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Alternate names: 后关 hòu guān, Hind Gate; 机关 jī guān, Hinge; 听呵 tīng hē, Hearing Laughter

Channel: GB, foot lesser yáng (shào yáng) gallbladder channel

Modern location: An acupoint located anterior to the ear, immediately anterior to the intertragic notch.

Classical location: In the depression in front of the ear, where a pulsating vessel can be felt, one cùn below Upper Gate (GB-3). The point is found when the mouth is opened. From The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (针灸大成 zhēn jiǔ dà chéng)

Local anatomy: The superficial temporal artery. The great auricular nerve and facial nerve.

Action: Courses the liver and gallbladder; dispels wind, moves qì and opens the ears.

Modern indications: Tinnitus; deafness; toothache; deviated mouth.

Classical indications: Purulent discharge from the ear; tearing; dislocation of the jaw; swelling of the cheeks; deviated eyes and mouth and paralysis of the limbs due to wind stroke.

Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.5‒0.7 cùn perpendicular insertion. Moxa: 3 cones; pole 5‒15 min.

Point name meaning:

• 听 tīng: to hear, to listen
• 会 huì: to converge, to gather; to meet, to join

This point is important in the treatment of hearing disorders. Combined with its location in front of the ear, this accounts for the name Auditory Convergence. 关 (guān) in the alternate names for GB-1 and GB-2 could be translated as joint, pass or gate. In all cases, it is probably a reference to the mandibular joint (see GB-3). See acupoint names: origins, meanings, and translations.

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