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St-7: XI-7: xia guan
acupuncture

definition

xia guan = below the joint; lower gate; lower passage
Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the Foot Yang Ming (Stomach) and Foot Xiao Yang (Gall Bladder) channels
location: In the depression at the lower border of the zygomatic arch anterior to the condyloid process of the mandible. The point must be located with the mouth closed; when the mouth opens the condyloid slides under point.
actions: dissipates Wind; dispels Heat; sedates pain; removes Obstructions from the Stomach channel; benefits the ear; relaxes the jaw
indications: vertigo; fainting; earache; deafness; tinnitus; otitis media; otitis externa; orbital neuralgia; feels as if there is smoke in eyes; poor distant vision; eyes red and painful; facial paralysis or neuralgia; trigeminal neuralgia; TMJ dysfunction; maxilla easily dislocates; mandibular arthritis; upper toothache; pyorrhea; yawning
needle technique:
perpendicular insertion, up to 1.5 cun for trigeminal neuralgia;
slanted insertion, 0.8 - 2 cun for TMJ, arthritis (direct either backward or forward);
transverse insertion, for toothache, needle toward area of pain, 1.5 - 2.0 cun;
slanted insertion, for ear diseases, directed toward ear, 1.5 cun (Shanghai, p. 156).
moxa: 3 cones of direct moxa
combinations:
» with LI-4 for temporomandibular arthritis (Shanghai, p. 155);
» with St-6 and TW-17 for spasms of masseter muscle (Shanghai, p. 155);
» with TW-21, TW-17 and TW-3 for deaf-mutism (Shanghai, p. 155).


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