ST-2 - Four Whites

四白 - Sì bái

Point Region: Face

ST

Stomach Meridian

足阳明胃经 - Zú Yángmíng Wèi Jīng

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the face, in the small opening in the bone below the eye socket (the infraorbital foramen).

How to Locate:

  1. Look straight ahead
  2. Below the centre of the pupil, a little under the bony rim of the eye socket, feel for a small dip in the bone
  3. The point is in that dip
ST-2 (Four Whites) acupressure point location: On the face, in the small opening in the bone below the eye socket (the infraorbital foramen).

How to Apply Pressure

When you have found ST-2 in the small dip below the eye socket, use very light fingertip pressure over the bone and never press toward the eye or into a painful sinus. Skip it after recent facial surgery or facial nerve injury.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Eye pain
  • Eye redness
  • Excessive tearing
  • Sinus congestion
  • Eyelid twitching
  • Facial numbness
  • Sinusitis
  • Facial pain

Related Health Concerns

AllergiesNeuralgia

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Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Recent facial surgery
  • Severe sinus infections
  • Facial nerve damage
  • Infraorbital nerve injury

Take care:

  • Located over infraorbital foramen with nerve and vessels