Acupoint+SI-18+(Quan+Liao)

**Quan Liao** • **Small Intestine 18** • **6.18.124** //Cheek Bone Hole.// Meeting Point with the Triple Warmer Channel. = = =Location= Directly below the outer canthus, in the depression on the lower border of the zygoma.

=Point Summary= //Expels Wind, Clears Heat, Reduces Swelling, Alleviates Pain// Local Point

=Needling=

Depth:
0.5 - 0.8 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
Local

Indications
trigeminal neuralgia; facial paralysis; toothache in upper jaw

Special Notes
LI-4 can also be a good point for toothaches

=Diagnostic Indications:= Complexion Red **•** Eyelid Twitching **•** Facial Pain **•** Mouth And Eye Deviation **•** Toothache **•** Yellow Eyes **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the small intestine, bladder, seperate, inferior frontal and temporoparietal lobes, inferior occipital lobes, ear, lateral eye, upper canines, masseter muscle, radial side of arm, arch, great toe, opposite throat (larynx). Disperses the liver. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Throat irritated "like brambles," cannot speak without panting or cough; coldness, fever, chest full, cannot breath. Teeth: loose incisors, caries and pain of the incisors, swollen gums. Swollen tongue (abscess of the lower face?). Saliva, attacks of vomiting. Ears: buzzings, continuous whistling or songs of cicada; wax, inflammation of the external canal; deafness. Lateral side of eye: weakness, trachoma. Throat (larynx): loss of voice, aphonia, hoarseness, noise in the larynx. Upper teeth (canine): pain; maxilla; contracture, trismus. Epigastrium: fullness, pain. Posterior shoulder and radial arm (extensor and radial muscles); lateral side of the thumb: pain; dorsum of hand. Arch, great toe (liver meridian).
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components= Good for local jaw or tooth problems, trigeminal neuralgia, local neuralgia from small intestine, Bell’s palsy, blinking eyes, red face, facial paralysis. [JRW]