crossing point: Suwen‧Qifu Lun Wang Bing Note: governor vessel (GV), conception vessel (CV) meeting of two meridians; foot yang brightness stomach meridian (ST) "Into the upper teeth", so eight extra meridians test supplemented by: Ren, Du, foot yangming meeting.

【Origin】

Literal meaning "gum union". Acupoint is located at the junction between the upper gums and the labial frenulum in the lip, and is also the meeting point of the Ren and Du meridians, hence the name.

【Location】

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Inside the lips, on the teeth, and in the gum crevices."

【Anatomy】

• Muscle: Upper lip frenulum.
• Nerve: Superior alveolar anterior branch of the maxillary nerve.
• Vessels: Upper labial artery and vein.

【Manipulation】

If the prick bleeds, moxibustion is prohibited.

【Efficacy】

resuscitation, improving vision.

• Classical: Unexplained eye pain, unfavorable polyps in the nose, carbuncle pain in the nose and forehead, flushed face, vexation and pain, inability to turn back the neck, inability to open the mouth, maxillary osteomyelitis, spasm, restlessness, cold and heat, deviation of mouth, madness, bleeding between teeth.
• Modern: hemorrhoids, acute lumpar sprain.

【Recipe】

• deviation of mouth: Quanliao (SI18), Yinjiao (GV28), Xiaguan (ST7).
• The mouth is silent and the nose is stuck: Yinjiao (GV28), Shangguan (GB3), Daying (ST5), Yifeng (TE17).
• The neck is in a hurry: Fengfu (GV16), Yinjiao (GV28).