TB11 (Tiānjǐng, “Celestial Well”) is the He-Sea Point point of the Triple Burner Meridian. It is located on the posterior aspect of the elbow, in a depression 1 cun superior to the olecranon (the tip of the elbow bone). The point is best found when the elbow is flexed, in the hollow between the two tendons and the bone. One classic suggests locating it by flexing the elbow and placing the hand on the opposite knee. It clears heat from the channel, transforms phlegm and dissipates nodules, calms the spirit, and activates the channel to alleviate pain.
On the posterior aspect of the elbow, in a depression 1 cun superior to the olecranon (the tip of the elbow bone). The point is best found when the elbow is flexed, in the hollow between the two tendons and the bone. One classic suggests locating it by flexing the elbow and placing the hand on the opposite knee.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1.0 cun.
Clears heat from the channel, transforms phlegm and dissipates nodules, calms the spirit, and activates the channel to alleviate pain..
Elbow pain radiating to the shoulder, inability to flex and extend the elbow, arm numbness and paralysis, neck and shoulder pain, chest pain, heart pain, cough with shortness of breath, inability to speak, spitting pus, poor appetite, chills and fever, inability to lie down, fright, convulsions, epilepsy, sheep-like bleating epilepsy, mania, sadness and lack of joy, deafness, swollen throat, sore throat, sweating, sharp pain in the outer corner of the eye, cheek swelling, pain behind the ear, inability to grasp objects, drowsiness, general wind-damp pain (bi syndrome), pain from traumatic injury to the lower back and hip, ascending leg qi, malaria that occurs at mealtime, great wind with lack of sensation, sadness and lack of joy..
As the He-Sea and Earth point of the Sanjiao channel, Tianjing is a major point for clearing phlegm-heat and calming the spirit, making it effective for epilepsy, mania, and fright. It is also a primary local point for elbow pain, especially with difficulty in flexion and extension, and can treat pain that radiates up the channel to the shoulder and neck. Its ability to clear the channel and resolve phlegm also gives it utility in treating scrofula and goiter, though this is less emphasized in the provided texts.
TB11 is one of 23 points on the Triple Burner Meridian. Nearby points:
TB11 (Tiānjǐng) is located on the posterior aspect of the elbow, in a depression 1 cun superior to the olecranon (the tip of the elbow bone). The point is best found when the elbow is flexed, in the hollow between the two tendons and the bone. One classic suggests locating it by flexing the elbow and placing the hand on the opposite knee.
TB11 clears heat from the channel, transforms phlegm and dissipates nodules, calms the spirit, and activates the channel to alleviate pain. Common clinical indications include elbow pain radiating to the shoulder, inability to flex and extend the elbow, arm numbness and paralysis, neck and shoulder pain, chest pain, heart pain, cough with shortness of breath, inability to speak, spitting pus, poor appetite, chills and fever, inability to lie down, fright, convulsions, epilepsy, sheep-like bleating epilepsy, mania, sadness and lack of joy, deafness, swollen throat, sore throat, sweating, sharp pain in the outer corner of the eye, cheek swelling, pain behind the ear, inability to grasp objects, drowsiness, general wind-damp pain (bi syndrome), pain from traumatic injury to the lower back and hip, ascending leg qi, malaria that occurs at mealtime, great wind with lack of sensation, sadness and lack of joy.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1.0 cun.
TB11 is a point on the Triple Burner Meridian (Sān Jiāo).