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Neijing

Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture

SI-19

Tinggong

Palace of Hearing

Autres nomsListening Palace

Méridien
Intestin grêle
Classification
Point de croisement, Sortie

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Localisation

  1. 01With the mouth held slightly open, the point lies in the hollow between the tragus and the mandibular joint.
  2. 02With the mouth open, find it in the depression between the midpoint of the tragus and the mandible's condyloid process.

Puncture

  1. 01Needle straight in, 0.5 to 1 cun deep.
  2. 02Moxibustion may be used.
  3. 03With the mouth open, insert directly and angle the needle downward, 1.5 to 2 cun deep; expect local distention and soreness that may spread across the side of the face, sometimes with an outward-radiating distended feeling in the eardrum.

Fonctions du point

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

Actions

  • Benefits the ears
  • Calms Shen

Indications

  • General ear disorders
  • Deafness
  • Tinnitus
  • Otitis media
  • Inflamed external ear canal
  • Ear discharging pus
  • Deaf-mutism
  • Headache stemming from ear pain
  • Ear-related vertigo
  • A cicada-like ringing in the ear
  • Progressive deafness with a sense of the ear being blocked
  • Otitis externa
  • Seizures with insanity
  • Chest and abdominal pain
  • Impaired movement of the mandibular joint
  • Seizures
  • Mania accompanied by auditory hallucinations
  • Melancholia
  • Painful ear discharge
  • Epilepsy
  • Voice loss
  • Fullness in the Heart and abdomen
  • Toothache
  • Ear pain and itching
  • Blocked ear
  • Auditory canal polyps
  • Otorrhea
  • Depressive psychosis
  • Madness
  • Laryngitis

Associations

Notes

  • This point works well when the deeper spirit is shut off and difficult to access.
  • It is a commonly used local point for tinnitus and deafness, particularly when tied to Lung and Heart Qi Deficiency.