TE16

Tianyou(TE16,天牖) is an acupuncture point in the meridian named Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian of Hand.

Location

Directly under the posterior aspect of the mastoid process, level with the angle of mandible, at the posterior border of sternocleidomastoideus.

Indication

• ①Headache, dizziness, blurred vision, stiffness of the neck, sudden deafness, pain and swelling of the throat, epistaxis, and other diseases of the head, neck, or the five sense organs;
• ②scrofula;
• ③pain in the shoulder and back.

Method

Puncture perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch. Moxibustion is applicable.