Acupuncture 123 Arm Head & Trunk Leg

#1 - Diagnosis (which meridian/s affected)

Finger Top of Head Toes
#2 - Find the Balance
Hand Neck, Jaw, Base of Skull Foot
1. Same name - Tai Yin balances Tai Yin
2. Branching meridians - Tai Yin balances Tai Yang Wrist Neck, Shoulder Ankle
3. Interior / Exterior relationship Forearm Upper Abdomen, Rib Cage, Chest, Lower Leg
4. Chinese clock opposites Mid-Upper Back
5. Chinese clock neighbor Elbow Umbilicus level, Lumbar 2, Waist Knee
6. Same meridian
Upper Arm Lower abdomen, Lower Back Thigh
#3 - Point selection
Shoulder Genitals, Coccyx, Lower Sacrum Hip Joint
A. Mirror (limb to limb)
B. Imaging (head & torso to limb; face to limb) Top of Shoulder Testicles & Anus, bottom of genitals Top of Hip
C. Ba Gua Global Balance
(All imaging can be flipped - most effective points are below the elbow/knee)
D. Five Elements / Seasonal
(needle to depth of pain - bone to bone, muscle to muscle, joint to joint) Spine on head (same side) Face onto Limbs
Pulses Hairline C1, C2 Hip Du-20 Shoulder
Wood (GB/LV & PC/SJ)
Du 24-22 C3 to C5 Knee Eye / TMJ Elbow
Wiry - like rolling a wooden toothpick on a table
Du 22-20 Thoracic Vertebra Heel Chin Wrist
Tight - inflexible, no elasticity
Fire (HT/SI) Du 20 L2, Waist Level
Genitals to Face (opposite side)
Bouncy / Overflooding Du 19 L2 to L5
Anus Mouth
Big & takes all positions, like jumping out of wrist Du 18-16 Sacral Area
Vagina / Penis Nose
All 9 positions yang
Du 16 Tail Bone
Earth (SP/ST) - esp guan pulse or weak/no pulse Ovaries / Testicles Eyes
Slippery / Rolling / Thready / Very Slow (Go to either side of Du Channel
to image entire body on head) Ren to Du (same level or reverse)
Feels uncertain, slimy, with no distinct shape
Metal (LU/LI) - esp at cun pulse Global Balance
(internal disorders or whole channel, if local don’t do global)
Floating - stronger at surface and  at depth
#1 - Static Balance - based on 5 systems
Water (KI/UB) #2 - Dynamic Balance
Sinking or deap Hand Yin to Foot Yang, Hand Yang to Foot Yin
Weak or  at Chi position
Good to add to any treatment - Yin Tang, An Mian &
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Ear Shen Men for stress & sleep problems
Opposite Either Opposite Either Opposite Either
NOTE - if adding other points to treatment, make sure not to
LU SP UB LI UB LV LU disrupt either static or dynamic balance!!!
LI ST LV LU KI ST LI

ST LI PC SP PC LI ST LV HT SP LU KI PC

Top LV-8 HT-3 SP-9 LU-5 KI-10 PC-3

SP LU SI ST SJ HT SP
5th LV-5 HT-4 SP-5 LU-7 KI-7 PC-5
HT KI GB SI GB SP HT 4th LV-4 HT-5 SP-4 LU-8 KI-4 PC-6

3rd LV-3 HT-7 SP-3 LU-9 KI-3 PC-7

SI UB SP HT LV UB SI
2nd LV-2 HT-8 SP-2 LU-10 KI-2 PC-8
UB SI LU KI LU SI UB LV-1 HT-9 SP-1 LU-11 KI-1 PC-9
1st

KI HT SJ UB LI PC KI

PC LV ST SJ ST KI PC
GB SI ST LI UB SJ

SJ GB KI PC SP GB SJ Top GB-34 SI-8 ST-36 LI-11 UB-40 SJ-10

5th GB-38 SI-5 ST-41 LI-5 UB-60 SJ-6

GB SJ HT LV HT SJ GB
4th GB-40 SI-4 ST-42 LI-4 UB-64 SJ-4

LV PC LI GB SI LU LV 3rd GB-41 SI-3 ST-43 LI-3 UB-65 SJ-3

2nd GB-43 SI-2 ST-44 LI-2 UB-66 SJ-2

(SP, LV & KI each cover 6 channels so very versatile)
1st GB-44 SI-1 ST-45 LI-1 UB-67 SJ-1

Measure Improvement by change in INTENSITY, FREQUENCY, RECOVERY

 Global Balance / Meridian Conversion
(Use with internal problems or if whole meridian is affected)

Tai Yin - Yang Ming Pattern (III / VI) Depression Cycle (stem from expectations)
unmet expectations lead to  anger, frustration & resentment
Any problems in the front of the body (below the eyes to the feet)  sadness & fear  depression & sadness
Sinus HA below the eyes, congestion, allergies, cold & flu with sore throat,
mouth & throat, tonsils, chest, asthma, stomach, reflux, N&V, constipation, Shen Ji Bing / Cuckooness Disorders
diarrhea, uterus, bladder, ovaries (not male organs), obesity, weak
digestion, water metabolism etc... Jue Yin - Shao Yang Pattern (III / VI)
Infertility w/ appropriate pulse & other symptoms Pt can be uptight, resentful, short tempered, angry, argumentative, things
have to be done a certain way and are upset if not, controlled & tight
Pulse - Floating or cun position significant Depression - hold emotions in, anger, frustration, resentment
Slippery or guan deficient - SP Xu
LU-5 LI-11
Guan excess - ST Shi LU-9 LI-3 Anatomically - everything on sides: ear, side of neck & shoulders, side HA,
Dx - Metal Earth imbalance tightness at GB-20 & 21, ribcage, sides of waist, side of hip & leg to foot
ST-36 SP-9
ST-43 SP-3 Sleep disorders, emotional stress, frustration, body tightness, intercostal
Herbs neuralgia, lateral rib discomfort, impatient, digestive problems, HA (lateral &
Throat - Yin Qiao San + Yu Ping Feng San above eyes), blue/green vein on temple area, testicular pain, hemorrhoids,
Nasal - Clear Mucus - Xin Yi San depression, bi polar, mental problems due to excess
Thicker Mucus - Cang Er Zi San
Dry - add Mai Men Dong Tang Long term Fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue
Infertility SJ-3 PC-3
HA but not dry add Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang
SJ-10 PC-7
Hot or Infections - Huang Lian Jie Du Tang (antibiotic/antiviral) Pulse - Wiry / Tight
Lingering wet cough - Er Chen Tang + Zhi Sou San + Qing Fei Tang Dx - Wood Imbalance LV-3 GB-34 (T)
Lingering dry deep cough - Bai He Gu Jin Tang LV-8 (T) GB-41

Herbs - Xiao Yao San + Gan Mai Da Zao Tang

if more heat - add Zhi Mu & Zhi Zi or Jia Wei Xiao Yao San
Shao Yin - Tai Yang Pattern (III / VI)
XU problems (acute / chronic / injury / exhaustion)
Jue Yin - Yang Ming Pattern (I / IV)
Problems on the back side (also front of chest along KI channel), occipital Pt can be neurotic, fast mover, look at watch constantly, not as angry or
HA, stiff neck, neck pain, whole back pain, pain between scapula, scapula uptight as Jue Yin Shao Yang but nervous & worry constantly, cant sit still,
pain, buttock pain, sciatica pain (if down UB & KI channels), legs can’t relax or calm down. Do things randomly, nervous, fearful, uncertain.
Infertility from Xu Person can be jittery & oversensitive.
Depression - let emotions out, sadness & fear
Batteries running low, using more energy than putting in - anemia, adrenal
exhaustion Problems due to emotional stress - digestive, IBS, asthma (esp kids),
insomnia (fall asleep but can’t stay asleep), chron’s disease, colitis, restless
Also for chronic heat conditions or FUO
HT-3 SI-3 leg, allergies, emotional disorders (I / IV)
Personality - very passionate but try to keep their cool HT-7 SI-8 LI-1 PC-9
ADD/HD in kids w/ above symptoms
LI-4 PC-6 OR
Pulse - Xu, deep or no chi pulse UB-40 KI-3 (II / V)
Pulse - rolling, slippery, floating, rapid
Cun position bouncy UB-65 KI-10 LV-1 ST-45 LI-2 PC-8
Dx - Wood Earth imbalance LV-4 ST-42 LI-5 PC-5
Dx - Water Fire imbalanc (If Low Back Pain
add Ling Ku, Da Bai, Herbs for IBS - Pai Nong Tang w/ Pai Nong San LV-2 ST-44
Herbs - Du Zhong Wan + Qing Xi Lian Zi Wan Zhong Bai & SI-4 Use with NADA protocol to quit smoking LV-5 ST-41
to Hand Yang side)
For Low Back Pain in Dai Mai area or from GYN causes
For IBS alternate w/ 9 magic points
also use Dr Loo’s Point (bet GB-40 & UB-62)

Shao Yin - Shao Yang Pattern (III / VI)

Tightness but Xu, opposing symptoms (sometimes cold, sometimes hot;
SP/SJ Tai Yin - Shao Yang Pattern (I / IV)
sometimes hyper, sometimes hypo; sometimes Xu, sometimes Shi), sleep
Female hormone imbalance (birth control, fertility, menopause, cramps, hot disorders, long term fatigue/exhaustion, body tightness, no motivation
flashes, bloating, PMS) Chromic Fatigue w/ body tightness, sadness,
Hormonal changes lead to water imbalances - SP = dampness, SJ = water Menopause & PMS mood swings w/ poor sleep & tightness
metabolism Depression - depression & sadness, given up, out of juice
Chronic digestive problems, hormone imbalance (esp F sex hormones), everything is meaningless
water metabolism problems
Xu with Shen Disorder - serious mental/emotional/spritual problems due to Xu
Herbs - Dang Gui Shao Yao San + Shan Yao + Wang Bu Liu Xing SJ-3 HT-3
If heat add Zhu Ye Shi Gao Tang Pulse - Wiry, but push down and is Xu SJ-10 HT-7
Tight & depleted
Deep or no chi pulse KI-3 GB-34 (T)
HT-3 SJ-1 PC-6 SJ-1 PC-5 SJ-2
KI-10 GB-41
HT-7 SJ-4 AND/ PC-9 SJ-4 PC-8 SJ-6
Water Wood Imbalance
OR OR
GB-34 (T) SP-1 ST-42 SP-1 ST-41 SP-2 Herbs - Liu Wei Di Huang Wan + Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang + Suan Zao Ren
GB-41 SP-4 ST-45 SP-4 ST-44 SP-5 Tang + Bai Zi Yang Xin Wan
(I / IV) (II / V)
Mood Swings & Insomnia Digestion problems
If both use all points
For Heart Problems (CHF, palpitations, etc) alternate w/ 12 Magic Points (V)
Alt w/ 9 magic points for chronic digestion probs due to weak digestion
For Low Back Pain in Dai Mai area or from GYN causes also use Dr Loo’s Point (bet GB-40 & UB-62)
 Global Balance Variations 4 Magic, 9 Magic & 12 Magic
Jue Yin - Shao Yang (modification 1) Dr Tan’s 4 Magic Meridians
Uptight personality with insomnia, temporal HA & nausea From head to genitals between both sides of the ST channel (ST, KI, Ren)
HT-3
SJ-3 HT-7 Eyes, face, throat, chest, stomach, intestines, uterus, bladder, etc...
SJ-10 PC-6 Nausea, heartburn, bronchioles, stomach, heart
LV-3 GB-34 More physical cause rather than emotional
LV-8 GB-41
LI-1 PC-9 LI-2 PC-8
Include LV-1 & 4 for high LI-4 PC-6 LI-5 PC-5
blood pressure or for
Jue Yin - Shao Yang (modification 2) OR
physical conditions triggered
KI-1 ST-45 KI-2 ST-44
by emotional problems
Stress, cuckooness, temporal HA, nausea & vomiting KI-4 ST-42 KI-5 ST-41
SJ-3 HT-3 or stress (ie Plum Pit Qi)
Digestion problems
Morning sickness SJ-10 HT-7 (I / IV) (II / V)

LI-4 PC-6
LV invading SP symptoms
LV-3 GB-34 9 Magical Points
LV-8 GB-41 ANY internal disorder on the front of torso (whole torso) - esp digestion
SP-9 ST-36
More focused on the digestive tract, mouth to anus than whole meridian (Dr.
Tan’s 4 Magic Meridians)
KI/LI Shao Yin Yang Ming Pattern (I / IV)
Chron’s disease, IBS, morning sickness, weight loss (increases metabolism)
ANY LOW BACK PAIN w/ KI Xu conditions
LI-1 LU-8
LI-4 LU-11 Great for hangovers
Or LI-4 LU-7
Ling Ku SJ-5 PC-6
Da Bai KI-1 UB-64 Alternate w/ Jue Yin/Yang Ming points
Zhong Bai KI-4 UB-67 Can use with Jue Yin/Shao Yang if cuckoo LV-8 (T) GB-34 (T)
SI-4 with digestive problems SP-9 ST-36

For Low Back Pain in Dai Mai area or from GYN causes + HT-5 or UB-40
also use Dr Loo’s Point (bet GB-40 & UB-62) (to complete perfect balance)

Tai Yin - Tai Yang Pattern (I / IV) 8 Magic OB/GYN meridians

LU-8 SI-1
ANY UPPER BACK PAIN!! For any reason LU-11 SI-4 1 6
ANY OB/GYN or infertility SJ PC
Scapula, shoulder, UB channel muscles, ribcage, 4 9
sternum UB-64 SP-4 Treat 2x/week to start for up to 3 3
UB-67 SP-1 1 month to 1 year depending on the woman LI 11 HT 7
Deep lung cough or chronic cough (not throat cough)
Emphysema / COPD 3 42
KI 10 ST 45
1
SP 4 GB 34
41

12 Magical Points (pattern 1)

Great for any Headache
Use when case is hard to diagnose or problems cover multiple channels

If LBP use
Ling Ku
LI-4 (3) LU-11
Zhong Bai SJ-3 PC-9
Da Bai &
SI-4 instead SI-3 HT-9

SP-6 ST-36
LV-4 (5) GB-34 (T)
KI-7 (3) UB-40

12 Magical Points (V) for heart problems

Any western heart problems and/or high blood pressure

LI-3 PC-6
SJ-3 LU-8
SI-3 HT-5

KI-1 ST-36
SP-1 GB-34 (T)
LV-1 UB-40
 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
Opposite Either Opposite Either Opposite Either

LU SP UB LI UB LV LU

LI ST LV LU KI ST LI

ST LI PC SP PC LI ST

SP LU SI ST SJ HT SP

HT KI GB SI GB SP HT

SI UB SP HT LV UB SI

UB SI LU KI LU SI UB

KI HT SJ UB LI PC KI

PC LV ST SJ ST KI PC

SJ GB KI PC SP GB SJ

GB SJ HT LV HT SJ GB

LV PC LI GB SI LU LV

Shoulder Channels LU Channel - Anterior shoulder

Supraspinatus - SJ Biceps (LU) - LI SP 5-6 LI-5
Infraspinatus - SI Triceps Lat Head - SJ UB 60-62 LV-4
Teres Minor - SI Triceps Long Head - SI
Subscauplaris - LI Rhomboids - LI LI Channel - Acromium pain
Ant Deltoid - LU Levator Scapula - SI LV-4 LU-9
Mid Deltoid - LI Pec Minor - LU KI-3
Post Deltoid - SJ Pec Major (upper) - PC
Biceps (SH) - LU Pec Major (lower) - HT LU & LI Channels
ST-41 & SP-5 LV-4.5 & UB 60-62
LU-9 & LI-5 KI 3-4 & UB 60-62
ST-41 & LV-4

SJ, SI & GB Channels - posterior deltoid, infraspinatus,

supraspinatus, trapezius
GB-39, SJ-5, UB-60 KI-7, HT-4, SP-6
PC-6, HT-4, LV-5 SP-6, LV-5, HT-4

Scapula Pain on SI Chanel - LV-4.5

UB Neck Pain - tx SI
GB Neck Pain - tx HT
GB HA - GB-31
Temple Migraine HA - HT-8
Trap Pain - HT-4