GB-11 Touqiaoyin - Head Hole Yin

More Spirit Names: Head Portal Yin, Yin Portals of the Head

English:	Yin Portals of the Head
Also Known As:	Reed Hole Yin Yin Cavity on the Head

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
• Subdues Liver Yang and Liver Fire

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 Pain behind the ear

Combinations

LI-18 Futu KI-4 Dazhong	DU-18 Qiangjian	SJ-12 Xiaoluo
Bleeding from the root of the tongue	Stabbing pain of the head with inability to move	Pain of the nape of the neck

Contraindications

Notes

• This point mirrors the action of GB-44 Zuqiaoyin.