GB-11 (Tou Qiao Yin) Head Portal Yin - Acupuncture point on the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot Shao Yang

"The Liver opens into the Eyes"

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Acu Point GB-11 (Tou Qiao Yin) Head Portal Yin

Acupuncture Points on the Gall Bladder Channel of Foot Shao Yang

Meeting Point of the Gallbladder, Bladder, Small Intestine and Sanjiao Channels

Actions:

Clears the head and benefits the sense organs
Activates the channel and alleviates pain

Indications:

Pain of the head and neck, tinnitus, deafness, pain in the ears.

Location (CAM):

Posterior and superior to the mastoid process, at the junction of middle third and lower third of the curved line connecting Tianchong (GB-9) and Wangu (GB-12).

Location (AMOA):

Posterior to the ear, along a curved line drawn from Tianchong GB-9 to Wangu GB-12 running within the hairline and more or less parallel to the line of the rim of the ear, in a depression slightly greater than two thirds of the distance between Tianchong GB-9 and Wangu GB-12.

Needling Method:

Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.

References

Acupuncture

11. Grasping the Wind (First Edition) - Andrew Ellis, Nigel Wiseman, Ken Boss

9. Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Revised Edition) - Cheng Xinnong

8. A Manual of Acupuncture (First Edition) - Peter Deadman

10. Acupuncture: A Comprehensive Text (First Edition) - Shanghai College of TCM