FOUR POINT NEEDLE TECHNIQUE

By Dr. Ma

Step One:

Determine which organ system is out of balance

Step Two:

Determine whether the imbalance is excess (shi) or deficiency (xu)

Step Three:

(for deficiency syndromes)

Tonify the horary point on the mother organ's channel.

Horary means the point's element and the channel's element are the same. i.e. the wood point on the wood channel, or the fire point on the fire channel, the water point on the water channel, the earth point on the earth channel.

Tonify the mother organ's element point on the affected channel. Sedate the horary point on the "controlling" organ's channel. Sedate the controlling organ's element point on the affected organ.

(for excess syndromes)

Tonify the horary point on the controlling organ's channel. Tonify the controlling point on the affected channel. Sedate the horary point on the "son" channel. Sedate the son point on the affected channel.

Tonification prescriptions for conditions of deficiency.

Meridian

Tonify Sedate

Horary Pt. on Mother Channel

Mother Pt. on affected channel

Horary Pt. on controlling channel

Control Pt. on affected channel

LUNG Sp 3 Lu 9 Ht 8 Lu 10

LARGE INTESTINE

St 36 LI 11 SI 5 LI 5

STOMACH SI 5 St 41 GB 41 St 43

SPLEEN Ht 8 Sp 2 Liv 1 Sp 1

HEART Liv 1 Ht 9 Kid 10 Ht 3

SMALL INTESTINE GB 41 SI 3 UB 66 SI 2

URINARY BLADDER

LI 1 UB 67 St 36 UB 40

KIDNEY Lu 8 Kid 7 Sp 3 Kid 3

PERICARDIUM Liv 1 P 9 Kid 10 P 3

SAN JIAO GB 41 SJ 3 UB 66 SJ 2

GALLBLADDER UB 66 GB 43 LI 1 GB 44

LIVER Kid 10 Liv 8 LU 8 Liv 4

Sedation prescriptions for conditions of excess.

Meridian

Tonify Sedate

Horary Pt. on controlling channel

Control Pt. on affected channel

Horary Pt. on Son channel

Son Pt. on affected channel

LUNG Ht 8 Lu 10 Kid 10 Lu 5

LARGE INTESTINE SI 5 LI 5 UB 66 LI 2

STOMACH GB 41 St 43 LI 1 St 45

SPLEEN Liv 1 Sp 1 LU 8 Sp 5

HEART Kid 10 Ht 3 Sp 3 Ht 7

SMALL INTESTINE UB 66 SI 2 St 36 SI 8

URINARY BLADDER

St 36 UB 40 GB 41 UB 65

KIDNEY Sp 3 Kid 3 Liv 1 Kid 1

PERICARDIUM Kid 10 P 3 Sp 3 P 7

SAN JIAO UB 66 SJ 2 St 36 SJ 10

GALLBLADDER LI 1 GB 44 SI 5 GB 38

LIVER Lu 8 Liv 4 Ht 8 Liv 2

Horary Points

Shu Point Well Spring Stream River Sea

Wood OrgansLiver 1 2 3 4 8

Gall Bladder 44 43 41 38 34

Fire Organs

Heart 9 8 7 4 3

Small Intestine 1 2 3 5 8

Pericardium 9 8 7 5 3

San Jiao 1 2 3 6 10

Earth Organs:Spleen 1 2 3 5 9

Stomach 45 44 43 41 36

Metal Organs:Lung 11 10 9 8 5

Large Intestine 1 2 3 5 11

Water Organs:Kidney 1 2 3 7 10

Urinary Bladder 67 66 65 60 40More from Dr. Ma at:Acuherbsonline.com