GB2 (Gall Bladder 2) - Acupuncture Point Information

Chinese Name: Tinghui
English Name: Hearing Meeting

Location: When the mouth is open, the point lies in a depression anterior to the intertragic notch, directly below Tinggong (SI19), at the posterior border of the condyloid process of the mandible.

Functions:

Dispels Wind and opens the ears.

Primary Indications:

Tinnitus, deafness, toothache.

Tertiary Indications:

Facial paralysis, otitis media, swelling of cheek/mumps, temperomandibular joint problems, psychosis, excessive lacrimation.

Other Indications:

Paralysis of four limbs following apoplectic attack, hemiplegia, convulsions, seizure in which the body is alternatively tense and limp.

References:

This information is from the book Acupuncture Point Dynamics and has been used with permission from the author John McDonald.

View other points on the Gall Bladder channel:

(GB1, GB2, GB3, GB4, GB5, GB6, GB7, GB8, GB9, GB10, GB11, GB12, GB13, GB14, GB15, GB16, GB17, GB18, GB19, GB20, GB21, GB22, GB23, GB24, GB25, GB26, GB27, GB28, GB29, GB30, GB31, GB32, GB33, GB34, GB35, GB36, GB37, GB38, GB39, GB40, GB41, GB42, GB43, GB44)

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