HCS03 Kou (Mouth)

Location

At the middle 1/3 part inferior to the Helix Crus.

Indications

Conditions for which HCS03 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using HCS03

• Obesity, Obesity Abdominal – TB17, CVC09, CYC01, HCS02, HCS03 (doi:10.1186/s40200-014-0092-3 ↗)
• 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 ↗)
• Dysphagia Post-stroke – AT12, CYC11, HCS03 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2014.01.006 ↗)
• Temporomandibular Disorder, Myofascial Craniomandibular Pain – CVC06, CYC08, CYC11, HCS03, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32075 ↗)
• Addiction Smoking, Smoking Cessation – CVC02, HCS03, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1016/s1726-4901(08)70014-5 ↗)
• Perioperative Pain – EL01, HCS03, TF10 (doi:10.2147/JPR.S488525 ↗)
• Smoking Cessation – CVC02, HCS03, TF10 (doi:10.3349/ymj.2005.46.2.206 ↗)
• Dental Pain – EL01, HCS03, TF10 (doi:10.1213/01.ane.0000253233.51490.dd ↗)
• Orthodontic Pain – AT07, AT12, CYC01, CYC05, EL05, EL06, HCS03, TF10 (doi:10.1590/2177-6709.26.6.e2119381.oar ↗)
• Smoking Cessation – LU07, LI04, GV20, XH03, AT12, CVC02, CYC01, HCS03, IAC03, IN01, TF10 (doi:10.1186/s13020-022-00649-w ↗)
• Smoking Cessation, Nicotine Dependence – CVC02, CYC01, HCS03, IN01, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.imr.2024.101120 ↗)
• Obesity – ST25, ST26, CV04, CV06, CV10, CV12, CVC06, CYC01, CYC03, CYC05, HCS02, HCS03, HCS04, TF10, TR02 (doi:10.17826/cumj.1314635 ↗)
• Myofascial Pain, Temporomandibular Disorder – CVC06, CVC09, CYC08, CYC11, EL05, EL06, HCS03, TF10 (doi:10.1155/2015/342507 ↗)
• Smoking Cessation – CVC02, HCS03, IN01, TF10, TR10 (doi:10.18332/tid/94328 ↗)
• Obesity – CVC06, CYC01, HCS03, TF10, TR02 (doi:10.1142/s0192415x75000311 ↗)
• Smoking Cessation – ST36, SP06, HT07, CV12, CVC01, CVC02, CVC03, CYC01, CYC08, HCS03, IN01, TF10, TR01 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Dysphagia Post-stroke – AT10, AT12, EL04, EL14, HCS03 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
• Obesity – LI04, LI11, ST21, ST25, ST36, ST40, ST44, SP06, SP15, PC06, LV03, CV04, CV12, CVC06, CVC09, CYC01, CYC08, HCS03, IN01, TF10, TR02 (doi:10.3889/oamjms.2015.010 ↗)
• Smoking Cessation – AT12, CVC02, CYC01, HCS03, TF10, TR02 (doi:10.1177/0193945916660080 ↗)
• Smoking Cessation – CVC02, CYC08, HCS03, TF10, TR02 (doi:10.1155/2013/637073 ↗)
• Toothache, Periodontitis – EL01, HCS03, TR01 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
• Toothache – CYC01, EL01, HCS03, TR01 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
• Chemotherapy Nausea, Vomiting Chemotherapy-induced – AT07, AT15, CYC01, HCS03, TF10 (Henry C. Lu. Clinical Cases of Acupuncture)
• Smoking Cessation – XU21, CVC02, CVC09, HCS03, IN01 (Zhu Bing, Wang Hongcai (eds). Case Studies from the Medical Records of Leading Chinese Acupuncture Experts. London: Singing Dragon, 2011)

Most often selected alongside HCS03

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with HCS03. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• TF10Shenmen18 protocols
• CYC01Stomach11 protocols
• CVC02Lung9 protocols
• AT12Nervous Subcortex6 protocols
• IN01Endocrine6 protocols
• CVC06Spleen5 protocols
• CYC08Liver5 protocols
• TR02Hunger Point5 protocols
• CVC09San Jiao4 protocols
• EL01Tooth4 protocols
• AT07Occiput3 protocols
• CV12Stomach Centre3 protocols

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