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Location
At the lower border of the Triangular Fossa and forms an equilateral triangle with the Sciatic Nerve and Sympathetic Nerve. If we draw a line from the Pelvis to the lower outer border of the Triangular Fossa, the Constipation point is located at the second 1/3, below the Cervix.
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which TF03 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Protocols using TF03
- Constipation – AH15, AT07, AT10, AT12, CVC09, CYC05, IN01, TF03 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- Obesity Simple – ST25, ST36, SP06, SP09, SP10, CVC06, CYC01, CYC03, CYC05, TF03, TF10 (Sun Lanyun. Analysis on the Therapeutic Effect of Acupuncture Combined with Otopoint Pellet Pressure Therapy for Treatment of Simple Obesity. 针刺研究, 2000)
- Pruritus, Constipation Chronic – ST25, ST36, ST37, CV04, CV06, CYC05, IAC03, TF03 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Most often selected alongside TF03
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with TF03. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- CYC05Large Intestine3 protocols
- ST25Celestial Pivot2 protocols
- ST36Leg Three Miles2 protocols
- AH15Abdomen1 protocols
- AT07Occiput1 protocols
- AT10Brain Stem1 protocols
- AT12Nervous Subcortex1 protocols
- CV04Original Qi Gate1 protocols
- CV06Sea Of Qi1 protocols
- CVC06Spleen1 protocols
- CVC09San Jiao1 protocols
- CYC01Stomach1 protocols
Other points on the Auricular Points
AH01AH02AH03AH04AH05AH06AH07AH08AH09AH10AH11AH12AH13AH14AH15AH16AT01AT02AT03AT04AT05AT06AT07AT08AT09AT10AT11AT12AT13AT14AT15AT16AT17AT18CVC01CVC02CVC03CVC04CVC05CVC06CVC07CVC08CVC09CVC10CYC01CYC02CYC03CYC04CYC05CYC06CYC07CYC08CYC09CYC10CYC11CYC12CYC13CYC14CYC15CYC16CYC17CYC18CYC19CYC20CYC21CYC22EL01EL02EL03EL04EL05EL06EL07EL08EL09EL10EL11EL12EL13EL14EL15EL16EL17EL18HCS01HCS02HCS03HCS04HCS05HX01HX02HX03HX04HX05HX06HX07HX08HX09HX10HX11HX12HX13HX14HX15HX16IAC01IAC02IAC03IN01IN02IN03IN04IN05IN06POS01POS02POS03POS04POS05POS06POS07POS08POS09POS10POS11POS12POS13POS14POS15POS16POS17POS18POS19POS20POS21POS22POS23POS24SAC01SAC02SAC03SAC04SAC05SAC06SAC07SAC08SAC09SAC10SAC11SC01SC02SC03SC04SC05SC06SC07SC08SC09SC10SC11SC12TF01TF02TF04TF05TF06TF07TF08TF09TF10TR01TR02TR03TR04TR05TR06TR07TR08TR09TR10TR11TR12TR13