頭竅陰

頭竅陰 is also named 头窍阴, GB11, Touqiaoyin
Touqiaoyin
Touqiaoyin

Touqiaoyin(GB11,头窍阴) is an acupuncture point in the meridian named Shaoyang Gall Bladder Meridian of Foot.

Location

Posterior to the ear, in a depression on the lower one third of a curved line drawn from Wangu(GB12) and Tianchong(GB9), parallel to the rim of the ear(the triple energizer meridian).

Indication

  • ①Headache, vertigo, pain and stiffness of the neck and nape, and other diseases of the head and neck;
  • ②tinnitus, deafness.

Method

Puncture subcutaneously 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.