Acupuncture Points for Tonsillitis

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 人迎 (rén yíng)

🎯 Location: Level with tip of the adam's apple where pulsation of the common the carotid artery is palpable on the anterior border of the scm muscle.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution near carotid artery; avoid deep needling.

🛡️ Treats: Asthma, Dizziness, Chest Fullness, Vomiting, Swelling

🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 水突 (shuǐ tū)

🎯 Location: At the midpoint of the line joining ST09 and ST11 on the anterior border of the scm muscle.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution near major blood vessels in neck.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Swelling, Shoulder Pain, Sore Throat

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 下翳风 (xià yì fēng)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths below TB17.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with facial nerve.

🛡️ Treats: Toothache, Tonsillitis, Toothache

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Head

🇨🇳 Chinese: 扁桃体穴 (biǎn táo tǐ xué)

🎯 Location: In the neck, when the lower jaw angle is 0.5 inches straight down..

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid during acute tonsillitis.

🛡️ Treats: Heat, Wind, Mumps, Pharyngitis, Tonsillitis

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Lower limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 外踝尖 (wài huái jiān)

🎯 Location: On the protrusion of the external malleolus..

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in acute ankle injuries.

🛡️ Treats: Heat, Stroke, Hemiplegia, Toothache, Tonsillitis

🗺️ Meridian: Extra Points: Lower limbs

🇨🇳 Chinese: 里內庭 (lǐ nèi tíng)

🎯 Location: On the foot palm, in the depression the anterior to the second and third metatarsophalaneal joint.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Hives, Toothache, Neuralgia Trigeminal, Tonsillitis

🗺️ Meridian: Auricular Points

🇨🇳 Chinese: 扁桃體 (biǎn táo tǐ)

🎯 Location: Center of Area 7

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid during acute tonsillitis.

🛡️ Treats: Tonsillitis, Pharyngolaryngitis

🗺️ Meridian: Auricular Points

🇨🇳 Chinese: 咽 (yān)

🎯 Location: At the center of the upper part of the interior Tragus.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in acute pharyngitis.

🛡️ Treats: Tonsillitis, Globus Hysterics, Chronic Laryngitis, Throat Diseases, Acute Laryngitis