J Tradit Chin Med. 1999 Jun; 19(2): 108-10.

Treatment of epiphora due to insufficiency of lacrimal passage by acupuncture at Jingming.

Ni Y, Yang J, Wang J, Xu X.

Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Since 1995, the authors have employed acupuncture at Jingming (UB 1) with the warming needles to treat epiphora due to insufficiency of lacrimal passages. Of the 68 treated eyes in 42 patients, 28 eyes were cured, 35 improved, and 5 ineffective with a total effective rate of 92.65%; and 12 eyes were cured and 34 improved by only one course of treatment.