LOCATION: Posterior & superior to the mastoid process, on the line connecting GB 10 and GB
12.
IMAGE: The "Yin Cavities on the Head" are the eyes, ears, tongue, nose, and mouth. These
correspond to the Liver, Kidney, Heart, Spleen, & Lung. GB 11 classically can treat diseases of all
these orifices. The term "head" is also used in order to avoid confusion with GB 44, named "Yin
Cavity on the Foot"
FUNCTIONS: Benefits the Yin & the Ear, Clears the Ears & Throat, Dispels Damp & Heat from
GallBladder
INDICATIONS:
bronchitis
deafness
ear ache
headache & stiff neck
tinnitus
NEEDLING: Subcutaneously 0.3 - 0.5 cun
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES:
POINT COMBINATIONS:
OTHER: Yin deficient, Liver Yin deficient
