Acupoint+ST-1+Cheng+Qi

//Tear Container.// Meeting Point with the Yang Motility and Conception Vessels. = = =Location= With the eyes looking straight forward, the point is directly below the pupil, between the eyeball and the infraorbital ridge.
 * Cheng Qi** • **Stomach 1** [[image:st1.jpg align="right"]]**•**

=Point Summary= //Benefits The Eyes Expels Wind Stops Lacrimation Clears Heat//

=Needling=

Depth:
0.5 - 1 cun

Technique:
Push the eyeball upward & puncture perpendicularly and slowly. No manipulation.

Contraindications:
No Manipulation

=General Indications=

Functions
expels local eye wind and fire; one of the best points for sties; great for local fire;

Indications
conjunctivitis; sties

Special Notes
often used with BL-1 for eye problems; prone to bruising.

=Diagnostic Indications:= Eye Deviation **•** Eye Disorders **•** Eyelid Spasm **•** Facial Muscle Paralysis **•** Lacrimation **•** Lacrimation Upon Wind Exposure **•** Mouth Deviation **•** Optic Nerve Atrophy **•** Optic Nerve Inflammation **•** Visual Disturbances **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the stomach, small intestine, inferior occipital lobe, eyes, skin of the face: //yangqiao mai// (yang energy). Disperses: vessels; conception vessel. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Eyes: distant vision foggy (pupil contracted, ciliary muscles relaxed). While looking, "the pupils itch." Sees badly in shadow and even worse at night: disperse (pupils contracted). Eyes winking and moving (spasms of the facial nerve); red eyes, painful, tears coming out; keratitis Ears: buzzing? deafness? Face: facial nerve spasms ("face moving," tightness, eyes winking and moving, mouth agitated, impeded speech, tics of nape and neck). Spasms of all the muscles of the face and the corner of the mouth and eye.
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