GB09 Tianchong (Heavenly Surge)

Location

Directly above the posterior border of the auricle 2 thumb widths within the hairline about 0.5 thumb widths posterior to the GB08.

Indications

Conditions for which GB09 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using GB09

• Fatigue, Anxiety, Palpitations, Insomnia, Shortness Of Breath, Chest Tightness, Panic Attack, Dizziness Lightheadedness – GB08, GB09, GV23, GV24 (doi:10.7453/gahmj.2014.034 ↗)
• Fatigue, Insomnia, Nausea, Nightmares, Weight Loss, Chest Pain, Back Pain, Hip Pain, Shoulder Pain, Irritability, Ptsd, Anxiety Severe – GB08, GB09, GV23, GV24 (doi:10.7453/gahmj.2014.034 ↗)
• Encephalopathy, Cognitive Impairment, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning – LI04, ST40, SP06, PC06, TB20, GB04, GB06, GB09, LV03, GV26 (doi:10.3389/fmed.2026.1818476 ↗)
• Panic Attack, Anxiety Generalized – GB08, GB09, GV23, GV24, XH03, XH05 (doi:10.7453/gahmj.2014.034 ↗)
• Anxiety, Insomnia – GB08, GB09, GV23, GV24, XH03, XH05 (doi:10.7453/gahmj.2014.034 ↗)
• Mental Disorder – KD06, PC04, PC05, PC06, GB04, GB05, GB06, GB07, GB08, GB09, GB10, GB11, GB40 (Zheng Lingling et al.. [Experience of professor LI Zhidao in the treatment of mental disorders by "regulating the heart and smoothing the liver"].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2016)

Most often selected alongside GB09

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with GB09. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• GB08Leading Valley5 protocols
• GV23Upper Star4 protocols
• GV24Spirit Court4 protocols
• GB04Forehead Fullness2 protocols
• GB06Suspended Tuft2 protocols
• PC06Inner Gate2 protocols
• XH03Hall Of Impression Or Seal Hall2 protocols
• XH05Supreme Yang (Sun)2 protocols
• GB05Suspended Skull1 protocols
• GB07Temporal Hairline Curve1 protocols
• GB10Floating White1 protocols
• GB11Head Portal Yin1 protocols

Other points on the Gallbladder Meridian