LOCATION
Beside the outer canthus, in the depression on the lateral side of the orbital margin.
Features
Entry point. Crossing Point of Small Intestine, Triple Energizer and Gall Bladder Meridians.
Body Inches (cun)
Each person has his/her own personal body inches.
One cun is equal to the width of the Knuckle of the thumb.
Nerves, vascular
Zygomatic facial nerve, zygomatic temporal nerve, temporal branch of facial nerve, zygomatic orbital artery and vein.
Indication
Keratitis，retinitis，retinal hemorrhage，blepharitis，ametropic，myopia，cataract，glaucoma，night Blindness，optic atrophy；headache，facial paralysis，trigeminal neuralgia. LV Yang/Heat Rising effecting the head – headache, eye problems, similar to Taiyang which is used more. Local point for manifestations of heat – pain, inflammation, etc.
Combinations
Headache：GB 01 & ST 08 &EX-HN3 & LR 03.
Trigeminal neuralgia：GB 01 & LI 04 & EX-HN5 & SI 18.
Night Blindness：GB 01 & BL 01 & SI 06 & ST 36.
Visual loss：GB 01 & BL 01 & LI 04 & GB 41.
Eyes pain，eye rednesss，cloudiness of cornea：GB 01 & BL 01 & TE 23 & BL 02.
穴位
在面部，目外眥旁，當眶外側緣處。
特點
交會穴，通手太陽、手足少陽。
同身寸
針灸取穴比量法。出自《千金要方》。
是指以患者本人體表的某些部位折定分寸，
作为量取穴位的長度單位。
穴區神經血管
顴面神經，顴顳神經，面神經顳支，顴眶動、靜脈。
適應症
角膜炎，視網膜炎，視網膜出血，瞼緣炎，屈光不正，青少年近視眼，白內障，青光眼，夜盲症，視神經萎縮；頭痛，面神經麻痺，三叉神經痛。
穴位配伍療法
頭痛：1.瞳子髎 2.頭維3.印堂 4.太衝
三叉神經痛：1.瞳子髎 2.合谷 3.太陽 4.顴髎
夜盲症：1.瞳子髎 2.睛明 3.養老 4.足三里
目內生障：1.瞳子髎 2.睛明 3.合谷 4.足臨泣
目痛，目赤，目翳：1.瞳子髎 2.睛明 3.絲竹空 4.攢竹