Triple Burner Meridian

23 Acupuncture Points

Each point shows what symptoms it treats (indications). Click any symptom to find more treatments.

TB01Surge Gate

TB01 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 關衝 (guān chōng)

🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the ring finger about 01 thumb width from corner of the nail.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders.

🛡️ Treats: fever, dizziness, tinnitus, heat, wind

TB02Fluid Gate

TB02 acupoint
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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 液門 (yè mén)

🎯 Location: When fist is clenched point is located in the depression the proximal to the margin of the web between ringer and small fingers at the junction of the red and white skin.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, tinnitus, palpitations, swelling, pain

TB03Central Islet

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 中渚 (zhōng zhǔ)

🎯 Location: When fist is clenched point is on the dorsum of the hand between 4th and 5th metacarpal bones in the depression the proximal to the 4th metacarpophalangeal joint.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, dizziness, tinnitus, heat, redness

TB04Yang Pool

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 陽池 (yáng chí)

🎯 Location: On the transverse crease of the dorsum of the wrist in the depression the lateral to the tendon of the extensor digitorum communis.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: heat, fullness:chest, swelling, pain:shoulder, pain

TB05Outer Gate

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 外關 (wài guān)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths proximal to the dorsal crease of the wrist on the line connecting tb4 and tip of the olecranon the between radius and ulna.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, sweating, deficiency:kidney, dizziness, tinnitus

TB06Branch Ditch

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 支溝 (zhī gōu)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths proximal to the dorsal crease of the wrist on the line connecting tb4 and tip of the olecranon the between radius and ulna on the radial side of the extensor digitorum.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: cough, tinnitus, constipation, vomiting, pain:abdomen

TB07Convergence & Gathering

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 會宗 (huì zōng)

🎯 Location: At the level with tb6 on the ulnar side of the tb6 on the radial border of the ulna.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: tinnitus, deafness, epilepsy, pain:skin, benefit:ears

TB08Three Yang Connection

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 三陽絡 (sān yáng luò)

🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths proximal to the dorsal crease of the wrist between radius and ulna.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: pain, stagnation:channel, benefit:sanjiao

TB09Four Rivers

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 四瀆 (sì dú)

🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the forearm 5 thumb widths below olecranon the between radius and ulna.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, deafness, pain:arm, somnolence, voice:loss

TB10Heavenly Well

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天井 (tiān jǐng)

🎯 Location: When elbow is flexed point is in the depression the about 1 thumb width superior to the olecranon.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: cough, fever, phlegm, sweating, palpitations

TB11Clear Cold Abyss

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 清冷淵 (qīng lěng yuān)

🎯 Location: 1 thumb width above the tb10 when elbow is flexed.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: jaundice, pain, stagnation:channel, pain:costal:lateral, pain:headache

TB12Dispersing Riverbed

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 消濼 (xiāo luò)

🎯 Location: On the line joining olecranon the and tb14 midway between tb11 and tb13.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, dizziness, pain:back, pain:shoulder, pain

TB13Upper Arm Convergence

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 臑會 (bù huì)

🎯 Location: On the line joining olecranon the and tb14 on the posterior border of the deltoid muscle.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, phlegm, pain:scapula, pain:shoulder, pain

TB14Shoulder Bone Hole

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 肩髎 (jiān hé)

🎯 Location: On the shoulder posterior to the li15 in the depression the inferior and posterior to the acromion the when arm is abducted.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in acute shoulder injury.

🛡️ Treats: numbness, pain:shoulder, pain, pain:arm, benefit:shoulders

TB15Heavenly Bone Hole

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天髎 (tiān hé)

🎯 Location: Midway between gb21 and si13 on the superior angle of the scapula.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: fever, heat, fullness:chest, pain:shoulder, pain

TB16Window Of Heaven

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 天牖 (tiān yǒu)

🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the neck directly below posterior border of the mastoid process on the level of the mandibular angle and on the posterior border of the scm.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: dizziness, wind, deafness, malaria, swelling:breast

TB17Hurricane

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 翳風 (yì fēng)

🎯 Location: Posterior to the lobule of the ear in the depression the between mandible and mastoid process.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution near facial nerve.

🛡️ Treats: heat, wind, pain, deviation:eye, deviation:mouth

TB18Spasm Vessel

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 契脈 (qì mài)

🎯 Location: In the center of the mastoid process at the junction of the middle and lower third of the curve formed by tb17 and tb20 posterior to the helix.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: diarrhoea, anxiety, tinnitus, vomiting, wind

TB19Skull Rest

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 顱息 (lú xī)

🎯 Location: Posterior to the ear at the junction of the upper and middle third of the curve formed by tb17 and tb20 behind helix.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: pain:chest, anxiety, dyspnoea, dizziness, tinnitus

TB20Angle Vertex

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 角孫 (jiǎo sūn)

🎯 Location: Directly above the ear apex within the hair line.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: tinnitus, heat, swelling, deafness, pain:toothache

TB21Ear Gate

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 耳門 (ěr mén)

🎯 Location: In the depression the anterior to the supratragic notch and behind posterior border of the condyloid process of the mandible; point is located with mouth open.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with auricular cartilage.

🛡️ Treats: tinnitus, heat, swelling, deafness, pain:headache

TB22Harmony Bone Hole

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 耳和髎 (ěr hé hé)

🎯 Location: Anterior and superior to the tb21 at the level with root of the auricle on the posterior border of the hair line of the temple where superficial temporal artery passes.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: tinnitus, wind, swelling, pain, deviation:mouth

TB23Silken Bamboo Hollow

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🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 絲竹空 (sī zhú kōng)

🎯 Location: In the depression the at the lateral end of the eyebrow.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution near eye.

🛡️ Treats: dizziness, wind, pain, aversion:cold, deviation:eye