Four Point Needle Technique

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. Tonify

Sedate

Meridian

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

P9

Kid 10

P3

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. Tonify

Sedate

Meridian

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

P3

Sp 3

P7

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

Wood Organs

Fire Organs

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Shu Point Well Spring Stream River Sea Liver 1 2 3 4 8 Gall Bladder 44 43 41 38 34 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 Spleen 1 2 3 5 9 Stomach 45 44 43 41 36 Lung 11 10 9 8 5 Large Intestine 1 2 3 5 11 Kidney 1 2 3 7 10 Urinary Bladder 67 66 65 60 40