Intersecting point: hand shaoyang and taiyang.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Quan" (顴), zygomatic bone; "liao" (髎, interchangable with 窌) means bone hole. The point is located in the depression below zygomatic bone, hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

Quanliao (SI18) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In the depression at the lower border of cheekbone";
• Waitai Miyao: "In the depression at the end of the sharp bone";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Directly above Tongziliao (GB1)";
• Zhenjiu Jicheng: "2 cun directly below Tongziliao (GB1), slightly below zygomatic bone".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: origin of masseter muscle, middle of zygomaticus muscle.
• Nerves: facial nerve, infraorbital nerve or trigeminal nerve.
• Vessels: transverse facial artery and venous branches.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 0.5~1 cun. Moxibustion is prohibited.

bubble_chart Efficacy

dispel wind, benefit face and cheek.

• Classical: crooked mouth and eyes, red face, red and yellow eyes, dizziness, twitching of mouth and eyes, swelling of cheek and lips, inability to chew, toothache, cheek swelling and pain.
• Modern: trigeminal neuralgia, facial nerve palsy, facial muscle spasm, acupuncture anesthesia for cranial surgery, and acupuncture anesthesia for extraction of upper jaw teeth.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Deviation of mouth: Quanliao (SI18), Yinjiao (GV28), Xiaguan (ST7).
• Toothache: Quanliao (SI18), Erjian (LI2).
• Red and yellow eye: Quanliao (SI18), Neiguan (PC6).
• Swelling of eye: Quanliao (SI18), Daying (ST5).