wk12 - face protocol

Question 1

What are the clinical applications / indications for the Face Protocol?

Answer 1

· Headache
· Sinus issues
· TMJ / jaw pain / clenching / grinding
· Stress reduction / anxiety

Question 2

What are the 8 steps in the Face Protocol? What step do you perform at the end?

Answer 2

All wiping 3-5x:
1) Wipe Yintang to Taiyang (supraorbital)
2) Wipe Yintang to Du 24
3) Wipe UB 1 to Taiyang (infraorbital, on the zygoma)
4) Wipe LI 20 to Taiyang (under zygoma, on the masseter)
5) Wipe Ren 24 to ST 7 (along mandible)
6) Round rub ST 7, 6, 5
7) Dredge scalp (~5x)
8) Reverse knocking on Du 20 (5-20x)
FINISH with: Goldfish from the ankles (10-30 sec)

Question 3

Where is Yintang located?

Answer 3

between eyebrows, above bridge of nose

Question 4

Where is Taiyang located?

Answer 4

at temple, in a depression about 1 cun posterior to the midpoint between the lateral end of the eyebrow and the outer canthus of the eye

Question 5

Where is Du 24 located?

Answer 5

at the top of the head on the midline, 0.5 cun into the anterior hairline

Question 6

Where is UB 1 located?

Answer 6

0.1 cun medial & superior to the inner canthus of the eye, near the medial border of the orbit

Question 7

Where is LI 20 located?

Answer 7

in the naso-labial groove, at the level of the midpoint of the lateral border of the ala nasi

Question 8

Where is Ren 24 located?

Answer 8

above the chin, in the depression in the center of the mentolabial groove

Question 9

Where is ST 7 located?

Answer 9

in the depression on the lower border of the zygomatic arch, felt as a hollow with the mouth closed and where bone protrudes when the mouth opens

Question 10

Where is ST 6 located?

Answer 10

approx. 1 finger breadth anterior & superior to the angle of the mandbile, at the prominence of the masseter muscle

Question 11

Where is ST 5 located?

Answer 11

anterior to the angle of the mandible, in a depression on the anterior border of the masseter muscle

Question 12

When dredging the scalp, which channels are dredging? What is the effect of dredging the scalp?

Answer 12

· Ren, Du, GB, UB channels

· Disperse stagnant qi

Question 13

Where is Du 20 located?

Answer 13

· to locate this point, find where the apex of the ear intersects with the mid saggital line of skull
· technically, this point is located 5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline & 7 cun anterior to the posterior hairline

Question 14

What is the significance of Du 20?

Answer 14

Du 20 is at the vertex on the midline, and it is the meeting point of the Du, UB, GB, SJ, LV channels

Question 15

How do you perform Reverse Knocking on Du 20?

Answer 15

· Bring all 5 fingers to touch (like in Plucking & Resetting the Stars)
· Tap Du 20 and pull away from head like you’re “pulling on cotton candy”