FOUR-POINT NEEDLE TECHNIQUE

STEP 1:

WHICH CHANNEL/ORGAN IS AFFLICTED?

LU LI ST SP HT SI UB KI PC SJ GB LV

STEP 2:

IS IT DEFICIENCY OR EXCESS?

DEFICIENCY EXCESS
• tonify the mother
• sedate the son

• sedate the controller • tonify the controller

1. tonify the mother point on the 1. sedate the son point on the
a icted channel
a icted channel

2. tonify the horary point on the 2. sedate the horary point on the son
mother channel
channel

3. sedate the controlling point on 3. tonify the controlling point on the

the a icted channel
a icted channel

4. sedate the horary point on the 4. tonify the horary point on the
controlling channel controlling channel
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Yin Channels

Wood Fire Earth Metal Water

Lung LU-11 LU-10 LU-9 LU-8 LU-5

Spleen SP-1 SP-2 SP-3 SP-5 SP-9

Heart HT-9 HT-8 HT-7 HT-5 HT-3

Kidney KD-1 KD-2 KD-3 KD-7 KD-10

Pericardium PC-9 PC-8 PC-7 PC-5 PC-3

Liver LV-1 LV-2 LV-3 LV-4 LV-8

Yang Channels

Metal Water Wood Fire Earth

Large Intestine LI-1 LI-2 LI-3 LI-5 LI-11

Stomach ST-45 ST-44 ST43 ST-41 ST-36

Small Intestine SI-1 SI-2 SI-3 SI-5 SI-8

Urinary Bladder UB-67 UB-66 UB-65 UB-60 UB-40

San Jiao SJ-1 SJ-2 SJ-3 SJ-6 SJ-10

Gallbladder GB-44 GB-43 GB-41 GB-38 GB-34

 Tonify Sedate

controlling
mother point 
 horary point horary point
point on
on a icted on mother on controlling
a icted
channel channel channel
channel

LU LU-9 SP-3 LU-10 HT-8

LI LI-11 ST-36 LI-5 SI-5

CONDITIONS
DEFICIENCY

ST ST-41 SI-5 ST-43 GB-41

SP SP-2 HT-8 SP-1 LV-1

HT HT-9 LV-1 HT-3 KD-10

SI SI-3 GB-41 SI-2 UB-66

UB UB-67 LI-1 UB-40 ST-36

KI KD-7 LU-8 KD-3 SP-3

PC PC-9 LV-1 PC-3 KD-10

SJ SJ-3 GB-41 SJ-2 UB-66

GB GB-43 UB-66 GB-44 LI-1

LV LV-8 KD-10 LV-4 LU-8

Sedate Tonify

controlling
son point 
 horary point horary point
point on
on a icted on son on controlling
a icted
channel channel channel
channel

LU LU-5 KI-10 LU-10 HT-8

LI LI-2 UB-66 LI-5 SI-5

CONDITIONS

ST ST-45 LI-1 ST-43 GB-41

EXCESS

SP SP-5 LU-8 SP-1 LV-1

HT HT-7 SP-3 HT-3 KD-10

SI SI-8 ST-36 SI-2 UB-66

UB UB-65 GB-41 UB-40 ST-36

KI KD-1 LV-1 KD-3 SP-3

PC PC-7 SP-3 PC-3 KD-10

SJ SJ-10 ST-36 SJ-2 UB-66

GB GB-38 SI-5 GB-44 LI-1

LV LV-2 HT-8 LV-4 LU-8

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 Ex: Heart De ciency

STEP 1:

WHICH CHANNEL/ORGAN IS AFFLICTED?

LU LI ST SP HT SI UB KI PC SJ GB LV

STEP 2:

IS IT DEFICIENCY OR EXCESS?

DEFICIENCY EXCESS
• tonify the mother
🪵 • sedate the son

• sedate the controller 💦 • tonify the controller

wood point on HT channel = HT-9

1. tonify the mother point on the
a icted channel

2. tonify the horary point on the horary point on LV channel = LV-1

mother channel

3. sedate the controlling point on

the a icted channel
water point on HT channel = HT-3
4. sedate the horary point on the
controlling channel
horary point on KD channel = KD-10
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 Ex: Large Intestine Excess

STEP 1:

WHICH CHANNEL/ORGAN IS AFFLICTED?

LU LI ST SP HT SI UB KI PC SJ GB LV

STEP 2:

IS IT DEFICIENCY OR EXCESS?

DEFICIENCY EXCESS
• tonify the mother
• sedate the son
💦
• sedate the controller • tonify the controller 🔥

water point on LI channel = LI-2

1. sedate the son point on the
a icted channel

horary point on UB channel = UB-66 2. sedate the horary point on the son
channel

3. tonify the controlling point on the

re point on LI channel = LI-5 a icted channel

4. tonify the horary point on the

controlling channel
horary point on SI channel = SI-5
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