Below the zygomatic bone on the face, in the depression at Xialian (ST5). It mainly treats redness and yellowing of the eyes, deviation of the mouth and inability to speak, as well as pain from facial paralysis, aversion to wind and cold, inability to chew, toothache with aversion to cold, flushed face, continuous eye movement, and facial swelling.

On the prominent bone above the anterior margin of the ear, taken when opening the mouth (Original note: also known as Keyuncheren / ST7). Apply three moxa cones. It mainly treats blindness (Qingmang), ear pain, tinnitus, and deafness, deviation of the mouth and inability to speak, stiffness of lips and corners of the mouth, convulsions, drooling, dizziness, inability to open the jaw, and lockjaw.

Below Keyuncheren (ST7), in the lower hollow below the temporal artery in front of the ear. There is a gap when closing the mouth, which closes when opening it. Apply three moxa cones. It mainly treats ear pain, tinnitus, and deafness, lower toothache, dental caries pain, purulent discharge from the ear, and deviation of the mouth.

At the end of the curved cheekbone below the ear, in the depression. Apply three moxa cones. It mainly treats pain from facial paralysis, aversion to wind and cold, inability to chew, aphonia, pain in the temporomandibular joint, swelling of the mandible and cheek, neck stiffness preventing turning the head back.

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Five cun below the laryngeal prominence in the neck, in the depression at Wanwan (CV22). It is the intersection of the Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel). It mainly treats cough with upward rushing of Qi, chest obstruction, a sound in the throat like a water fowl, lung abscess with expectoration of pus and blood, Qi stagnation and blockage, hot sores in the throat preventing food intake, bluish veins beside the tongue seam, sudden fright and Qi choking, Pharyngitis (Houbi) with dry and urgent throat, sudden cough and asthma, as well as chest and back pain, and neck pain from fistula.

One cun below Tiantu (CV22), in the depression. Take the point with the head raised. It is where the Qi of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) emerges. Apply five moxa cones. It mainly treats fullness and pain in the chest skin, Pharyngitis (Houbi) with swollen throat, and inability to swallow water or liquid food.

One cun below Xuanji (CV21), in the depression. Take the point with the head raised. It is where the Qi of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) emerges. Apply five moxa cones. It mainly treats distension and fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, pain radiating to the chest, cough with upward rushing of Qi, and asthma with inability to speak.

One cun six fen below Huagai (CV20), in the depression. Take the point with the head raised. It is where the Qi of the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) emerges. Apply five moxa cones. It mainly treats distension and fullness in the chest and hypochondrium, pain in the sternum, inability to eat, vomiting with upward rushing of Qi, and vexation.

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