Tinghui GB2 : Nomenclature, Location, Function, Indication, Method

Nomenclature:

Ting: hearing Hui: gathering
Tinghui is in front of the ear and beneficial to hearing. It is a place where the Qi of the meridian at the ear is gathered.

Point: GB-2
Chinese Name: 听会
Name: Tinghui
English Name/Meaning: Meeting of Hearing
Pinyin: tīng huì
Han Geul 한글: cheong hoe 청회
Romaji: chō e
Vietnamese: Thính hội

Location:

In front of the intertragic notch, on the posterior border of the condylar process of the mandible in the depression when the mouth is open.

Functions of tinghui:

• Opens the ear (removes obstruction from channel, moves qi in channel, ear pain, TMJ pain).
• Dispels wind (Exterior wind heat, otorrhea/ear discharge).
• Clears liver and gallbladder channel.

Indications:

• Tinghui is good for ear and jaw problems like tinnitus, deafness, TMJ pain.
• Also useful for deviation of the mouth and eye, toothache, facial pain.

Method:

Puncture perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 cun.

Remark:

This point should be needled with the mouth wide open.

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