I am frequently asked what my most commonly used or favorite points are to treat the face and why. Here are my favorites. Some may surprise you!
1. Ear Shen Men
- Calms the spirit, relaxes the face in return.
2. GB41 – Foot Above Tears
- Allows for emotional release of frustration/anger
- Grounds the patient
- Spreads stagnant Qi in Liver and GB channel
3. ST36 – Leg Three Miles
- Infuses the gifts of the earth within all the meridians
- Sea of nourishment point
- Tonifies Qi & blood
- Fortifies SP
- Calms the spirit
4. LI4 – Joining of the Valleys
- Allows us to release impurities
- Command point for the face
5. SI6 – Nourishing the old
- Nourishes us in the face of old pain, empowering the assimilation of life’s lessons from past traumas (Lonny Jarrett, Nourishing Destiny)
- Sagging chin and neck
- Activates the channel
- Xi cleft point
6. GB18 – Receiving Spirit
- Benefits the eyes & forehead
- Has a direct action on the supraorbital nerve (CN V1) and the galea aponeurotica (which links the occipital and frontal bellies of the occipitofrontalis muscle)
7. ST4 – Receive Nourishment
- Treats the mouth area-lip lines and nasolabial folds
- Relaxes the depressor anguli oris
8. SI18 – Cheekbone
- Lifts the cheek area
9. YuYao
- Lifts the brow
10. Yin Tang
- Treats lines between the brows
- Relaxes the mind