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

Dry lesions on the skin

TCM Diagnosis

Wind-toxin

Herbal Formula

Dermatrol (Dry)

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Right side: Sanjian (LI 3), Quchi (LI 11), Houxi (SI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Taibai (SP 3), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8)
Left side: Chize (LU 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiangu (ST 43)
Alternate sides from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7). Specific lesion areas should be needled according to channel and anatomical correspondances.

DNA — Bob Doane

Insert five needles on the inside of the elbows, and five on the back of the knees.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
Secondary points: Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Zhisima (T 11.07), Mu (T 11.17), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Jinqianxia (T 88.23), Jinqianshang (T 88.24), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quchi (LI 11)
Bleed Weizhong (BL 40), Chize (LU 5), Ear Apex

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Xuehai (SP 10), naval points (discussed in her class)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Dry, flaky lesions: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)

Tung Acup — Classic

Dermatological Disorder (Eczema, Neurodermatitis, allergic dermatitis, rash): Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Linggu (T 22.05), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Jinqianshang (T 88.24), Jinqianxia (T 88.23), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Atopic dermatitis: Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Linggu (T 22.05), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Herpes zoster: Linggu (T 22.05), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
Tinea versicolor: Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19). Bleed the LR area T5 – T9 and KI area T9 – T12 on the back with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
Hives: Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Dry, cracked hands and fingers: Mu (T 11.17), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Pruritus: Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Fenzhixia (T DT.02)

TCM Acup

Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Fengshi (GB 31), Jianyu (LI 15), Zusanli (ST 36)
Dermatological Disorder (Eczema, Neurodermatitis, allergic dermatitis, rash):
- Source 12 : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengshi (GB 31), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20). Bleed the 4 points 0.5 cun from the umbilicus at 12 o’clock, 3 o’clock, 6 o’clock and 9 o’clock.
- Source 13 : Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shendao (GV 11), Zhiyang (GV 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenzhu (GV 12), Quchi (LI 11), Houxi (SI 3), Zusanli (ST 36), Fengshi (GB 31), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 15 : Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Fuliu (KI 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Binao (LI 14), Houxi (SI 3), Weizhong (BL 40), Fengmen (BL 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Tianshu (ST 25), Baichongwo
- Source 16 : Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weizhong (BL 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Tianding (LI 17), Futu (ST 32)
- Source 18 : Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 27 :
  - Quze (PC 3), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Huantiao (GB 30), Kunlun (BL 60), Futu (ST 32), Hegu (LI 4), Tianchuang (SI 16), Fengmen (BL 12), Daling (PC 7), Xuehai (SP 10), Weizhong (BL 40), Tianjing (TH 10), Waiguan (TH 5)
  - Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Weizhong (BL 40), Taichong (LR 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Geshu (BL 17).
  - Wind in the blood, damp heat : Xuehai (SP 10), Jianyu (LI 15), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11), Geshu (BL 17), Bailao, Mingmen (GV 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shuifen (CV 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihui (GV 20).
Neurodermatitis : Xuehai (SP 10), Geshu (BL 17), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Fengshi (GB 31), Quchi (LI 11), Binao (LI 14)
Uriticaria:
- Source 14: Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengshi (GB 31), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 16: Quchi (LI 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuehai (SP 10), Fengfu (GV 16), Dashu (BL 11), Yangxi (LI 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Shaoshang (LU 11), Tianjing (TH 10), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Waiguan (TH 5), Shenshu (BL 23), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Dazhui (GV 14)
- Source 18: Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Fengshi (GB 31), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 29: Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)

Ear Acup — Traditional

Ah shi points, Endocrine, Subcortex, Lung, Shenmen, Sympathetic

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Rash and itching: Allergic Area, Shenmen, Sympathetic, Occiput, Nervous Subcortex, Lung, Diaphragm, Spleen, Liver. Bleed Ear Apex.
Contact dermatitis: Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Endocrine, corresponding points (to the area affected). Bleed Ear Apex.
- For dermatitis with severe pain, add Shenmen and Occiput.
Eczema: Allergic Area, Lung, Sympathetic, Spleen, Shenmen, Endocrine, Occiput, Diaphragm, corresponding points (to the area affected). Bleed Ear Apex.
Cutaneous pruritis: Shenmen, Occiput, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Endocrine, Diaphragm, Allergic Area. Bleed Ear Apex.
Urticaria: Liver, Lung, Spleen, Diaphragm, Shenmen, Occiput, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Endocrine, Adrenal Gland. Bleed Ear Apex.
Severe itching: Prick five times on the ear apex, five times each on the helix near the Great Auricular Nerve and Lesser Occipital Nerve.

Wet lesions on the skin

TCM Diagnosis

Damp-heat toxin

Herbal Formula

Dermatrol (Damp)

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Right side: Sanjian (LI 3), Quchi (LI 11), Houxi (SI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Taibai (SP 3), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8)
Left side: Chize (LU 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiangu (ST 43)
Alternate sides from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7). Specific lesion areas should be needled according to channel and anatomical correspondances.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
Secondary points: Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Zhisima (T 11.07), Mu (T 11.17), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Jinqianxia (T 88.23), Jinqianshang (T 88.24), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quchi (LI 11)
Bleed Weizhong (BL 40), Chize (LU 5), Ear Apex

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Xuehai (SP 10), naval points (discussed in her class)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Dry, flaky lesions: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)

Tung Acup — Classic

Dermatological Disorder (Eczema, Neurodermatitis, allergic dermatitis, rash): Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Linggu (T 22.05), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Jinqianshang (T 88.24), Jinqianxia (T 88.23), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Atopic dermatitis: Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Linggu (T 22.05), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Herpes zoster: Linggu (T 22.05), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
Tinea versicolor: Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19). Bleed the LR area T5 – T9 and KI area T9 – T12 on the back with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
Hives: Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Dry, cracked hands and fingers: Mu (T 11.17), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Pruritus: Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Fenzhixia (T DT.02)

TCM Acup

Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Fengshi (GB 31), Jianyu (LI 15), Zusanli (ST 36)
Dermatological Disorder (Eczema, Neurodermatitis, allergic dermatitis, rash):
- Source 12 : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengshi (GB 31), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20). Bleed the 4 points 0.5 cun from the umbilicus at 12 o’clock, 3 o’clock, 6 o’clock and 9 o’clock.
- Source 13 : Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shendao (GV 11), Zhiyang (GV 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenzhu (GV 12), Quchi (LI 11), Houxi (SI 3), Zusanli (ST 36), Fengshi (GB 31), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 15 : Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Fuliu (KI 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Binao (LI 14), Houxi (SI 3), Weizhong (BL 40), Fengmen (BL 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Tianshu (ST 25), Baichongwo
- Source 16 : Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weizhong (BL 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Tianding (LI 17), Futu (ST 32)
- Source 18 : Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 27 :
  - Quze (PC 3), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Huantiao (GB 30), Kunlun (BL 60), Futu (ST 32), Hegu (LI 4), Tianchuang (SI 16), Fengmen (BL 12), Daling (PC 7), Xuehai (SP 10), Weizhong (BL 40), Tianjing (TH 10), Waiguan (TH 5)
  - Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Weizhong (BL 40), Taichong (LR 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Geshu (BL 17).
  - Wind in the blood, damp heat : Xuehai (SP 10), Jianyu (LI 15), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11), Geshu (BL 17), Bailao, Mingmen (GV 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shuifen (CV 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihui (GV 20).
Neurodermatitis : Xuehai (SP 10), Geshu (BL 17), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Fengshi (GB 31), Quchi (LI 11), Binao (LI 14)
Uriticaria:
- Source 14: Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengshi (GB 31), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 16: Quchi (LI 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuehai (SP 10), Fengfu (GV 16), Dashu (BL 11), Yangxi (LI 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Shaoshang (LU 11), Tianjing (TH 10), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Waiguan (TH 5), Shenshu (BL 23), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Dazhui (GV 14)
- Source 18: Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Fengshi (GB 31), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 29: Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)

Ear Acup — Traditional

Ah shi points, Endocrine, Subcortex, Lung, Shenmen, Sympathetic

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Rash and itching: Allergic Area, Shenmen, Sympathetic, Occiput, Nervous Subcortex, Lung, Diaphragm, Spleen, Liver. Bleed Ear Apex.
Contact dermatitis: Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Endocrine, corresponding points (to the area affected). Bleed Ear Apex.
- For dermatitis with severe pain, add Shenmen and Occiput.
Eczema: Allergic Area, Lung, Sympathetic, Spleen, Shenmen, Endocrine, Occiput, Diaphragm, corresponding points (to the area affected). Bleed Ear Apex.
Cutaneous pruritis: Shenmen, Occiput, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Endocrine, Diaphragm, Allergic Area. Bleed Ear Apex.
Urticaria: Liver, Lung, Spleen, Diaphragm, Shenmen, Occiput, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Endocrine, Adrenal Gland. Bleed Ear Apex.
Severe itching: Prick five times on the ear apex, five times each on the helix near the Great Auricular Nerve and Lesser Occipital Nerve.

Lesions from oral herpes

TCM Diagnosis

Stomach fire flaring upward

Herbal Formula

Lonicera Complex

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Right side: Sanjian (LI 3), Quchi (LI 11), Houxi (SI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Taibai (SP 3), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8)
Left side: Chize (LU 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiangu (ST 43)
Alternate sides from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7). Specific lesion areas should be needled according to channel and anatomical correspondances.

DNA — Bob Doane

Insert five needles on the inside of the elbows, and five on the back of the knees.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
Secondary points: Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Zhisima (T 11.07), Mu (T 11.17), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Jinqianxia (T 88.23), Jinqianshang (T 88.24), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quchi (LI 11)
Bleed Weizhong (BL 40), Chize (LU 5), Ear Apex

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Xuehai (SP 10), naval points (discussed in her class)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Dry, flaky lesions: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)

Tung Acup — Classic

Dermatological Disorder (Eczema, Neurodermatitis, allergic dermatitis, rash): Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Linggu (T 22.05), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Jinqianshang (T 88.24), Jinqianxia (T 88.23), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Atopic dermatitis: Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Linggu (T 22.05), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Herpes zoster: Linggu (T 22.05), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
Tinea versicolor: Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19). Bleed the LR area T5 – T9 and KI area T9 – T12 on the back with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
Hives: Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Dry, cracked hands and fingers: Mu (T 11.17), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Pruritus: Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Fenzhixia (T DT.02)

TCM Acup

Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Fengshi (GB 31), Jianyu (LI 15), Zusanli (ST 36)
Dermatological Disorder (Eczema, Neurodermatitis, allergic dermatitis, rash):
- Source 12 : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengshi (GB 31), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20). Bleed the 4 points 0.5 cun from the umbilicus at 12 o’clock, 3 o’clock, 6 o’clock and 9 o’clock.
- Source 13 : Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shendao (GV 11), Zhiyang (GV 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenzhu (GV 12), Quchi (LI 11), Houxi (SI 3), Zusanli (ST 36), Fengshi (GB 31), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 15 : Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Fuliu (KI 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Binao (LI 14), Houxi (SI 3), Weizhong (BL 40), Fengmen (BL 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Tianshu (ST 25), Baichongwo
- Source 16 : Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weizhong (BL 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Tianding (LI 17), Futu (ST 32)
- Source 18 : Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 27 :
  - Quze (PC 3), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Huantiao (GB 30), Kunlun (BL 60), Futu (ST 32), Hegu (LI 4), Tianchuang (SI 16), Fengmen (BL 12), Daling (PC 7), Xuehai (SP 10), Weizhong (BL 40), Tianjing (TH 10), Waiguan (TH 5)
  - Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Weizhong (BL 40), Taichong (LR 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Geshu (BL 17).
  - Wind in the blood, damp heat : Xuehai (SP 10), Jianyu (LI 15), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11), Geshu (BL 17), Bailao, Mingmen (GV 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shuifen (CV 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihui (GV 20).
Neurodermatitis : Xuehai (SP 10), Geshu (BL 17), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Fengshi (GB 31), Quchi (LI 11), Binao (LI 14)
Uriticaria:
- Source 14: Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengshi (GB 31), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 16: Quchi (LI 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuehai (SP 10), Fengfu (GV 16), Dashu (BL 11), Yangxi (LI 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Shaoshang (LU 11), Tianjing (TH 10), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Waiguan (TH 5), Shenshu (BL 23), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Dazhui (GV 14)
- Source 18: Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Fengshi (GB 31), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 29: Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)

Ear Acup — Traditional

Ah shi points, Endocrine, Subcortex, Lung, Shenmen, Sympathetic

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Rash and itching: Allergic Area, Shenmen, Sympathetic, Occiput, Nervous Subcortex, Lung, Diaphragm, Spleen, Liver. Bleed Ear Apex.
Contact dermatitis: Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Endocrine, corresponding points (to the area affected). Bleed Ear Apex.
- For dermatitis with severe pain, add Shenmen and Occiput.
Eczema: Allergic Area, Lung, Sympathetic, Spleen, Shenmen, Endocrine, Occiput, Diaphragm, corresponding points (to the area affected). Bleed Ear Apex.
Cutaneous pruritis: Shenmen, Occiput, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Endocrine, Diaphragm, Allergic Area. Bleed Ear Apex.
Urticaria: Liver, Lung, Spleen, Diaphragm, Shenmen, Occiput, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Endocrine, Adrenal Gland. Bleed Ear Apex.
Severe itching: Prick five times on the ear apex, five times each on the helix near the Great Auricular Nerve and Lesser Occipital Nerve.

Lesions from genital herpes

TCM Diagnosis

Damp-heat in the lower jiaoand Liver channel

Herbal Formula

Gentiana Complex

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Right side: Sanjian (LI 3), Quchi (LI 11), Houxi (SI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Taibai (SP 3), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8)
Left side: Chize (LU 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiangu (ST 43)
Alternate sides from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7). Specific lesion areas should be needled according to channel and anatomical correspondances.

DNA — Bob Doane

Insert five needles on the inside of the elbows, and five on the back of the knees.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
Secondary points: Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Zhisima (T 11.07), Mu (T 11.17), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Jinqianxia (T 88.23), Jinqianshang (T 88.24), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quchi (LI 11)
Bleed Weizhong (BL 40), Chize (LU 5), Ear Apex

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Xuehai (SP 10), naval points (discussed in her class)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Dry, flaky lesions: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)

Tung Acup — Classic

Dermatological Disorder (Eczema, Neurodermatitis, allergic dermatitis, rash): Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Linggu (T 22.05), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Jinqianshang (T 88.24), Jinqianxia (T 88.23), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Atopic dermatitis: Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Linggu (T 22.05), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Herpes zoster: Linggu (T 22.05), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
Tinea versicolor: Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19). Bleed the LR area T5 – T9 and KI area T9 – T12 on the back with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
Hives: Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Dry, cracked hands and fingers: Mu (T 11.17), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Pruritus: Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Fenzhixia (T DT.02)

TCM Acup

Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Fengshi (GB 31), Jianyu (LI 15), Zusanli (ST 36)
Dermatological Disorder (Eczema, Neurodermatitis, allergic dermatitis, rash):
- Source 12 : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengshi (GB 31), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20). Bleed the 4 points 0.5 cun from the umbilicus at 12 o’clock, 3 o’clock, 6 o’clock and 9 o’clock.
- Source 13 : Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shendao (GV 11), Zhiyang (GV 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenzhu (GV 12), Quchi (LI 11), Houxi (SI 3), Zusanli (ST 36), Fengshi (GB 31), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 15 : Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Fuliu (KI 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Binao (LI 14), Houxi (SI 3), Weizhong (BL 40), Fengmen (BL 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Tianshu (ST 25), Baichongwo
- Source 16 : Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weizhong (BL 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Tianding (LI 17), Futu (ST 32)
- Source 18 : Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 27 :
  - Quze (PC 3), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Huantiao (GB 30), Kunlun (BL 60), Futu (ST 32), Hegu (LI 4), Tianchuang (SI 16), Fengmen (BL 12), Daling (PC 7), Xuehai (SP 10), Weizhong (BL 40), Tianjing (TH 10), Waiguan (TH 5)
  - Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Weizhong (BL 40), Taichong (LR 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Geshu (BL 17).
  - Wind in the blood, damp heat : Xuehai (SP 10), Jianyu (LI 15), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11), Geshu (BL 17), Bailao, Mingmen (GV 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shuifen (CV 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihui (GV 20).
Neurodermatitis : Xuehai (SP 10), Geshu (BL 17), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Fengshi (GB 31), Quchi (LI 11), Binao (LI 14)
Uriticaria:
- Source 14: Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengshi (GB 31), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 16: Quchi (LI 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuehai (SP 10), Fengfu (GV 16), Dashu (BL 11), Yangxi (LI 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Shaoshang (LU 11), Tianjing (TH 10), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Waiguan (TH 5), Shenshu (BL 23), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Dazhui (GV 14)
- Source 18: Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Fengshi (GB 31), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 29: Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)

Ear Acup — Traditional

Ah shi points, Endocrine, Subcortex, Lung, Shenmen, Sympathetic

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Rash and itching: Allergic Area, Shenmen, Sympathetic, Occiput, Nervous Subcortex, Lung, Diaphragm, Spleen, Liver. Bleed Ear Apex.
Contact dermatitis: Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Endocrine, corresponding points (to the area affected). Bleed Ear Apex.
- For dermatitis with severe pain, add Shenmen and Occiput.
Eczema: Allergic Area, Lung, Sympathetic, Spleen, Shenmen, Endocrine, Occiput, Diaphragm, corresponding points (to the area affected). Bleed Ear Apex.
Cutaneous pruritis: Shenmen, Occiput, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Endocrine, Diaphragm, Allergic Area. Bleed Ear Apex.
Urticaria: Liver, Lung, Spleen, Diaphragm, Shenmen, Occiput, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Endocrine, Adrenal Gland. Bleed Ear Apex.
Severe itching: Prick five times on the ear apex, five times each on the helix near the Great Auricular Nerve and Lesser Occipital Nerve.

Lesions from herpes zoster

TCM Diagnosis

Toxic heat

Herbal Formula

Dermatrol (HZ)

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Right side: Sanjian (LI 3), Quchi (LI 11), Houxi (SI 3), Xiaohai (SI 8), Taibai (SP 3), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8)
Left side: Chize (LU 5), Taiyuan (LU 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Xiangu (ST 43)
Alternate sides from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Fenglong (ST 40), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7). Specific lesion areas should be needled according to channel and anatomical correspondances.

DNA — Bob Doane

Insert five needles on the inside of the elbows, and five on the back of the knees.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Primary points: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shouwujin (T 33.08), Shouqianjin (T 33.09)
Secondary points: Sanchasan (T 22.17)*, Zhisima (T 11.07), Mu (T 11.17), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Jinqianxia (T 88.23), Jinqianshang (T 88.24), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Quchi (LI 11)
Bleed Weizhong (BL 40), Chize (LU 5), Ear Apex

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shousanli (LI 10), Xuehai (SP 10), naval points (discussed in her class)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Dry, flaky lesions: Simazhong (T 88.17), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19)

Tung Acup — Classic

Dermatological Disorder (Eczema, Neurodermatitis, allergic dermatitis, rash): Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Linggu (T 22.05), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Jinqianshang (T 88.24), Jinqianxia (T 88.23), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Atopic dermatitis: Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Linggu (T 22.05), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Herpes zoster: Linggu (T 22.05), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shuitong (T 1010.19), Shuijin (T 1010.20)
Tinea versicolor: Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Shuitong (T 1010.19). Bleed the LR area T5 – T9 and KI area T9 – T12 on the back with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
Hives: Simashang (T 88.18), Simaxia (T 88.19), Simazhong (T 88.17), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Dry, cracked hands and fingers: Mu (T 11.17), Zhisima (T 11.07)
Pruritus: Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Fenzhixia (T DT.02)

TCM Acup

Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Fengchi (GB 20), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12), Fengshi (GB 31), Jianyu (LI 15), Zusanli (ST 36)
Dermatological Disorder (Eczema, Neurodermatitis, allergic dermatitis, rash):
- Source 12 : Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengshi (GB 31), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20). Bleed the 4 points 0.5 cun from the umbilicus at 12 o’clock, 3 o’clock, 6 o’clock and 9 o’clock.
- Source 13 : Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shendao (GV 11), Zhiyang (GV 9), Dazhui (GV 14), Shenzhu (GV 12), Quchi (LI 11), Houxi (SI 3), Zusanli (ST 36), Fengshi (GB 31), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 15 : Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Fuliu (KI 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Binao (LI 14), Houxi (SI 3), Weizhong (BL 40), Fengmen (BL 12), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Tianshu (ST 25), Baichongwo
- Source 16 : Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Weizhong (BL 40), Dazhui (GV 14), Tianding (LI 17), Futu (ST 32)
- Source 18 : Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 27 :
  - Quze (PC 3), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Huantiao (GB 30), Kunlun (BL 60), Futu (ST 32), Hegu (LI 4), Tianchuang (SI 16), Fengmen (BL 12), Daling (PC 7), Xuehai (SP 10), Weizhong (BL 40), Tianjing (TH 10), Waiguan (TH 5)
  - Fengfu (GV 16), Fengchi (GB 20), Feishu (BL 13), Chize (LU 5), Quchi (LI 11), Tiantu (CV 22), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Weizhong (BL 40), Taichong (LR 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Geshu (BL 17).
  - Wind in the blood, damp heat : Xuehai (SP 10), Jianyu (LI 15), Waiguan (TH 5), Hegu (LI 4), Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11), Geshu (BL 17), Bailao, Mingmen (GV 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shuifen (CV 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Baihui (GV 20).
Neurodermatitis : Xuehai (SP 10), Geshu (BL 17), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Fengshi (GB 31), Quchi (LI 11), Binao (LI 14)
Uriticaria:
- Source 14: Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Fengshi (GB 31), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 16: Quchi (LI 11), Fengchi (GB 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuehai (SP 10), Fengfu (GV 16), Dashu (BL 11), Yangxi (LI 5), Weizhong (BL 40), Shaoshang (LU 11), Tianjing (TH 10), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chize (LU 5), Waiguan (TH 5), Shenshu (BL 23), Geshu (BL 17), Zhongwan (CV 12), Dazhui (GV 14)
- Source 18: Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Fengshi (GB 31), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 29: Fengchi (GB 20), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)

Ear Acup — Traditional

Ah shi points, Endocrine, Subcortex, Lung, Shenmen, Sympathetic

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Rash and itching: Allergic Area, Shenmen, Sympathetic, Occiput, Nervous Subcortex, Lung, Diaphragm, Spleen, Liver. Bleed Ear Apex.
Contact dermatitis: Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Adrenal Gland, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Endocrine, corresponding points (to the area affected). Bleed Ear Apex.
- For dermatitis with severe pain, add Shenmen and Occiput.
Eczema: Allergic Area, Lung, Sympathetic, Spleen, Shenmen, Endocrine, Occiput, Diaphragm, corresponding points (to the area affected). Bleed Ear Apex.
Cutaneous pruritis: Shenmen, Occiput, Liver, Spleen, Lung, Endocrine, Diaphragm, Allergic Area. Bleed Ear Apex.
Urticaria: Liver, Lung, Spleen, Diaphragm, Shenmen, Occiput, Allergic Area, Sympathetic, Endocrine, Adrenal Gland. Bleed Ear Apex.
Severe itching: Prick five times on the ear apex, five times each on the helix near the Great Auricular Nerve and Lesser Occipital Nerve.

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