EL12 Shenxinxue (Anxious Point)

Location

Center of Area 7 of the Earlobe

Indications

Conditions for which EL12 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using EL12

• Anxiety – AT10, CVC01, CVC02, CYC08, CYC11, EL12, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0186 ↗)
• Premenstrual Syndrome – CYC11, EL12, IAC03, IN01, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2022.102816 ↗)
• Anxiety – AT12, CVC01, CVC06, CYC08, CYC11, EL12, TF10, TR01 (doi:10.15649/cuidarte.4728 ↗)
• Anxiety, Insomnia, Fatigue Cancer-related – CVC01, CVC06, CYC08, CYC11, EL12, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1177/27536130251380590 ↗)
• Sleep Disturbance, Mood Disturbance – AT12, CVC01, CYC11, EL09, EL12, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100601 ↗)
• Premenstrual Syndrome – CYC11, CYC13, EL12, HX09, IAC03, TF08, TF10 (doi:10.29237/2358-9868.2017v5i2.p34-40 ↗)
• Anxiety, Sleep Disorder, Temporomandibular Disorder – CYC01, CYC08, CYC11, EL05, EL06, EL12, IAC03, TF10 (Cândido Dos Reis Andréa et al.. Effect of Auricular Acupuncture on the Reduction of Symptoms Related to Sleep Disorders, Anxiety and Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD).. Alternative therapies in health and medicine, 2021)

Most often selected alongside EL12

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with EL12. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• CYC11Kidney7 protocols
• TF10Shenmen7 protocols
• IAC03Sympathetic5 protocols
• CVC01Heart4 protocols
• CYC08Liver4 protocols
• AT12Nervous Subcortex2 protocols
• CVC06Spleen2 protocols
• AT10Brain Stem1 protocols
• CVC02Lung1 protocols
• CYC01Stomach1 protocols
• CYC13Bladder1 protocols
• EL05Upper Jaw1 protocols

Other points on the Auricular Points