OPERATING MANUAL
ENG
43
NEURALGIA
• TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA
One pair of inductors is superimposed on the projection of the exit point of the
trigeminal nerve,
depending on which branch of the nerve is affected:
- point 1 is on the upper orbital margin and is palpated 1.5 cm off the sides of the
middle of the nose bridge (Fig. 24a);
- point 2 is in the center of the canine fossa (Fig. 24b);
- point 3 is 3 cm on the sides of the middle of the chin, in the projection of the chin
opening of the alveolar canal of the lower jaw (Fig. 24c).
а
) b) c)
Fig. 24. Application of inductors
in case of neuralgia of the trigeminal nerve