[Category]
crossing point: Suwen‧Qifu Lun Wang Bing Note: foot taiyang Shaoyang meeting.
[Origin]
The original name of the astrology. Tian refers to the high part; Chong refers to the thoroughfare, which refers to the channel of qi and blood in the head. Acupoint refers to the upper part of the head, hence the name.
[Location]
Tianchong (GB9) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")
The back edge of the ear base of the head goes straight up two inches into hairline, five minutes behind
Shuaigu (GB8).
- Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "On the ear as (slightly) the first three points";
- Bronze Man acupoint acupuncture and moxibustion Illustrations : "Insert hairline two inches behind the ear";
- Xunjing Kaoxue Bian : "Third inches behind the level of the ear, insert hairline Two inches";
- Yixue Rumen: "One and a half inches after Chengling (GB18)", which means one and a half inches after Chengling ( GB18) Beside the acupuncture point.
[Anatomy]
- Nerve: branches of the greater auricular nerve.
- Vessels: Postauricular artery and vein.
[Manipulation]
Subcutaneous insertion 0.5~1.5 inches. No moxibustion.
[Efficacy]
dispelling wind, dispelling wind.
- Classical: headache, epilepsy, epilepsy syndrome, panic, swollen gums, tinnitus, tinnitus and itching.
- Modern: hereditary ataxia, tremor paralysis, hysteria.
[Recipe]
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