CM SD Index - Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details
TCM Diagnosis
Herbal Formula
TCM Diagnosis
Shen (spirit) disturbance
Herbal Formula
Calm (ES)
- Left side: Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Right side: Quze (PC 3), Daling (PC 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
- Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qiuxu (GB 40), Taichong (LR 3), Ligou (LR 5), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Anmian (Ex-HN16), 4 needles on Sishencong (Ex-HN1) inserting from 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock directions, Ear Shenmen
- Primary points: Huoxi (T 11.16), Mu (T 11.17), Muyan (T 11.20), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
- Secondary points: Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04)
- Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Liver qi stagnation, anxiety, stress, irritability, nervousness: Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
- PMS: Fuke (T 11.24), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fengchao
- Breast distension: Jianzhong (T 44.06)
- Insomnia: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18). Direct moxa on Shimian.
- Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone, Fenglong (ST 40) or Heart Zone, Huoying (T 66.03), Renhuang (T 77.21), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Anxiety, stress, irritability, insomnia: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)
- PMS: Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24)
- Insomnia: Linggu (T 22.05), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Shenjian (T 44.19), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Shenmen on the ear. Bleed du (governing) channel and back of the knee area. Bleed before needling for best result.
- PMS: Fuke (T 11.24), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Linggu (T 22.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06). Bleed Huobao (T 55.01) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Stress: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13)
- Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) : Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13). Bleed the Heart and the Lung areas on the back as well as Qixing (T DT.03).
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night: Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Fuchang (T 77.12), Huoying (T 66.03), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Irritability:
- Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Qimen (LR 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 21 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 31 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 27 : Yinxi (HT 6), Juque (CV 14), Yutang (CV 18), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Gongsun (SP 4), Jiexi (ST 41), Zhiyin (BL 67), Wangu (GB 12), Baihui (GV 20), Qiangjian (GV 18), Chengguang (BL 6), Youmen (KI 21), Shaochong (HT 9), Chize (LU 5), Shaoze (SI 1), Tongli (HT 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Taiyi (ST 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zigong (CV 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Due to Deficiency: Neiguan (PC 6), Feishu (BL 13)
- Due to deficiency heat : Baihui (GV 20), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Daling (PC 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jianjing (GB 21)
- Excess heat or febrile disease : Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3), Shangwan (CV 13), Yangxi (LI 5), Baihui (GV 20), Quze (PC 3)
- Due to Stomach and Spleen Disharmony : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Source 29 :
- Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhaohai (KI 6), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhiyang (GV 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhubin (KI 9), Geshu (BL 17), Yangxi (LI 5), Shuiquan (KI 5), Ximen (PC 4), Zhongchong (PC 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiaoxin (KI 8), Jianli (CV 11)
- Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Juque (CV 14), Jianli (CV 11), Tianshu (ST 25), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhong (KI 4), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) :
- Souce 15 : Shenmen (HT 7), Taichong (LR 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Huaroumen (ST 24)
- Source 31: Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Xinshu (BL 15)
- Source 27 :
- Tianzhu (BL 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1). Moxa Fengchi (GB 20), Dashu (BL 11), Shenzhu (GV 12)
- Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Shenmen (HT 7), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Houxi (SI 3), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiuwei (CV 15), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenzhu (GV 12), Juque (CV 14), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Qimen (LR 14)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Daling (PC 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Baihui (GV 20), Shenmen (HT 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Laogong (PC 8), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Source 29 :
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night:
- Source 27 : Waiguan (TH 5), Chengjiang (CV 24), Daying (ST 5), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangqiu (SP 5), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Tianrong (SI 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Pohu (BL 42), Yixi (BL 45), Futu (ST 32), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yifeng (TH 17), Suliao (GV 25), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Waiguan (TH 5). Moxa Jiache (ST 6), Chengjiang (CV 24).
- Jiache (ST 6), Zhigou (TH 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Rangu (KI 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Yifeng (TH 17), Shangyang (LI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Shenmen
- Liver qi stagnation, stress, anxiety, restlessness: Shenmen, Heart, Nervous Subcortex, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Liver, Occiput. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart.
Smoking:
• Auricular Points by Li-Chun Huang: Shenmen, Mouth, Upper Lung, Lower Lung, Be Happy
• Body Points: Add Jianshi (PC 5), Zhubin (KI 9). Irritability and restlessness during the urge, add Xingjian (LR 2), but needle and moxa Zhubin (KI 9).
Drug Addiction:
• Auricular Points by Li Chun Huang: Shenmen, Mouth, Liver (Quit Drinking, Liver point needs to be added)
• Body Points: Tianweixue (T 22.27) bilaterally with electrostimulation - This point is located between Lieque (LU 7) and Yangxi (LI 5)
• With severe urges: Add Xingjian (LR 2), needle and moxa Zhubin (KI 9)
TCM Diagnosis
Qi, blood, phlegm, and food stagnation
Herbal Formula
or
Shine
- Left side: Zhongzhu (TH 3), Tianjing (TH 10), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Ququan (LR 8), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Right side: Quze (PC 3), Daling (PC 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Yanglingquan (GB 34), Zulinqi (GB 41), Xiangu (ST 43)
- Left and right sides can be alternated from treatment to treatment.
- All points are bilateral unless otherwise stated.
- Yanglingquan (GB 34), Qiuxu (GB 40), Taichong (LR 3), Ligou (LR 5), Zhongfeng (LR 4), Shangqiu (SP 5), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Baihui (GV 20), Yintang (Ex-HN3), Anmian (Ex-HN16), 4 needles on Sishencong (Ex-HN1) inserting from 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock directions, Ear Shenmen
- Primary points: Huoxi (T 11.16), Mu (T 11.17), Muyan (T 11.20), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Qianhui (T 1010.05), Houhui (T 1010.06), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
- Secondary points: Dabai (T 22.04), Linggu (T 22.05), Huoying (T 66.03), Huozhu (T 66.04)
- Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Neiguan (PC 6)
- Liver qi stagnation, anxiety, stress, irritability, nervousness: Tianhuang (T 77.17) or Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25), Zhenjing (T 1010.08)
- PMS: Fuke (T 11.24), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fengchao
- Breast distension: Jianzhong (T 44.06)
- Insomnia: Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18). Direct moxa on Shimian.
- Bleed Ear Apex, Frontal Head Zone, Fenglong (ST 40) or Heart Zone, Huoying (T 66.03), Renhuang (T 77.21), Zhaohai (KI 6)
- Anxiety, stress, irritability, insomnia: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Zhongjiuli (T 88.25)
- PMS: Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Huanchao (T 11.06), Fuke (T 11.24)
- Insomnia: Linggu (T 22.05), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Shenjian (T 44.19), Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Zhenghui (T 1010.01), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Huoying (T 66.03), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Shenmen on the ear. Bleed du (governing) channel and back of the knee area. Bleed before needling for best result.
- PMS: Fuke (T 11.24), Xinling (T 33.17)*, Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuang (T 77.17), Dihuang (T 77.19), Renhuang (T 77.21), Linggu (T 22.05), Sihuashang (T 77.08), Jiemeiyi (T 88.04), Jiemeier (T 88.05), Jiemeisan (T 88.06). Bleed Huobao (T 55.01) or dark veins nearby. Bleed before needling for best result.
- Stress: Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [Shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13)
- Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) : Zhenjing (T 1010.08), Tianhuangfu [shenguan] (T 77.18), Huoying (T 66.03), Dizong (T 44.09), Dan (T 11.13). Bleed the Heart and the Lung areas on the back as well as Qixing (T DT.03).
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night: Yizhong (T 77.05), Erzhong (T 77.06), Fuchang (T 77.12), Huoying (T 66.03), Sanzhong (T 77.07)
- Irritability:
- Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Yintang (Ex-HN3)
- Taichong (LR 3), Xingjian (LR 2), Qimen (LR 14), Zhangmen (LR 13), Feishu (BL 13), Shangwan (CV 13), Shanzhong (CV 17)
- Source 21 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 31 : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10)
- Source 27 : Yinxi (HT 6), Juque (CV 14), Yutang (CV 18), Yuji (LU 10), Shaoshang (LU 11), Gongsun (SP 4), Jiexi (ST 41), Zhiyin (BL 67), Wangu (GB 12), Baihui (GV 20), Qiangjian (GV 18), Chengguang (BL 6), Youmen (KI 21), Shaochong (HT 9), Chize (LU 5), Shaoze (SI 1), Tongli (HT 5), Xinshu (BL 15), Taiyi (ST 23), Zhongwan (CV 12), Zigong (CV 19), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Taiyuan (LU 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Feishu (BL 13), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). Moxa Jiuwei (CV 15)
- Due to Deficiency: Neiguan (PC 6), Feishu (BL 13)
- Due to deficiency heat : Baihui (GV 20), Gaohuangshu (BL 43), Quchi (LI 11), Hegu (LI 4), Xuanzhong (GB 39), Shenshu (BL 23), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhaohai (KI 6), Yongquan (KI 1), Shixuan (Ex-UE11), Daling (PC 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Shangliao (BL 31), Ciliao (BL 32), Zhongliao (BL 33), Xialiao (BL 34), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jianjing (GB 21)
- Excess heat or febrile disease : Yongquan (KI 1), Rangu (KI 2), Taixi (KI 3), Shangwan (CV 13), Yangxi (LI 5), Baihui (GV 20), Quze (PC 3)
- Due to Stomach and Spleen Disharmony : Shenmen (HT 7), Yangxi (LI 5), Yuji (LU 10), Wangu (GB 12), Shaoshang (LU 11), Jiexi (ST 41), Gongsun (SP 4), Taibai (SP 3), Zhiyin (BL 67)
- Source 29 :
- Daling (PC 7), Waiguan (TH 5), Zhaohai (KI 6), Lieque (LU 7), Taiyuan (LU 9), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhui (GV 14), Zhiyang (GV 9), Neiguan (PC 6), Zhubin (KI 9), Geshu (BL 17), Yangxi (LI 5), Shuiquan (KI 5), Ximen (PC 4), Zhongchong (PC 9), Yinbai (SP 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Jiaoxin (KI 8), Jianli (CV 11)
- Neiguan (PC 6), Daling (PC 7), Taixi (KI 3), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Juque (CV 14), Jianli (CV 11), Tianshu (ST 25), Xiajuxu (ST 39), Neiting (ST 44), Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmen (HT 7), Dazhong (KI 4), Feiyang (BL 58)
- Restlessness, Zang zao (restless organ) :
- Souce 15 : Shenmen (HT 7), Taichong (LR 3), Zhaohai (KI 6), Zusanli (ST 36), Zhongwan (CV 12), Huaroumen (ST 24)
- Source 31: Rugen (ST 18), Tongli (HT 5), Danshu (BL 19), Xinshu (BL 15)
- Source 27 :
- Tianzhu (BL 10), Fengchi (GB 20), Shousanli (LI 10), Quchi (LI 11), Yongquan (KI 1). Moxa Fengchi (GB 20), Dashu (BL 11), Shenzhu (GV 12)
- Sanjiaoshu (BL 22), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL 15), Shanzhong (CV 17), Daling (PC 7), Shenmen (HT 7), Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Shenmen (HT 7), Baihui (GV 20), Zhongwan (CV 12), Daling (PC 7), Yongquan (KI 1), Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Hegu (LI 4), Taichong (LR 3), Houxi (SI 3), Fenglong (ST 40)
- Dazhui (GV 14), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Jiuwei (CV 15), Fenglong (ST 40), Shenzhu (GV 12), Juque (CV 14), Zhongwan (CV 12), Neiguan (PC 6), Hegu (LI 4), Shenmen (HT 7), Qimen (LR 14)
- Renzhong (GV 26), Daling (PC 7), Shaoshang (LU 11), Yongquan (KI 1), Xingjian (LR 2), Baihui (GV 20), Shenmen (HT 7), Xinshu (BL 15), Jianshi (PC 5), Laogong (PC 8), Zhongwan (CV 12)
- Source 29 :
- Teeth clenching or grinding at night:
- Source 27 : Waiguan (TH 5), Chengjiang (CV 24), Daying (ST 5), Neiting (ST 44), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangqiu (SP 5), Shangguan (GB 3), Yifeng (TH 17), Hegu (LI 4), Renzhong (GV 26)
- Tianrong (SI 17), Lianquan (CV 23), Pohu (BL 42), Yixi (BL 45), Futu (ST 32), Tianchuang (SI 16), Yifeng (TH 17), Suliao (GV 25), Jiache (ST 6), Lieque (LU 7), Waiguan (TH 5). Moxa Jiache (ST 6), Chengjiang (CV 24).
- Jiache (ST 6), Zhigou (TH 6), Waiguan (TH 5), Lieque (LU 7), Neiting (ST 44), Lidui (ST 45), Renzhong (GV 26), Hegu (LI 4), Rangu (KI 2), Yifeng (TH 17), Zusanli (ST 36).
- Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Yifeng (TH 17), Shangyang (LI 1), Guanchong (TH 1), Zusanli (ST 36)
- Liver qi stagnation, stress, anxiety, restlessness: Shenmen, Heart, Nervous Subcortex, Anxious Point, Be Happy Point, Liver, Occiput. Bleed Ear Apex.
- Menopause: Uterus, Endocrine, Ovary, Gonadotropin, Pituitary, Sympathetic, Anxious Point, Kidney, Liver, Heart.
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.