Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing attributes this point to shaoyang gallbladder meridian. Zhenjiu Juying states it is the intersecting point of hand and foot shaoyang.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Sizhu" (絲竹), fine bamboo, describing eyebrows; "kong" (空), hole or cavity. The point is located beside the end of eyebrow, hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

Sizhukong (TE23) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

On face, in the depression at the end of eyebrow.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "In the hollow behind eyebrow";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "2 fen away from eyebrow".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscle: orbicularis oculi.
• Nerves: auriculotemporal nerve branch, zygomatic branch of facial nerve.
• Vessels: frontal branches of superficial temporal artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Insert backward along skin to a depth of 0.5 to 1 cun. Moxibustion is contraindicated.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Dispel wind, improve vision.

• Classical: head wind and migraine, vertigo, mania, irritability, epilepsy, redness and blurring of eyes, blurred vision, toothache, facial twitching, facial itching and numbness, neonatal tetanus.
• Modern: facial paralysis, eyelid twitching.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Unbearable headache: Sizhukong (TE23), Fengchi (GB20).
• Eye diseases: Sizhukong (TE23), Shangxing (GV23), Baihui (GV20), Zanzhu (BL2).
• Wind-induced epilepsy: Sizhukong (TE23), Tonggu.
• Deviation of mouth and eyes: Sizhukong (TE23), Zanzhu (BL2), Sibai (ST2), Dicang (ST4) .