Name
顴髎
- Quan Liao
- Cheekbone Hole
- Cheek Prominence
Location
At the intersection of 2 lines:
- Vertical: from the outer corner of the eye
- Horizontal: from the lower border of the zygomatic bone
Nature
- Crossing point of the Small Intestine Channel and the Triple Burner Channel
- Meeting point of the Foot Yang Sinew Channels (Stomach, Gall Bladder and Bladder)
Actions
- Local point: facial paralysis due to exterior attack
- Cheek pain
- Toothache in the upper area (analgesic for tooth extraction)
- Trigeminal pain
- Facial tic (Wind)
- Neck pain, torticollis: unblocks (pain may persist but movement will be restored)
Comments
Disperses Wind, calms pain
Treatment
- Puncture: 0.2 - 0.3 CUN perpendicular