11 GB09 Tianchong Heavenly Surge 天衝
GB9 Tianchong
Heavenly Surge

天衝穴

LOCATION

Above the ear, in the depression 0.5 cun posterior to Shuaigu (GB 8).

Features

Meeting point of Bladder and Gallbladder Meridian.

Body Inches (cun)

Each person has his/her own personal body inches.
One cun is equal to the width of the Knuckle of the thumb.

Nerves, vascular

The branches of the greater occipital nerve and the arteries and veins behind the ears.

Indication

Headache,epilepsy;gingivitis,tinnitus,deafness,hyperthyroidism。
Good for migraines and convulsions. Famous for mental disturbance of the depressive type.

Combinations

Headache:GB 11 & GV 20 & ST 08.
Gall gas:GB 11 & CV 22 & ST 10.
Hysteria:GB 11 & GV 20 & PC 06 & LR 03.
Muscular spasm and cry:GB 11 & SP 15.
Headache , epilepsy:GB 11 & GB 20 & GV 20 & TE 20 & ST 08 & LI 04.

穴位

在頭部,當耳根後緣直上入髮際2寸,率谷後0.5寸處。

特點

交會穴,通足太陽。

同身寸

針灸取穴比量法。出自《千金要方》。

是指以患者本人體表的某些部位折定分寸,

作为量取穴位的長度單位。

穴區神經血管

枕大神經分支及耳後動、靜脈。

適應症

頭痛,癲癇;牙齦炎,耳鳴,耳聾,甲狀腺腫。

穴位配伍療法

頭痛:1.天衝 2.百會 3.頭維
癭氣:1.天衝 2.天突 3.水突
癔病:1.天衝 2.百會 3.內關 4.太衝
反張悲哭:1.天衝 2.大橫
頭痛、癲癇:1.天衝 2.風池 3.百會 4.角孫 5.頭維 5.合谷