LOCATION
Directly below the pupil in a depression at the level of the border of the ala nasi.
Features
Crossing Point of Yangqiao 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
[ Nerves, vascular ] The branches of the facial nerve and the infraorbital nerve, the facial movement, the static and the branches of the infraorbital artery and vein.
Indication
Facial paralysis，facial spasm，trigeminal neuralgia；glaucoma，myopia，cataract，conjunctivitis；nasal obstruction，nosebleed，nasitis，rhinitis，maxillary sinusitis；toothache。Local point – Twitching eyelids, pain a/or swelling of the cheek, trigeminal neuralgia, toothache. Deviation from stroke, bell’s palsy, facial paralysis. Swelling of the knee .
Combinations
Cheek pain and swollen：ST 03 & SI 16.
facial paralysis：ST 03 & LI 04 & GB 20 & GB 14 & ST 06.
Toothache，lips swollen：ST 03 & LI 04 & ST 44 & ST 07.
穴位
在顏面部，瞳孔直下，與 鼻孔下端旁開約一吋交會處。
特點
交會穴，通陽蹻脈。
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
面神經及眶下神經的分支，面動、靜及眶下動、靜脈的分支。
適應症
面神經麻痺，面肌痙攣，三叉神經痛；青光眼，近視，白內障，結膜炎；鼻塞，鼻出血，鼻炎，上頜竇炎；牙痛。
穴位配伍療法
頰腫痛：1.巨髎 2.天窗
口眼歪斜：1.巨髎 2.合谷 3.風池 4.陽白 5.頰車
牙痛，唇頰腫：1.巨髎 2.合谷 3.內庭 4.下關