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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
At the upper 2/5 part of the midline of the Antihelix
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which AH03 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Protocols using AH03
- Stiffness Lumbar, Low Back Chronic Pain, Disability Functional – BL20, BL23, BL25, BL40, BL60, GB30, GB34, GV03, GV04, AH03, AT12, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.imr.2025.101180 ↗)
- Stiffness Lumbar, Low Back Chronic Pain, Disability Functional – AH03, AT12, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.imr.2025.101180 ↗)
- Back Pain – AH01, AH02, AH03, CYC11, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1590/1518-8345.2678.3050 ↗)
- Sprain Lumbar – AH03 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0308801 ↗)
- Low Back Pain – AH03, AT12, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1093/pm/pnaf035 ↗)
- Insomnia – AH03, AT12, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.sleepx.2025.100158 ↗)
- Low-back Pain – AH03, AT12, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.2196/79612 ↗)
- Back Chronic Pain – BL10, BL11, BL12, BL17, BL21, BL23, BL24, BL25, GB21, GB30, LV08, AH01, AH02, AH03, AT12, CYC08, CYC11, CYC13, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.jtcme.2021.07.008 ↗)
- Back Chronic Pain – AH01, AH02, AH03, AT12, CYC08, CYC11, CYC13, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.jtcme.2021.07.008 ↗)
- Spine Pain – AH01, AH02, AH03, AT10, CYC11, TF10 (doi:10.1590/1518-8345.6641.3953 ↗)
- Insomnia, Low Back Pain, Neuropathic Pain, Failed Back Surgery Syndrome – AH03, AT12, CYC08, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.3390/ijerph20031705 ↗)
- Low-back Pain, Cancer Pain – LI04, ST36, LV03, AH03 (doi:10.1177/03601293261461578 ↗)
- Back Low Chronic Pain – AH03, TF10 (doi:10.1590/bjpt-rbf.2014.0158 ↗)
- Low Back Pain – AH03, CVC06, CYC08, CYC11, CYC13, TF10 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- Low Back Chronic Pain – AH03, AT12, TF10 (doi:10.1155/2012/383257 ↗)
- Low Back Chronic Pain – AH03, AT12, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1155/2013/196978 ↗)
- Lumbar Pain – AH03 (Liu Er-jun et al.. [Study on the effects of the auricular acupuncture with different manipulations for rapid analgesia on the patients with lumbar disc hernia].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2010)
Most often selected alongside AH03
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with AH03. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- TF10Shenmen14 protocols
- AT12Nervous Subcortex10 protocols
- IAC03Sympathetic8 protocols
- CYC11Kidney5 protocols
- AH01Cervical Vertebrae4 protocols
- AH02Thoracic Vertebrae4 protocols
- CYC08Liver4 protocols
- CYC13Bladder3 protocols
- BL23Kidney Shu Point2 protocols
- BL25Large Intestine Shu Point2 protocols
- GB30Jumping Circle2 protocols
- AT10Brain Stem1 protocols
Other points on the Auricular Points
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