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]

Hanyan (GB4) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• 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).