ACUPUNCTURE
Qi Mai: TCM Acupoint Guide
QIMAI
Name
Qi Mai (Qimai)
Location
Posterior to the ear, in a small depression on the mastoid bone, one third of the distance along a curved line drawn from SJ-17 Yifeng and SJ-20 Jiaosun following the rim of the ear.
Needling
- Slanted insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun.
- Subcutaneous insertion along the course of the channel, 0.3 to 0.5 cun, or prick to bleed.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Actions
- Benefits the ears
- Calms fright
- Pacifies wind
Indications
- Tinnitus
- Deafness
- Headache
- Infantile convulsions
- Clonic spasm
- Fright
- Fear
- Pain behind the ear
- Head wind
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Seminal emission
- Discharge from the eye
- Dimness of vision
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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