Intersecting point: hand shaoyang and hand taiyang.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Ting" (聽), hearing; "gong" (宮), palace. Ears are for hearing, and palace symbolizes centrality. The point is located in front of the central part of tragus, hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

Tinggong (SI19) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "At the bead-like structure in ear...";
• Nan Jing Ding De-yong note: "At the bead-like structure inside ear...";
• Yixue Rumen: "Beside the bead-like structure in front of ear";
• Zhenjiu Jicheng: "On the inner side of the fleshy prominence in front of ear".

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscle: temporalis fascia. (The deep layer is the cartilage outside external auditory canal)
• Nerves: facial nerve, auriculotemporal nerve.
• Vessels: branches of superficial temporal artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Slightly open mouth to move mandibular condyle forward, avoiding blood vessels. Insert perpendicularly or slightly downward at an angle, to a depth of 0.5~1.5 cun. If insert at an 85° angle, direct forward and downward (toward contralateral masseter muscle) to a depth of 2.5 cun, one can pass behind the posterior border of mandibular condyle and anterior of styloid process, reaching the space between posterior pharyngeal wall and the anterior border of C1~C2 vertebrae. Direct moxibustion is contraindicated. Moxibustion with moxa sticks for 10 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Unblock ear orifice, calm mind and spirit.

• Classical: manic and depressive psychosis and epilepsy, fright, deafness, tinnitus, ear itching, blindness, clear discharge from ear, toothache, fullness in chest and abdomen, arm pain, spasm and convulsion, dizziness with fainting, inability to speak.
• Modern: deafness and dumbness, vertigo (Meniere's sign), otitis media, external auditory canal inflammation, facial nerve palsy, temporomandibular joint arthritis.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Deafness with qi blockage: Tinggong (SI19), Tinghui (GB2), Yifeng (TE17).
• Ear twitching: Tinggong (SI19), Jiache (ST6), Hegu (LI4).
• Sorrow and grief in heart: Tinggong (SI19), Pishu (BL20).
• Tinnitus due to phlegm-fire: Tinggong (SI19), Shenshu (BL23), Zhongwan (CV12), Fenglong (ST40) .
• Otitis media: Tinggong (SI19), Yifeng (TE17), Hegu (LI4).