Xia Guan 下關 (ST 7)
| TRANSLATION: | Lower Gate; Below the Arch |
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| TYPE: | Meeting point of the Stomach meridian with the Gall Bladder meridian |
| LOCATION: | At lower border of the zygomatic arch, in depression anterior to the condyloid process of mandible |
| NEEDLE INSERTION: | a. 90° insertion, b. 5° insertion |
| NEEDLE DEPTH: | a. 0.5-1.0 cun slightly inferiorly, b. Join with SI 19, ST 6, SI 18, etc. for diseases of the ear, teeth, face & jaw |