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TB-21 Ear Gate
耳门 〔耳門〕ěr mén
Channel: TB, Hand Lesser Yáng (shào yáng) Triple Burner Channel
Modern location: An acupoint located immediately anterior to the ear, at a level slightly superior to the tragus.
Classic location: Around the ear from Angle Vertex (TB-20), in the depression in front of the ear at the [intertragic] notch. (Yī Zōng Jīn Jiàn)
Local anatomy: The superficial temporal artery and vein. The branches of the auriculotemporal and facial nerves.
Action: Courses the channels and quickens the network vessels; opens the orifices and boosts the hearing.
Modern indications: Deafness; tinnitus; purulent ear; toothache.
Classic indications: Upper tooth decay; ringing in the ears like the sound of cicadas; submandibular swelling.
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3 cones; pole 5‒10 min.
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