[Category]

crossing point: hand foot shaoyang, Yangming meeting.

[Origin]

Li means bestowal, and the point is below Xuanlu (GB5), hence the name. ﹝Source﹞Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing.

[Location]

The lower part of the head and temples, when Touwei (ST8) and Qubin (GB7) The lower 1/4 inflection point of the arc connecting the hairline, five minutes after the hairline, or between the corner of the forehead and Erjian (EX-HN6) Fixed acupoint at the midpoint of the connecting line.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In the curve (angle) of the temporomandibular Xialian (LI8)",
• Yixue Rumen : "From the forehead to the corners of the head."

[Anatomy]

• Muscle: temporalis.
• Nerve: Temporal branch of auriculotemporal nerve. The deep layer here in newborns is equivalent to the anterior fontanel.
• Vessel: frontal branch of temporal line artery and vein.

[Manipulation]

Transverse insertion is 0.5-1.5 inches. In children, acupuncture is prohibited for patients whose anterior fontanel is not closed or has just closed, to avoid accidental entry into the skull and injury to the brain. No moxibustion is allowed.

[Efficacy]

dispelling wind, calming convulsions

• Classical: migraine, Rebing, trouble with sweating, red and sore skin, tinnitus, tendency to sneeze, epilepsy.
• Modern: trigeminal neuralgia, neurasthenia, apoplexy, tremor.

[Recipe]

• Epilepsy: Xuanli (GB6), Shugu (BL65).
• Trigeminal neuralgia: Xuanli (GB6), Shuigou (GV26), Yingxiang (LI20), Xiaguan (ST7) ,Hegu (LI4).