There are many acupoints that can be massaged for tinnitus, and different acupoints are often chosen according to different types of evidence, such as rate valley, wind pool, and hearing palace points.
Rate Valley is located in the head, 1.5 inches straight up from the tip of the ear into the hairline, i.e., two transverse fingers straight up from the tip of the ear, has the effect of calming the liver and quenching the wind (regulating the function of the liver to get rid of the internal wind), tranquilizing the mind and stopping vomiting, and has a certain alleviating effect on the head and face diseases.
Fengchi is located at the back of the head, under the occipital bone, in the depression between the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the upper edge of the trapezius muscle, which has the effect of calming the liver and quenching the wind, clearing and benefiting the head, and has a certain therapeutic effect on the diseases of the head and the five senses.
Listening to the palace point is located in the face, in front of the ear, below the zygomatic bone, behind the condyle of the mandible, when the mouth is open to show the sunken place, with the opening of the aperture and the ear, the effect of tranquilizing the spirit and determination of the mind, for the local head and face diseases have a certain effect of alleviation.
The above points have a certain relief of tinnitus symptoms, can be appropriate massage, but do not self-acupuncture, so as not to delay the condition, resulting in adverse consequences.