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THE FACE
Giovanni Maciocia
馬
萬
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The bones of the face include six paired bones and a single vomer and mandible.
Nasal bone Zygomatic bone
mandible maxilla
BONES
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palatine
a single vomer
maxilla
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palatine
lachrymal
lachrymal
maxilla
inferior conchae
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Most of the facial bones are under the influence of the Yang Ming channels, i.e:
The only exceptions are:
Stomach and Large Intestine
the zygomatic bone which, in addition to the Yang Ming channels, is also influenced by the Small Intestine channel; and
the sphenoid and temporal bones which are influenced by the Triple Burner channel.
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MUSCLES
The face contains many different types of small muscles, all of which are under the influence of the Stomach and Large Intestine Muscle channels primarily and also of the Small Intestine Muscle channel secondarily.
The superior auricular and the epicranius muscles are under the influence of the Triple Burner and Gall-Bladder Muscle channels:
Triple Burner Gall-Bladder
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MUSCLE CHANNELS
The face is richly supplied by the muscle channels of all the Yang organs and particularly the Stomach Muscle channel, which meanders up and down the cheeks and chin
- The three Yang Muscle channels of the legs meet at S.I.-18 Quanliao. - The three Yang Muscle channels of the arms meet at G.B.-13 Benshen.
In pathology, the rich supply of Yang Muscle channels in the face accounts for muscle pathologies such as paralysis (as in Bell’s palsy) and tremors or tics.
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DIVERGENT CHANNELS
Of the Yang Divergent channels, some reach the neck, such as the:
while others reach the face or cranium, such as the:
Triple Burner Gall-Bladder
Large Intestine Stomach Bladder
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Of the Yin Divergent channels, these ones reach the face:
The function of the Yin Divergent channels in this area, is to precisely to allow Yin channels to reach areas not reached by their Main channels and therefore to balance out the predominant Yang energy of the face with some Yin energy.
Spleen Heart Pericardium
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LUO CHANNELS
Of the Yang Luo channels, only these reach the face
Large Intestine Stomach
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of the Yin Luo channels, only the Heart reaches the face.
it is because of the influence of the Heart Main and Luo channels that emotional and mental problems are readily reflected on the face.
This may be another reason why the face is often described as “the banner of the Shen”
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From the shoulder the main channel ascends to the neck from where a branch ascends across the cheeks to bind at the side of the nose. The main channel ascends anterior to the Small Intestine muscle channel, crosses the temple to the corner of the forehead, and crosses over the top of the head to connect with the mandible on the opposite side.
LARGE INTESTINE MUSCLE CHANNEL