[Category]
Hand foot shaoyang meeting.
[Origin]
"Yi" originally refers to a feather fan, used for covering. The point is at the base of the ear in front of Fengchi (GB20), covered by the earlobe.
[Location]
Yifeng (TE17) acupoints
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
The base of the ear behind the earlobe, the depression between the mastoid process of the temporal bone and the posterior edge of the mandibular ramus of the mandible.
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In the case where the ear is sunken, press it to guide it into the ear";
- Zhenjiu Jicheng: "In the root of the ear Ministry, five minutes from the ear."
[Anatomy]
- Muscles: From superficial to deep, they are the cleidomastoid muscle, splenius capitis muscle, longissimus capitis muscle, and the posterior belly of the digastric muscle.
- Nerve: Great auricular nerve, the deep part where the facial nerve trunk passes through the skull.
- Vessels: Postauricular artery, vein and superficial external jugular vein.
[Manipulation]
Insert 1 to 1.5 inches into the upper corner or the opposite inner corner of the eye; if you are treating deafness, you can insert it inward and upward; if you are treating muteness, you can insert it inward and downward; when treating deviation of mouth, you can also insert it in the upper and lower parts of the front of the mandible. . No need for direct moxibustion, just warm moxibustion with moxa sticks for 5 to 15 minutes.
[Efficacy]
Sharp cheeks, sharp ears, positive deviation of mouth.
- Classical: tinnitus, deafness, crooked mouth and eyes, stiff mouth, swollen cheeks, toothache, scrofula, acute hoarseness, acute dental pain, ear dampness stroke, ear redness, swelling and pain, blurred vision.
- Modern: deviation of mouth, mumps, deafness and dumbness, temporal mandibular arthralgia.
[Recipe]
- deafness qi block:Tinghui (GB2), Yifeng (TE17).
- acute hoarseness cannot be expressed: Yifeng (TE17), Tongli (HT5).
- Acute mumps, Yifeng (TE17), Jiache (ST6), Hegu (LI4).
- Nang department scrofula: Yifeng (TE17), Tianjing (TE10), Zulinqi (GB41).
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