Location
On both ears, on the Helix edge corresponding to the same level as the Inferior Crus of the Antihelix.
Cautions
Avoid in acute urethritis.
Indications
Conditions for which HX03 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
CystitisDysuriaFrequent Urge To UrinateFrequent UrinationLeakage Of UrineNocturiaProstatitisUrinary FrequencyUrinary IncontinenceUrinary Tract Infection
Protocols using HX03
- Incontinence Urinary – CYC11, CYC13, HX03 (doi:10.1016/j.apjon.2025.100720 ↗)
- Incontinence Urinary – CVC02, CVC06, CYC11, CYC13, HX03 (doi:10.1016/j.apjon.2025.100720 ↗)
- Incontinence Urinary – AT12, CYC11, CYC13, HX03, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1016/j.apjon.2025.100720 ↗)
- Incontinence Urinary – AT12, CVC02, CVC06, CYC11, CYC13, HX03, IAC03, TF10 (doi:10.1186/s12906-025-04979-8 ↗)
- Urinary Retention – CYC11, CYC13, HX03, IAC03 (doi:10.3233/THC-220660 ↗)
- Urinary Retention – ST28, SP06, SP09, CV03, CV04, CV06, GV20, CYC13, HX03 (doi:10.1155/2020/2520483 ↗)
- Urinary Retention – SP06, KD10, CYC11, CYC12, CYC13, HX03, TR01 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Most often selected alongside HX03
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with HX03. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- CYC13Bladder7 protocols
- CYC11Kidney6 protocols
- IAC03Sympathetic3 protocols
- AT12Nervous Subcortex2 protocols
- CVC02Lung2 protocols
- CVC06Spleen2 protocols
- SP06Three Yin Intersection2 protocols
- TF10Shenmen2 protocols
- CV03Central Pivot1 protocols
- CV04Original Qi Gate1 protocols
- CV06Sea Of Qi1 protocols
- CYC12Ureter1 protocols
Other points on the Auricular Points
AH01AH02AH03AH04AH05AH06AH07AH08AH09AH10AH11AH12AH13AH14AH15AH16AT01AT02AT03AT04AT05AT06AT07AT08AT09AT10AT11AT12AT13AT14AT15AT16AT17AT18CVC01CVC02CVC03CVC04CVC05CVC06CVC07CVC08CVC09CVC10CYC01CYC02CYC03CYC04CYC05CYC06CYC07CYC08CYC09CYC10CYC11CYC12CYC13CYC14CYC15CYC16CYC17CYC18CYC19CYC20CYC21CYC22EL01EL02EL03EL04EL05EL06EL07EL08EL09EL10EL11EL12EL13EL14EL15EL16EL17EL18HCS01HCS02HCS03HCS04HCS05HX01HX02HX04HX05HX06HX07HX08HX09HX10HX11HX12HX13HX14HX15HX16IAC01IAC02IAC03IN01IN02IN03IN04IN05IN06POS01POS02POS03POS04POS05POS06POS07POS08POS09POS10POS11POS12POS13POS14POS15POS16POS17POS18POS19POS20POS21POS22POS23POS24SAC01SAC02SAC03SAC04SAC05SAC06SAC07SAC08SAC09SAC10SAC11SC01SC02SC03SC04SC05SC06SC07SC08SC09SC10SC11SC12TF01TF02TF03TF04TF05TF06TF07TF08TF09TF10TR01TR02TR03TR04TR05TR06TR07TR08TR09TR10TR11TR12TR13
