TB19 Luxi (Skull Rest)

顱息lú xīLuxi

Triple Burner Meridian

Location of acupuncture point TB19 Luxi (Skull Rest)
28
Indications
8
Protocols
AcuiQ Self-Treatment Guide
Acupressure you can do at home, every protocol traced to a trial. – $12.99, free updates for life

Location

Posterior to the ear at the junction of the upper and middle third of the curve formed by TB17 and TB20 behind helix.

No specific contraindications.

Indications

Conditions for which TB19 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

AnxietyDeafnessDischarge Ear PusDizzinessDroolingShortness of BreathEpilepsy (infant)Epilepsy InfantileFrightHeatInsomniaItchiness FaceChest PainRib PainEar PainHeadacheMigraineHeadache One-sided PainHead Forehead Corner St8 RednessSeminal EmissionHeaviness Head SensationHead Forehead Corner St8 SwellingTetanyTinnitusVomitingVomiting Foam (infant)Vomiting Foam InfantileVomiting Saliva Watery

TCM actions

What classical sources say TB19 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.

Benefit Ears

Protocols using TB19

  • Head Pain, Headache Migraine, Headache Unilateral – TB08, TB19, GB33 (doi:10.1186/s12967-014-0351-6 ↗)
  • Anxiety, Tinnitus, Headache, Dysmenorrhea, Insomnia, Neck Pain, Premenstrual Syndrome, Eye Twitching – SI11, SI12, SI13, BL54, BL60, TB17, TB18, TB19, TB20, GB30, GB34, LV04 (doi:10.12998/wjcc.v13.i21.103200 ↗)
  • Tinnitus, Tinnitus Subjective, Tinnitus Non-pulsating, Tinnitus Idiopathic – LI04, ST36, KD03, TB03, TB05, TB17, TB18, TB19, TB20, TB21, TB22, GB02, GB08, GB20 (doi:10.5114/pq.2021.108662 ↗)
  • Tinnitus, Tinnitus Subjective – LI04, LI11, ST25, ST36, SP06, KD03, TB03, TB05, TB17, TB18, TB19, TB20, TB21, TB22, GB02, GB08, GB20, GB28, CV04, CV09, CV12 (doi:10.51507/j.jams.2023.16.1.11 ↗)
  • Headache, Tinnitus Chronic, Neck Pain – SI11, SI12, SI13, BL54, BL60, TB17, TB18, TB19, TB20, GB30, GB34, LV04, XB02C3, XB02C4, XB02C5, XB02T3, XB02T4, XB02T5 (doi:10.12998/wjcc.v13.i21.103200 ↗)
  • Migraine – TB08, TB19, GB33 (doi:10.1186/s12967-014-0351-6 ↗)
  • Schizophrenia, Hallucinations Auditory, Hallucinations Visual – TB17, TB19, GB16, GB17, GV19, GV20 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
  • Bi Syndrome, Fever Rheumatic, Arthritis Rheumatoid, Fibrositis, Neuralgia, Gout, Shoulder Pain, Bi Syndrome, Fever Rheumatic, Arthritis Rheumatoid, Shoulder Pain – LI15, SI10, TB14, TB19 (sacredlotus.com ↗)

Most often selected alongside TB19

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with TB19. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

  • TB17Hurricane5 protocols
  • TB18Spasm Vessel4 protocols
  • TB20Angle Vertex4 protocols
  • BL54Lowermost In Order2 protocols
  • BL60Kunlun (Mountains)2 protocols
  • GB02Hearing Convergence2 protocols
  • GB08Leading Valley2 protocols
  • GB20Wind Pool2 protocols
  • GB30Jumping Circle2 protocols
  • GB33Yang Knee Gate2 protocols
  • GB34Yang Mound Spring2 protocols
  • KD03Great Stream2 protocols