# Acupoints for Superior Orbital Fissure Syndrome

3 sourced protocols for Superior Orbital Fissure Syndrome. Canonical page: https://acuiq.com/symptoms/superior-orbital-fissure-syndrome

## Protocols

| # | Points | Course | Source | Kind | Caveat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ST43 (Sunken Valley), BL01 (Bright Eyes / Eye Point), BL02 (Gathered Bamboo), GB01 (Pupil Crevice), GB14 (Yang Bright), XH04 (Fish Waist) | Needling, 2 sessions | Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994 | text | Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report. |
| 2 | ST01 (Tear Container), ST43 (Sunken Valley), BL01 (Bright Eyes / Eye Point), BL02 (Gathered Bamboo), GB01 (Pupil Crevice), GB14 (Yang Bright), XH04 (Fish Waist) | Needling, 8 sessions | Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994 | text | Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report. |
| 3 | ST01 (Tear Container), ST43 (Sunken Valley), BL01 (Bright Eyes / Eye Point), BL02 (Gathered Bamboo), GB01 (Pupil Crevice), GB14 (Yang Bright), GB37 (Bright Light), XH04 (Fish Waist) | Needling, 7 sessions | Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994 | text | Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report. |

## Point locations

| Point | Name | Meridian | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST43 | Sunken Valley | Stomach Meridian | In the depression the distal to the junction of the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal bones. |
| BL01 | Bright Eyes / Eye Point | Bladder Meridian | In the depression the slightly above the inner canthus. |
| BL02 | Gathered Bamboo | Bladder Meridian | On the medial extremity of the eyebrow or on the supraorbital notch. |
| GB01 | Pupil Crevice | Gallbladder Meridian | 0.5 thumb widths lateral to the outer canthus in the depression on the lateral side of the orbit. |
| GB14 | Yang Bright | Gallbladder Meridian | On the forehead directly above the pupil, 1 thumb width directly above the midpoint of the eyebrow. |
| XH04 | Fish Waist | Extra Points: Head | In the centre of the eyebrow, in the depression the directly above the pupil when the eyes are looking straight forward. |
| ST01 | Tear Container | Stomach Meridian | With eyes looking straight forward, point is directly below pupil between eyeball and infraorbital ridge. |
| GB37 | Bright Light | Gallbladder Meridian | 5 thumb widths directly above the tip of the external malleolus on the anterior border of the fibula. |

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