AT06 Nie (Temple)

顳nièNie

Auricular Points

Location of acupuncture point AT06 Nie (Temple)
4
Indications
12
Protocols
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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.

Blurry VisionHeadacheMigraineShen Disturbance

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 ↗)
  • Headache Migraine – GB20, GB34, AT06, TF10 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
  • 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 ↗)
  • Migraine Without Aura – AT06, AT12, AT15, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.13702/j.1000-0607.180737 ↗)
  • Headache Migraine, Headache Menstrual – AT06, AT07, AT12, IAC03, IN01, TF10 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20221008-k0009 ↗)
  • 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.

  • AT07Occiput9 protocols
  • TF10Shenmen8 protocols
  • AT05Forehead7 protocols
  • AT12Nervous Subcortex5 protocols
  • IAC03Sympathetic4 protocols
  • CYC08Liver3 protocols
  • GB20Wind Pool3 protocols
  • GB34Yang Mound Spring3 protocols
  • IN01Endocrine3 protocols
  • SAC11Toe2 protocols
  • AT15Brain1 protocols
  • BL60Kunlun (Mountains)1 protocols

Other points on the Auricular Points

AH01AH02AH03AH04AH05AH06AH07AH08AH09AH10AH11AH12AH13AH14AH15AH16AT01AT02AT03AT04AT05AT07AT08AT09AT10AT11AT12AT13AT14AT15AT16AT17AT18CVC01CVC02CVC03CVC04CVC05CVC06CVC07CVC08CVC09CVC10CYC01CYC02CYC03CYC04CYC05CYC06CYC07CYC08CYC09CYC10CYC11CYC12CYC13CYC14CYC15CYC16CYC17CYC18CYC19CYC20CYC21CYC22EL01EL02EL03EL04EL05EL06EL07EL08EL09EL10EL11EL12EL13EL14EL15EL16EL17EL18HCS01HCS02HCS03HCS04HCS05HX01HX02HX03HX04HX05HX06HX07HX08HX09HX10HX11HX12HX13HX14HX15HX16IAC01IAC02IAC03IN01IN02IN03IN04IN05IN06POS01POS02POS03POS04POS05POS06POS07POS08POS09POS10POS11POS12POS13POS14POS15POS16POS17POS18POS19POS20POS21POS22POS23POS24SAC01SAC02SAC03SAC04SAC05SAC06SAC07SAC08SAC09SAC10SAC11SC01SC02SC03SC04SC05SC06SC07SC08SC09SC10SC11SC12TF01TF02TF03TF04TF05TF06TF07TF08TF09TF10TR01TR02TR03TR04TR05TR06TR07TR08TR09TR10TR11TR12TR13