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POINT: SJ-17 (SAN JIAO-17) 

NAME: YIFENG

English: Wind Screen
Also Known As: Shielding Wind
Wind Cover

LOCATION:

  • Behind the earlobe, between the ramus of the mandible and the mastoid process, in the depression just superior to the palpable transverse process of the first cervical vertebra.
    Note: fold the earlobe forward to reveal this point.
  • In the depression between the mastoid process and the mandible, behind the earlobe.
  • Located halfway between the tip of the mastoid process and the angle of the mandible.
  • Posterior to the earlobe, in the depression between the mastoid process and the mandible.

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular insertion, directed towards the opposite ear, 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Caution: if the needle is directed too anteriorly or posteriorly, pain will ensue and may cause discomfort on opening and closing the mouth for some time after the treatment.
  • Slanted insertion, for deaf-mutism, needle pointed in a medial downward direction, 1.5 to 2 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness, sometimes extending toward the pharynx causing a constricted hot feeling
  • Straight insertion , for parotitis or facial paralysis, needle pointed toward the eyeball of the opposite side, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: distention and pain at the bottom of the ear, sometimes distention and pain extending to the anterior part of the tongue.
  • Puncture perpendicularly, 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Note: open the mouth, insert the needle, then close the mouth. This way you can insert the needle quite deeply.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Meeting point of the Gall Bladder channel

ACTIONS:

  • Benefits the ears
  • Benefits vision
  • Soothe the ear
  • Eliminates Wind
  • Clears Heat
  • Activates the channel
  • Alleviates pain

INDICATIONS:

  • Deafness
  • Tinnitus
  • Discharge from the ear
  • Itching inside the ear
  • Redness, pain and swelling of the ear
  • Earache
  • Mumps
  • Enlargement of the parotid gland
  • Scrofula
  • Superficial visual obstruction with visual dizziness
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Convulsions (generally with a headache and an arched, rigid back)
  • Tempomandibular arthritis
  • Membrane over the eye
  • Aural vertigo
  • Hypertension
  • Sensation of heaviness of the head
  • Subluxation of the maxilla
  • Lack of sensation in the face
  • Neuralgia of the shoulders and scapula
  • Deviation of the mouth and eye
  • Loss of speech
  • Tetany with inability to speak
  • Lockjaw (Trismus)
  • Pain and swelling of the cheek
  • Toothache of the lower jaw
  • Pain of the teeth and gums
  • Mania disorder
  • Clonic spasm
  • Facial paralysis
  • Bell's palsy
  • Deaf-mutism
  • Sudden mutism
  • Sore eyes
  • Blurred vision
  • Otitis media
  • Mania with auditory hallucinations
  • Chronic yawning in infants
  • Lymphangitis
  • Likes to stretch, especially children
  • Swelling of the cheeks
  • Ptosis of the lower jaw
  • Frequent yawning in infants

COMBINATIONS:

LI-4
Hegu
SJ-21
Ermen

SJ-7
Huizong
ST-7
Xiaguan

SI-19
Tinggong
GB-2
Tinghui

Then needle

ST-36
Zusanli
LI-4
Hegu

Purulent ear sores with discharge

Deafness

Deafness due to Qi Obstruction

HT-5
Tongli

ST-7
Xiaguan
ST-5
Daying
SI-4
Wangu

SI-16
Tianchuang

Sudden loss of speech

Toothache and tooth decay

Lockjaw

ST-4
Dicang
ST-6
Jiache
ST-7
Xiaguan
ST-2
Sibai
LI-4
Hegu

or

N-HN-20
Qianzhong
ST-4
Dicang
LI-20
Yingxiang

ST-6
Jiache
LI-4
Hegu

SJ-7
Huizong

Facial paralysis

Parotitis

Tempomandibular arthritis

SI-19
Tinggong
N-HN-10
Tingcong
N-HN-8
Tingxue

 

 

Tinnitus

 

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This is an essential local point for the treatment of ear disorders.
  • This is the main point for facial paralysis, whether due to External or Internal Wind.
  • It is a major point to clear External Wind.