GB11 (Touqiaoyin, “Head's Yin Orifice”) is an acupuncture point on the Gallbladder Channel Meridian. It is located on the side of the head, in the depression superior to the mastoid process (Wangu, GB12) and inferior to the occipital bone. This point is found in a palpable depression that moves when the head is shaken. It clears heat, benefits the head, ears, and throat, alleviates pain, and dispels wind.
On the side of the head, in the depression superior to the mastoid process (Wangu, GB12) and inferior to the occipital bone. This point is found in a palpable depression that moves when the head is shaken.
Subcutaneous insertion, 0.3-0.5 cun, typically directed inferiorly or along the scalp.
Clears heat, benefits the head, ears, and throat, alleviates pain, and dispels wind..
Headache that pulls on the neck, pain in the head, neck, and jaw that radiates to the ear, tinnitus, deafness, tongue stiffness, bleeding from the base of the tongue, sore throat, cough with phlegm, fever and chills, hand and foot heat with inability to sweat, bone fatigue, carbuncles and sores, leprosy, bitter taste in the mouth, pain in the hypochondrium..
Touqiaoyin is a significant local point for disorders affecting the ear and the surrounding region. Its classical indications for headache, neck pain, tinnitus, and deafness are still its primary modern uses. As a meeting point of three yang channels, it is effective for clearing wind and heat from the head, making it useful for externally contracted conditions presenting with headache and fever. It is often used in combination with other local points like GB12 and GB20 to treat a variety of head and neck complaints.
GB11 is one of 44 points on the Gallbladder Channel Meridian. Nearby points:
GB11 (Touqiaoyin) is located on the side of the head, in the depression superior to the mastoid process (Wangu, GB12) and inferior to the occipital bone. This point is found in a palpable depression that moves when the head is shaken.
GB11 clears heat, benefits the head, ears, and throat, alleviates pain, and dispels wind. Common clinical indications include headache that pulls on the neck, pain in the head, neck, and jaw that radiates to the ear, tinnitus, deafness, tongue stiffness, bleeding from the base of the tongue, sore throat, cough with phlegm, fever and chills, hand and foot heat with inability to sweat, bone fatigue, carbuncles and sores, leprosy, bitter taste in the mouth, pain in the hypochondrium.
Subcutaneous insertion, 0.3-0.5 cun, typically directed inferiorly or along the scalp.
GB11 is a point on the Gallbladder Channel Meridian (Zú Shàoyáng Dǎnjīng).