TE22

Erheliao

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耳和髎 (Ěrhéliáo) — Ear Harmony Bone-Hole

Triple Energiser channel · point 22

Not yet clinically reviewed

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

Traditionally used for

Headaches
Ears & hearing
Nerves & recovery

Cautions & contraindications

Avoid blood vessels

Location

On the head, anterior and superior to TE21, behind the temple hairline and in front of the root of the auricle, just posterior to the superficial temporal artery.

How to locate: Feel the pulse of the superficial temporal artery just in front of the root of the ear, above the zygomatic arch; the point is just behind the artery, at the back of the temple hairline, level with the upper root of the auricle.

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

Body map, front: TE22 · Ear — Fig. — TE22 · 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 0.3–0.5 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. 412 Supports: techniques (names this point)

Site notes · not cited

Avoid blood vessels

Depth: 0.3–0.5 cun

Angle: Oblique or transverse, avoiding the artery

⚠ Cautions: The superficial temporal artery lies just anterior to the point — palpate and avoid.

Functions

Expels wind and relieves headache
Benefits the ears
Activates the channel and luo-connecting vessels

Indications

Migraine and temporal headachetinnitusfacial paralysis and clenched jawheaviness of the head

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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