"Su" (素), origin or white; "liao" (髎), acupoint. In human embryos, nose forms first, making it the origin of body, hence the name. Alternatively, "su" can mean white, as lung open into nose, belong to metal element, and correspond to color white. This acupoint is located at the center of nose tip, so it is also called "Mianwang" (面王, face king), "Bizhun" (鼻準, nose tip), and "Zhuntou" (準頭, nose tip).

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Suliao (GV25) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

At the center of nose tip.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "At the upper end of the nasal bridge".

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• Muscle: nasal tipcartilage.
• Nerve: external nasal branch of anterior ethmoid nerve (branch of ophthalmic nerve).
• Vessels: dorsal nasal branches of facial artery and vein.

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Insert perpendicularly or obliquely upward 0.3~0.5 cun, or use scattered needling to induce bleeding. Moxibustion is contraindicated.

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Unblock nose orifice, revive from collapse.

• Classical: nasal congestion, excessive nasal discharge, epistaxis, loss of smell, convulsions, infantile convulsion, red nose, mania.
• Modern: shock, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, bradycardia, rosacea, rhinitis, hiccups, neonatal asphyxia.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Shock: Suliao (GV25), Neiguan (PC6), Zusanli (ST36).
• Rosacea: Suliao (GV25), Yingxiang (LI20), Hegu (LI4).