AT07 Zhen (Occiput)

Location

On both ears, located at the lower lateral line of the Exterior Antitragus. At the midpoint between Temple and Brain Stem.

Indications

Conditions for which AT07 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using AT07

• Anxiety, Depression, Oral Pain, Cervicofacial Pain, Mucositis, Cancer Head-and-neck – LU07, LI04, AT07, AT12, HCS03, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.apjon.2021.11.002 ↗)
• Spasm Facial – AT07, AT12, CVC01, CVC06, CYC08, EL10, TF10 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2017.01.008 ↗)
• Post-Operative Nausea, Post-Operative Vomiting – AT07, CYC01, CYC11, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.bjan.2019.08.001 ↗)
• Hypertension – AT07, CVC01, CYC11, TF10 (doi:10.1093/eurjcn/zvad005 ↗)
• Insomnia, Heart Disease Coronary – GV03, GV14, AT07, CVC01 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000039318 ↗)
• Headache Tension-type – AT05, AT06, AT07, AT12, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1186/s12906-025-05063-x ↗)
• Cognitive Impairment – AT07, AT12, CVC01, IAC03, IN01, TF10 (doi:10.3389/fnhum.2025.1626528 ↗)
• Stress, Insomnia, Diabetes Type-2 – AT07, CYC09, IN01 (doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1677240 ↗)
• Anxiety Preoperative – AT07, AT10, AT12, CVC01, CVC09, CYC08, CYC11, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.2147/JPR.S562267 ↗)
• Nausea Pregnancy, Vomiting Pregnancy – AT07, AT12, CYC01, CYC11, HCS05 (doi:10.1590/1518-8345.7235.4771 ↗)
• Insomnia Primary – AT07, CVC06, CYC08, IN01, TF10 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000048357 ↗)
• Insomnia Primary – AT07, AT09, CVC01, CYC08, CYC11, EL09, TF10 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000048357 ↗)
• Insomnia Primary – AH01, AT07, CVC01, TF10 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000048357 ↗)
• Insomnia Primary – AT07, CVC01, CVC06, CYC08, CYC11, TF10 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000048357 ↗)
• Insomnia Primary – AT07, CVC01, CVC02, CVC06, CVC09, CYC01, CYC10, TF10 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000048357 ↗)
• Insomnia Primary – AT07, CVC01, CVC06, CYC08, CYC11, TF10 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000048357 ↗)
• Insomnia Primary – AT07, CVC01, CYC08, CYC10, TF10 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000048357 ↗)
• Insomnia Primary – AT07, CVC01, CVC06, CYC01, TF10 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000048357 ↗)
• 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 ↗)
• Orthodontic Pain – AT07, AT12, CYC01, CYC05, EL05, EL06, HCS03, TF10 (doi:10.1590/2177-6709.26.6.e2119381.oar ↗)
• Tinnitus, Hearing Loss – AT07, EL11, IN01, TF10, TR06 (doi:10.4103/nah.nah_123_24 ↗)
• Infertility Recurrent Implantation Failure – AT05, AT06, AT07, CYC08, IN01, TF10 (doi:10.1155/2022/5274638 ↗)
• Stroke Prevention – AT07, CYC02, CYC11, HCS05, TF10 (doi:10.1155/2023/6879150 ↗)
• Insomnia – BL15, BL18, BL20, BL23, XH16, AT07, AT12, CVC01, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.wjam.2020.03.004 ↗)
• Anxiety, Post-Operative Nausea, Post-Operative Vomiting – AT07, AT12, CYC01, CYC08, HCS05, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.jopan.2024.08.005 ↗)
• Insomnia – AT07, AT12, CVC01, CVC06, CYC08, CYC11, TF10 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Headache Migraine – AT05, AT06, AT07 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Constipation – AH15, AT07, AT10, AT12, CVC09, CYC05, IN01, TF03 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Dementia Vascular – AT07, AT10, CYC11, TF10, MS01, MS05, MS10, MS11 (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 ↗)
• 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)
• Insufficiency Vertebrobasilar – AT07, CVC06, CYC08, CYC11 (Shu Zun-Hua et al.. [Clinical efficacy on vertebrobasilar insufficiency treated with auricular acupuncture].. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 2015)
• Schizophrenia – AT07, AT15, CVC01, CYC11, TF10 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
• Chemotherapy Nausea, Vomiting Chemotherapy-induced – AT07, AT15, CYC01, HCS03, TF10 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)

Most often selected alongside AT07

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with AT07. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• TF10Shenmen29 protocols
• CVC01Heart16 protocols
• AT12Nervous Subcortex15 protocols
• CYC11Kidney14 protocols
• CYC08Liver12 protocols
• AT06Temple9 protocols
• CVC06Spleen9 protocols
• AT05Forehead8 protocols
• CYC01Stomach8 protocols
• IN01Endocrine8 protocols
• IAC03Sympathetic5 protocols
• AT10Brain Stem3 protocols

Other points on the Auricular Points