Qiuhou EX-HN7: Location, Functions, Indications, Method
Nomenclature:
Chinese Name: Qiuhou
English Name/Meaning: Behind the Ball
Chinese Pinyin: 球后
Location:
Qiuhou is located on the region of the face, at the junction of the lateral one-fourth and the medial three-fourths of the infraorbital margin.
Functions and Indications :
Qiuhou benefits eye so is useful for various eye diseases such as optic neuritis, optic atrophy, pigmentary degeneration of the retina, glaucoma, early stage of cataract, myopia.
Method :
Ask the patient to close their eyes and look upwards. Push the eyeball upward gently, perpendicularly insert the needle slowly 0.5-1.5 cun along the orbital margin.
Precautions:
- Insert the needle slowly without lifting, thrusting or rotating.
- Immediately on withdrawal of the needle, press firmly with a cotton wool ball for about a minute to prevent haematoma.
- Do not perform this needling method by those who have not had appropriate clinical supervision.
- Moxibustion is not applicable.
