LOCATION
Directly below the pupil, lateral to the corner of the mouth.
Features
Meeting point of ST meridian 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
Facial nerve and inferior nerve, tender end branch, moving face, vein.
Indication
Facial paralysis，hydrostomia; sialozemia，eyelid myokymia，toothache，swollen cheek，facial paralysis，facial spasm，trigeminal neuralgia；angular cheilitis，childCV hydrostomia; sialozemia… Facial pain – Bell’s palsy, facial paralysis, trigeminal neuralgia, deviation of mouth from stroke, toothache. Inability to close the eye, eye twitching, itching, night blindness. Inability to eat. May be helpful for atrophy and/or movement issues within the legs.
Combinations
Thrush,white mouth,mycotic stomatitis：ST 04 & LI 04.
Lips opened，toothache：ST 04 & ST 06 & ST 03 & LI 04.
Lockjaw：ST 04 & ST 06 & CV 24 & LI 04.
Trigeminal neuralgia：ST 04 & 2.EX-HN4 &? ST 02.
Hydrostomia ， sialozemia：ST 04 & ST 06 & CV 12 & KI 21 & PC 07 & ST 39 & KI 02.
Stroke，facial paralysis：ST 04 & ST 06 & LI 04 & ST 44 & LR 03.
穴位
在面部，口角外側，上直瞳孔。
特點
交會穴， 通陽蹻脈、手陽明。
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，頰神經的末支，面動、靜脈。
適應症
口眼歪斜，流涎，眼瞼瞤動，牙痛，頰腫，面神經麻痺，面肌痙攣，三叉神經痛；口角炎，小兒流涎等。
穴位配伍療法
鵝口瘡：1.地倉 2.合谷
唇緩不收，牙痛：1.地倉 2.頰車 3.巨髎 4.合谷
口噤不開：1.地倉 2.頰車 3.承漿 4.合谷
三叉神經痛：1.地倉 2.魚腰 3.四白
流涎：1.地倉 2.頰車 3.中脘 4.幽門 5.大陵 6.下巨虛 7.然谷
中風口眼歪斜：1.地倉 2.頰車 3.合谷 4.內庭 5.太衝