{
 "name": "AcuiQ auricular point-code crosswalk",
 "version": "1.0",
 "published": "2026-07-26",
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "attribution": "Source: AcuiQ (https://acuiq.com), CC BY 4.0",
 "description": "ISO/WFAS (GB/T 13734) auricular point codes mapped onto the AcuiQ catalogue, each row matched on the Chinese name and carrying the open-access article the pairing was read from. Rows marked inferred were taken from the standard rather than a printed pairing.",
 "article": "https://acuiq.com/research/codes-are-not-identifiers",
 "schema": {
  "iso": "code as printed in the literature",
  "catalogue": "equivalent AcuiQ code",
  "chinese": "the name the mapping was matched on",
  "confidence": "article-verified | inferred",
  "source": "PMC id or standard the pairing was read from",
  "collides": "true when the ISO code also exists in the catalogue as a different point",
  "wasReadAs": "what the code resolved to before the crosswalk",
  "scopedToDoi": "set when the mapping holds only for that paper"
 },
 "rows": [
  {
   "iso": "CO1",
   "catalogue": "HCS03",
   "name": "Mouth",
   "chinese": "口",
   "pinyin": "kǒu",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC4261582",
   "quote": "mouth (CO1)",
   "collides": false
  },
  {
   "iso": "CO4",
   "catalogue": "CYC01",
   "name": "Stomach",
   "chinese": "胃",
   "pinyin": "wèi",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC11668611",
   "quote": "CO4 Wei 胃",
   "collides": false
  },
  {
   "iso": "CO6",
   "catalogue": "CYC03",
   "name": "Small Intestine",
   "chinese": "小腸",
   "pinyin": "xiǎo cháng",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC11668611",
   "quote": "CO6 Xiaochang 小肠",
   "collides": false
  },
  {
   "iso": "CO7",
   "catalogue": "CYC05",
   "name": "Large Intestine",
   "chinese": "大腸",
   "pinyin": "dà cháng",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC11668611",
   "quote": "CO7 Dachang 大肠",
   "collides": false
  },
  {
   "iso": "CO10",
   "catalogue": "CYC11",
   "name": "Kidney",
   "chinese": "腎",
   "pinyin": "shèn",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC11668611",
   "quote": "CO10 Shen 肾",
   "collides": false
  },
  {
   "iso": "CO12",
   "catalogue": "CYC08",
   "name": "Liver",
   "chinese": "肝",
   "pinyin": "gān",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC8292057",
   "quote": "liver (CO12)",
   "collides": false
  },
  {
   "iso": "CO13",
   "catalogue": "CVC06",
   "name": "Spleen",
   "chinese": "脾",
   "pinyin": "pí",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC11668611",
   "quote": "CO13 Pi 脾",
   "collides": false
  },
  {
   "iso": "CO14",
   "catalogue": "CVC02",
   "name": "Lung",
   "chinese": "肺",
   "pinyin": "fèi",
   "confidence": "inferred",
   "source": "PMC8710762",
   "collides": false,
   "note": "Listed in the trial table without a printed name; taken from the standard."
  },
  {
   "iso": "CO15",
   "catalogue": "CVC01",
   "name": "Heart",
   "chinese": "心",
   "pinyin": "xīn",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC3523683",
   "quote": "auricular acupoint \"Heart\" (CO 15)",
   "collides": false
  },
  {
   "iso": "CO17",
   "catalogue": "CVC09",
   "name": "San Jiao",
   "chinese": "三焦",
   "pinyin": "sān jiāo",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC11668611",
   "quote": "CO17 Sanjiao 三焦",
   "collides": false
  },
  {
   "iso": "CO18",
   "catalogue": "IN01",
   "name": "Endocrine",
   "chinese": "內分泌",
   "pinyin": "nèi fēn mì",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC11668611",
   "quote": "CO18 Neifenmi 内分泌",
   "collides": false
  },
  {
   "iso": "HX1",
   "catalogue": "HCS02",
   "name": "Ear Center",
   "chinese": "耳中",
   "pinyin": "ěr zhōng",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC4261582",
   "quote": "center of ear (HX1)",
   "collides": true,
   "wasReadAs": "HX01, a different helix point"
  },
  {
   "iso": "LO5",
   "catalogue": "EL10",
   "name": "Eye",
   "chinese": "眼",
   "pinyin": "yǎn",
   "confidence": "inferred",
   "source": "GB/T 13734-2008",
   "collides": false,
   "note": "Source article not in PMC; taken from the standard and consistent with its myopia protocol."
  },
  {
   "iso": "TF1",
   "catalogue": "TF04",
   "name": "Decrease Blood Pressure Point",
   "chinese": "降壓點",
   "pinyin": "jiàng yā diǎn",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC8292057",
   "quote": "superior triangular fossa (TF1) … Jiaowoshang (TF1)",
   "collides": true,
   "wasReadAs": "TF01 Adnexa"
  },
  {
   "iso": "TF4",
   "catalogue": "TF10",
   "name": "Shenmen",
   "chinese": "神門",
   "pinyin": "shén mén",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC11668611",
   "quote": "TF4 Shenmen 神门 – printed identically in six of the ten source articles",
   "collides": true,
   "wasReadAs": "TF04 Decrease Blood Pressure Point",
   "note": "The most-used auricular point in the literature and the most-damaging collision."
  },
  {
   "iso": "TEF3",
   "catalogue": "TF10",
   "name": "Shenmen",
   "chinese": "神門",
   "pinyin": "shén mén",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC7695492",
   "quote": "auricle shenmen (TEF3)",
   "collides": false,
   "note": "A non-standard spelling of the same point."
  },
  {
   "iso": "AH6a",
   "catalogue": "IAC03",
   "name": "Sympathetic",
   "chinese": "交感",
   "pinyin": "jiāo gǎn",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC11668611",
   "quote": "AH6a Jiaogan 交感",
   "collides": false,
   "note": "Catalogued under the inferior antihelix crus, where the point sits."
  },
  {
   "iso": "AH9",
   "catalogue": "AH03",
   "name": "Lumbar",
   "chinese": "腰",
   "pinyin": "yāo",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC12271432",
   "quote": "Lumbar Spine (AH9)",
   "collides": true,
   "wasReadAs": "AH09 Lumbar Muscles Area 腰骶椎外側腰肌區 – the paraspinal muscle zone, not the vertebrae"
  },
  {
   "iso": "AT3",
   "catalogue": "AT07",
   "name": "Occiput",
   "chinese": "枕",
   "pinyin": "zhěn",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC8292057",
   "quote": "occiput (AT3)",
   "collides": true,
   "wasReadAs": "AT03 Vertex"
  },
  {
   "iso": "AT4",
   "catalogue": "AT12",
   "name": "Nervous Subcortex",
   "chinese": "皮質下",
   "pinyin": "pí zhì xià",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC11668611",
   "quote": "AT4 Pizhixia 皮质下",
   "collides": true,
   "wasReadAs": "AT04 Parotid",
   "note": "One ISO point, three catalogue subdivisions (AT12 nervous, AT13 digestive, AT14 coronary-vascular). Mapped to AT12 throughout; AT13 is equally defensible for gastrointestinal indications."
  },
  {
   "iso": "AT1",
   "catalogue": "AT05",
   "name": "Forehead",
   "chinese": "額",
   "pinyin": "é",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC6658225",
   "quote": "\"forehead\" (AT 1)",
   "collides": true,
   "wasReadAs": "AT01 Stop Asthma",
   "scopedToDoi": "10.2196/14386",
   "note": "The standard puts the antitragic apex at AT1. This paper does not."
  },
  {
   "iso": "AT5",
   "catalogue": "AT12",
   "name": "Nervous Subcortex",
   "chinese": "皮質下",
   "pinyin": "pí zhì xià",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC9072178",
   "quote": "subcortex (AT5)",
   "collides": true,
   "wasReadAs": "AT05 Forehead",
   "scopedToDoi": "10.1016/j.apjon.2021.11.002",
   "note": "Numbers subcortex AT5 where every other source uses AT4."
  },
  {
   "iso": "IC6",
   "catalogue": "HCS03",
   "name": "Mouth",
   "chinese": "口",
   "pinyin": "kǒu",
   "confidence": "article-verified",
   "source": "PMC9072178",
   "quote": "mouth (IC6)",
   "collides": false,
   "scopedToDoi": "10.1016/j.apjon.2021.11.002",
   "note": "Uses an inferior-concha prefix for the point the standard codes CO1."
  }
 ]
}