GB2 (Tinghui, “Tinghui”) is an acupuncture point on the Gallbladder Channel Meridian. It is located anterior to the ear, in a depression found with the mouth open. It is located 1 cun inferior to GB3 (Shangguan), in a palpable arterial pulsation. It benefits the ears, clears heat, activates the channel, and alleviates pain.
Anterior to the ear, in a depression found with the mouth open. It is located 1 cun inferior to GB3 (Shangguan), in a palpable arterial pulsation.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1.5 cun with the mouth open.
Benefits the ears, clears heat, activates the channel, and alleviates pain.
Deafness, ear ringing (tinnitus) like cicadas, toothache with aversion to cold, jaw dislocation, jaw tension preventing chewing, facial paralysis, convulsions, manic-type behavior, mental agitation, watery eyes without headache, epilepsy, bone pain, dizziness.
GB2 is a crucial local point for a wide array of ear disorders, particularly deafness and tinnitus. Its location, found when the mouth is open, places it directly over the temporomandibular joint, making it effective for jaw pain, dislocation, and TMJ disorders. It also addresses channel-related issues like facial paralysis and convulsions.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《針方六集》 Zhēnfāng Liùjí — Six Collections on Needling, Wu Kun, 1618 · 卷之五·紛署集 · 耳前後凡二十穴第十一 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
聽會二穴，主耳聾氣閉，耳鳴出膿，牙車腫痛，惡寒物，狂走，瘛瘲，恍惚不樂，中風口喎，手足不隨The text records that GB2 was used for deafness with blocked qi, tinnitus with discharge of pus, swelling and pain of the jaw, aversion to cold things, manic running, convulsions, low spirits, deviation of the mouth from wind-stroke, and limbs that do not obey.
《針灸大成》 Zhēnjiǔ Dàchéng — Great Compendium of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 1601 · 卷十 · Source: Wikisource ↗
聽會 在耳微前陷中，上關下一寸，動脈宛宛中，開口取之，針三分，不補， 日灸五壯，止三七壯According to this text, GB2 lies in the slight depression in front of the ear, 1 cun below Shangguan, at the pulsating hollow, and is located with the mouth open. Needling is 3 fen without tonifying; moxa 5 cones a day, up to 21 cones.
《針灸大成》 Zhēnjiǔ Dàchéng — Great Compendium of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 1601 · 卷四 · Source: Wikisource ↗
耳閉聽會莫遲延，針一寸半，不宜停，經言禁灸，家傳灸七壯The text says that for blocked ears GB2 should be used without delay, needled 1.5 cun without retaining the needle. It notes that the classics forbid moxibustion here, while a family tradition applied 7 cones.
《神灸經綸》 Shénjiǔ Jīnglún — Principles of Divine Moxibustion, Wu Yiding, 1851 · 卷之二 · 十二經脈起止 · 膽經四十三穴分寸 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
聽會 從童子髎下外斜行耳前起骨上面下一寸耳珠下動脈宛宛中開口有空側臥張口取之灸三壯According to this text, GB2 is found by going obliquely down and outward from Tongziliao to the bone in front of the ear, 1 cun lower, at the pulse below the tragus where a hollow opens with the mouth; it is taken lying on the side with the mouth open, with 3 moxa cones.
GB2 is one of 44 points on the Gallbladder Channel Meridian. Nearby points:
GB2 (Tinghui) is located anterior to the ear, in a depression found with the mouth open. It is located 1 cun inferior to GB3 (Shangguan), in a palpable arterial pulsation.
GB2 benefits the ears, clears heat, activates the channel, and alleviates pain. Common clinical indications include deafness, ear ringing (tinnitus) like cicadas, toothache with aversion to cold, jaw dislocation, jaw tension preventing chewing, facial paralysis, convulsions, manic-type behavior, mental agitation, watery eyes without headache, epilepsy, bone pain, dizziness.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1.5 cun with the mouth open. Caution: After treatment, one source advises avoiding cold food. Another advises against a wide range of foods including raw, cold, sour, slippery items, alcohol, wheat, lamb, and garlic.
GB2 is a point on the Gallbladder Channel Meridian (Zú Shàoyáng Dǎnjīng).