Name

巨髎

• Ju Liao
• Great Opening
• Great Firm Cavity

Location

On the line of the pupil (with the patient looking forward), below the zygomatic bone

Nature

• Meeting point of Yang Stepping Vessel and Stomach

Actions

• Lowers Heat of Yang Ming (especially for the eyes): glaucoma, cataracts, myopia
• Facial paralysis
• Inflammation of the lips
• Swelling of the knee in acute condition (young people with abundant Qi)

Comments

For elderly people, distal points do not have much success, there is not sufficient potency

Treatment

• Needling: 0.3 CUN, perpendicular

Interactions

• Pain in the cheek with inflammation: SI-16