Acupuncture Points on the San Jiao Channel of Hand Shao Yang
- Meeting Point of the Sanjiao and Gallbladder Channels
Benefits the earsEliminates wind Clears heat Activates the channel and alleviates pain
Tinnitus, deafness, otorrhea, facial paralysis, toothache, swelling of the cheek, scrofula, trismus.
Where is SJ-17 located?
- A Manual of Acupuncture (p. 408): Behind the earlobe, between the ramus of the mandible and the mastoid process, in the depression just superior to the palpable transverse process of the first cervical vertebra.
- Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (p. 207): Posterior to the lobule of the ear, in the depression between the mandible and mastoid process.
Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.
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