天牖 (Tiānyǒu) — Celestial Window
Triple Energiser channel · point 16
Traditionally used for
- Dizziness
- Eye health
- Ears & hearing
- Sleep
- Mood & calm
- Pain & joints
Location
On the lateral side of the neck, level with the angle of the mandible, in the depression posterior to sternocleidomastoid.
How to locate: Have the patient turn the head against resistance to make sternocleidomastoid stand out; the point is in the hollow at its posterior border, level with the angle of the mandible and below the mastoid process.
Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.
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
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Perpendicular insertionDepth 0.5–1 cunskindeeper
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. 407 Supports: techniques (names this point)
Site notes · not cited
Functions
- Benefits the head and the sense organs, especially the eyes and ears
- Calms the spirit
- Descends qi and expels wind
- Activates the channel and relieves pain
Indications
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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