Location
On both ears, at the midpoint of the lower half lateral line of the Exterior Antitragus.
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which AT05 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Protocols using AT05
- Obesity, Overweight – AT05, CYC01, CYC05, IN01, TF10 (doi:10.2196/14386 ↗)
- Surgical Pain – AT05, CVC02, IAC01, TF10 (doi:10.3727/036012906815844265 ↗)
- Headache Tension-type – AT05, AT06, AT07, AT12, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1186/s12906-025-05063-x ↗)
- Cognitive Impairment – AT05, AT15, CVC01, CYC11, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.explore.2020.04.004 ↗)
- Hemiplegia Post-stroke – LI04, LI10, LI11, LI15, ST36, ST41, BL60, TB05, GB30, GB34, AT05, AT06, AT07, IAC01, IAC02, SAC01, SAC07, SAC11, SC01, SC03, SC04, SC05, SC06 (doi:10.1155/2020/5094914 ↗)
- Infertility Recurrent Implantation Failure – AT05, AT06, AT07, CYC08, IN01, TF10 (doi:10.1155/2022/5274638 ↗)
- Headache Migraine – AT05, AT06, AT07 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- Anxiety Postoperative, Stress Psychological – AT05, AT06, AT07, AT12, CVC06, CYC01, CYC08, CYC11, TF10 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.06.010 ↗)
- Vertigo – ST40, GV20, AT05, AT07, AT12, CVC01, CVC02, CYC11, EL11, TF10 (doi:10.1155/2022/4295423 ↗)
- Migraine, Paralysis Upper-limb – AT05, AT06, AT07 (Clinical Study on Auricular Acupoint Penetration Needli. Journal of Trad, 2011)
- Paralysis Lower-limb – AT05, AT06, AT07, SAC11 (Clinical Study on Auricular Acupoint Penetration Needli. Journal of Trad, 2011)
- Hallucinations Olfactory – LU07, LI04, LI20, PC06, XH03, AT05, AT12, TF10, TR10 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
- Acne – BL13, BL15, BL17, BL21, BL25, GV14, AT05, CVC02, CYC05, EL14, IN01, TR01 (Zhu Bing, Wang Hongcai (eds). Case Studies from the Medical Records of Leading Chinese Acupuncture Experts. London: Singing Dragon, 2011)
Most often selected alongside AT05
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with AT05. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
Other points on the Auricular Points
AH01AH02AH03AH04AH05AH06AH07AH08AH09AH10AH11AH12AH13AH14AH15AH16AT01AT02AT03AT04AT06AT07AT08AT09AT10AT11AT12AT13AT14AT15AT16AT17AT18CVC01CVC02CVC03CVC04CVC05CVC06CVC07CVC08CVC09CVC10CYC01CYC02CYC03CYC04CYC05CYC06CYC07CYC08CYC09CYC10CYC11CYC12CYC13CYC14CYC15CYC16CYC17CYC18CYC19CYC20CYC21CYC22EL01EL02EL03EL04EL05EL06EL07EL08EL09EL10EL11EL12EL13EL14EL15EL16EL17EL18HCS01HCS02HCS03HCS04HCS05HX01HX02HX03HX04HX05HX06HX07HX08HX09HX10HX11HX12HX13HX14HX15HX16IAC01IAC02IAC03IN01IN02IN03IN04IN05IN06POS01POS02POS03POS04POS05POS06POS07POS08POS09POS10POS11POS12POS13POS14POS15POS16POS17POS18POS19POS20POS21POS22POS23POS24SAC01SAC02SAC03SAC04SAC05SAC06SAC07SAC08SAC09SAC10SAC11SC01SC02SC03SC04SC05SC06SC07SC08SC09SC10SC11SC12TF01TF02TF03TF04TF05TF06TF07TF08TF09TF10TR01TR02TR03TR04TR05TR06TR07TR08TR09TR10TR11TR12TR13
