Acupoint+TW-21+Er+Men

**Er Men** • **Triple Burner 21** **•** //Ear Gate// = = =Location= //Anterior to the ear, in the depression anterior to the supratragic notch and posterior to the mandibular condyloid process when the mouth is open.//

=Point Summary= //Benefits The Ears Clears Heat// ear problems with heat

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3 - 0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
opens ear; disperses heat as relates to ear; ear problems with heat

Indications
tinnitus; otitis media; pus in ear; temporomandibular joint problems (TMJ)

Special Notes
LI-11, TW-17 for heat in the ears Points of Weihe: //Right:// Apis Mel. //Left:// Asa Foetida

=Diagnostic Indications:= Deafness **•** Ear Disorders **•** Headache **•** Jaw Disorders **•** Lip Stiffness **•** Tinnitus **•** Toothache **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= tonifies the triple warmer, gallbladder, anterior temporal-parietal lobes, middle ear, eye and upper lids, below the eye, mouth, palate, upper teeth, gums, tongue, lips, cheek, perineum, prepuce, vulva, solar plexus. Disperses the genital organs, breast same side Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Ear, particularly middle: all troubles; pain, inflammation, otitis, pus, wax, deafness: disperse; buzzing. Eye, orbit same side; nocturnal pain; lateral muscles? Iritis? Upper eyelids, same side. Nose: bone painful, caries, ulceration, pereostitis. Mouth: mucus, posterior palate, inflammation, aphthae; tongue, gum, uvula, opposite tonsils. Lip: swelling. Throat: globus hystericus, beating in the solar plexus. Pharynx, esophagus, opposite stomach: spasms. Perineum; vulva: swelling ; breast:inflammation same side; prepuce. Facial paralysis from cold (to the point of freezing). Itching pain, or burning or pricking; insect bites. Nervous spasms (particularly at night). Local edema (uvula), prepuce, vulva, below the eye (home of tears).
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