Acupuncture Points for Benefit Nose

🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 合谷 (hé gǔ)

🎯 Location: On the dorsum of the hand between 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side.

⚠️ Cautions: Traditionally forbidden in pregnancy – these are the points used to bring on labour at term. Controlled data show no excess of preterm birth or stillbirth (Carr 2015), but in pregnancy needle only on a clear obstetric indication.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Tinnitus, Release Exterior, Absent Periods, Wind

🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 扶突 (fú tū)

🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the neck, level with tip of the adam's apple between sternal and clavicular heads of the scm muscle.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep needling; proximity to carotid artery and thyroid.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Asthma, Swelling, Sore Throat, Facial Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 眉衝 (méi chōng)

🎯 Location: Directly above the BL02, 0.5 thumb widths within the anterior hairline between GV24 and BL04.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Shortness of Breath, Dizziness, Wind, Epilepsy, Nasal Congestion

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 曲差 (qū chà)

🎯 Location: 0.5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline at the junction of the medial 1/3 and lateral 2/3 of the distance from GV24 to the ST08.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Shortness of Breath, Heat, Nasal Congestion, Agitation, Nosebleed

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 承光 (chéng guāng)

🎯 Location: 2.5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Vomiting, Wind, Facial Droop, Nasal Congestion

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 通天 (tōng tiān)

🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline and 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Shortness of Breath, Facial Droop, Goiter, Loss of Consciousness, Nasal Congestion

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 玉枕 (yù zhěn)

🎯 Location: 2.5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the posterior hairline and 13 thumb widths lateral to the midline in the depression on the level of the upper border of the external occipital protuberance.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Dizziness, Common Cold, Vomiting, Wind

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 風門 (fēng mén)

🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 2nd thoracic vertebra.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.

🛡️ Treats: Heat Chest, Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Shortness of Breath

🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 頭臨泣 (tóu lín qì)

🎯 Location: On the head directly above the pupil and 0.5 thumb widths above the anterior hairline at the midpoint of the line connecting GV24 and ST08.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications for head points.

🛡️ Treats: Wind, Pain, Aversion Cold, Epilepsy, Malaria

🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 承靈 (chéng líng)

🎯 Location: On the head, 4 thumb widths above the anterior hairline and 22.5 thumb widths lateral to the midline of the head.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications for head points.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Dizziness, Pain, Aversion Cold

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 囟會 (xìn huì)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths posterior to the midpoint of the anterior hairline 3 thumb widths anterior to the GV20.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in infants; avoid in open fontanelle.

🛡️ Treats: Dizziness, Palpitations, Wind, Nasal Congestion, Facial Swelling

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 上星 (shàng xīng)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Depression, Wind, Redness, Swelling, Malaria

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 神庭 (shén tíng)

🎯 Location: 0.5 thumb widths directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Shortness of Breath, Dizziness, Palpitations, Depression

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 素髎 (sù hé)

🎯 Location: On the tip of the nose.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Shortness of Breath, Nosebleed, Polyp Nasal, Rhinitis, Benefit Nose

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 人中 (rén zhōng)

🎯 Location: At the junction of the upper ⅓ and middle ⅓ of the philtrum.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Jaundice, Depression, Wind, Chills

🗺️ Meridian: Governing Vessel

🇨🇳 Chinese: 齦交 (yín jiāo)

🎯 Location: At the junction of the gum and frenulum of the upper lip.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid with dental infections.

🛡️ Treats: Jaundice, Heat, Redness, Swelling, Nasal Congestion

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 印堂 (yìn táng)

🎯 Location: At the glabella, at the midpoint between the medial extremities of the eyebrows.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Anxiety, Dizziness, Wind, Facial Pain, Insomnia

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 鼻通 / 上迎香 (bí tōng / shàng yíng xiāng)

🎯 Location: At the highest point of the naso-labial groove.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with facial nerve.

🛡️ Treats: Nasal Congestion, Nosebleed, Nasal Discharge, Polyp Nasal, Rhinitis