SI 18 Acupuncture Point - Quan Liao - Small Intestine Meridian
- Chinese Name Quan Liao
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English Name Cheek Bone Hole
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Location: Directly below the outer canthus of the eye in a depression on the lower border of the zygoma.
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Precautions: No Moxa.
- Point Associations:
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Intersection Point of the SI & TH Meridians
- Actions & Effects:
- Local point for facial disorders, Bell's palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, spasm, twitching of the eyelids, facial muscles, etc..
- Upper jaw tootache.
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Yellowing of the sclera.
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Small Intestine Meridian Points (19):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
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