Acupoint+ST-4+Di+Cang

//Earth Granary, Silo.// Meeting Point with the Large Intestine Channel, Yang Motility and Conception Vessels. = = =Location= //On the face, in the oral region, 0.5 cun lateral to the corner of the mouth, in line with the pupil when the eyes are focused forward.//
 * [[image:st4.jpg align="right"]]ST4** **•** **Di Cang** • **Stomach 4**

=Point Summary= //Expels Wind From The Face Activates the Channel Alleviates Pain// not able to close eyes; facial paralysis; trigeminal neuralgia; herpes; mouth ulcers; gum problems

=Needling=

Depth:
1.0 - 1.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture subcutaneously towards St-6.

Contraindications:
None.

=General Indications=

Functions
expels local wind; clears channels;

Indications
facial paralysis; trigeminal neuralgia; excessive salivation; difficulty closing eyes; herpes; gum ulcers

Special Notes
LI, CV, and yang qiao all cross here

=Diagnostic Indications:= Aphasia **•** Eyelid Spasm **•** Facial Muscle Paralysis **•** Mouth Deviation **•** Saliva Excessive **•** Toothache **•** Trigeminal Neuralgia **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the stomach, medulla oblongata, spinal cord, large intestine, liver, spleen-pancreas (equal coupled meridian). //Yangqiao mai// (Yang energy of face and skin): orbicularis muscles or eye and mouth; tongue and lips, cheek, cutaneous muscles of cheek and neck. Disperses vessels, spleen-pancreas (unequaled coupled meridians). Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Muscles of eye, eyelids, mouth, tongue, cheek and neck, Eyes: convergent strabismus; spasms or atrophy of all the eye muscles; eyes moving without stopping stagmus); incessant eye pain. Eye: myopia, attacks of foggy vision; hemeralopia (does not see in shadow). Eyelids: cannot close (lagothalmia); blinking. Worms in the distributor organs (Distoma hepaticum?), easy production of pus? Mouth and eye: spasms of all the muscles. Tongue: contracture, cannot speak, loss of voice. Face: facial paralysis (of the facial nerve), slow mouth, does not obey, flowing saliva. Facial neuralgia, eye and forehead (superior trigeminal nerve?) Cutaneous muscles of cheek and neck.
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