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Alternate names: 长顪 cháng huì, Long Plate; 长颊 cháng jiá, Long Cheek; 长髎 cháng liáo, Long Bone-Hole; 长窌 cháng liáo, Long Bone-Hole; 长频 cháng pín, Long Shore; 长䪼 cháng zhuō, Long Cheek

Channel: LI, Hand Yáng Brightness (yáng míng) Large Intestine Channel

Modern location: An acupoint located superior to the upper lip, over a slight depression in the maxilla inferior to the medial margin of the ala nasi, at the level of GV-26.

Classic location: Below the nostril, five fēn from the philtrum [or Water Trough (GV-26)]. (Zhēn Jiǔ Dà Chéng)

Local anatomy: The superior labial branches of the facial artery and vein. The anastomotic branch of the facial nerve and the infraorbital nerve.

Action: Diffuses lung qì and clears lung heat; clears the nose and rouses the spirit.

Modern indications: Nasal congestion; sniveling nose; nosebleed; deviated mouth; clenched jaw.

Classic indications: Nose sores and nasal polyps; runny nose with clear snivel; clenched jaw; deathlike reversal.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.2‒0.3 cùn inward oblique insertion.

Needle sensation: Localized distension and pain.

Warning: Moxa contraindicated.

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