TE20

Jiaosun

Star

角孫 (Jiǎosūn) — Angle Vertex

Triple Energiser channel · point 20

Not yet clinically reviewed

Meeting point of the Triple Energiser, Small Intestine and Gallbladder channels

Traditionally used for

Headaches
Eye health
Ears & hearing
Teeth & mouth

Location

On the head, directly above the ear apex, within the hairline.

How to locate: Fold the auricle forward against the head; the point is where the apex of the ear touches the scalp, directly above the apex.

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

Body map, front: TE20 · Ear — Fig. — TE20 · Ear After Albinus, 1747

The auricula — Gray's Anatomy plate — The auricula Gray's Anatomy, 1918

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. 410 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun

Angle: Transverse

Functions

Clears heat, especially from the mouth, and reduces swelling
Benefits the ears, eyes and teeth

Indications

Mumps and swelling of the cheektemporal headache and migrainetinnitustoothachered and painful eyescorneal opacity

Clinical Notes

The classical point for mumps, often treated by moxibustion or by the burning-rush technique.

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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