CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis
Condition Details
TCM Diagnosis
Qi and blood stagnation
Herbal Formula
Flex (SPR)
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
- Feiyang (BL 58), Zulinqi (GB 41), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), thread Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), 2 needles from Taixi (KI 3) to Fuliu (KI 7), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmen (T 33.11), 2 needles from Yunmen (LU 2) to Shufu (KI 27), 2 needles on Shufu (KI 27), Quze (PC 3), Daling (PC 7)
- Lymph swelling on the neck : add 2 points from Taixi (KI 3) to Fuliu (KI 7), 3 needles on Fuliu (KI 7), Jiexi (ST 41), Lingdao (HT 4), Lieque (LU 7)
- Lymph swelling on the armpit : add thread Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), Kunlun (BL 60)
- Lymph swelling on the groin : add Zulinqi (GB 41), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), 2 points from Yunmen (LU 2) to Shufu (KI 27)
- General points : Renhuang (T 77.21), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Lymph swelling on the armpit or groin : add Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Renhuang (T 77.21). Groin guiding point is Xinmen (T 33.12) and for armpit would be the opposite ashi points.
- Appendicitis: Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Shanggao (T 22.21)*, Xiagao (T 22.22)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08)
- Boil and carbuncle: Jianzhong (T 44.06), Waisanguan (T 77.27), Zhiwu (T 11.26). Bleed between T5 and T6.
- Cellulitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14)
- Goiter: Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Cesanli (T 77.22), Jianyu (LI 15), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Cexiasanli (T 77.23). Bleed the LU area on the lower limb. Bleed the back of the neck. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Hemorrhoids: Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Waisanguan (T 77.27), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Kongzui (LU 6), Huofu (T 88.41)*, Huoliang (T 88.42)*, Huochang (T 88.43)*. Bleed dark veins on the back of the knees. Bleed dark veins on the KI channel of the lower limb. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Lymph blockage/swelling: Linggu (T 22.05), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Menjin (T 66.05), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Waisanguan (T 77.27)
- Lymph blockage (neck): Linggu (T 22.05), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Lipoma: Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14). Bleed the lipoma for yellow fluids. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Mastitis: Jianfeng (T 44.31)*, Jianzhong (T 44.06), Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Shuanglongyi (T 77.29)*, Shuanglonger (T 77.30)*, Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07). Bleed the HT, LU, LR areas on the back from T4-T7 with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Breast abscess: Shuanglongyi (T 77.29)*, Shuanglonger (T 77.30)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Jianfeng (T 44.31)*. Bleed Sihuazhong (T 77.09) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Osteomyelitis: Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongguan (T 88.01), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17). Needle everyday. Bleed the affected area.
- 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), Shaoshang (LU 11). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Abscess: Waisanguan (T 77.27), Zhiwu (T 11.26)
- Swollen Lymph:
- General:
- Xiaxi (GB 43), Yangfu (GB 38), Taichong (LR 3), Daying (ST 5), Shouwuli (LI 13), Binao (LI 14), Waiguan (TH 5), Jianjing (GB 21), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Zhigou (TH 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tianjing (TH 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Lieque (LU 7). Bleed Shixuan (Ex-UE11). Moxa Tianjing (TH 10)
- Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Shenzhu (GV 12), Lingtai (GV 10), Hegu (LI 4), ah shi points
- Bleed veins around Weizhong (BL 40). Needle xi (cleft) points of the channel in which there is swelling or bleed the xi cleft point of the channel where the lymph swelling covers.
- Auxilla: Yangfu (GB 38), Taichong (LR 3), Xiaxi (GB 43), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chengjin (BL 56), Chengfu (BL 36), Weizhong (BL 40), Yanggu (SI 5), Yuanye (GB 22). Moxa Zulinqi (GB 41), Quchi (LI 11), Qiuxu (GB 40), Taichong (LR 3), Tianchi (PC 1), Houxi (SI 3)
- Chest and auxilla : Waiguan (TH 5), Jianjing (GB 21), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Zhigou (TH 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shaohai (HT 3), Quchi (LI 11)
- Behind the ears : Yifeng (TH 17), Houxi (SI 3), Quchi (LI 11), Waiguan (TH 5), Jiache (ST 6), Hegu (LI 4), Jianyu (LI 15). Moxa Quchi (LI 11), Tianchi (PC 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Sanjian (LI 3)
- Neck : Jiache (ST 6), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Tianjing (TH 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Shenmen (HT 7), Zhongdu (LR 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Jianwaishu (SI 14), Renying (ST 9). Moxa Dazhui (GV 14)
- General:
- Lung abscess: Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Qihu (T 77.26), Shenshu (BL 23), Taiyuan (LU 9), T5 area, Rugen (ST 18), Yixi (BL 45), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Jianshi (PC 5), Daling (PC 7), Zhigou (TH 6), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Intestinal abscess:
- Source 27: Taibai (SP 3), Xiangu (ST 43), Dachangshu (BL 25), Quchi (LI 11), Xiaohai (SI 8), Hegu (LI 4), Fengmen (BL 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Dashu (BL 11), Juliao (GB 29), Tianshu (ST 25), Fujie (SP 14), Shuidao (ST 28), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weizhong (BL 40), Diji (SP 8), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Lanweixue, Shangjuxu (ST 37), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7). Moxa the tip of both elbows, Tianshu (ST 25)
- Source 29 : Hegu (LI 4), Lanweixue, Tianshu (ST 25), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Dachangshu (BL 25), Neiting (ST 44), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Cellulitis: Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10)
- Breast abscess:
- Source 10: Jianjing (GB 21), Dazhui (GV 14), Shanzhong (CV 17), Rugen (ST 18), Kufang (ST 14), Ruzhong (ST 17), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Quchi (LI 11), Bulang (KI 22), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Qimen (LR 14). Bleed 7 points between Daling (PC 7) to Quze (PC 3).
- Source 13: Zusanli (ST 36), Jianjing (GB 21), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianzong (SI 11)
- Source 15: Jianjing (GB 21), Tianjing (TH 10), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 27:
- Breast Abscess: Rugen (ST 18), Zusanli (ST 36), Xialian (LI 8), Xiaxi (GB 43), Yuji (LU 10), Weizhong (BL 40), Zulinqi (GB 41), Shaoze (SI 1), Zhongfu (LU 1), Lieque (LU 7), Dadun (LR 1), Shanzhong (CV 17). Moxa Jianyu (LI 15), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Rugen (ST 18), Jianjing (GB 21), Hegu (LI 4), Shaoze (SI 1), Yuji (LU 10), Zulinqi (GB 41), Taixi (KI 3), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7). Moxa Geshu (BL 17).
- Fengmen (BL 12), Jianjing (GB 21), Chize (LU 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Xingjian (LR 2), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yuji (LU 10), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Source 29 : Shenfeng (KI 23), Tianxi (SP 18), Xiaxi (GB 43)
- Boil, carbuncle, furuncles: Bleed Kunlun (BL 60) or dark veins nearby.
- Source15 : Shousanli (LI 10), Ximen (PC 4), Lingtai (GV 10), Quze (PC 3), Laogong (PC 8), Quchi (LI 11),Shenmen (HT 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4). Bleed Dadun (LR 1), Shixuan, Dazhui (GV 14), Weizhong (BL 40), Quze (PC 3).
- Source 19 : Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Shenzhu (GV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Lingtai (GV 10), Zhongchong (PC 9)
- Source 21 : Jianjing (GB 21), Quchi (LI 11), Sanyangluo (TH 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Source 27 :
- Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Xingjian (LR 2), Shaochong (HT 9), Shenzhu (GV 12). Bleed Weizhong (BL 40), Lingtai (GV 10).
- Zhiyin (BL 67), Shugu (BL 65), Weizhong (BL 40), Kunlun (BL 60), Xiaxi (GB 43), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yangfu (GB 38), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Lidui (ST 45), Neiting (ST 44), Xiangu (ST 43), Chongyang (ST 42), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Soak garlic slice in sesame oil and moxa on the affected area.
- Face : Shaoshang (LU 11), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Yingxiang (LI 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiting (ST 44), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dubi (ST 35), Sidu (TH 9), Ximen (PC 4), Futu (ST 32), Chengjiang (CV 24), Tianjing (TH 10), Houding (GV 19), Renzhong (GV 26), Baihui (GV 20), Xiangu (ST 43), Lidui (ST 45), Taiyang, Shenmai (BL 62), Taixi (KI 3), Waiguan (TH 5), Huaroumen (ST 24). Moxa Dubi (ST 35), Xiguan (LR 7), Tianjing (TH 10).
- Chest : Zulinqi (GB 41), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shangyang (LI 1), Yingu (KI 10), Ximen (PC 4). Garlic moxa on the affected area, Lingdao (HT 4), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yingu (KI 10)
- Auxilla : Shaohai (HT 3), Jianshi (PC 5), Shaofu (HT 8), Yangfu (GB 38), Qiuxu (GB 40), Zulinqi (GB 41), Shenmai (BL 62), Chize (LU 5), Daling (PC 7), Xiaohai (SI 8), Shenmen (HT 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Wangu (GB 12), Xuanzhong (GB 39). Moxa Shaohai (HT 3).
- Arm : Tianfu (LU 3), Quchi (LI 11), Weizhong (BL 40). Moxa Yemen (TH 2), Tianjing (TH 10), Shaohai (HT 3).
- Hand : Shenmai (BL 62), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongdu (LR 6), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5). Moxa Shenmen (HT 7).
- Genital : Moxa Kunlun (BL 60), Ququan (LR 8), Taixi (KI 3), Dadun (LR 1), Qugu (CV 2), Qichong (ST 30), Huiyin (CV 1), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa the plantar side of the big toes.
- Bleeding : Bleed 3 cun lateral to T5 and T6.
- Scrofula:
- Source 21 : Shaohai (HT 3), Tianchi (PC 1), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zulinqi (GB 41), Zhigou (TH 6), Yangfu (GB 38), Jianjing (GB 21), Shousanli (LI 10). Moxa Yangfu (GB 38), Jianjing (GB 21).
- Source 27 : Lieque (LU 7), Jianjing (GB 21), Quchi (LI 11), Daying (ST 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Yifeng (TH 17), Qiuxu (GB 40), Zulinqi (GB 41). Garlic moxa on affected area, Quchi (LI 11) and on the posterior ear near the hairline. Also moxa Renying (ST 9), Tianrong (SI 17), Tianzhu (BL 10), Wangu (GB 12), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jianjing (GB 21), Quchi (LI 11), Daying (ST 5), Jianyu (LI 15), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shousanli (LI 10), Jinmen (BL 63), Fengchi (GB 20), Waiguan (TH 5), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20).
- Scrofula in children: Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Xinshu (BL 15), ashi points, Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Taichong (LR 3), Danshu (BL 19), Ganshu (BL 18), Tianjing (TH 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Guanchong (TH 1), Qihu (T 77.26), Kufang (ST 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Bailao, Jianjing (GB 21), Fengmen (BL 12), Geshu (BL 17)
- Erysipelas:
- Source 6: Diji (SP 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Ququan (LR 8)
- Source 15: Xuehai (SP 10), Quchi (LI 11), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 18: Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Weizhong (BL 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 27: Weizhong (BL 40), Baihui (GV 20), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Heat: Dazhui (GV 14), Jianshi (PC 5), Waiguan (TH 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xuehai (SP 10), Xingjian (LR 2), Xiaxi (GB 43), Jiexi (ST 41), Yingxiang (LI 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Zhigou (TH 6), Hegu (LI 4). Moxa Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Shenzhu (GV 12). Bleed local affected area, Weizhong (BL 40), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 29: Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15)
TCM Diagnosis
Damp and phlegm accumulation
Herbal Formula
Resolve (Upper)
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
- Feiyang (BL 58), Zulinqi (GB 41), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), thread Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), 2 needles from Taixi (KI 3) to Fuliu (KI 7), Hegu (LI 4), Ganmen (T 33.11), 2 needles from Yunmen (LU 2) to Shufu (KI 27), 2 needles on Shufu (KI 27), Quze (PC 3), Daling (PC 7)
- Lymph swelling on the neck : add 2 points from Taixi (KI 3) to Fuliu (KI 7), 3 needles on Fuliu (KI 7), Jiexi (ST 41), Lingdao (HT 4), Lieque (LU 7)
- Lymph swelling on the armpit : add thread Dazhong (KI 4) to Taixi (KI 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), Kunlun (BL 60)
- Lymph swelling on the groin : add Zulinqi (GB 41), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), 2 points from Yunmen (LU 2) to Shufu (KI 27)
- General points : Renhuang (T 77.21), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Lymph swelling on the armpit or groin : add Tianhuang (T 77.17), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Renhuang (T 77.21). Groin guiding point is Xinmen (T 33.12) and for armpit would be the opposite ashi points.
- Appendicitis: Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Shanggao (T 22.21)*, Xiagao (T 22.22)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08)
- Boil and carbuncle: Jianzhong (T 44.06), Waisanguan (T 77.27), Zhiwu (T 11.26). Bleed between T5 and T6.
- Cellulitis: Linggu (T 22.05), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14)
- Goiter: Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Sihuashang (T 77.08), Cesanli (T 77.22), Jianyu (LI 15), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Cexiasanli (T 77.23). Bleed the LU area on the lower limb. Bleed the back of the neck. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Hemorrhoids: Qimen (T 33.01), Qijiao (T 33.02), Qizheng (T 33.03), Waisanguan (T 77.27), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Kongzui (LU 6), Huofu (T 88.41)*, Huoliang (T 88.42)*, Huochang (T 88.43)*. Bleed dark veins on the back of the knees. Bleed dark veins on the KI channel of the lower limb. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Lymph blockage/swelling: Linggu (T 22.05), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Menjin (T 66.05), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Waisanguan (T 77.27)
- Lymph blockage (neck): Linggu (T 22.05), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Lipoma: Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14). Bleed the lipoma for yellow fluids. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Mastitis: Jianfeng (T 44.31)*, Jianzhong (T 44.06), Fenzhishang (T DT.01), Shuanglongyi (T 77.29)*, Shuanglonger (T 77.30)*, Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07). Bleed the HT, LU, LR areas on the back from T4-T7 with cupping. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Breast abscess: Shuanglongyi (T 77.29)*, Shuanglonger (T 77.30)*, Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06), Jianzhong (T 44.06), Jianfeng (T 44.31)*. Bleed Sihuazhong (T 77.09) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for the best results.
- Osteomyelitis: Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongguan (T 88.01), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17). Needle everyday. Bleed the affected area.
- 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), Shaoshang (LU 11). Bleed before needling for best result.
- Abscess: Waisanguan (T 77.27), Zhiwu (T 11.26)
- Swollen Lymph:
- General:
- Xiaxi (GB 43), Yangfu (GB 38), Taichong (LR 3), Daying (ST 5), Shouwuli (LI 13), Binao (LI 14), Waiguan (TH 5), Jianjing (GB 21), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Zhigou (TH 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Tianjing (TH 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Lieque (LU 7). Bleed Shixuan (Ex-UE11). Moxa Tianjing (TH 10)
- Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Shenzhu (GV 12), Lingtai (GV 10), Hegu (LI 4), ah shi points
- Bleed veins around Weizhong (BL 40). Needle xi (cleft) points of the channel in which there is swelling or bleed the xi cleft point of the channel where the lymph swelling covers.
- Auxilla: Yangfu (GB 38), Taichong (LR 3), Xiaxi (GB 43), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zhigou (TH 6), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Chengjin (BL 56), Chengfu (BL 36), Weizhong (BL 40), Yanggu (SI 5), Yuanye (GB 22). Moxa Zulinqi (GB 41), Quchi (LI 11), Qiuxu (GB 40), Taichong (LR 3), Tianchi (PC 1), Houxi (SI 3)
- Chest and auxilla : Waiguan (TH 5), Jianjing (GB 21), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Zhigou (TH 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Shaohai (HT 3), Quchi (LI 11)
- Behind the ears : Yifeng (TH 17), Houxi (SI 3), Quchi (LI 11), Waiguan (TH 5), Jiache (ST 6), Hegu (LI 4), Jianyu (LI 15). Moxa Quchi (LI 11), Tianchi (PC 1), Tianjing (TH 10), Sanjian (LI 3)
- Neck : Jiache (ST 6), Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Tianjing (TH 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Shenmen (HT 7), Zhongdu (LR 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Jianwaishu (SI 14), Renying (ST 9). Moxa Dazhui (GV 14)
- General:
- Lung abscess: Tiantu (CV 22), Shanzhong (CV 17). Moxa Feishu (BL 13), Qihu (T 77.26), Shenshu (BL 23), Taiyuan (LU 9), T5 area, Rugen (ST 18), Yixi (BL 45), Hegu (LI 4), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Jianshi (PC 5), Daling (PC 7), Zhigou (TH 6), Gaohuangshu (BL 43)
- Intestinal abscess:
- Source 27: Taibai (SP 3), Xiangu (ST 43), Dachangshu (BL 25), Quchi (LI 11), Xiaohai (SI 8), Hegu (LI 4), Fengmen (BL 12), Shenshu (BL 23), Dashu (BL 11), Juliao (GB 29), Tianshu (ST 25), Fujie (SP 14), Shuidao (ST 28), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Weizhong (BL 40), Diji (SP 8), Xingjian (LR 2), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Lanweixue, Shangjuxu (ST 37), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7). Moxa the tip of both elbows, Tianshu (ST 25)
- Source 29 : Hegu (LI 4), Lanweixue, Tianshu (ST 25), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Dachangshu (BL 25), Neiting (ST 44), Guanyuan (CV 4)
- Cellulitis: Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10)
- Breast abscess:
- Source 10: Jianjing (GB 21), Dazhui (GV 14), Shanzhong (CV 17), Rugen (ST 18), Kufang (ST 14), Ruzhong (ST 17), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Quchi (LI 11), Bulang (KI 22), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Qimen (LR 14). Bleed 7 points between Daling (PC 7) to Quze (PC 3).
- Source 13: Zusanli (ST 36), Jianjing (GB 21), Shanzhong (CV 17), Neiguan (PC 6), Taichong (LR 3), Liangqiu (ST 34), Tianzong (SI 11)
- Source 15: Jianjing (GB 21), Tianjing (TH 10), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 27:
- Breast Abscess: Rugen (ST 18), Zusanli (ST 36), Xialian (LI 8), Xiaxi (GB 43), Yuji (LU 10), Weizhong (BL 40), Zulinqi (GB 41), Shaoze (SI 1), Zhongfu (LU 1), Lieque (LU 7), Dadun (LR 1), Shanzhong (CV 17). Moxa Jianyu (LI 15), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Rugen (ST 18), Jianjing (GB 21), Hegu (LI 4), Shaoze (SI 1), Yuji (LU 10), Zulinqi (GB 41), Taixi (KI 3), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7). Moxa Geshu (BL 17).
- Fengmen (BL 12), Jianjing (GB 21), Chize (LU 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Xingjian (LR 2), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yuji (LU 10), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Source 29 : Shenfeng (KI 23), Tianxi (SP 18), Xiaxi (GB 43)
- Boil, carbuncle, furuncles: Bleed Kunlun (BL 60) or dark veins nearby.
- Source15 : Shousanli (LI 10), Ximen (PC 4), Lingtai (GV 10), Quze (PC 3), Laogong (PC 8), Quchi (LI 11),Shenmen (HT 7), Weizhong (BL 40), Shaoshang (LU 11), Hegu (LI 4). Bleed Dadun (LR 1), Shixuan, Dazhui (GV 14), Weizhong (BL 40), Quze (PC 3).
- Source 19 : Weizhong (BL 40), Quchi (LI 11), Xuehai (SP 10), Shenzhu (GV 12), Hegu (LI 4), Lingtai (GV 10), Zhongchong (PC 9)
- Source 21 : Jianjing (GB 21), Quchi (LI 11), Sanyangluo (TH 8), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Weizhong (BL 40)
- Source 27 :
- Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36), Xingjian (LR 2), Shaochong (HT 9), Shenzhu (GV 12). Bleed Weizhong (BL 40), Lingtai (GV 10).
- Zhiyin (BL 67), Shugu (BL 65), Weizhong (BL 40), Kunlun (BL 60), Xiaxi (GB 43), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yangfu (GB 38), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Lidui (ST 45), Neiting (ST 44), Xiangu (ST 43), Chongyang (ST 42), Jiexi (ST 41)
- Soak garlic slice in sesame oil and moxa on the affected area.
- Face : Shaoshang (LU 11), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Yingxiang (LI 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiting (ST 44), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Dubi (ST 35), Sidu (TH 9), Ximen (PC 4), Futu (ST 32), Chengjiang (CV 24), Tianjing (TH 10), Houding (GV 19), Renzhong (GV 26), Baihui (GV 20), Xiangu (ST 43), Lidui (ST 45), Taiyang, Shenmai (BL 62), Taixi (KI 3), Waiguan (TH 5), Huaroumen (ST 24). Moxa Dubi (ST 35), Xiguan (LR 7), Tianjing (TH 10).
- Chest : Zulinqi (GB 41), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shangyang (LI 1), Yingu (KI 10), Ximen (PC 4). Garlic moxa on the affected area, Lingdao (HT 4), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yingu (KI 10)
- Auxilla : Shaohai (HT 3), Jianshi (PC 5), Shaofu (HT 8), Yangfu (GB 38), Qiuxu (GB 40), Zulinqi (GB 41), Shenmai (BL 62), Chize (LU 5), Daling (PC 7), Xiaohai (SI 8), Shenmen (HT 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Wangu (GB 12), Xuanzhong (GB 39). Moxa Shaohai (HT 3).
- Arm : Tianfu (LU 3), Quchi (LI 11), Weizhong (BL 40). Moxa Yemen (TH 2), Tianjing (TH 10), Shaohai (HT 3).
- Hand : Shenmai (BL 62), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongdu (LR 6), Hegu (LI 4), Waiguan (TH 5). Moxa Shenmen (HT 7).
- Genital : Moxa Kunlun (BL 60), Ququan (LR 8), Taixi (KI 3), Dadun (LR 1), Qugu (CV 2), Qichong (ST 30), Huiyin (CV 1), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa the plantar side of the big toes.
- Bleeding : Bleed 3 cun lateral to T5 and T6.
- Scrofula:
- Source 21 : Shaohai (HT 3), Tianchi (PC 1), Zhangmen (LR 13), Zulinqi (GB 41), Zhigou (TH 6), Yangfu (GB 38), Jianjing (GB 21), Shousanli (LI 10). Moxa Yangfu (GB 38), Jianjing (GB 21).
- Source 27 : Lieque (LU 7), Jianjing (GB 21), Quchi (LI 11), Daying (ST 5), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Yifeng (TH 17), Qiuxu (GB 40), Zulinqi (GB 41). Garlic moxa on affected area, Quchi (LI 11) and on the posterior ear near the hairline. Also moxa Renying (ST 9), Tianrong (SI 17), Tianzhu (BL 10), Wangu (GB 12), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jianjing (GB 21), Quchi (LI 11), Daying (ST 5), Jianyu (LI 15), Zhigou (TH 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shousanli (LI 10), Jinmen (BL 63), Fengchi (GB 20), Waiguan (TH 5), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL 20).
- Scrofula in children: Baihui (GV 20), Fengchi (GB 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Xinshu (BL 15), ashi points, Zhongwan (CV 12), Qimen (LR 14), Taichong (LR 3), Danshu (BL 19), Ganshu (BL 18), Tianjing (TH 10), Waiguan (TH 5), Guanchong (TH 1), Qihu (T 77.26), Kufang (ST 14), Zusanli (ST 36), Neiting (ST 44), Bailao, Jianjing (GB 21), Fengmen (BL 12), Geshu (BL 17)
- Erysipelas:
- Source 6: Diji (SP 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Ququan (LR 8)
- Source 15: Xuehai (SP 10), Quchi (LI 11), Weizhong (BL 40), Hegu (LI 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 18: Dazhui (GV 14), Quchi (LI 11), Weizhong (BL 40), Neiguan (PC 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yanglingquan (GB 34)
- Source 27: Weizhong (BL 40), Baihui (GV 20), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Heat: Dazhui (GV 14), Jianshi (PC 5), Waiguan (TH 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Xuehai (SP 10), Xingjian (LR 2), Xiaxi (GB 43), Jiexi (ST 41), Yingxiang (LI 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Zhigou (TH 6), Hegu (LI 4). Moxa Jianyu (LI 15), Quchi (LI 11), Shenzhu (GV 12). Bleed local affected area, Weizhong (BL 40), Geshu (BL 17)
- Source 29: Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15)
- Acute tonsillitis: Bleed the protruding vein in the back of the ear and apex of the tragus once a day. Needle and strongly stimulate the Throat, Pharynx, and Tonsils.
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.