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extra point(s)
jian ming
acupuncture

definition

jian ming = strengthen brightness
location: 0.2 cun below and slightly lateral to xia jing ming, just inside the inferior margin of the orbit
• N-HN-3
actions: benefits and brightens the eyes; regulates the muscles of the eyes
indications: myopia; glaucoma; opacity of the vitreous body; cataract; retinitis; retinitis pigmentosa; strabismus; inflammation or atrophy of the optic nerve; ametropia; dacrocystitis
needle technique: insert, 1.0 - 1.5 cun, along the margin of the orbit slightly toward the medial canthus
combinations:
• with GB-20 and LI-4 for external strabismus (Shanghai, p. 688; Lee and Cheung, p. 347);
• with UB-1 and St-2 joined to xia jing ming for external strabismus (Shanghai, p. 688).


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