AT12 (Nervous Subcortex)

Location

On both ears, at the lower 1/2 of the interior wall of the Antitragus; in the midpoint between Thalamus and the beginning of the medial lower line of the interior Antitragus.

Indications

Conditions for which AT12 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using AT12

• Opioid Dependence, Withdrawal Anxiety, Withdrawal Craving, Withdrawal Restlessness – AT12, CVC02, CVC06, CYC11, IAC03, IN01, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.767613)
• Constipation, Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Postoperative, Absent Bowel Sounds, Absent Flatus – AT12, CYC01, CYC05, IAC03, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1464749)
• Opioid Dependence, Withdrawal Anxiety, Withdrawal Craving, Withdrawal Restlessness – AT12, CVC01, CVC02, CYC08, CYC11, IAC03, IN01, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.767613)
• Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Consciousness Disturbance – AT12, CVC01, TF10 (Effect of Median Nerve Electrical Stimulation Combined With Auricular Acupuncture on Consciousness Disturbance in Patients With Craniocerebral Injury. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT07273864)
• Stiffness Lumbar, Low Back Chronic Pain, Disability Functional – BL20, BL23, BL25, BL40, BL60, GB30, GB34, GV03, GV04, AH03, AT12, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2025.101180)
• Constipation, Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Postoperative, Absent Flatus – AT12, CYC01, CYC05, IAC03, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1464749)
• Opioid Dependence, Withdrawal Anxiety, Withdrawal Craving – AT12, CVC01, CYC11, IAC03, IN01, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.767613)
• Constipation, Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Postoperative, Absent Bowel Sounds, Absent Flatus – AT12, CVC06, CYC01, CYC05, IAC03, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1464749)
• Stiffness Lumbar, Low Back Chronic Pain, Disability Functional – AH03, AT12, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2025.101180)
• Constipation, Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Postoperative, Absent Bowel Sounds, Absent Flatus – AT12, CVC06, CYC01, CYC05, IAC03, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1464749)
• Anxiety, Depression, Oral Pain, Cervicofacial Pain, Mucositis, Cancer Head-and-neck – LU07, LI04, AT07, AT12, HCS03, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjon.2021.11.002)
• Dysphagia Post-stroke – AT12, CYC11, HCS03 (https://doi.org/10.13703/j.0255-2930.2014.01.006)

Other points on the Auricular Points