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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
At the center of the triangular fossa where the upper and lower Crus of the Antihelix originates.
Cautions
Caution in pregnancy.
Indications
Conditions for which TF09 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
Protocols using TF09
- Constipation, Urinary Retention, Postpartum Pain, Hemorrhage Postpartum – AT12, CVC06, CYC01, IAC03, TF08, TF09, TF10 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.07.010 ↗)
- Threatened Abortion, Subchorionic Hematoma – AT12, CVC01, CYC08, CYC11, IAC03, IN01, TF09 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.2019.10.004 ↗)
- Anxiety, Postoperative Pain – AH15, TF08, TF09, TF10 (doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_1246_22 ↗)
- Labor Pain – AT02, AT15, CVC10, HX04, IN01, TF08, TF09, TF10 (doi:10.61622/rbgo/2025rbgo33 ↗)
- Dyspareunia, Atrophy Vaginal, Dryness Vaginal – CVC10, HX04, IN01, IN02, TF09 (doi:10.1016/j.jaim.2025.101193 ↗)
- Dysmenorrhea Primary – CVC10, CYC11, HCS02, IN01, IN02, TF08, TF09, TF10 (doi:10.1186/s13063-021-05622-w ↗)
- Post-cesarean Pain – HCS02, TF09, TF10 (doi:10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.2022.04.006 ↗)
- Stress, Infertility Female – AH15, AT15, IN01, IN02, TF08, TF09, TR01 (doi:10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_105_16 ↗)
- Labor Pain, Labor Prolonged – AT02, AT15, CVC10, HCS02, HX04, IAC03, IN01, TF08, TF09, TF10 (doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_141_17 ↗)
- Labor Pain, Labor Prolonged – AH15, CVC06, HCS02, HX04, TF08, TF09, TF10 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗)
- Anxiety Procedural, Procedural Pain – AH15, IN01, TF09, TF10 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000049378 ↗)
- Lupus Discoid – CVC02, EL14, IN01, TF08, TF09, TR01, TR13 (Zhang Dengbu. Acupuncture Cases from China: A Digest of Difficult and Complicated Case Histories. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1994)
Most often selected alongside TF09
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with TF09. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- IN01Endocrine8 protocols
- TF08Uterus (Female) / Male Internal Genital (Male)8 protocols
- TF10Shenmen8 protocols
- AH15Abdomen4 protocols
- CVC10Thalamus4 protocols
- HCS02Ear Center4 protocols
- HX04External Genital4 protocols
- AT15Brain3 protocols
- IAC03Sympathetic3 protocols
- IN02Ovary3 protocols
- AT02Pituitary2 protocols
- AT12Nervous Subcortex2 protocols
Other points on the Auricular Points
AH01AH02AH03AH04AH05AH06AH07AH08AH09AH10AH11AH12AH13AH14AH15AH16AT01AT02AT03AT04AT05AT06AT07AT08AT09AT10AT11AT12AT13AT14AT15AT16AT17AT18CVC01CVC02CVC03CVC04CVC05CVC06CVC07CVC08CVC09CVC10CYC01CYC02CYC03CYC04CYC05CYC06CYC07CYC08CYC09CYC10CYC11CYC12CYC13CYC14CYC15CYC16CYC17CYC18CYC19CYC20CYC21CYC22EL01EL02EL03EL04EL05EL06EL07EL08EL09EL10EL11EL12EL13EL14EL15EL16EL17EL18HCS01HCS02HCS03HCS04HCS05HX01HX02HX03HX04HX05HX06HX07HX08HX09HX10HX11HX12HX13HX14HX15HX16IAC01IAC02IAC03IN01IN02IN03IN04IN05IN06POS01POS02POS03POS04POS05POS06POS07POS08POS09POS10POS11POS12POS13POS14POS15POS16POS17POS18POS19POS20POS21POS22POS23POS24SAC01SAC02SAC03SAC04SAC05SAC06SAC07SAC08SAC09SAC10SAC11SC01SC02SC03SC04SC05SC06SC07SC08SC09SC10SC11SC12TF01TF02TF03TF04TF05TF06TF07TF08TF10TR01TR02TR03TR04TR05TR06TR07TR08TR09TR10TR11TR12TR13