crossing point: the meeting of hand foot yangming.

[Origin]

Ying, to welcome; fragrant, fragrant. The acupuncture point is next to the nose, and it mainly treats stuffy nose and no smell, hence the name.

[Location]

Yingxiang (LI20) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "On Heliao, next to the lower nostril";
• Bronze figure acupoint acupuncture and moxibustion Book of Illustrations: "Five minutes from the nostril";
• Qianjin Yaofang‧: "One inch above Heliao";
• Zhenfang Liuji: "When it comes to mouth lines."

[Anatomy]

• Muscle: quadratus labii superioris. The deep layer is the edge of the piriform hole.
• Nerve: The anastomotic plexus of the infraorbital nerve and facial nerve.
• Vessels: Facial artery, vein and branches of infraorbital artery and vein.

[Manipulation]

perpendicular insertion 0.2-0.3 inches; transverse insertion 0.3-0.5 inches inward and upward along the root of the nose; or transverse insertion along the skin toward Sibai (ST2). Direct moxibustion is prohibited.

[Efficacy]

relieving stuffy nose, dispersing wind evil, clearing qi aspect fire.

• Classical: unfavorable epistaxis, polyps in the nose, stuffy nose, excessive runny nose, no smell, itchy and swollen face, hot and red eyes, crooked mouth and eyes, worm accumulation and abdominal pain.
• Modern: sinusitis, rhinitis, rosacea, facial paralysis, hemifacial spasm, trigeminal neuralgia, constipation, biliary ascariasis, dysmenorrheal.

[Recipe]

• Itchy and swollen face: Yingxiang (LI20), Hegu (LI4).
• deafness qi fullness: Tinghui (GB2), Yingxiang (LI20).
• Red Eyes: Yingxiang (LI20), Linqi, Taichong (LR3), Hegu (LI4).
• stuffy nose Unknown: Yingxiang (LI20), Shangxing (GV23).
• Rhinitis: Yintang (EX-HN3), Yingxiang (LI20), Hegu (LI4).
• Biliary ascariasis: Yingxiang (LI20), Sibai (ST2), Renzhong, Quchi (LI11), Zusanli (ST36).