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Indications
7
Protocols
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Location
In the center of the mastoid process at the junction of the middle and lower third of the curve formed by TB17 and TB20 posterior to the helix.
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which TB18 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Protocols using TB18
- Tinnitus, Vertigo, Hearing Loss Sensorineural Unilateral – LI04, SI19, KD03, TB03, TB17, TB18, TB21, LV03, CV04, CV06 (doi:10.1016/j.jams.2019.04.003 ↗)
- Hearing Loss Sensorineural Unilateral – LI04, SI19, KD03, TB03, TB17, TB18, TB21, LV03, CV04, CV06 (doi:10.1016/j.jams.2019.04.003 ↗)
- Anxiety, Tinnitus, Headache, Dysmenorrhea, Insomnia, Neck Pain, Premenstrual Syndrome, Eye Twitching – SI11, SI12, SI13, BL54, BL60, TB17, TB18, TB19, TB20, GB30, GB34, LV04 (doi:10.12998/wjcc.v13.i21.103200 ↗)
- Tinnitus, Tinnitus Subjective, Tinnitus Non-pulsating, Tinnitus Idiopathic – LI04, ST36, KD03, TB03, TB05, TB17, TB18, TB19, TB20, TB21, TB22, GB02, GB08, GB20 (doi:10.5114/pq.2021.108662 ↗)
- Tinnitus, Tinnitus Subjective – LI04, LI11, ST25, ST36, SP06, KD03, TB03, TB05, TB17, TB18, TB19, TB20, TB21, TB22, GB02, GB08, GB20, GB28, CV04, CV09, CV12 (doi:10.51507/j.jams.2023.16.1.11 ↗)
- Headache, Tinnitus Chronic, Neck Pain – SI11, SI12, SI13, BL54, BL60, TB17, TB18, TB19, TB20, GB30, GB34, LV04, XB02C3, XB02C4, XB02C5, XB02T3, XB02T4, XB02T5 (doi:10.12998/wjcc.v13.i21.103200 ↗)
- Phlegm, Fire, Convulsions (infant), Convulsions (infant) – LI04, ST40, TB18, LV03, CV12, GV26, XH03 (sacredlotus.com ↗)
Most often selected alongside TB18
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with TB18. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- TB17Hurricane6 protocols
- LI04Junction Valley5 protocols
- KD03Great Stream4 protocols
- TB03Central Islet4 protocols
- TB19Skull Rest4 protocols
- TB20Angle Vertex4 protocols
- TB21Ear Gate4 protocols
- CV04Original Qi Gate3 protocols
- LV03Great Surge3 protocols
- BL54Lowermost In Order2 protocols
- BL60Kunlun (Mountains)2 protocols
- CV06Sea Of Qi2 protocols