TH-11 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Qing Leng Yuan - Clear Cold Of The Abyss
None
Hand Shao Yang
TH-11 - Location
With the elbow flexed, the point is 2 cun proximal to the tip of the olecranon, on a line between TH-10 and TH-14
TH-11 - Feature
None
- Cools the body (vB) (Name indicates deep/calm Qi)
TH-12 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Xiao Luo - Dispersing River-Bed
None
Hand Shao Yang
TH-12 - Location
When the elbow is flexed, the point is on the posterior aspect of the upper arm, midway between TH-11 and TH-13, on a line between TH-10 and TH-14
TH-12 - Feature
None
TH-13 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Nao Hui - Upper Arm Reunion
None
Hand Shao Yang
TH-13 - Location
When the elbow is flexed, the point is on the posterior border of the deltoid muscle, on a line between TH-10 and TH-14 (approx 3 cun below TH-14)
TH-13 - Feature
Meets the Colon meridian
TH-14 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Jian Liao - Shoulder Bone Hole
None
Hand Shao Yang
TH-14 - Location
When the arm is abducted, the point is in the posterior of the two depressions which appear between the acromion and the tubercle of the humerus.
TH-14 - Feature
None
TH-15 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Tian Liao - Celestial Bone Hole
None
Hand Shao Yang
TH-15 - Location
In the supraspinous fossa horizontally midway between the tip of the acromion and C-7, vertically midway between GB-21 and SI-13
TH-15 - Feature
Point of Yang Wei Mai
TH-16 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Tian You - Celestial Window
None
Hand Shao Yang
TH-16 - Location
On the lateral side of the neck, level with the angle of the mandible, on the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle
TH-16 - Feature
Window Of Sky Point
Upper Meeting Point of the Three Heater and Pericardium Divergents meridians
Sends Qi down
Takes excess Yang to the Yin
*Moves fluids and works on the lymph (vB)
Upper Meeting Point of the Three Heater and Pericardium Separate meridians (vB)
TH-17 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Yi Feng - Wind Screen
None
Hand Shao Yang
TH-17 - Location
In a fine depression behind the ear lobe, between the mandible and the mastoid process. On the superior edge of the transverse process of C-1
TH-17 - Feature
Meets the Gall Bladder meridian
When used with CO-4 (on the opposite side) has a strong effect on the ear.
TH-18 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Ji / Chi Mai - Spasm Vessel
None
Hand Shao Yang
TH-18 - Location
With the ear pressed back, the point is on the curve from TH-17 to TH-20, one third of the distance from TH-17.
TH-18 - Feature
Meets the Gall Bladder meridian
Connects to GB-3 through the ear
*Calms Shao Yang
TH-19 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Lu Xi - Skull’s Rest / Breath Stuffiness of the Head
None
Hand Shao Yang
TH-19 - Location
With the ear pressed back, the point is on the curve from TH-17 to TH-20, two-thirds of the distance from TH-17.
TH-19 - Feature
None
TH-20 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Jiao Sun - Corner Sprout
Forbidden to needle
Hand Shao Yang
TH-20 - Location
With the ear folded forward vertically, the point is directly above the apex of the ear, within the hairline of the temple.
TH-20 - Feature
Meets the Gall Bladder meridian
*Point where Three Heater Qi passes to the Gall Bladder meridian.
TH-21 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Er Men - Ear Gate
Forbidden to Moxa when there is pus in the ear
Hand Shao Yang
TH-21 - Location
With the mouth open, the point is in the depression anterior to and level with the upper tragal notch
TH-21 - Feature
None
TH-22 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
He Liao - Harmony Bone Hole
None
Hand Shao Yang
TH-22 - Location
Level with the root of the ear, anterior and superior to TH-21, posterior to superficial temporal artery
TH-22 - Feature
Meets the Small Intestine and Gall Bladder meridians
Point of Exit
TH-23 - Name in Chinese and English
Caution
Division
Si Zhu Kong - Silk Bamboo Hollow
Forbidden to Moxa
Hand Shao Yang
TH-23 - Location
In a depression at the lateral end of the eyebrow
TH-23 - Feature
Sends a vessel to GB-1