massage along the Huatuojiaji points on the back from Changqiang (GV 1) to Dazhui (GV 14). Moxa the umbilicus, abdomen and Zusanli (ST 36) in children with defiency.
- Source 13 : Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), needle above and below the umbilicus, Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Jianli (CV 11), Tianshu (ST 25), Sifeng, Changqiang (GV 1). Moxa the umbilicus.
- Source 15 : Mingmen (GV 4), Pishu (BL 20), Sifeng, Tianshu (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Changqiang (GV 1)
- Source 19 : Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Guanyuan (CV 4), Dazhui (GV 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Baihui (GV 20), Qihai (CV 6), Yintang
- Source 27 : Fengfu (GV 16), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Daheng (SP 15), Qihai (CV 6), Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Zhonglushu (BL 29), Baihuanshu (BL 30). Moxa Shenque (CV 8)
- Indigestion in children:
- Poor appetite in children: Chengjiang (CV 24) for 3-5 min. Perform Nie Ji, massage along the Huatuojiaji points on the back from Changqiang (GV 1) to Dazhui (GV 14)
- Drooling:
- Indigestion or poor digestion:
- Source 14: Dazhui (GV 14), Taodao (GV 13), Shenzhu (GV 12), Zhiyang (GV 9), Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Tianshu (ST 25), Qihai (CV 6), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 31 : Tianshu (ST 25), Shuifen (CV 9), Neiting (ST 44)
- Source 27 : Moxa Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Tianshu (ST 25), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 29 :
- Tianshu (ST 25), Lidui (ST 45), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Shousanli (LI 10), Shenshu (BL 23), Taibai (SP 3), Dachangshu (BL 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Xuanshu (GV 5), Weicang (BL 50), Yishe (BL 49), Geguan (BL 46).
- Zusanli (ST 36), Dachangshu (BL 25), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Xiawan (CV 10), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Xuanshu (GV 5), Liangmen (ST 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Fuai (SP 16), Taichong (LR 3), Tianshu (ST 25), Lidui (ST 45), Neiting (ST 44), Zhishi (BL 52), Shenshu (BL 23).
- Geshu (BL 17), Qimen (LR 14), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Zhongting (CV 16), Danshu (BL 19), Dachangshu (BL 25), Zhourong (SP 20), Zigong (CV 19)
- Nausea:
- Source 21: Xiawan (CV 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weishu (BL 21), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Pishu (BL 20), Hegu (LI 4), Shangxing (GV 23), Bailao (Ex-HN17) Fengmen (BL 12), Suliao (GV 25), Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20). Moxa Geshu (BL 17), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Zusanli (ST 36), Jianjing (GB 21).
- Source 31: Zhongwan (CV 12), Taibai (SP 3), Zhongkui
- Source 27:
- Shangqiu (SP 5), Taichong (LR 3), Daling (PC 7), Changqiang (GV 1), Juque (CV 14), Lingxu (KI 24), Weishu (BL 21), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongting (CV 16), Zhongfu (LU 1), Shimen (CV 5), Shaoshang (LU 11), Laogong (PC 8), Dazhong (KI 4), Taixi (KI 3). Moxa Zhangmen (LR 13), Taichong (LR 3).
- Quze (PC 3), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Futonggu (KI 20) , Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Danshu (BL 19), Pishu (BL 20), Chize (LU 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Youmen (KI 21), Shanglian (LI 9), Neiting (ST 44), Daling (PC 7)
- Taiyuan (LU 9), Daling (PC 7), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Futonggu (KI 20) , Wangu (GB 12), Neiting (ST 44), Geshu (BL 17), Weishu (BL 21), Neiguan (PC 6). Moxa Rugen (ST 18) and Zhongkui (Ex-UE4).
- Moxa Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Shanzhong (CV 17), Juque (CV 14), Pishu (BL 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Laogong (PC 8), Chize (LU 5), Shiguan (KI 18), Qihai (CV 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Shangwan (CV 13), Daling (PC 7), Houxi (SI 3), Taichong (LR 3)
- Shuaigu (GB 8), Shangwan (CV 13), Zhongwan (CV 12), Xiawan (CV 10), Shangqiu (SP 5), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhongchong (PC 9), Danshu (BL 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Zusanli (ST 36), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Chize (LU 5), Tongli (HT 5), Laogong (PC 8), Taixi (KI 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Dadu (SP 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Weishu (BL 21), Feishu (BL 13)
- Tiantu (CV 22), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zanzhu (BL 2), Yangbai (GB 14), Neiting (ST 44), Shuifen (CV 9), Fengfu (GV 16), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Shanzhong (CV 17), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiexi (ST 41), Fenglong (ST 40), Qihai (CV 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanji (CV 21), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13)
- Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Tianshu (ST 25), Weishu (BL 21), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Neiting (ST 44), Waiguan (TH 5), Xuanji (CV 21), Gongsun (SP 4), Zhangmen (LR 13), Pishu (BL 20), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Source 29:
- Source 30:
- Large Intestine, Small Intestine, Lung, Spleen
- Relieving diarrhea: Spleen, Occiput, Large Intestine, Sympathetic, Rectum, Shenmen, Digestive Subcortex. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Strengthen the Spleen and promoting digestion: Spleen, Stomach, Mouth, Pancreas, Endocrine, Digestive Subcortex, Small Intestine
See also
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.