extra point.

bubble_chart Etymology

Yan, swallow; mouth, the name of the anatomical position of the oral cavity, because the points are on both sides of the corners of the mouth, shaped like wider angular stomatitis, hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

It is located at the red-white flesh margin outside the corner of the face, at the transition point between the skin and oral membrane, near Dicang (ST4) point.

bubble_chart Anatomy

In the inner edge of the orbicularis oris muscle, the deep layer is the planar muscle; there are the buccal branch of the facial nerve and the branches of the infraorbital nerve, and the deep layer is the terminal branch of the buccal nerve.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Needle for 1 to 3 fen, and you will feel local pain and numbness when obtaining qi. Can be used for moxibustion.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Frantic cursing, convulsions in children, difficulty in defecation and defecation in children, facial nerve paralysis, and trigeminal neuralgia.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Facial nerve palsy: angular stomatitis Jiache (ST6), Xiaguan (ST7), Yangbai (GB14) , Yifeng (TE17), Hegu (LI4).
• Trigeminal neuralgia; angular stomatitis through Fuzhengplasma, Sibai (ST2), Zanzhu (BL2).