Chronic cheilitis
Chronic cheilitis is a common chronic nonspecific inflammatory disease in lip lesions, which may attack repeatedly and produce chronic injuries to the lip including dryness, chapping, exudation, erosion, crust, etc. In Western Medicine it is called chronic cheilitis, while in Traditional Chinese Medicine it is called “exfoliative inflammation of lips” or “exfoliative cheilitis”. It generally occurs on the lower lip, and sometimes on the upper lip. The disease usually attacks repeatedly, especially in dry seasons such as winter and spring. According to Western Medicine, its etiology is not determined yet, and possible factors include cold and dry seasons, smoking and alcohol drinking, overheated food, lip licking, lip biting, mental factors, etc.
Ren 24 Cheng Jian
(Container of Fluids)
Location
on the ventral midline, in the middle of the mentolabial groove
LI 4 He Gu
(Joining Valley)
Location
on the dorsum of the hand, to the side of the midpoint of the second metacarpal bone, in the adductor pollicis muscle
P 6 Nei Guan
(Inner Pass)
Location
2 cun proximal to the distal wrist crease, on the connecting line between P 3 and P 7, between the palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis tendons
He 7 Shen Men
(Spirit Gate)
Location
at the ulnar end of the distal wrist crease, in the depression between the radial side of the tendon of flexor carpi ulnaris, at the proximal border of the pisiform bone
Sp 6 San Yin Jiao
(Three Yin Intersection)
Location
3 cun proximal to the prominence of the medial malleolus, dorsal to the medial crest of the tibia
St 44 Nei Ting
(Inner Courtyard)
Location
at the edge of the interdigital skin, between the second and third toes, at the dividing line between red and white flesh
Sp 10 Xue Hai
(Sea of Blood)
Location
with the patient's knee flexed, 2 cun proximal to the medial superior border of the patella on the bulge of the vastus medialis muscle
St 36 Zu San Li
(Leg Three Miles)
Location
3 cun inferior to St 35, one middle fingerbreadth lateral to the anterior crest of the tibia, at the level of the distal edge of the tuberosity of the tibia
Sp 9 Yin Ling Quan
(Yin Mound Spring)
Location
in the depression, distal and dorsal to the medial condyle of the tibia conduct Key points of syndrome differentiation based on clinical symptoms, and acupuncture shall be conducted with the major acupoint plus acupoint for the pattern accordingly.
