TB16 (Tianyou, “Window of Heaven”) is the Window of Heaven point of the Triple Burner Meridian. It is located on the lateral side of the neck, level with the angle of the mandible, on the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. It benefits the head and sense organs, regulates and descends qi, and activates the channel.
On the lateral side of the neck, level with the angle of the mandible, on the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1.0 cun.
Benefits the head and sense organs, regulates and descends qi, and activates the channel.
Sudden deafness, tinnitus, blurred vision, headache, dizziness, swelling of the face, stiff neck, scrofula, sore throat.
A Window of Heaven point used when qi rebels upward: sudden deafness, visual disturbance, dizziness and swelling of the face and neck.
Classical text; the translation was prepared with AI and is not clinical advice.
《黃帝明堂灸經》 Huángdì Míngtáng Jiǔjīng — The Yellow Emperor's Bright Hall Moxibustion Classic, Tang · 卷中 · 揹人形第六 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
天牖 二穴，在白骨穴下發際宛宛中，灸三壯。 主瘰癧寒熱，頸有積氣，暴聾，肩中痛，頭風目眩，鼻塞不聞香臭According to this text, TB16 lies in the hollow at the hairline below the Baigu point and receives 3 moxa cones; it was used for scrofula with chills and fever, accumulated qi in the neck, sudden deafness, pain in the shoulder, head wind with dizziness, and blocked nose with loss of smell.
《針灸甲乙經》 Zhēnjiǔ Jiǎyǐ Jīng — Systematic Classic of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, c. 256–282 · 卷03 · Source: Wikisource ↗
天牖，在頸筋間，缺盆上，天容後，天柱前，完骨後，髮際上，手少陽脈氣所發，刺入一分，灸三壯According to this text, TB16 lies between the neck sinews above the supraclavicular fossa, behind Tianrong, in front of Tianzhu, behind Wangu and above the hairline, where the qi of the hand shaoyang vessel issues; it is needled 0.1 cun with 3 moxa cones.
《神灸經綸》 Shénjiǔ Jīnglún — Principles of Divine Moxibustion, Wu Yiding, 1851 · 卷之二 · 十二經脈起止 · 三焦經二十三穴分寸 · Source: jicheng.tw ↗
天牖 從天髎上行頸大筋外缺盆上天容後天柱前完骨下發際中夾耳後一寸不宜灸According to this text, TB16 is reached by going up from Tianliao along the outside of the large neck sinew, above the supraclavicular fossa, behind Tianrong, in front of Tianzhu, below Wangu at the hairline, 1 cun behind the ear; it states that moxibustion is not appropriate here.
TB16 is one of 23 points on the Triple Burner Meridian. Nearby points:
TB16 (Tianyou) is located on the lateral side of the neck, level with the angle of the mandible, on the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
TB16 benefits the head and sense organs, regulates and descends qi, and activates the channel. Common clinical indications include sudden deafness, tinnitus, blurred vision, headache, dizziness, swelling of the face, stiff neck, scrofula, sore throat.
Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1.0 cun.
TB16 is a point on the Triple Burner Meridian (Sān Jiāo).