GB11 Touqiaoyin (Head Portal Yin)
頭竅陰tóu qiào yīnTouqiaoyin
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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
Posterior and superior to the mastoid process at the junction of the middle third and lower third of the curved line connecting GB09 and GB12.
No specific contraindications for head points.
Indications
Conditions for which GB11 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Agitation FootAgitation HandCoughDizzinessGoiterHeat FootHeat HandLimb Tendon Ligament Contraction StiffnessStiff NeckImmobility Limb Tendon / Ligament ContractionImmobility NeckPainRib PainEar PainEye PainHeadacheNeck PainPharyngitisChannel StagnationSpontaneous SweatingTaste Bitterness NauseatingTaxation BoneTinnitusTongue Body StiffTongue Root Bleeding
TCM actions
What classical sources say GB11 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit HeadBenefit Sense Organs
Protocols using GB11
- Tinnitus, Tinnitus Subjective – SI19, TB13, TB17, GB11, GV14, GV15, GV20 (doi:10.3389/fneur.2024.1373390 ↗)
- Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss Sensorineural, Sudden Hearing Loss – SI19, TB17, TB21, GB02, GB10, GB11, GV20, XH03 (doi:10.1089/acu.2024.0004 ↗)
- Tinnitus, Tinnitus Subjective – SI19, TB03, TB17, GB11, GV14, GV15, GV20 (doi:10.3389/fneur.2024.1373390 ↗)
- Hearing Loss Sudden Sensorineural – TB17, TB21, GB02, GB10, GB11, GV20, XH03 (doi:10.1089/acu.2024.0004 ↗)
- Facial Paralysis Intractable – LI04, ST02, ST08, ST36, BL02, GB11, GB14, GV08, GV14, GV26, XH29 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20240416-0002 ↗)
- Tinnitus Subjective – SI19, GB08, GB11, GV15, GV20 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230628-0003 ↗)
- 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 GB11
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with GB11. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- GV20100 Convergences5 protocols
- SI19Palace Of Hearing4 protocols
- TB17Hurricane4 protocols
- GB10Floating White3 protocols
- GV14Great Vertebra3 protocols
- GV15Gate Of Muteness3 protocols
- GB02Hearing Convergence2 protocols
- GB08Leading Valley2 protocols
- TB21Ear Gate2 protocols
- XH03Hall Of Impression Or Seal Hall2 protocols
- BL02Gathered Bamboo1 protocols
- GB04Forehead Fullness1 protocols