Extra Points Head and Neck Flashcards
Sishencong
Four Alert Spirit
Sishencong Action
Calms the spirit, Pacifies wind, Benefits the eyes and ears.
Sishencong Needling
Subaqute .5-1 inch, (point needls toward GV20). Moxa applicable
Sishencong Indications
Windstroke, epilepsy, mania- depression, insomnia, poor memory. One-sided and generalized headache, dizziness, deafness, disorders of the eyes.
Sishencong Location
Four points at the vertex of the scalp,grouped around Baihui DU-20 and located1 cun anterior, posterior and lateral to it.
Yintang
Hall of Impressions
Yintang Location
At the glabella, at the midpoint between the medial extremities of the eyebrows.
Yintang Action
Pacifies wind and calms the shen Benefits the nose Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Yintang Needling
Subaqute .3-.5 inch
Yintang Indications
Chronic and acute childhood fright wind, fright spasm, frontal headache, dizziness, dizziness following childbirth, insomnia, agitation and restlessness. Nasal congestion and discharge, rhinitis, nosebleed, disorders of the eyes, hypertension, pain of the face.
Yuyao
Fish Waist
Yuyao Location
In the center of the eyebrow, in the depression directly above the pupil
when the eyes are looking straight forwards.
Yuyao Needling
Subaqute .3-.5 inch
Yuyao Actions
Benefits the eyes Relaxes the sinews and alleviates pain.
Yuyao Indications
Redness, swelling and pain of the eyes, superficial visual obstruction, twitching of the eyelids, drooping of the eyelid, frontal headache.
Qiuhou
Behind the Ball
Qiuhou Location
Along the inferior border of the orbit, at the junction of the lateral one quarter and medial three quarters of the infra- orbital margin.
Qiuhou Needling
Push eyeball upward gently, insert perp .5-1.2 inches along orbital margin slowly without movements of lifting, thrusting, twisting or rotating
Qiuhou Actions
Benefits the eyes
Qiuhou Indications
All eye diseases.
Taiyang
Sun (Supreme Yang)
Taiyang Location
At the temple, in the tender depression approximately 1 cun posterior to the midpoint between the lateral extremity of the eyebrow and the outer canthus of the eye
Taiyang Needling
Perp .3-.5 inch
Taiyang Actions
Eliminates wind and clears heat Reduces swelling and stops pain, Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Taiyang Indications
One-sided headache, dizziness, toothache, trigeminal neuralgia. Disorders of the eyes, dimness of vision, redness and swelling of the eyes, pain of the eyes deviation of the mouth and eye
Erjian
Tip of the Ear
Erjian Location
When the ear is folded forwards, this point lies at the apex of the ear
Erjian Needling
Prick to bleed (for fever), or insert perp .1-.2 inches. Moxa applicable