Location
Lateral to the corner of the mouth directly below pupil.
Cautions
Caution with facial nerve.
Indications
Conditions for which ST04 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Muscle WastingContraction Facial MusclesContraction Facial MusclesFacial DroopFacial DroopDroolingEating ProblemsEating ProblemsEyesight / Vision Myopia Short SightednessMyopia Short Sightedness VisionEyesight / Vision Night BlindnessNight Blindness VisionEye Eyelid Closing StiffnessMouth Leaking Food Drink StiffnessWalking StiffnessImmobility Eye / Eyelid ClosingImmobility Mouth Leaking Food / DrinkImmobility WalkingItchiness EyeItchiness EyeNeuralgia TrigeminalNeuralgia TrigeminalFace NumbnessFace NumbnessLips NumbnessLips NumbnessPainCheek PainCheek PainToothacheToothacheRestlessness EyeballRestlessness EyeballChannel StagnationChannel StagnationLeg SwellingLeg SwellingTwitch EyelidTwitch EyelidVoice LossVoice LossWind FaceWind Face
Protocols using ST04
- Disability Low Back, Low Back Chronic Pain – ST04, ST36, SP13, SP14, BL23, BL24, BL25, BL37, BL40, GB12, GB26, GB30, GB34, GB41, GV03, GV04, GV05, GV24, GV26 (https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-11-118)
- Facial Pain, Neck Pain, Ear Pain, Paralysis Facial, Facial Weakness – LI04, ST04, ST06, ST07, SI18, TB17, GB14 (https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-158)
- Spasm Facial – LI04, ST04, ST06, SI18, TB17, GB01, LV03, GV14 (陈志强张宁. 浮针透穴结合热敏灸治疗面肌痉挛的临床观察. 四川中医 ., 2023 [CNKI])
- Paralysis Facial, Bell's Palsy, Facial Weakness – LI04, LI11, ST02, ST04, ST06, ST25, ST36, SP06, KD03, GB14, GB20, LV03 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10103-023-03970-4)
- Facial Paralysis, Paralysis Facial – LI10, LI20, ST04, ST06, ST07, ST36, SI18, GB01, GB14 (https://doi.org/10.13702/j.1000-0607.20250433)
- Paralysis Facial, Retroauricular Pain – LI04, ST02, ST04, SI18, BL02, TB17, GB14, GV20 (https://doi.org/10.13703/j.0255-2930.20231014-k0003)
- Neuralgia Trigeminal, Facial Trigeminal Pain, Burning Pain, Electric Shock Pain, Stabbing Pain – LI04, ST02, ST04, ST06, ST07, SI18, TB05, GB01 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-024-12433-x)
- Facial Paralysis, Synkinesis Facial – ST01, ST02, ST03, ST04, ST06, GB14, CV24, GV24, GV26, XH03, XH04 (https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000049719)
- Tic Disorders – LI04, LI11, ST04, ST06, ST32, BL02, BL18, KD03, KD17, TB05, GB13, GB20, GB34, LV03, GV08, GV20, GV24 (Acupuncture Treatment in Pediatric Patients With Tic Disorders: A Prospective, Single-Center, Randomized Controlled Trial. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT07071428)
- Paralysis Facial, Paralysis Facial Peripheral, Facial Paralysis Intractable – LI04, LI20, ST04, ST06, SI18, GB14, GB20, CV24, GV26 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2025.1504089)
- Paralysis Facial – LI04, LI20, ST02, ST04, ST06, ST07, SP06, SI18, TB05, TB17, GB14, LV03 (Yang Jin-sheng et al. 44 Cases of Peripheral Facial Paralysis Treated by the SXDZ-100 Nerve and Muscle Stimulator. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2009, 29(3): 182-185)
- Facial Paralysis, Paralysis Facial, Bell's Palsy – LI04, ST04, ST06, ST07, TB17, GB14 (https://doi.org/10.13702/j.1000-0607.20250622)