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Auricular Acupuncture Flashcards

1
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sympathetic nerve (infratragic apex) location

A

at junction of terminal of inferior antihelix crus and the medial aspect of the helix

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sympathetic nerve (infratragic apex) indications

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dysfx of digestive or circulatory system, acute infantile convulsions, asthma, dysmenorrhea, etc.

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ear-shenmen location

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at lateral third of triangular fossa, anterior to the bifurcating point b/w the superior and inferior antihelix crura

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ear-shenmen indications

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insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, irritability, inflammation, asthma, cough, vertigo, uritcaria; sedative and analgesic

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internal nose location

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lower half of medial aspect of the tragus, inferior to “throat”

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internal nose indications

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rhinitis, maxillary sinusitis, common cold

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adrenal gland location (infratragic apex)

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at the tip of the lower tubercle on the border of the tragus

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adrenal gland (infratragic apex) indications

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hypotension, syncope, pulseless disease, cough, asthma, common cold, heat-stroke, malaria, mastitis

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brain point (mid-border) location

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midway b/w antitragic apex and the antihelix tragic notch

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brain point (mid-border) indications

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nocturnal enuresis, massive uterine bleeding, acute infantile convulsions

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parotid gland (soothing asthma) location

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at tip of tragus

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parotid gland (soothing asthma) indications

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asthma, cough, mumps, nocturnal enuresis, acute infantile convulsions

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brain (subcortex) location

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at medial aspect of antitragus

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brain (subcortex) indications

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insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, painful diseases, mental retardation, asthma, vertigo, tinnitus

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occiput location

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posterior and superior to the lateral aspect of the antitragus

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occiput indications

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diseases of the nervous system, skin diseases, syncope, occipital headache, insomnia

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forehead location

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anterior and inferior to the lateral aspect of the antitragus

18
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forehead indications

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frontal headache, dizziness, insomnia, vertigo

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endocrine (intertragus) location

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at the base of the cavum concha and in the intertragic notch

20
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endocrine (intertragus) indications

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dysfx of genital system, menopause or climateric syndromes, skin disease

21
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mouth location

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close to posterior and superior border of the orifice of the external auditory meatus

22
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mouth indications

A

facial paralysis, stomatitis

23
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stomach location

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where the helix crus disappears

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stomach indications

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gastric pain, hiccups, vomiting, indigestion, gastric ulcers, insomnia

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kidney location

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at the lower border of the antihelix crus, directly above “small intestine”

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kidney indications

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diseases of the urinary-genital system, gynecological disease, lumbar pain, tinnitus, insomnia, vertigo, hypertrophy of cervial and lumbar vertebrae

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liver location

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posterior to “stomach” and “duodenum”

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liver indications

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stagnant liver qi, eye diseases, malaria, flank pain, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea

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heart location

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in the central depression of the cavum concha

30
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heart indications

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cardiovascular diseases, heat-stroke, acute infantile convulsions

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lung location

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superior, inferior, and lateral to “heart”

32
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lung indications

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diseases of respiratory system, skin diseases, common cold

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trachea location

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between “mouth” and “heart”

34
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trachea indications

A

cough, asthma

35
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antihypotensive point location

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inferior to intertragic notch

36
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antihypotensive point indications

A

hypotension, prostration

37
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antihypertensive groove location

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on back of ear, in the groove running from the medial superior region to the lateral inferior region

38
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antihypertensive groove indications

A

hypertension

39
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root of the auricular vagus nerve location

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at the junction of the back of the ear and the mastoid, level w/ the helix crus

40
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root of the auricular vagus nerve indications

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gastric pain, biliary ascariasis, diarrhea, asthmatic breathing, nasal obstruction

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