LOCATION: With the eyes looking straight forward, directly below the pupil, between the eyeball
and the infraorbital ridge
IMAGE: Also translated as "Receive Tears". An anatomical reference to the point's location directly
below the eyeball.
FUNCTIONS: Expels (local) wind & fire
Brightens Eyes
Improves Vision
INDICATIONS:
Acute & chronic conjunctivitis
astigmatism
cataract
color blindness
convergent squint (esoptropia)
glaucoma
hypermetropia
inflammation or atrophy of the optic nerve
keratitis
myopia
night blindness
retinitis pigmentosa
NEEDLING: Gently lift the eyeball upward with the left thumb (if you're right-handed) and
carefully and slowly needle perpendicularly 0.5 - 1.0 cun along the infraorbital ridge. Do not
stimulate the needle with large amplitude. Moxabustion is forbidden.
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES:
POINT COMBINATIONS:
ANCIENT USES:
OTHER: Could add almost any other eye problem
Slow in responding-- takes many treatments
Mann: photosensitivity
