Common Acupoints Used in Facial Massage
Common acupoints used in facial massage include:
Chengjiang: At the center of the chin-lip groove, beneath the lower lip. Treats facial paralysis, facial swelling, gingival swelling, toothache, drooling, mania.
Dicang: 4 fen lateral to the corner of the mouth. Treats facial paralysis, drooling.
Renzhong: At the upper-middle third of the philtrum. Treats facial paralysis, drooling, nasal obstruction.
Yingxiang: 5 fen lateral to the midpoint of the alar margin, in the nasolabial groove. Treats nasal obstruction, rhinosinusitis, facial paralysis, facial itching, facial swelling.
Sibai: Directly below the pupil, in the depression above the zygomatic bone. Treats redness, itching, and pain in the eyes, cataracts, facial paralysis, headache, dizziness.
Chengqi: Directly below the pupil, between the orbital rim and eyeball. Treats red, swollen eyes, night blindness, tearing in wind, facial paralysis.
Jingming: 1 fen above the medial canthus of the eye. Treats red, swollen eyes, tearing in wind, itching at inner canthus, dizziness, nearsightedness, color blindness.
Zanzhu: At the inner end of the eyebrow, at the supraorbital notch. Treats blurred vision, tearing, facial paralysis.
Yuyao: At the midpoint of the eyebrow. Treats red, swollen eyes, ptosis of the eyelid, pain in the brow ridge.
Sizhukong: In the depression at the outer end of the eyebrow. Treats headache, dizziness, red eyes, toothache, epilepsy.
Yintang: At the midpoint of the line connecting the two eyebrows. Treats headache, dizziness, rhinosinusitis, nosebleed, pediatric convulsions, postpartum blood deficiency.
Jiaosun: Where the earlobe folds forward and backward, at the temporal region corresponding to the ear apex. Treats ear pain, eye opacity, toothache, dry lips, neck stiffness.
Ermen: In front of the upper notch of the ear screen, posterior to the mandibular condyle. Treats tinnitus, deafness, toothache.
Tinggong: In front of the ear screen, posterior to the mandibular condyle, in the depression when the mouth is open. Treats tinnitus, deafness.
Tinghui: In front of the ear screen notch, posterior to the mandibular condyle, with a cavity when the mouth is open. Treats deafness, tinnitus, toothache, facial paralysis, dislocation of the temporomandibular joint.
Yifeng: In the depression anterior and inferior to the mastoid process, level with the posterior margin of the earlobe. Treats tinnitus, deafness, facial paralysis, locked jaw, cheek swelling.
Xiaguan: In the depression between the zygomatic arch and mandibular notch, with a cavity when the mouth is closed, closing when open. Treats toothache, tinnitus, deafness, facial paralysis, difficulty opening and closing the jaw.
Jiache: In the depression anterior and superior to the mandibular angle, at the highest prominence of the masseter muscle when teeth are clenched. Treats facial paralysis, cheek swelling, toothache, inability to speak.
Daying: 1 cun and 3 fen anterior to the mandibular angle, at the anterior margin of the masseter attachment. Treats locked jaw, cheek swelling, toothache.
Yangbai: Directly below the pupil, 1 cun above the eyebrow. Treats headache, eye pain, dizziness, pain at outer canthus, night blindness.
Taiyang: In the depression 1 inch posterior to the junction of the eyebrow and outer canthus. Treats headache, toothache, red, swollen eyes, facial paralysis.