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Heart
S. Intestine
XIAGUAN
ST-7

INDICATIONS

channels
Sanjiao

Deafness, tinnitus, ear pain, itching and purulent discharge from the ear.
Lockjaw, dislocation of the jaw.
Toothache, pain of the teeth of the lower jaw, swelling and pain of the gums (of the lower jaw), pain of
the cheek and face, swelling of the cheek, yawning,
deviation of the mouth and eye, visual dizziness.

Bladder
Below
the Joint
Kidney
Meeting
point of the Stomach and Gall Bladder
Pericardium
Gall Bladder

LOCATION

At theLiver
lower border of the zygomatic arch, in the depresConception
sion anterior
to the condyloid process of the mandible.
Governing

Extra Points
Xiaguan ST-7
Shangguan GB-3

COMMENTARY

Xiaguan ST-7 is an important and commonly used point

for the treatment of local disorders affecting the ear (deafness, tinnitus, pain and discharge), cheek (pain and
swelling), teeth (toothache, swelling and pain of the gum)
and upper jaw (lockjaw and dislocation). Its ability to treat
ear disorders is explained both by its location, and by the
fact that the Gall Bladder channel, which enters the ear,
meets with the Stomach channel at this point.
In the treatment of facial pain and trigeminal neuralgia
Xiaguan ST-7 is sometimes needled 0.5 cun anterior to its
textbook location.
COMBINATIONS

mouth open
condyloid process

LOCATION NOTE

Although this point is needled with the mouth closed, it is

helpful to ask the patient to open the mouth to better
locate the condyloid process. If the finger rests on the
condyloid process when the mouth is open, it will fall into
Xiaguan ST-7 when the mouth is closed.
NEEDLING

i. Perpendicular insertion slightly inferiorly 0.5 to 1 cun; ii.

Transverse insertion to join with such points as Tinggong
SI-19, Jiache ST-6, Quanliao SI-18 etc. for diseases of the
ear, teeth, face and jaw.
ACTIONS

Benefits the ears, jaw and teeth

Activates the channel and alleviates pain

Tinnitus and deafness: Xiaguan ST-7, Yangxi L.I.-5,

Guanchong SJ-1, Yemen SJ-2 and Yanggu SI-5 (Systematic Classic).
Deafness: Xiaguan ST-7, Huizong SJ-7 and Yifeng
SJ-17 (Systematic Classic).
Toothache and tooth decay: Xiaguan ST-7, Daying
ST-5, Yifeng SJ-17 and Wangu SI-4 (Supplementing
Life).
Hemiplegia with deviation of the mouth and eye:
Xiaguan ST-7 and Shangguan GB-3 (Supplementing
Life)
Yawning and pain of the lower teeth: Xiaguan ST-7,
Daying ST-5 and Yifeng SJ-17 (Thousand Ducat
Prescriptions).
Facial paralysis: Xiaguan ST-7, Yifeng SJ-17,
Dicang ST-4, Jiache ST-6, Sibai ST-2 and Hegu L.I.-4.