Location
On both ears, at the midpoint of the line on the exterior of the Antitragus.
Cautions
Caution with temporal artery.
Indications
Conditions for which AT06 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Protocols using AT06
- Headache Tension-type – AT05, AT06, AT07, AT12, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1186/s12906-025-05063-x ↗)
- 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 ↗)
- 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)
- Headache Migraine – GB20, GB34, AT06, AT07, AT12, CYC09, IN01, TF10 (Yang Dian-Hui et al.. [Migraine without aura treated by comprehensive auricular acupuncture: a multicentral controlled study].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2013)
- Headache Menstrual – SP06, GB04, GB05, GB08, GB20, GB43, LV03, GV20, XH05, AT06, CYC08, CYC10, IAC03, TF10 (Sun Li-hong et al.. [Body acupuncture combined with auricular acupressure for menstrual headache: a randomized controlled clinical trial].. Zhen ci yan jiu = Acupuncture research, 2015)
Most often selected alongside AT06
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with AT06. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- AT07Occiput6 protocols
- AT05Forehead5 protocols
- TF10Shenmen4 protocols
- AT12Nervous Subcortex2 protocols
- CYC08Liver2 protocols
- GB20Wind Pool2 protocols
- GB34Yang Mound Spring2 protocols
- IAC03Sympathetic2 protocols
- IN01Endocrine2 protocols
- SAC11Toe2 protocols
- BL60Kunlun (Mountains)1 protocols
- CYC09Pancreas1 protocols
Other points on the Auricular Points
AH01AH02AH03AH04AH05AH06AH07AH08AH09AH10AH11AH12AH13AH14AH15AH16AT01AT02AT03AT04AT05AT07AT08AT09AT10AT11AT12AT13AT14AT15AT16AT17AT18CVC01CVC02CVC03CVC04CVC05CVC06CVC07CVC08CVC09CVC10CYC01CYC02CYC03CYC04CYC05CYC06CYC07CYC08CYC09CYC10CYC11CYC12CYC13CYC14CYC15CYC16CYC17CYC18CYC19CYC20CYC21CYC22EL01EL02EL03EL04EL05EL06EL07EL08EL09EL10EL11EL12EL13EL14EL15EL16EL17EL18HCS01HCS02HCS03HCS04HCS05HX01HX02HX03HX04HX05HX06HX07HX08HX09HX10HX11HX12HX13HX14HX15HX16IAC01IAC02IAC03IN01IN02IN03IN04IN05IN06POS01POS02POS03POS04POS05POS06POS07POS08POS09POS10POS11POS12POS13POS14POS15POS16POS17POS18POS19POS20POS21POS22POS23POS24SAC01SAC02SAC03SAC04SAC05SAC06SAC07SAC08SAC09SAC10SAC11SC01SC02SC03SC04SC05SC06SC07SC08SC09SC10SC11SC12TF01TF02TF03TF04TF05TF06TF07TF08TF09TF10TR01TR02TR03TR04TR05TR06TR07TR08TR09TR10TR11TR12TR13
