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Alternate names: 耳和 ěr hé liáo, Ear Harmony Bone-Hole; 禾髎 hé liáo, Grain Bone-Hole; 和空 hé kōng, Harmony Hollow

Channel: TB, hand lesser yáng (shào yáng) triple burner channel

Modern location: An acupoint located anterior to the ear, level with the superior root of the ear, on the posterior edge of the preauricular hairline (i.e., the sideburn).

Classical location: In front of Ear Gate (TB-21) below the sidelock, at the site of the horizontal pulse. From The Golden Mirror of Medicine (医宗金鑑 yī zōng jīn jiàn)

Local anatomy: The superficial temporal artery and vein. The branch of the auriculotemporal nerve, on the course of the temporal branch of the facial nerve.

Action: Dispels wind and frees the network vessels; opens the orifices.

Modern indications: Headache; tinnitus; deafness; toothache.

Classical indications: Submandibular swelling; runny nose; swelling of the tip of the nose; tugging and slackening; deviated mouth.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.1‒0.3 cùn perpendicular insertion or 0.3‒0.5 cùn oblique insertion. Moxa: 1‒2 cones; pole 3‒5 min.

Point groups: Intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the triple burner, small intestine and gallbladder channels.

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