Acupoint+ST-3+Ju+Liao

//Great Bone Hole, Great Hollow.// Meeting Point with the Yang Motility Vessel. = = =Location= Directly below ST-2, at the level of the lower border of the ala nasi, on the lateral side of the nasolabial groove.
 * [[image:st3.jpg align="right"]]ST3** **•** **Ju Liao** • **Stomach 3**

=Point Summary= //Expels Wind Reduces Swelling Alleviates Pain//

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3 - 0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None.

=General Indications=

Functions
dispels wind; reduces swelling; stops pain

Indications
rhinitis; facial paralysis; trigeminal neuralgia in this area; upper toothache

Special Notes
LI and yang qiao cross here

=Diagnostic Indications:= Dental Pain **•** Epistaxis **•** Facial Muscle Paralysis **•** Lacrimation **•** Mouth And Eye Deviation **•** Sinus Pain **•** Superficial Visual Obstruction **•** Swelling Of Lips And Cheeks **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the stomach, large intestine, small intestine, heart, eyes, tip of the nose, corner of the mouth, face, jaw; yangqiao mai. Disperses: vessels, conception vessel. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Eyes: myopia, sees badly at a distance (pupils contracted, ciliary muscles relaxed); disperse. Brown floating spots before the eyes; blind even in light? (internal veiling of the retina?); cataract covering the lens? Eyes: red, painful, tears coming out; keratitis, trouble of the cornea; eyes itching; veil of flesh on the eye (pterygion); eyes blink without stopping (nystagmus); inferior eyelid. Nose: acute or chronic coryza; maxillary sinusitis; swelling, pain on the tip of the nose. Face: facial paralysis (of the facial nerve) "from cold or wind on the lips or cheek," "attack of warmth on the lips or cheeks"; pain on the jaw, swollen, from wind or cold on the face.Canine muscle, elevator of the upper lip zygomaticus minor muscle, corner of the lips falling: flaccidity of the above muscles. Facial nerve: spasms or contracture. Facial neuralgia (trigeminal neuralgia), cheekbone, eye.
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