CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details

Degeneration of macula and diminished vision

TCM Diagnosis

Liver and Kidney yin deficiencies with heat

Herbal Formula

Nourish

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Hegu (LI 4), Tongli (HT 5)
Right side: Zusanli (ST 36), Taixi (KI 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shimen (CV 5), Qihai (CV 6)
Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
Endocrine dysfunction : Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4) thread the needle to Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7)
Menopause : Zhiyin (BL 67), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Shaohai (HT 3)
Vaginal dryness : Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shugu (BL 65), Zhaohai (KI 6)
Low libido : Feiyang (BL 58), Kunlun (BL 60), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Linggu (T 22.05), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6), Chize (LU 5), Yintang (Ex-HN3)

DNA — Bob Doane

Bilateral - Jingmen (GB 25), Zhubin (KI 9), Yingu (KI 10), Huizong (TH 7), Sanyangluo (TH 8), Shaohai (HT 3), Quze (PC 3), Xialian (LI 8), Shanglian (LI 9), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Chengshan (BL 57), Feiyang (BL 58)
Leave needles in for 8-10 minutes.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Zhishen (T 11.15), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10)

Tung Acup — Henry McCann

Kidney yin deficiency with deficiency fire: Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11). Bleed Ear Apex, Shangli (T 1010.09). Moxa Shi Mian.
Eyes: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Guangming (T 77.28), Shangbai (T 22.03). Bleed Lidui (ST 45), Zhiyin (BL 67).
Menopause: Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18) with Huoying (T 66.03). Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone.
Vaginal dryness, atrophic vaginitis: Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21). Bleed Kidney and Bladder Zone, Buttocks and Ischial Zone, Dadun (LR 1).

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Taixi (KI 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Baihui (GV 20)
Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4) or Shenque (CV 8)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Kidney yin deficiency: Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11)

Tung Acup — Classic

Menopause (general): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
Hot flashes: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
Mood swings: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Fuke (T 11.24), Shuixiang (T 66.14)
Irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09)
Osteoporosis: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Fuke (T 11.24), Zhengji (T 44.24)*
Blurry vision: Tongshen (T 88.09), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Shangbai (T 22.03), Libai (T 44.12), Sifuyi (T 1010.11), Sifuer (T 1010.10)
Optic nerve atrophy: Sanchayi (T 22.15)*, two points on the first metacarpal joint of the thumb, Sizhukong (TH 23), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zanzhu (BL 2). Bleed dark veins nearby the temporal area. Bleed before needling for best result.
Glaucoma: Guangming (GB 37), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Shangbai (T 22.03), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), two points on the sides of the first metacarpal joint on the thumb. Bleed the dark veins nearby the temporal area. Bleed before needling for best result.
Hearing difficulty or deafness:
- Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shangquan (T 88.22), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Xiaquan (T 88.20), Huoying (T 66.03)
- Bleed dark veins near Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07). Bleed before needling for the best results.
Noctural emission: Renhuang (T 77.21), Dihuang (T 77.19)
Tinnitus (Kidney): Mu (T 11.17), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Xiabai (T 22.07), Zhongbai (T 22.06), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshen (T 88.09), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Menjin (T 66.05), Shuiqu (T 66.09), Zhengjin (T 77.01)
Tinnitus (Liver): Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Xiabai (T 22.07), Zhongbai (T 22.06), Tongshen (T 88.09), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07). Bleed the dark veins visible on the lateral aspect of the lower limb. Bleed before needling for the best results.

TCM Acup

Ququan (LR 8), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
Jingming (BL 1), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Taiyang (Extra 2), Hegu (LI 4), Xiaxi (GB 43)
Hearing difficulty:
- Source 12: Baihui (GV 20), Shangguan (GB 3), Wangu (GB 12), Tinghui (GB 2), Waiguan (TH 5)
- Source 15: Ermen (TH 21), Yifeng (TH 17)
- Source 18: Ermen (TH 21), Tinggong (SI 19), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Yamen (GV 15), Lianquan (CV 23), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Yiming, Quchi (LI 11), Baihui (GV 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Xiaguan (ST 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Waiguan (TH 5), Shangguan (GB 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Fenglong (ST 40), Taixi (KI 3), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 31 : Tinghui (GB 2), Shangyang (LI 1), Shaochong (HT 9), Zhongchong (PC 9)
- Source 27 :
  - Xiaguan (ST 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Guanchong (TH 1), Yemen (TH 2), Yanggu (SI 5), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Shangyang (LI 1), Wangu (GB 12), Hegu (LI 4), Jianzhen (SI 9), Tinggong (SI 19), Xiaxi (GB 43), Fengchi (GB 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenshu (BL 23), Waiguan (TH 5), Pianli (LI 6). Moxa Shangxing (GV 23), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4).
  - Baihui (GV 20), Hegu (LI 4), Wangu (GB 12), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Houxi (SI 3), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Kunlun (BL 60), Shenshu (BL 23), Tinghui (GB 2), Ermen (TH 21), Tinggong (SI 19), Yifeng (TH 17), Waiguan (TH 5)
  - Deficiency : Yongquan (KI 1), Yingu (KI 10), Taixi (KI 3), Jingmen (GB 25), Shenshu (BL 23), Shangxing (GV 23), Yifeng (TH 17), Tinggong (SI 19), Pianli (LI 6), Hegu (LI 4), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Waiguan (TH 5), Ermen (TH 21), Houxi (SI 3), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6). Moxa Jingmen (GB 25), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 29 :
  - Liver fire : Shangguan (GB 3), Xiaguan (ST 7), Sibai (ST 2), Baihui (GV 20), Luxi (TH 19), Yifeng (TH 17), Ermen (TH 21), Hanyan (GB 4), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yangxi (LI 5), Guanchong (TH 1), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3)
  - Phlegm : Shangguan (GB 3), Tinghui (GB 2), Ermen (TH 21), Hegu (LI 4)
Sudden deafness : Sidu (TH 9), Yemen (TH 2), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jinmen (BL 63), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmai (BL 62), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Shangyang (LI 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Ermen (TH 21), Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Waiguan (TH 5), Xiaxi (GB 43). All strong stimulation.
Tinnitus (Liver):
- Source 19 : Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Yifeng (TH 17), Shenshu (BL 23), Yemen (TH 2), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 27 : Ermen (TH 21), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanggu (SI 5), Houxi (SI 3), Yangxi (LI 5), Hegu (LI 4), Daling (PC 7), Jinmen (BL 63), Taixi (KI 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Xiaxi (GB 43), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Xingjian (LR 2)
Tinnitus (Kidney):
- Source 6: Yifeng (TH 17), Ermen (TH 21) to Tinghui (GB 2), Waiguan (TH 5), Zulinqi (GB 41)
- Source 17: Yifeng (TH 17), Tinggong (SI 19), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Taixi (KI 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 19 : Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Yifeng (TH 17), Shenshu (BL 23), Yemen (TH 2), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 21 : Shenshu (BL 23), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Taixi (KI 3), Tinghui (GB 2)
- Source 29 : Ermen (TH 21), Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Qiangu (SI 2), Wangu (GB 12), Yanggu (SI 5), Luoque (BL 8), Shenshu (BL 23)
Tinnitus (Liver and Kidney):
- Source 27 :
  - Shangguan (GB 3), Xiaguan (ST 7), Sibai (ST 2), Baihui (GV 20), Luxi (TH 19), Yifeng (TH 17), Ermen (TH 21), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yangxi (LI 5), Guanchong (TH 1), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianrong (SI 17), Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Wangu (GB 12), Yanggu (SI 5), Jianzhen (SI 9), Xiaxi (GB 43)
  - Daling (PC 7), Pianli (LI 6), Qiangu (SI 2), Houxi (SI 3), Baihui (GV 20), Fubai (GB 10), Shangguan (GB 3), Ermen (TH 21), Tinghui (GB 2), Yangxi (LI 5), Shangyang (LI 1), Wangu (GB 12), Luoque (BL 8), Shenshu (BL 23), Tinggong (SI 19)
  - Deficiency : Yifeng (TH 17), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Tinghui (GB 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Ermen (TH 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengchi (GB 20). Moxa Baihui (GV 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 29 :
  - Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Waiguan (TH 5), Yifeng (TH 17), Ermen (TH 21), Houxi (SI 3), Tinggong (SI 19), Tinghui (GB 2), Hegu (LI 4), Xiaxi (GB 43)
  - Shenshu (BL 23), Yongquan (KI 1), Tinghui (GB 2), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongdu (LR 6)
Nocturnal emission:
- Source 21 : Moxa or needle Xinshu (BL 15), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 23 : Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Xuehai (SP 10). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhishi (BL 52)
- Source 27 :
  - Zhongfeng (LR 4), Qugu (CV 2), Taichong (LR 3), Zhiyang (GV 9), Geshu (BL 17), Pishu (BL 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Rangu (KI 2). Moxa Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Lieque (LU 7), Ququan (LR 8)
  - Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Rangu (KI 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Dahe (KI 12)
  - Sinking zhong (central) qi : Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Baihui (GV 20)
  - Leaking Kidney jing (essence) : Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Qugu (CV 2), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3)
Xiao-ke wasting and thirsting syndrome:
- Source 21: Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Chengjiang (CV 24), Renzhong (GV 26), Lianquan (CV 23), Qihai (CV 6), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 27:
  - Renzhong (GV 26), Chengjiang (CV 24), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Quchi (LI 11), Laogong (PC 8), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Shangqiu (SP 5), Rangu (KI 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Gongsun (SP 4), Pishu (BL 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taixi (KI 3), Guanchong (TH 1).
  - Gongsun (SP 4), Renzhong (GV 26), Pishu (BL 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Taixi (KI 3), Guanchong (TH 1), Chengjiang (CV 24), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Qihai (CV 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhizheng (SI 7), Yangchi (TH 4), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Shangqiu (SP 5), Rangu (KI 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Taichong (LR 3).
  - Upper jiao xiao ke (wasting and thirsting) syndrome: Chengjiang (CV 24), Shenmen (HT 7), Rangu (KI 2), Neiguan (PC 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Xinshu (BL 15), Feishu (BL 13), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Feishu (BL 13), Hegu (LI 4), Lianquan (CV 23), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Yangchi (TH 4), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22)
  - Middle jiao xiao ke (wasting and thirsting) syndrome: Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Taixi (KI 3), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Taiyuan (LU 9), Lieque (LU 7), Pishu (BL 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Qimen (LR 14), Zhaohai (KI 6), Neiting (ST 44), Xiangu (ST 43)
  - Lower jiao xiao ke (wasting and thirsting) syndrome: Shenshu (BL 23), Yinshi (ST 33), Ququan (LR 8), Rangu (KI 2), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Taixi (KI 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Taibai (SP 3), Dadu (SP 2), Xingjian (LR 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Yongquan (KI 1). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Shuidao (ST 28), Zhongji (CV 3), Xinshu (BL 15), Kunlun (BL 60), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 29: Chengjiang (CV 24), Yishe (BL 49), Guanchong (TH 1), Rangu (KI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Feishu (BL 13), Burong (ST 19), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shangyang (LI 1), Duiduan (GV 27). Bleed Guanchong (TH 1).

Ear Acup — Traditional

Menopause: Uterus, Ovary, Endocrine, Shenmen, Sympathetic, Subcortex
- For emotional disturbance, add Shenmen and Heart.
- For palpitation and irregular heart beat, add Heart and Small Intestine.
- For hypertension, add Depression point on the back of the ear.
- For flushed cheeks and excess perspiration, add Sympathetic, Cheeks and Lung.
High pitched tinnitus: Inner Ear, Temporal Lobe, Pons, Adrenal Gland, Pituitary Gland
Low pitched tinnitus: Middle Ear, Ear Drum, Eustachian Tube, Adrenal Gland, Pituitary Gland

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart
Tinnitus: San Jiao, Internal Ear, Temple.
- due to deficiency: add Coronary Vascular Subcortex, Sympathetic
Improving vision: Kidney, Liver, Vision 2, Eye, Sympathetic, Optic Center (Occiput). Bleed Ear Apex.
Improving hearing: Internal Ear, External Ear, San Jiao, Vision 1, Kidney, Gallbladder, Sympathetic, External Sympathetic, Coronary Subcortex, Temple, Elbow
Cataract: Kidney, Liver, Eye, Vision 2, Endocrine, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.

Degeneration of macula and diminished vision

TCM Diagnosis

Liver and Kidney yin deficiencies without heat

Herbal Formula

Lycium Support

Acupuncture

Balance Method — Dr. Richard Tan

Left side: Hegu (LI 4), Tongli (HT 5)
Right side: Zusanli (ST 36), Taixi (KI 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shimen (CV 5), Qihai (CV 6)
Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.

BodyMapping Acup — Cole Magbanua

All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated
Endocrine dysfunction : Feiyang (BL 58), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Dazhong (KI 4) thread the needle to Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7)
Menopause : Zhiyin (BL 67), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Zhaohai (KI 6), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Lieque (LU 7), Chize (LU 5), Shaohai (HT 3)
Vaginal dryness : Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Hegu (LI 4), Shousanli (LI 10), Chize (LU 5), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shugu (BL 65), Zhaohai (KI 6)
Low libido : Feiyang (BL 58), Kunlun (BL 60), Zusanli (ST 36), Zulinqi (GB 41), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Lougu (SP 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Rangu (KI 2), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taichong (LR 3), Linggu (T 22.05), Shousanli (LI 10), Neiguan (PC 6), Chize (LU 5), Yintang (Ex-HN3)

DNA — Bob Doane

Bilateral - Jingmen (GB 25), Zhubin (KI 9), Yingu (KI 10), Huizong (TH 7), Sanyangluo (TH 8), Shaohai (HT 3), Quze (PC 3), Xialian (LI 8), Shanglian (LI 9), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Chengshan (BL 57), Feiyang (BL 58)
Leave needles in for 8-10 minutes.

Tung Acup — Brad Whisnant

Zhishen (T 11.15), Ganmaoer (T 88.08), Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10)

Tung Acup — Esther Su

Renhuang (T 77.21), Tongshen (T 88.09), Taixi (KI 3), Fuliu (KI 7), Baihui (GV 20)
Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4) or Shenque (CV 8)

Tung Acup — Dr. Chuan-Min Wang

Kidney yin deficiency: Tongshen (T 88.09), Tongwei (T 88.10), Tongbei (T 88.11)

Tung Acup — Classic

Menopause (general): Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
Hot flashes: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19)
Mood swings: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Fuke (T 11.24), Shuixiang (T 66.14)
Irregular menstruation: Fuke (T 11.24), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Shuijin (T 1010.20), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09)
Osteoporosis: Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Minghuang (T 88.12), Qihuang (T 88.14), Fuke (T 11.24), Zhengji (T 44.24)*
Blurry vision: Tongshen (T 88.09), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Shangbai (T 22.03), Libai (T 44.12), Sifuyi (T 1010.11), Sifuer (T 1010.10)
Optic nerve atrophy: Sanchayi (T 22.15)*, two points on the first metacarpal joint of the thumb, Sizhukong (TH 23), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zanzhu (BL 2). Bleed dark veins nearby the temporal area. Bleed before needling for best result.
Glaucoma: Guangming (GB 37), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Shangbai (T 22.03), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Minghuang (T 88.12), Tianhuang (T 88.13), Qihuang (T 88.14), two points on the sides of the first metacarpal joint on the thumb. Bleed the dark veins nearby the temporal area. Bleed before needling for best result.
Hearing difficulty or deafness:
- Linggu (T 22.05), Dabai (T 22.04), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Shangquan (T 88.22), Zhongquan (T 88.21), Xiaquan (T 88.20), Huoying (T 66.03)
- Bleed dark veins near Sihuashang (T 77.08), Sihuaxia (T 77.11), Sihuazhong (T 77.09), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07). Bleed before needling for the best results.
Noctural emission: Renhuang (T 77.21), Dihuang (T 77.19)
Tinnitus (Kidney): Mu (T 11.17), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Xiabai (T 22.07), Zhongbai (T 22.06), Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Tongshen (T 88.09), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07), Menjin (T 66.05), Shuiqu (T 66.09), Zhengjin (T 77.01)
Tinnitus (Liver): Simashang (T 88.18), Simazhong (T 88.17), Simaxia (T 88.19), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Wanshunyi (T 22.08), Wanshuner (T 22.09), Xiabai (T 22.07), Zhongbai (T 22.06), Tongshen (T 88.09), Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Sanzhong (T 77.07). Bleed the dark veins visible on the lateral aspect of the lower limb. Bleed before needling for the best results.

TCM Acup

Ququan (LR 8), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
Jingming (BL 1), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Taiyang (Extra 2), Hegu (LI 4), Xiaxi (GB 43)
Hearing difficulty:
- Source 12: Baihui (GV 20), Shangguan (GB 3), Wangu (GB 12), Tinghui (GB 2), Waiguan (TH 5)
- Source 15: Ermen (TH 21), Yifeng (TH 17)
- Source 18: Ermen (TH 21), Tinggong (SI 19), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Yamen (GV 15), Lianquan (CV 23), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Neiguan (PC 6), Yiming, Quchi (LI 11), Baihui (GV 20), Renzhong (GV 26), Xiaguan (ST 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Waiguan (TH 5), Shangguan (GB 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Fenglong (ST 40), Taixi (KI 3), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 31 : Tinghui (GB 2), Shangyang (LI 1), Shaochong (HT 9), Zhongchong (PC 9)
- Source 27 :
  - Xiaguan (ST 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Guanchong (TH 1), Yemen (TH 2), Yanggu (SI 5), Tinghui (GB 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Shangyang (LI 1), Wangu (GB 12), Hegu (LI 4), Jianzhen (SI 9), Tinggong (SI 19), Xiaxi (GB 43), Fengchi (GB 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenshu (BL 23), Waiguan (TH 5), Pianli (LI 6). Moxa Shangxing (GV 23), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4).
  - Baihui (GV 20), Hegu (LI 4), Wangu (GB 12), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Houxi (SI 3), Zusanli (ST 36), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Kunlun (BL 60), Shenshu (BL 23), Tinghui (GB 2), Ermen (TH 21), Tinggong (SI 19), Yifeng (TH 17), Waiguan (TH 5)
  - Deficiency : Yongquan (KI 1), Yingu (KI 10), Taixi (KI 3), Jingmen (GB 25), Shenshu (BL 23), Shangxing (GV 23), Yifeng (TH 17), Tinggong (SI 19), Pianli (LI 6), Hegu (LI 4), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Waiguan (TH 5), Ermen (TH 21), Houxi (SI 3), Pishu (BL 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Qihai (CV 6). Moxa Jingmen (GB 25), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 29 :
  - Liver fire : Shangguan (GB 3), Xiaguan (ST 7), Sibai (ST 2), Baihui (GV 20), Luxi (TH 19), Yifeng (TH 17), Ermen (TH 21), Hanyan (GB 4), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yangxi (LI 5), Guanchong (TH 1), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3)
  - Phlegm : Shangguan (GB 3), Tinghui (GB 2), Ermen (TH 21), Hegu (LI 4)
Sudden deafness : Sidu (TH 9), Yemen (TH 2), Zulinqi (GB 41), Jinmen (BL 63), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmai (BL 62), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Shangyang (LI 1), Zhongchong (PC 9), Ermen (TH 21), Fengchi (GB 20), Baihui (GV 20), Yifeng (TH 17), Waiguan (TH 5), Xiaxi (GB 43). All strong stimulation.
Tinnitus (Liver):
- Source 19 : Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Yifeng (TH 17), Shenshu (BL 23), Yemen (TH 2), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 27 : Ermen (TH 21), Zulinqi (GB 41), Yanggu (SI 5), Houxi (SI 3), Yangxi (LI 5), Hegu (LI 4), Daling (PC 7), Jinmen (BL 63), Taixi (KI 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Xiaxi (GB 43), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Xingjian (LR 2)
Tinnitus (Kidney):
- Source 6: Yifeng (TH 17), Ermen (TH 21) to Tinghui (GB 2), Waiguan (TH 5), Zulinqi (GB 41)
- Source 17: Yifeng (TH 17), Tinggong (SI 19), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Taixi (KI 3), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Source 19 : Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Yifeng (TH 17), Shenshu (BL 23), Yemen (TH 2), Fengchi (GB 20)
- Source 21 : Shenshu (BL 23), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Taixi (KI 3), Tinghui (GB 2)
- Source 29 : Ermen (TH 21), Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Qiangu (SI 2), Wangu (GB 12), Yanggu (SI 5), Luoque (BL 8), Shenshu (BL 23)
Tinnitus (Liver and Kidney):
- Source 27 :
  - Shangguan (GB 3), Xiaguan (ST 7), Sibai (ST 2), Baihui (GV 20), Luxi (TH 19), Yifeng (TH 17), Ermen (TH 21), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yangxi (LI 5), Guanchong (TH 1), Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianrong (SI 17), Tinghui (GB 2), Tinggong (SI 19), Wangu (GB 12), Yanggu (SI 5), Jianzhen (SI 9), Xiaxi (GB 43)
  - Daling (PC 7), Pianli (LI 6), Qiangu (SI 2), Houxi (SI 3), Baihui (GV 20), Fubai (GB 10), Shangguan (GB 3), Ermen (TH 21), Tinghui (GB 2), Yangxi (LI 5), Shangyang (LI 1), Wangu (GB 12), Luoque (BL 8), Shenshu (BL 23), Tinggong (SI 19)
  - Deficiency : Yifeng (TH 17), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3), Tinghui (GB 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Hegu (LI 4), Ermen (TH 21), Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Fengchi (GB 20). Moxa Baihui (GV 20), Zusanli (ST 36), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 29 :
  - Yemen (TH 2), Zhongzhu (TH 3), Waiguan (TH 5), Yifeng (TH 17), Ermen (TH 21), Houxi (SI 3), Tinggong (SI 19), Tinghui (GB 2), Hegu (LI 4), Xiaxi (GB 43)
  - Shenshu (BL 23), Yongquan (KI 1), Tinghui (GB 2), Taichong (LR 3), Zhongdu (LR 6)
Nocturnal emission:
- Source 21 : Moxa or needle Xinshu (BL 15), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhongji (CV 3), Guanyuan (CV 4), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 23 : Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhishi (BL 52), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Xuehai (SP 10). Moxa Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhishi (BL 52)
- Source 27 :
  - Zhongfeng (LR 4), Qugu (CV 2), Taichong (LR 3), Zhiyang (GV 9), Geshu (BL 17), Pishu (BL 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Rangu (KI 2). Moxa Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL 23), Lieque (LU 7), Ququan (LR 8)
  - Moxa Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Zhongji (CV 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Rangu (KI 2), Zusanli (ST 36), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), Dahe (KI 12)
  - Sinking zhong (central) qi : Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Baihui (GV 20)
  - Leaking Kidney jing (essence) : Guanyuan (CV 4), Baihuanshu (BL 30), Qugu (CV 2), Shenshu (BL 23), Taixi (KI 3)
Xiao-ke wasting and thirsting syndrome:
- Source 21: Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Chengjiang (CV 24), Renzhong (GV 26), Lianquan (CV 23), Qihai (CV 6), Shenshu (BL 23)
- Source 27:
  - Renzhong (GV 26), Chengjiang (CV 24), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Quchi (LI 11), Laogong (PC 8), Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Shangqiu (SP 5), Rangu (KI 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Gongsun (SP 4), Pishu (BL 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhaohai (KI 6), Taixi (KI 3), Guanchong (TH 1).
  - Gongsun (SP 4), Renzhong (GV 26), Pishu (BL 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Taixi (KI 3), Guanchong (TH 1), Chengjiang (CV 24), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Qihai (CV 6), Shenshu (BL 23), Zhizheng (SI 7), Yangchi (TH 4), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Shangqiu (SP 5), Rangu (KI 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Taichong (LR 3).
  - Upper jiao xiao ke (wasting and thirsting) syndrome: Chengjiang (CV 24), Shenmen (HT 7), Rangu (KI 2), Neiguan (PC 6), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Xinshu (BL 15), Feishu (BL 13), Neiguan (PC 6), Yuji (LU 10), Feishu (BL 13), Hegu (LI 4), Lianquan (CV 23), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jinjin (Ex-HN12), Yuye (Ex-HN13), Yangchi (TH 4), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22)
  - Middle jiao xiao ke (wasting and thirsting) syndrome: Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Taixi (KI 3), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Taiyuan (LU 9), Lieque (LU 7), Pishu (BL 20), Zhangmen (LR 13), Qimen (LR 14), Zhaohai (KI 6), Neiting (ST 44), Xiangu (ST 43)
  - Lower jiao xiao ke (wasting and thirsting) syndrome: Shenshu (BL 23), Yinshi (ST 33), Ququan (LR 8), Rangu (KI 2), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Fuliu (KI 7), Taixi (KI 3), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Taibai (SP 3), Dadu (SP 2), Xingjian (LR 2), Yinbai (SP 1), Yongquan (KI 1). Moxa Guanyuan (CV 4), Shuidao (ST 28), Zhongji (CV 3), Xinshu (BL 15), Kunlun (BL 60), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Source 29: Chengjiang (CV 24), Yishe (BL 49), Guanchong (TH 1), Rangu (KI 2), Sanjian (LI 3), Feishu (BL 13), Burong (ST 19), Zhangmen (LR 13), Shangyang (LI 1), Duiduan (GV 27). Bleed Guanchong (TH 1).

Ear Acup — Traditional

Menopause: Uterus, Ovary, Endocrine, Shenmen, Sympathetic, Subcortex
- For emotional disturbance, add Shenmen and Heart.
- For palpitation and irregular heart beat, add Heart and Small Intestine.
- For hypertension, add Depression point on the back of the ear.
- For flushed cheeks and excess perspiration, add Sympathetic, Cheeks and Lung.
High pitched tinnitus: Inner Ear, Temporal Lobe, Pons, Adrenal Gland, Pituitary Gland
Low pitched tinnitus: Middle Ear, Ear Drum, Eustachian Tube, Adrenal Gland, Pituitary Gland

Auricular Medicine — Dr. Li-Chun Huang

Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart
Tinnitus: San Jiao, Internal Ear, Temple.
- due to deficiency: add Coronary Vascular Subcortex, Sympathetic
Improving vision: Kidney, Liver, Vision 2, Eye, Sympathetic, Optic Center (Occiput). Bleed Ear Apex.
Improving hearing: Internal Ear, External Ear, San Jiao, Vision 1, Kidney, Gallbladder, Sympathetic, External Sympathetic, Coronary Subcortex, Temple, Elbow
Cataract: Kidney, Liver, Eye, Vision 2, Endocrine, Sympathetic. Bleed Ear Apex.

Scalp Acup — Karl Tai

Floaters: 1. Muchuang (GB 16) 2. Xinhui (GV 22) 3. Dagukong (Ex-UE5) (Laser + moxa) 4. Occipital Vision Area (Scalp-KT23) 枕上視覺區 5. Occipital Midline (Scalp-KT25) 枕上正中線 Glaucoma 1. Baihui (GV 20) 2. Muchuang (GB 16) or Chengguang (BL 6) 3. Meichong (BL 3) 4. Occipital Vision Area (Scalp-KT23) 枕上視覺區 5. Occipital Midline (Scalp-KT25) 枕上正中線 Blindness caused by head injury 1. Baihui (GV 20) 2. Qianding (GV 21) 3. Body points: Quchi (LI 11), Linggu (T 22.05), Zusanli (ST 36), Tiaokou (ST 38), 4. Occipital Vision Area (Scalp-KT23) 枕上視覺區 5. Occipital Midline (Scalp-KT25) 枕上正中線 6. Sagittal Suture Sensory Area (Scalp-KT8) 矢縫感觉区 7. Sagittal Suture Motor Area (Scalp-KT9) 矢縫运动区

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