Base de connaissancesPoints d’acupuncture
SJ-21
Ermen
Ear Gate
Autres nomsEar Door · *Muliao* · Ear's Gate
- Méridien
- San Jiao
- Classification
- Entrée
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Localisation
- 01In the hollow anterior to the supratragic notch and posterior to the back edge of the mandible's condyloid process, located with the mouth open.
- 02With the mouth held slightly open, find the depression anterior to the supratragic notch and just above the mandibular condyloid process.
- 03At the anterior aspect of the tuberculum supratragicum, in the hollow that appears when the mouth opens.
Puncture
- 01Insert perpendicularly to 0.3–0.5 cun.
- 02Moxibustion may be used.
- 03With the mouth open, needle through toward SI-19 Tinggong and GB-2 Tinghui, 1.5–2.5 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness, at times spreading across the side of the face.
- 04Insert obliquely downward and slightly posterior, 0.5–1 cun, with the mouth kept open during needling.
Fonctions du point
Entry point
Actions
- Benefits the ears
- Clears Heat
- Opens the ear
Indications
- Tinnitus
- Tinnitus resembling the sound of a cicada
- Deafness
- Earache
- Rushing sound in the ears
- Disorders of the ear
- Otorrhea
- Upper-jaw toothache
- Lip stiffness
- Ear swelling
- Sores of the ear
- Dental caries
- Submandibular swelling and pain
- Neck pain
- Shivering
- Diminished hearing acuity
- Inflammation of the ear canal
- Epistaxis
- Vertigo
- Epilepsy
- Headache
- Visual disturbances
- Agitated mania
- Migraines
- Otitis media
- Suppurative otitis
- Deaf-mutism
- Ear abscess
- Purulent matter in the ear
- Temporomandibular joint pain
- Temporomandibular joint arthritis
- Lockjaw
- Hearing impairment
- Tooth and gum pain
- Ear polyps
- Lip stiffness and contracture
- Ear itching
Précautions
- Some sources state that needling this point may cause blindness.
- Ancient texts forbid moxibustion at this point when there is purulent discharge from the ear.
Associations
Deafness
- N-HN-15
- N-LE-16
Deaf-mutism
- SJ-17
- LI-4
Otitis media, pressure in the ear, and purulent, discharging ear sores
Headache and toothache
- DU-27
- GB-16
- GB-17
Lip stiffness and pain from decayed teeth in the upper jaw
- ST-9 (Needle first)
- ST-36
Tinnitus accompanied by lumbar pain
Notes
- It serves solely as a local point for ear disorders, particularly those arising from Liver Yang Rising.
- Dispersing this point is preferable to tonifying it.
- A local point for ear inflammation, especially that stemming from Liver Yang.
- The pulse felt at this location reflects the Qi of the ears and eyes.