Atlas of Acupuncture

4 Acupuncture Points of the Twelve Primary Channels

Location

In a depression at the border of the circumauricular temporal

hairline, anterior to and on the level of the root of the auricle.

How to find

First, locate the anterior aspect of the root of the ear. From there,

palpate approximately the breadth of the little finger in the direc-

tion of the eye. There, T.B.-22is located superior to the zygo-

matic arch (➞3.1.2), which forms a bony ridge when sliding

inferiorly from T.B.-22.

Located inferior to the zygomatic arch is ➞T.B.-21.

Needling

Transversely (subcutaneously) 0.5 cun. Caution: Superficial

temporal artery.

Actions/Indications

● Dispels Wind

● Opens the channel and the luo-connecting vessels

Special features

Meeting point with the S.I. and G.B. channels, exit point accord-

ing to some authors.

T.B.-22 Ear Harmony Crevice ERHELIAO

ST-7

Zygomatic arch

Temporomandibular joint

G.B.-3 T.B.-22

T.B.-21

ca. 0.5 cun

Depression

Upper border of

the root of the ear

T.B.-22

Circumauricular

hairline

T.B.-21

S.I.-19

G.B.-2

G.B.-12

T.B.-17

ST-7

G.B.-20

S.I.-18

T.B. 20

G.B.-1Ex-HN-5

G.B.-11 G.B.-19

T.B.-23

Ex-HN(anmian)

Zygomatic arch

Occipital bone

Mandibular angle

ST-7

T.B.-23

T.B.-17

Ex-HN Mastoid process

(anmian)

Helix root

T.B.-22

T.B.-21

S.I.-19

G.B.-2

Transverse process

of the atlas

Intertragic notch

Tragus

Supratragic notch

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