Auricular Acupuncture

Question 1

sympathetic nerve (infratragic apex) location

Answer 1

at junction of terminal of inferior antihelix crus and the medial aspect of the helix

Question 2

sympathetic nerve (infratragic apex) indications

Answer 2

dysfx of digestive or circulatory system, acute infantile convulsions, asthma, dysmenorrhea, etc.

Question 3

ear-shenmen location

Answer 3

at lateral third of triangular fossa, anterior to the bifurcating point b/w the superior and inferior antihelix crura

Question 4

ear-shenmen indications

Answer 4

insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, irritability, inflammation, asthma, cough, vertigo, uritcaria; sedative and analgesic

Question 5

internal nose location

Answer 5

lower half of medial aspect of the tragus, inferior to “throat”

Question 6

internal nose indications

Answer 6

rhinitis, maxillary sinusitis, common cold

Question 7

adrenal gland location (infratragic apex)

Answer 7

at the tip of the lower tubercle on the border of the tragus

Question 8

adrenal gland (infratragic apex) indications

Answer 8

hypotension, syncope, pulseless disease, cough, asthma, common cold, heat-stroke, malaria, mastitis

Question 9

brain point (mid-border) location

Answer 9

midway b/w antitragic apex and the antihelix tragic notch

Question 10

brain point (mid-border) indications

Answer 10

nocturnal enuresis, massive uterine bleeding, acute infantile convulsions

Question 11

parotid gland (soothing asthma) location

Answer 11

at tip of tragus

Question 12

parotid gland (soothing asthma) indications

Answer 12

asthma, cough, mumps, nocturnal enuresis, acute infantile convulsions

Question 13

brain (subcortex) location

Answer 13

at medial aspect of antitragus

Question 14

brain (subcortex) indications

Answer 14

insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, painful diseases, mental retardation, asthma, vertigo, tinnitus

Question 15

occiput location

Answer 15

posterior and superior to the lateral aspect of the antitragus

Question 16

occiput indications

Answer 16

diseases of the nervous system, skin diseases, syncope, occipital headache, insomnia

Question 17

forehead location

Answer 17

anterior and inferior to the lateral aspect of the antitragus

Question 18

forehead indications

Answer 18

frontal headache, dizziness, insomnia, vertigo

Question 19

endocrine (intertragus) location

Answer 19

at the base of the cavum concha and in the intertragic notch

Question 20

endocrine (intertragus) indications

Answer 20

dysfx of genital system, menopause or climateric syndromes, skin disease

Question 21

mouth location

Answer 21

close to posterior and superior border of the orifice of the external auditory meatus

Question 22

mouth indications

Answer 22

facial paralysis, stomatitis

Question 23

stomach location

Answer 23

where the helix crus disappears

Question 24

stomach indications

Answer 24

gastric pain, hiccups, vomiting, indigestion, gastric ulcers, insomnia

Question 25

kidney location

Answer 25

at the lower border of the antihelix crus, directly above "small intestine"

Question 26

kidney indications

Answer 26

diseases of the urinary-genital system, gynecological disease, lumbar pain, tinnitus, insomnia, vertigo, hypertrophy of cervial and lumbar vertebrae

Question 27

liver location

Answer 27

posterior to "stomach" and "duodenum"

Question 28

liver indications

Answer 28

stagnant liver qi, eye diseases, malaria, flank pain, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea

Question 29

heart location

Answer 29

in the central depression of the cavum concha

Question 30

heart indications

Answer 30

cardiovascular diseases, heat-stroke, acute infantile convulsions

Question 31

lung location

Answer 31

superior, inferior, and lateral to "heart"

Question 32

lung indications

Answer 32

diseases of respiratory system, skin diseases, common cold

Question 33

trachea location

Answer 33

between "mouth" and "heart"

Question 34

trachea indications

Answer 34

cough, asthma

Question 35

antihypotensive point location

Answer 35

inferior to intertragic notch

Question 36

antihypotensive point indications

Answer 36

hypotension, prostration

Question 37

antihypertensive groove location

Answer 37

on back of ear, in the groove running from the medial superior region to the lateral inferior region

Question 38

antihypertensive groove indications

Answer 38

hypertension

Question 39

root of the auricular vagus nerve location

Answer 39

at the junction of the back of the ear and the mastoid, level w/ the helix crus

Question 40

root of the auricular vagus nerve indications

Answer 40

gastric pain, biliary ascariasis, diarrhea, asthmatic breathing, nasal obstruction