Chinese Name:
Quanliao (English translation: Cheek Bone Crevice)
Location:
On the face, directly below the outer canthus
of the eye, in the depression on the lower border of zygomatic bone.
Classification:
Crossing point of the Small Intestine and San Jiao
Meridians
Indications:
- Wry face, twitching of eyelids, facial
paralysis
- Toothache, swelling of the cheek
Functions:
Expels Wind, alleviates pain.
Needling:
Perpendicular insertion .3 - .5 cun; oblique or subcutaneous insertion .5 - 1.0
cun.
No moxa. |