Name
迎香
- Ying Xiang
- Reception of Perfume/Scents
- Reception of Scents
Location
At the level of the nasal base, in the nasogenian groove. 0.5 CUN lateral to the wing of the nose.
Nature
Meeting point with the Stomach Channel.
Actions
- Common cold, sinusitis, rhinitis, loss of smell
- Wei Syndrome: paralysis caused by Wind
- Itching of the face, as if from within, as if there were an insect moving (Wind)
Treatment
- Needling: 0.5 CUN perpendicular or oblique in the direction of the opposite eye. The eye must be made to tear, thereby relieving congestion
- Can be massaged
- Do not moxa