Dr. Ma's Little Graphic Four Point Needle Technique

Step One:

Step Two:

Step Three:

(for deficiency syndromes)

(for excess syndromes)





Tonification prescriptions for conditions of deficiency.

Meridian Tonify Sedate
Horary Pt. Son Pt. Horary Pt. Control Pt.
LUNG Sp 3 Lu 9 Ht 8 Lu 10
LARGE INTESTINE St 36LI 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. Control Pt. Horary Pt. Son Pt.
LUNGHt 8 Lu 10 Kid 10 Lu 5
LARGE INTESTINE SI 5LI 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

Element Wood Fire Earth Metal Water
Shu Point Well Spring Stream River Sea
Wood Organs Liver 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 40


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