TOUQIAOYIN

NAME

TOUQIAOYIN

LOCATION

At the base of the mastoid process, 1 cun below GB-10 Fubai.
Posterior to the ear, along a curved line drawn from GB-9 Tianchong to GB-12 Wangu running within the hairline and approximately parallel to the line of the rim of the ear, in a depression, slightly more than two thirds of the distance between GB-9 Tianchong and GB-12 Wangu.
Posterior to the mastoid process, at the junction of the middle third and lower third of the curved line connecting GB-9 Tianchong and GB-12 Wangu.

NEEDLING

Slanted insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
Transverse insertion 0.5 to 1.5 cun.
Note: this point may be needled in any direction, depending on symptomology. Direct the needle either towards the area of pain or join to other points. The needle should be inserted deep to the subcutaneous layer, rather than more shallowly.
Puncture subcutaneously 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
Moxibustion is applicable.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS

Meeting point of the Urinary Bladder, Small Intestine and San Jiao channels

ACTIONS

Clears the head
Benefits the sense organs
Activates the channel
Alleviates pain

INDICATIONS

Headache
Stiff neck
Ear ache
Tinnitus
Deafness
Bronchitis
Pain of the lateral costal region
Cough
Contraction of the sinews of the four limbs
Dizziness
Eye pain
Stiff tongue
Nauseating bitter taste in the mouth
Neck pain
Goiter
Throat Bi
Anhidrosis
Bone taxation
Agitation and Heat of the hands and feet

COMBINATIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS

NOTES

This point mirrors the action of GB-44 Zuqiaoyin.