LOCATION
Below the pupil, between the eyeball and the infraorbital ridge.
Features
Meeting point of stomach channel with Yangqiao and CV Vessel.
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
Branches of infraorbital nerve, inferior branch of oculomotor nerve, muscular branch of facial nerve, infraorbital artery, venous branch and ocular artery and vein.
Indication
Acute and chronic conjunctivitis，myopia，hyperopia，astigmatism，glaucoma，achromatopsia，night Blindness，blepharitis，keratitis，neuritis optica，optic atrophy，cataract，retinitis pigmentosa，suborbital neuralgia；facial spasm，facial paralysis。Any eye issue, although ST 2 is a good alternative and arguably safer to needle. Excessive lacrimation, redness, dryness, painful a/or itchy eyes/eyelids, twitching of the eyelids. Visual disturbances, night blindness.
Combinations
Eyes disease：ST 01 & EX-HN5 & LI 04.
eye rednesss and sore throat：ST 01 & GB 20 & BL 01.
Glaucoma： BL 01 & ST 01 & GB 20 & LI 11 & LR 03.
Optic atrophy：ST 01 & GB 20 & BL 18 & BL 23 & LI 04.
Wry mouth：ST 01 & ST 04.
Ectropion，facial paralysis：ST 01 & ST 36 & LI 04 & BL 02 & GB 20.
穴位
在顏面部，瞳孔正中直下，當眼球與眼眶下緣之間。
特點
交會穴，通陽蹻脈、任脈。
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
眶下神經分支，動眼神經下支，面神經肌支，眶下動、靜脈分支及眼動、靜脈分支。
適應症
急慢性結膜炎，近視，遠視，散光，青光眼，色盲，夜盲症，瞼緣炎，角膜炎，視神經炎，視神經萎縮，白內障，視網膜色素變性，眶下神經痛；面肌痙攣，面神經麻痹。
穴位配伍療法
眼疾：1.承泣 2.太陽 3.合谷
目赤腫痛：1.承泣 2.風池 3.睛明
青光眼： 1.睛明 2.承泣 3.風池 4.曲池 5.太衝
視神經萎縮：1.承泣 2.風池 3.肝俞 4.腎俞 5.合谷
口歪僻：1.承泣 2.地倉
眼胞瞼外翻及口眼歪斜：1.承泣 2.足三里 3.合谷4.攢竹 5.風池