bubble_chart Category extra point.
bubble_chart Etymology
The point is in the nose, above the Yingxiang (LI20) point on the large intestine meridian, hence the name Shangyingxiang (EX-HN8).
bubble_chart Location
On the face, at the junction of the alar cartilage and the turbinate, near the upper end of the nasolabial fold.
bubble_chart Anatomy
In the quadratus labii superioris muscle, there are branches of the facial artery and vein, branches of the preethmoidal nerve, infraorbital nerve and infratrochlear nerve.
bubble_chart Manipulation
Inward and upward oblique insertion 0.3~0.6 cun.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Rhinitis stuffy nose, nasal boils, allergic rhinitis, hypertrophic rhinitis, atrophic rhinitis, paranasal sinusitis.
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