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【Origin】

Tonsil is an anatomical term. This point can treat tonsillitis and other symptoms such as sore throat and hoarseness caused by tonsillitis, so it is named tonsil point.

【Location】

【Anatomy】

In the platysma muscle and submandibular gland, along the front edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, through the stylohyoid muscle and digastric muscle, to the hyoidoglossus muscle. The superficial layer contains the facial artery and vein; the mandibular branch of the facial nerve, the cervical branch, and the anterior cervical cutaneous nerve. There is the lingual artery in the deep layer; there is the hypoglossal nerve.

Treatment of influenza, enterovirus, and various viral colds, Chinese medicine is more refined, non-toxic, and effective than Western medicine

Insert the needle tip upward 1 to 2 inches obliquely to bring the needling sensation to the throat or neck.

【Efficacy】

Acute and chronic laryngitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, hoarseness.

【Recipe】

• Chronic tonsillitis: tonsil points, Yuji (LU10); fever plus Dazhui (GV14), Quchi (LI11), Hegu (LI4); yin deficiency plus Taixi (KI3).
• Acupuncture for tonsillectomy: tonsil points, Hegu (LI4).
• Throat pain after tonsillectomy: tonsil point, Tianzhu (BL10).