TF10 (Shenmen)

Location

At the midpoint between Pelvis and Hepatitis.

Indications

Conditions for which TF10 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using TF10

• Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Consciousness Disturbance – AT12, CVC01, TF10 (Effect of Median Nerve Electrical Stimulation Combined With Auricular Acupuncture on Consciousness Disturbance in Patients With Craniocerebral Injury. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT07273864)
• Stiffness Lumbar, Low Back Chronic Pain, Disability Functional – AH03, AT12, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2025.101180)
• Anxiety, Low Mood, Depression Cancer-related – TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.1036634)
• Opioid Dependence, Withdrawal Anxiety, Withdrawal Craving – CVC01, CVC02, CVC06, CYC08, CYC11, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.767613)
• Anxiety, Depression, Oral Pain, Cervicofacial Pain, Mucositis, Cancer Head-and-neck – LU07, LI04, AT07, AT12, HCS03, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjon.2021.11.002)
• Constipation, Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Postoperative, Absent Bowel Sounds, Absent Flatus – AT12, CYC01, CYC05, IAC03, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1464749)
• Constipation, Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Postoperative, Absent Flatus – AT12, CYC01, CYC05, IAC03, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1464749)
• Opioid Dependence, Withdrawal Anxiety, Withdrawal Craving – AT12, CVC01, CYC11, IAC03, IN01, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.767613)
• Constipation, Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Postoperative, Absent Bowel Sounds, Absent Flatus – AT12, CVC06, CYC01, CYC05, IAC03, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1464749)
• Anxiety, Depression Cancer-related – TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.1036634)
• Opioid Dependence, Withdrawal Anxiety, Withdrawal Craving, Withdrawal Restlessness – AT12, CVC02, CVC06, CYC11, IAC03, IN01, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.767613)
• Opioid Dependence, Withdrawal Anxiety, Withdrawal Craving, Withdrawal Restlessness – AT12, CVC01, CVC02, CYC08, CYC11, IAC03, IN01, TF10 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.767613)

Other points on the Auricular Points