Balance Method

Advantages
• Very simple and very effective method for treating all types of pain.
• Patients can often be treated sitting position no need of undressing.
• Instant relief and sustaining relief.
• Minimum use of needles no aggravation of pain in the local area.
• There is no need of using moxa and electronic stimulator.
• Neither history required about the disease nor constitutional
pathology of the body.
Acupuncture Channel Summary
We have 12 bilateral Meridians. Thetwo special vessels (the Conception Vessel and the
Governor Vessel) are not bilateral. They are singular channels, which follow the midline of the
body, one in front and one on the back.
 Yin-Yang

Hand Tai yin lung Foot Tai yin Spleen

Hand Shao Yin Heart Foot Shao Yin kidney
Hand jue yin pericardium Foot jue yin Liver
Hand Tai yang small intestine Foot Tai yang Urinary bladder
Hand shao yang San jiao Foot shao yang Gall Bladder
Hand yang ming large intestine Foot yang ming Stomach
INDICATIONS OF SIX PAIR CHANNELS

TAI YANG: SI - UB SPINE, WEI QI, WATER BALANCE

YANG MING: LI - ST DIGESTIVE FUNCTION

SHAO YANG: TW - GB YANG WEI, DAI, NERVOUS SYSTEM

TAI YIN: LU - SP GOVERNS QI [ AIR AND FOOD ]

SHAO YIN: HT - KID GOVERNS BLOOD AND ESSENCE

JUE YIN: LIV - PC CIRCULATE QI AND BLOOD

SYSTEM 2 CONNECTIONS
LU - UB
LU 5 AND UB 40

LI - LIV 4 GATES

ST - PC PC 6 HARMONIZES THE ST

WATER METABOLISM
SP - SI

HT - GB HT AND GB DEFICIENCY

KID - TW TW AND KID YANG

TAI YANG FUNCTION
1: CIRCULATE QI THROUGH THE TAI YANG CHANNELS AND
THE EYES, HEAD, NECK, BACK, SHOULDER AND SPINE
SI 3 AND UB 62

2: DISTRIBUTES WEI QI TO THE MOST EXTERIOR REGIONS OF THE

BODY AND THERE FOR HAS RELATED WITH IMMUNE SYSTEM.

3: REGULATES FLUID METABOLISM THROUGH THE FUNCTION

OF THE SMALL INTESTINE AND BLADDER.
YANG MING FUNCTIONS

1: REGULATES THE STOMACH AND INTESTINE

2: INFLUENCES DIGESTION

3: HARMONIZES THE BOWELS

SHAO YANG
1: DISTRIBUTES QI THROUGH THE SHAO YANG CHANNELS INCLUDING THE HEAD NECK
SHOULDERS AND RIBCAGE.

2: OPENS THE YANG WEI DAI MAI MERIDIANS,

3: REGULATES THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, JUE YIN AND SHAO YIN

4: RESOLVES WIND

5: REGULATES WATER PASSAGES

TAI YIN FUNCTIONS
1: GOVERNS QI THROUGH RESPIRATION AND DIGESTION

2: REGULATE WATER AND FLUID METABOLISM

3: INFLUENCES THE ANTI- PATHOGENIC QI

SHAO YIN FUNCTIONS
1: GOVERNS THE BLOOD AND ESSENCE

2: HARMONIZES YIN-YANG DYNAMICS

3: REGULATES FIRE AND WATER BALANCE

BLOOD AND ESSENCE SHARE THE SAME SOURCE.

FIRE AND WATER ARE PRIMARY YIN-YANG ELEMENTS IN THE BODY
JUE YIN FUNCTIONS
1: REGULATE CIRCULATION OF QI AND BLOOD.

2: CALM THE SPIRIT.

3: SUPPLEMENTS YIN AND BLOOD

SYSTEM 2 CONNECTIONS
1: LU – UB
2: LI – LIV
3: ST – PC
4: SP – SI
5: HT – GB
6: KID - TW
LU – UB COMBINATION

1: LUNGS SEND FLUIDS TO THE KIDNEYS AND UB.

2: LU 7 – TREATS TAI YANG SYNDROMS AND STIFF NECK.

3: LU 7 – OPENS THE REN MAI WHICH PASSESTHROUGH THE REGION OG THE UB.

4: LU 5 AND UB 40
LU 5 BENEFITS THE UB AND HELPS TO DESCEND WATER FLOW.
UB 40 TREATS VARIOUS TYPES OF SKIN CONDITIONS.
LI – LIV COMBINATION
1: MOST WELL- KNOWN SYSTEM 2 CONNECTION.

2: 4 GATES IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED POINTS COMBINATION.

3: METAL – WOOD ASSOCIATION

4: MATER TUNG POINTS WE FIND NUMEROUS POINTSLOCATED ON THE LI MERIDIAN THAT

HAVE A STRONG INFLUENCE ON LIVER FUNCTIONS.
ST – PC COMBINATIONS

1: PC 6 - HARMONIZES THE ST AND TREATS STOMACHACHE, MOTION SICKNESS,NAUSEA AND

BLOATING

2: PC 3 – REGULATES ST AND INTESTINE

3: PC 3 AND PC 6 IN COMBINATION TREAT A WIDE VARIETY OF STOMACH AND DIGESTIVE

CONDITIONS
SP – SI COMBINATION
1: SMALL INTESTINE RECEIVES FOOD FROM ST AND PLAY A ROLE IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF
FOOD, NUTRIENTS AND FLUIDS.

2: THE SI SEPARATES THE CLEAR FROM THE IMPURE.

3: THE CLEAR FOOD NUTRIENTSARE SENT TO THE SPLEEN AND IMPURE FLUIDS ARE SENT TO THE
URINERY BALDDER.
HT – GB COMBINATIONS
1: HT AND GB ARE LOCATED OPPOSITE OF THE ORGAN CLOCK OF ONE ANOTHER.
HT TIME IS FROM 11 AM TO 1 PM
GB TIME IS FROM 11 PM TO 1 AM

2: HT AND GB DEFICIENCY

3: WOOD FIRE ASSOCIATION.

KID – TW COMBINATION
1: TW FUNCTIONS TO TO DISTRIBUTE KIDNEY YANG THROUGH OUT THE BODY.
THE FIRE COMPONENT OF THE TRIPLE BURNER IS DERIVED FROM THE KIDNEY.

2: TW ACTS AS A WATER PASSAGE WAY, AND THEREFOREFUNCTIONS WITH THE KIDNEYS IN THE
METABOLISM OF WATER.
SYSTEM 4 CONNECTIONS
1: LU – UB SYSTEM 2 AND 4

2: LI – KED SYSTEM 4

3: ST – PC SYSTEM 2 AND 4

4: SP – TW SYSTEM 4

5: HT – GB SYSTEM 2 AND 4

6: SI – LIV SYSTEM 4
LI – KID COMBINATIONS
1: KID 6 AND KID 7 IN THE TREATMENT OF CONSTIPATION AND DIARRHEA
KID 6 TREATS CONSTIPATION DUE TI YIN DEFICIENCY
KID 7 TREATS DIARRHEA DUE TO YANG DEFICIENCY

2: LING GU – STOPS LUMBER PAIN, BENEFITS THE YANG, AND TRAETS URINERY AND PROSTATE
CONDITIONS
SP – TW COMBINATION
1: BOTH THE SP AND TW PLAYS IMPORTANT ROLE IN WATER METABOLISM

2: TW TRANSPORTS KIDNEY YANG TO SPLEEN

3: FIRE – EARTH ASSOCIATION WHICH MAY BE UTILIZED IN CERTAIN DEGESTIVE CONDITIONS.

ESPECIALLY WHEN A SPLEEN DEFICIENCY IS ROOTED IN A KEDNEY PATTERN.
SI – LIV COMBINATION
WOOD AND FIRE ASSOCIATION
SI 4 – EMPERICAL POINT FOR JAUNDICE. IT TREAT DAMP HEAT IN THE LIVER
SI 7 – THE LUO CONNECTING POINT IS GOOD FOR EMOTIONAL PATTERNS OF THE LIVER AND
GALLBLADDER.
SI 3 – TREATS INTERNAL WIND, INTERNAL WIND IS A LIVER PATTERN.

MASTER TUNG POINTS 33.10 AND 33.11 ARE LOCATED ON THE SI MERIDIAN AND TREATS LIVER
CONDITIONS.
33.11 IS INDICATED FOR ACUTE HEPATITIS.
SYSTEM 5 CONNECTIONS
1: LU – LIV SYSTEM 5

2: LI – ST SYSTEM 1 AND 5

3: SP – HT SYSTEM 5

4: SI – UB SYSTEM 1 AND 5

5: KID – PC SYSTEM 5

6: TW – GB SYSTEM 1 AND 5
LU – LIV COMBINATIONS
1: REPRESENTS AND IMPORTANT JUNCTION BETWEEN THE ENDING OF THE CYCLE AND BEGINNING
OF NEW ONE.

2: METAL – WOOD ASSOCIATION, METAL OVERACT ON WOOD IN 5 ELEMENT CYCLE

3: LIVER FIRE MAY INVADE THE LUNGS.

4: THORACIC 4 GATES = LU 1 AND LIV 14

USE THIS WIH 4 GATES
SP – HT COMBINATIONSE
1: FIRE - EARTH ASSOCIATION.

2: SPLEEN TRANSFORM FOOD INTO GU QI AND SENDS IT TO THE HEART FOR THE PRODUCTION OF
BLOOD.

3: SP 6 AND SP 10 ARE IMPORTANT FOR HEART PATTERNS

KID – PC COMBINATIONS
1: THIS IS WATER – FIRE ASSOCIATION

2: KID PAIR WITH BOTH HEART AND PC

3: THESE MERIDIANS MAY BE PAIRED FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF CONDITIONS INCLUDING

ABDOMINAL ISSUES, SHEN DISTRUBANCE, LIVER PATTERNS, GYNECOLOGICAL DISEASES AND
HARMONAL IMBALANCE.
MERIDIAN AND ORGAN RELATIONSHIPS WITH
COMMON SYMPTOMS
ANXIETY LIV, HT, PC KID UB INFECTIONS UB

FATIGUE KID, SP, LU, HT TINNITUS LIV, KID

EDIMA KID, SP, LU DEPRESSION LU, SP, KID, LIV

CONSTIPATION LI MENOPAUSE KID

HAPATITIS WITH LIV, LI INSOMNIA HT, PC, KID

DIARRHEA SP, LV, GB

HYPER LIV HYPO THYROID SP, KID

THYROID
Circulation of Energy Through the Primary Meridians
 System #1: The Chinese Anatomical Image system (Chinese meridian Name
sharing)

---Pairs channels with same Chinese meridian name

.
---Hand channels treat foot channels and vice versa.
---Yin channel treats for yin channel, and yang
treats yang .
---Treats contra lateral side (opposite side).
Example for System 1

A patient presents with left-sided tennis elbow on Hand Yang Ming (Large
Intestine) in the area of LI 11. The needled meridian is Foot Yang Ming
(Stomach) on the right side. Point selection is accomplished by using the
Mirroring Format, as discussed in a later section. ST35, or an ashi point near
ST35, would be the appropriate knee point to treat the elbow pain.
System #2: The “Bie Jing” or
Branching Channel system
Needle same side
--Uses Yang channels to treat Yin channels
(and vice-versa).
--Uses Hand channels to treat Foot channels.
--If the condition treated is one-sided, Bie
Jing treats the selected point on the side that
elicits the most Ahshi sensitivity upon
palpation.
Example for System 2

A patient presents with a sprained ankle on Foot Shao Yang at GB40 on the
right side. The needled meridian is the Hand Shao Yin. The appropriate point
to use is HT7 on the right or left side. Needle the side that is more ashi .
Example for system2
System #3: The Interior/Exterior Relationship

--Treats opposite side.

--Treats Yin channels for Yang, Yang
channel for Yin.
--Treats the Zang-fu paired channel
(hand for hand, foot for foot).
Example for System 3

A patient presents with left-sided knee pain on the Foot Jue Yin
channel at LV8. The needled meridian is Foot Shao Yang on the right
side. The appropriate point is GB34 using the Mirroring format.
Example for system 3
System #4: The Chinese Clock — Opposites

--Based on the Chinese Clock.

--Treats Yang channels for Yin channel
problems, Yin channels for Yang channel
problems.
--Treats hand channels for foot channel
problems and vice-versa.
--Depending on palpation and ahshi
findings, uses either opposite or same side
for treatment.
Example for System 4
A patient presents with pain along the Hand Tai Yang/Small Intestine channel at SI12-SI14
on the left scapula. The needled meridian is Foot Jue Yin/Liver channel on the left side or the
right side. Using the Imaging Format, the appropriate point is around LV4-LV5.
Example for system 4
System #5: The Neighbour System

The pairings are always with the neighbour of the same polarity: Yang with Yang, Yin with Yin.
Thus, looking at the diagram of the clock above, the pairings are: (starting with the Hand-
Taiyang or SI channel),
 Small Intestine (SI), with Urinary Bladder (UB).
 Kidney (K), with Pericardium (P).
 San Jiao (SJ), with Gall Bladder (GB).
 Liver (Lv), with Lung (Lu).
 Large Intestine (LI), with Stomach (St).
 Spleen (Sp), with Heart (H).
System 5:

• Chinese Clock Neighbors System 5 uses the

arrangement of the neighbor system on the
Chinese Clock.

• Hand channels are paired with foot channels and

foot channels are paired with hand channels.

• Yin channels balance yin channels and yang

channels balance yang channels.

• For example, Hand Tai Yin treats Foot Jue Yin

and vice versa.

• Several Chinese Clock Neighbors overlap with

System 1 (Chinese Meridian Name-Sharing).

• The actual time of the acupuncture treatment is

not considered in applying this system of the
Balance Method. The treatment is effective at any
time.
Example for System 5

Patient presents with hepatitis on the Foot Jue Yin/Liver channel. The
needled meridian is Hand Tai Yin, the Lung meridian. The appropriate point
to needle is LU6 using the Imaging Format.
 To specify the area of Needling
Mirroring format
• The mirroring format is design to specify the area of the limb which will respond positively By using the
five system we got the sick meridian.
• Mirror the sick area to a corresponding anatomical location on the chosen meridian Ashi points
Case studies using the five system and
mirroring format
 Imaging format

• Imaging format images the sick area to a different area of the body.

• The head can balance limb vice versa trunk can balance limb vice versa.

• Imagine the sick area superimposed on the head trunk or limb, eg- if sick
area on face place the image of the face on the leg or arm,if head is superimposed
on the whole leg than eye level is located on the knee ( Achi pointS).

• With a few needles the whole body can be treated with a maltitude of combination
using the imaging format.
Image of the head Reverse Image of the head
to to
upper and lower limb upper and lower limb
Image of upper limb to hand and trunk Image of upper limb to hand and trunk
Case studies using the imaging format
 Lung
Meridian
Large Intestine
Meridian
Stomach
Meridian
 Spleen
Meridian
 Heart
Meridian
 Small
Intestine
Meridian
Urinary
Bladder
Meridian
 Kidney
Meridian
Pericardium
Meridian
Sanjiao
Meridian
Gall Bladder
Meridian
 Liver
Meridian
Du Meridian
Ren Meridian
• According to the traditional Chinese theory each Yang Meridian (Large Intestine , Stomach , Small
Intestine , Urinary Bladder , Sanjiao , Gall Bladder) has a related Yin Meridian (Lung , Spleen ,
Heart , Kidney , Pericardium and Liver).

• Yang Meridians are distributed externally while Yin Meridians are distributed internally. Thus there
are six couples of Meridians which are spread in parallel (exteriorly - interiorly related Meridians).

• The Luo point is located proximal to the Yuan point and it doesn't belong to the Five Shu Points ,
but is a special point category.From there , starts the transverse Luo vessel which ends at the Yuan
point of the coupled Meridian.

• The longitudinal Luo vessel starts from the Luo point and running parallel to the Meridian ends
directly to the channel's internal Zang or Fu organ.When a channel is diseased , we can puncture
the Yuan point of the affected Meridian and the Luo point of its exteriorly - interiorly related
channel.The Yuan-source and the Luo-connecting.
 MERIDIAN YUAN POINT LUO POINT

Lung L9 L16
Large Intestine Li 4 L7
Stomach S 42 SP 4
Spleen SP 3 S40
Heart H7 SI 7
Small Intestine Si 4 H5
Urinary Bladder UB 64 K4
Kidney K3 UB 58
Pericardium P7 SJ 5
Sanjiao SJ 4 P6
Gall Bladder GB 40 LIV 5
Liver LIV 3 GB 37
Du Mai - DU 1
Ren Mai - REN 15
 Xi Cleft Points

• The Xi Cleft points, also called

the accumulation points, are
where the Qi and Blood of a
meridian pool.

• They are primarily at or near

the joints of the body.

• In treatment they are used

primarily for acute conditions,
especially pain, that involve
their related organs/channels.
ST 6 – Ghost Point
This point is perfect for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Patients with PTSD have
tendency to clench their jaw, so ST 6 acts as a jaw relaxer as well.

BL 62 – Ghost Point
In clinical practice I use Bl 62 for long standing childhood trauma related to sexual
abuse, leading to anxiety and/or depression as an adult.

Li 11 – Ghost Point
Li 11 clear heat and balance the digestive system. It’s used for patient who like to
be in control, and get diarrhea or suffers from IBS when they feel out of control.

SP 1 – Ghost Point Bleeding

SP 1 is generally used for patient who have poor body image and eat their feelings
(as in Bulimia).
PC 7 – Ghost Point
This acupuncture point is the protector of the heart, which makes it the perfect
point to needle for those who are emotionally upset (broken hearted) after the
break up of a relationship.

PC 8 – Ghost Point
This is a good point for patient who have lost a sense of self, are manic with
hallucinations, anxious and experience paranoia (Like in schizophrenia).

Lu 11 – Ghost Point
This acupuncture point is perfect, when a vow, contract, or an important
agreement is broken, and anger results. Good during or after a nasty divorce, or
a business partnership which goes sour.

Ren 1 – Ghost Point

For patient who are ashamed of their body and their sexuality, and especially for
women after childbirth, who suffers from urinary incontinence and low libido,
or can’t reach orgasm.
Ren 24 – Ghost Point
This is a great acupuncture point for people who are always worried and are
consumed by their dark thoughts for years. They don’t ever smile or laugh.

Du 16 – Ghost Point
Because of its location, Du 16 is often overlooked because it is deemed a
dangerous point. But it’s a good one for patient who resist change and are
inflexible. Du 23 – Ghost Point. For unresponsive people who have years of
phlegm misting the mind, and become catatonic, such as Alzheimer’s patients in
later stage.

Du 26 – Ghost Point
Often used for intergenerational trauma, which leads to spontaneous laughing with
no reason. Yin Tang – Ghost Point. This 13th Ghost point is controversial. In some
text, extra point Gui Feng (under the tongue) is deemed a Ghost point, but because
of its location, Yin Tang has been used instead. Both are used for enlightening the
mind, seeking knowledge and wisdom.