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bubble_chart Etymology

Ball, eyeball. This acupoint is located deeper, behind the eyeball, hence the name Qiuhou (EX-HN7).

bubble_chart Location

Qiuhou (EX-HN7) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

On the face, at the junction of outer 1/4 and inner 3/4 of the infraorbital rim. When selecting acupoints, the patient sits upright and leans back, gently closing his eyes.

bubble_chart Anatomy

Below the lower tarsus; in the orbicularis oculi muscle, there are facial artery and vein in the superficial layer; zygomatic branch of facial nerve and infraorbital nerve; ophthalmic nerve in deep layer; nodular ganglion and optic nerve at the orbital apex.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Insert the needle along the infraorbital rim, from the outside to the inside, and slowly perpendicular insertion 1.5 to 2 cun toward the optic foramen. When the deep puncture encounters resistance, you should back off a little, change the direction, and then puncture again to avoid bleeding or eyeball injury. When obtaining qi, you may feel soreness or protrusion of the eyeball. Moxibustion is prohibited.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Optic neuritis, optic atrophy, myopia, glaucoma, retinal artery and vein obstruction, retinal membrane pigmentary degeneration, central serous membrane inflammation, abnormal color vision.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Optic atrophy: Qiuhou (EX-HN7), Yiming (EX-HN14).
• myopia eye: Qiuhou (EX-HN7) (contralateral meridian eedling method).
• Central serous retino-membraneitis: Qiuhou (EX-HN7), Binao (LI14), Jingming (BL1), Taiyang (EX-HN5).
• Retinal membrane pigmentary degeneration: Jingming (BL1), Qiuhou (EX-HN7), Taiyang (EX-HN5), Guangming (GB37), Taixi (KI3).
• Retinal membrane vein obstruction: Qiuhou (EX-HN7), Shenshu (BL23), Ganshu (BL18); acupoint matching: Jingming (BL1), Xinming, Guangming (GB37).