TINGGONG

NAME

TINGGONG

LOCATION

With the mouth opened slightly, this point is located in the depression between the tragus and mandibular joint.
With the mouth open, this point is located in the depression between the middle of the tragus and the condyloid process of the mandible.

NEEDLING

Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun. Moxibustion is applicable. Straight insertion with the mouth open, direct the needle downward, 1.5 to 2 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness, possibly extending throughout the side of the face; sometimes a distended sensation in the eardrum extending outward.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS

Meeting point with the Gall Bladder and San Jiao channels
Exit point

ACTIONS

Benefits the ears
Calms the Shen

INDICATIONS

All ear disorders
Deafness
Tinnitus
Otitis media
Inflammation of the external ear canal
Pus in the ear
Deaf-mutism
Headache due to ear pain
Aural vertigo
Cicada song in the ear
Becoming deaf with a sensation of something blocking the ear
Otitis externa
Seizures and insanity
Pain in the chest and abdomen
Motor impairment of the mandibular joint
Seizures
Mania with auditory hallucinations
Melancholia
Painful discharge from the ear
Epilepsy
Loss of voice
Fullness of the Heart and abdomen
Toothache
Pain and itching of the ear
Ear blocked
Polyps of the auditory canal
Otorrhea
Depressive psychosis
Madness
Laryngitis

COMBINATIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS

NOTES

This point is effective when the deeper spirit is closed off and is hard to reach. this is a frequently used local point for tinnitus and deafness, especially associated with Lung and Heart Qi Deficiency.