GB9

Tianchong

Star

天衝 (Tiānchōng) — Celestial Hub

Gallbladder channel · point 9

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Gallbladder and Bladder channels

Traditionally used for

Headaches
Teeth & mouth
Mood & calm
Nerves & recovery
Heart & circulation

Location

On the head, directly above the posterior border of the auricular root, 2 cun within the hairline, 0.5 cun posterior to GB8.

How to locate: Find GB8, 1.5 cun directly above the ear apex; the point is 0.5 cun behind it, above the posterior border of the ear root, often in a slight dip in the bone.

Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.

Body map, front: GB9 · Head & face — Fig. — GB9 · Head & face After Albinus, 1747

The skull, from the front — Gray's Anatomy plate — The skull, from the front Gray's Anatomy, 1918 Marker hidden while its position on this plate is re-checked.

3D view

3D view not available for this point: its position can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). The 2D maps above show it.

Needling

Cited needling

Transverse insertion

Depth 0.5–1.5 cun

skindeeper

Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.

Sources (1)

Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 428 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun

Angle: Transverse

Functions

Calms the spirit and settles convulsions
Expels wind and clears heat
Activates the luo-connecting vessels

Indications

Headacheepilepsy and convulsionsswollen and painful gumsfright and palpitations

Sources

World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)

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