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POINT: SJ-20 (SAN JIAO-20)  

NAME: JIAOSUN

English: Minute Angle
Also Known As: Angle of Regeneration

LOCATION:

  • Directly above the ear apex within the hairline.
  • Above the tip of the ear at the natural hairline.
  • On the side of the head, directly level with the apes of the ear when the ear is folded forwards.
    Note: Fold the ear so that the posterior part of the upper helix directly covers the anterior part of the upper helix. Take care not to push the whole ear forwards.

NEEDLING:

  • Puncture subcutaneously 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Slanted insertion 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
    Note: this point in common with all points within the hairline may be needled in any direction, depending on symptomology.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Meeting point of the San Jiao, Small Intestine and Gall Bladder channels

ACTIONS:

  • Benefits the ears
  • Benefits the teeth, gums and lips
  • Clears Heat

INDICATIONS:

  • Tinnitus
  • Redness, pain and swelling of the gums
  • Toothache
  • Parotitis
  • Tooth decay
  • Pain and swelling of the gums with inability to chew
  • Stiffness of the lips
  • Superficial visual obstruction
  • Pannus
  • Red and swollen earlobe
  • Deafness
  • Discharge of pus from the ear
  • Redness and swelling of the back of the ear
  • Redness and swelling of the auricle
  • Dryness of the lips
  • Stiffness of the nape of the neck with inability to turn the head

COMBINATIONS:

SI-8
Xiaohai

ST-6
Jiache

Pain of the gums

Inability to chew

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This point is rarely used clinically.