SI-18 (Quan Liao) Cheek Bone Hole

Acupuncture Points on this Channel SI-01 SI-02 SI-03 SI-04 SI-05 SI-06 SI-07 SI-08 SI-09 SI-10 SI-11 SI-12 SI-13 SI-14 SI-15 SI-16 SI-17 SI-18 SI-19

Acupuncture Points on the Small Intestine Channel of Hand Tai Yang

• Meeting Point of the Small Intestine and Sanjiao Channels

Actions:

• Eliminates wind and alleviates pain
• Clears heat and reduces swelling

Indications:

• Facial Paralysis, twitching of the eyelids, pain in the face, toothache, swelling of the cheek, yellowish sclera.

Pont Location:

• A Manual of Acupuncture: Directly below the outer canthus, in the depression at the lower border of the zygomatic bone.
• Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion: Directly below the outer canthus, in the depression on the lower border of zygoma.

Needling Method:

• Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-0.8 inch.