Acupoint+TW-23+(Si+Zhu+Kong)

  **Si Zhu Kong** **• ** **Triple Burner** **23** **• **  //Silk Bamboo Hole, Bamboo Thread// = = =Location= In the depression at the lateral end of the eyebrow.

=Point Summary= //Expels Wind Benefits the Eyes// //Alleviates Pain// local for lateral HA; facial paralysis; eyes

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3 - 0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture Subcutaneously

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
local

Indications
local

Special Notes
local

=Diagnostic Indications:= Dizziness ** • ** Eye Disorders ** • ** Eyelid Spasm ** • ** Facial Muscle Paralysis ** • ** Headache ** • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mental Disorders **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Seizures **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Toothache **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vertigo **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visual Disturbances **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> • **

=Soulie De Morant Indications= tonifies all the Yang producers (superficial pulses), lower opposite frontal lobes; face, opposite earlobes; eyelids, molars same side; wrist, hand, same side. Disperses the spleen-pancreas, liver, pericardium. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Sends some energy to the triple warmer? Tonifies it? All headaches which are difficult to bear, opposite facial neuralgia, aversion to cold and wind (skin of cheek, corners of lips, upper teeth). Eyelashes turned inward (entropion); red eyes, congested; keratitis, cataract? Convulsions; epilepsy (eyes raised, recognizes no one, salivation, hyper-excitation, attacks coming irregularly).
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=David Ford Notes= TW23: Silk Bamboo Hollow; bi laterally at the end of the eye brows;Silk is soft and 'silken',billowing easily in the breeze and winds of time. Bamboo; is strong, powerful, supple, grows fast, adds shade and shelter, if bound together in a bundle it becomes super strong! [ the word fascism comes from the root fasc, which means 'a bundle of sticks bound together' ! ]. Hollow; describes it's location at the end of the eyebrow. TW is powerful for creating 'powerful defense in our Wei chi / auric field from a soft silken place of Wu Wei grace, thus reuniting our connection to tribe with strong,soft, flexible boundaries.