This paper is designed based on the combination form of schedule and dial.Five acupoint selection methods of date(year-month-day),time,Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and midnight-noon and ebb-flow doctrine can be calculated according this paper.It has the features of direct-viewing,easy to learn,shortcut,accurate,rich in content and permanent,of the use of traditional Chinese medicine,martial arts,astronomy,calendar,meteorology,history and some other workers and people in daily life for calculating Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches,as well as it is the ideal tool for acupuncture on time point selection.

The points, Neiguan (PC 6)-Gongsun (SP 4), Houxi (SI 3)-Shenmai (BL 62), Lieque (LU 7)-Zhaohai (KI 6), or Waiguan (TE 5)-Zulinqi (GB 41), were selected according to the eight magic turtle techniques and some acupoints were added on the basis of syndrome differentiation. Thirty obesity patients were treated. Marked effectiveness occurred in 6 cases, effectiveness in 21 cases and ineffectiveness in 3 cases, with a total effective rate of 90.0%.