emotional stress (especially the breaking-up of relationships), calm the Mind and settle
the Ethereal Soul. Use with the same laterality as above.- P-3 Quze and LIV-3 Taichong to clear Heat and cool Blood in skin diseases.
Lesser Yin
- HE-7 Shenmen and KI-3 Taixi to harmonize Heart and Kidneys and calm the Mind.
Needle HE-7 on the right in women and on the left in men, and KI-3 on the opposite side. - HE-6 Yinxi and KI-7 Fuliu to nourish Heart-Yin and Kidney-Yin and stop
night-sweating. Needle with the same laterality as above.
Exteriorly-Interiorly Related Channels
The exteriorly-interiorly related channels are Lung and Large Intestine, Stomach and Spleen, etc.
needling points of these channels unilaterally balancing Left and Right also balances Yin and
Yang. These points could be further balanced by needling Yin points on the Yang side (i.e. left)
and Yang points on the Yin side (i.e. right). Examples of such combinations have already been
given above and will only be listed here:
- LU-7 Lieque and L.I.-4 Hegu to release the Exterior and expel Wind.
- LU-5 Chize and L.I.-11 Quchi to clear Heat and cool Blood in skin diseases.
- LU-9 Taiyuan and L.I.-4 Hegu.
- ST-36 Zusanli and SP-4 Gongsun.
- HE-7 Shenmen and S.I.-5 Yanggu.
- LIV-3 Taichong and G.B.-34 Yanglingquan.
- SP-8 Diji, SP-6 Sanyinjiao, ST-28 Shuidao and ST-29 Guilai.
- LU-3 Tianfu and L.I.-4 Hegu.17(585)
- ST-45 Lidui and SP-1 Yinbai.18(586)
- HE-6 Yinxi and S.I.-3 Houxi.19(587)