C3 Huatuo Acupuncture Point

• English Name: Sides of Spine at C3
• Pinyin Name: Huatuojiaji
• Chinese Character: 華佗夾脊

C3 Huatuo Clinical Usages

• C3 innervates the eyes, sinuses, temporal lobe areas and and is used for a range of eye, vision and sinus issues.  In the right circumstances, combines well with Yintang and LI 4.
• Used extensively within the Tam Healing System and Tong Ren Therapy. The cervical huatuo points are not needled as often, but used with tuina and/or tonren therapy.

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This point along with others in a proper point prescription may be used to balance the following Conditions / Symptoms:

• Vision Problems
• Eye Problems
• Sinus Infection
• Sinusitis
• Allergies

For more on this, read "What Does Acupuncture Treat?" and "Point Prescription Guidelines".

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