[Category]
Branch meeting point: Suwen‧Qifu Lun Wang Bing Note: "The meeting of the three meridians of hand, foot shaoyang and foot yangming." Bronze Figure "Shaoyang and Yangming Meeting" seems wrong.
[Origin]
Here "chin" refers to the temporal part, and "yan" refers to pressing. When chewing, there is a sense of movement when pressing on the area, which is synonymous with "yuan" in "palatia".
[Location]
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Hanyan (GB4) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
The upper part of the head hair, when
Touwei (ST8) and
Qubin (GB7) The upper 1/4 inflection point of the arc-shaped connection line made along hairline is five minutes behind hairline.
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In Quzhou (corner)temporal zoneShanglian (LI9)";
- Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Note: Quzhou, all books are the same, the only one is "Qujiao" (see Suwen‧Qifu Lun Wang Bing's note) . The scripture says "up to the corner", so the bend around the corner should be the corner of the head. "The location is where the temple hair protrudes forward.
- Yixue Rumen: "Opposite the ear and outside the forehead."
[Anatomy]
- Muscle: temporalis.
- Nerve: Temporal branch of auriculotemporal nerve.
- Vessels: superficial temporal artery, frontal branch of vein.
[Manipulation]
Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1.5 inches backward or downward along the skin. No moxibustion.
[Efficacy]
dispelling wind calms the alarm.
- Classical: headache, tinnitus, sneezing, headache, dizziness, external canthus pain, toothache, twitching, fright epilepsy, wrist pain.
- Modern: apoplexy, tremor.
[Recipe]
- migraine: Hanyan (GB4), Xuanlu (GB5).
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