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Base de conocimientoPuntos de acupuntura

ST-4

Dicang

Earth Granary

Canal
Estómago
Clasificación
Punto de cruce

Esta entrada aún no está traducida: el texto siguiente está en inglés.

Localización

  1. 01Lateral to the mouth's corner, straight down from the pupil.
  2. 02Lateral to the mouth's corner, directly beneath the pupil when the gaze is directed straight ahead.
  3. 030.4 cun lateral to the corner of the mouth, along the line of the nasolabial groove; if the groove isn't visible, have the patient smile.

Punción

  1. 01Insert subcutaneously 1-1.5 cun, aiming the needle tip toward ST-6 Jiache.
  2. 02Moxibustion may be used.
  3. 03Transverse insertion.
  4. 04In facial paralysis, it may be connected through to ST-6 Jiache, 1-1.5 cun.
  5. 05In trigeminal neuralgia, join through to LI-20 Yingxiang, 1-2 cun; expect a sensation of distention and soreness or pain, either local or spreading across that side of the face.
  6. 06Insert transversely to connect with points such as ST-6 Jiache, LI-20 Yingxiang, SI-18 Quanliao and REN-24 Chengjiang.

Funciones del punto

  • Meeting point of the Yang Qiao channel and Large Intestine channel.
  • Meeting point of the Stomach and Large Intestine channels with the Yang Qiao and REN channels.

Acciones

  • Dispels facial Wind
  • Clears obstruction from the channel
  • Relieves pain
  • Benefits sinews and muscles

Indicaciones

  • Deviated mouth
  • Excess salivation
  • Eyelid twitching
  • Cannot close the mouth
  • Cannot open the mouth
  • Cold sores of the lips
  • Lip spasms
  • Toothache
  • Cheek swelling
  • Constant eyeball movement
  • Cannot close the eye
  • Eye pain and itching
  • Blurred distance vision
  • Night blindness
  • Hemiplegia with mouth and eye deviation
  • Eye tic
  • Cannot close the eyes
  • Lip rash
  • Intestinal parasites
  • Swollen foot
  • Leg swelling
  • Facial paralysis
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Crooked mouth and eyes
  • Muteness
  • Drooling
  • Aphasia
  • Cheek pain
  • Food and drink dribbling from the mouth
  • Numb lips and face
  • Facial muscle contraction
  • Atrophy disorder with inability to walk
  • Swollen legs
  • Cannot eat
  • Cannot drink
  • Paralysis of the perioral muscles
  • Spasms of the periocular muscles
  • Trismus
  • Eyelid spasm
  • Myopia
  • Laryngitis

Combinaciones

  • For trigeminal neuralgia

  • For facial paralysis

    • REN-24
    • LI-4

    For excess salivation

  • For deviation of the mouth

  • For deviation of the mouth and eye

  • For withered, lame legs

Notas

  • It functions mainly as a local point in treating facial paralysis and trigeminal neuralgia
  • More recently it has also been applied to nicotine addiction.
  • In facial paralysis, facial pain and trigeminal neuralgia — particularly when Deficiency-based — needling the opposite side is indicated, though needling the affected side is the more common practice.
  • It is a special point for hemiplegia accompanied by deviation of the mouth and eyes.