Acupoint+ST-2+Si+Bai

//Four Whites.// = = =Location= Below ST-1, in the depression at the infraorbital foramen.
 * [[image:st2.jpg align="right"]]ST2** **•** **Si Bai** • **Stomach 2**

=Point Summary= //Benefits The Eyes Expels Wind Clears Heat// local around infraorbital foramen; good for maxillary and ethmoid sinusitis

=Needling=

Depth:
0.2 - 0.3 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
No deep needling

=General Indications=

Functions
eliminates local wind; clears vision; clears the nose

Indications
facial paralysis; spasms; trigeminal neuralgia; sinusitis (especially maxillary or ethmoid sinusitis)

Special Notes
Local

=Diagnostic Indications:= Dizziness **•** Eye Deviation **•** Eye Disorders **•** Eyelid Spasm **•** Facial Edema **•** Facial Muscle Paralysis **•** Facial Pain **•** Headache **•** Lacrimation **•** Mouth Deviation **•** Respiratory Disorders **•** Trigeminal Neuralgia **•** Visual Disturbances **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the stomach, inferior occipital lobe, facial nerve. Disperses: vessels, conception vessel. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Eyes: itching, painful, streaming tears; pain of the eyeball; keratitis eyes red, painful, headache; dizziness, bad vision. Eyelids blinking without stopping. Face: spasms. Sinusitis? "Illnesses in which one cannot speak."
 * When tonified**:
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