Kidney — left ear

Renal organ point

The Kidney point is an auricular representation of the kidney network in modern ear charts. It is a microsystem correspondence, not a claim that the kidney lies at the external ear.

Shen Men — right earSympathetic / autonomic point — right earZero point — right earLung — right earHeart — right earKidney — right earLiver — right earStomach — right earCervical spine — right earThoracic spine — right earLumbar-sacral spine — right earSciatica — right earEndocrine — right earShen Men — left earSympathetic / autonomic point — left earZero point — left earLung — left earHeart — left earKidney — left earKidney — left earLiver — left earStomach — left earCervical spine — left earThoracic spine — left earLumbar-sacral spine — left earSciatica — left earEndocrine — left ear

Point 19 of 26 in Auriculotherapy — Nogier inverted-fetus ear map

Cross-tradition overlaps

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Sources

Paul Nogier, first auricular somatotopy map (primary)

Original publication of the inverted-fetus auricular somatotopy attributed to Nogier.

Paul Nogier, From Auriculotherapy to Auricular Medicine (scholarly_modern)

Nogier account of auriculotherapy and later auriculomedicine terminology and point framework.

Terry Oleson, Auriculotherapy Manual: Chinese and Western Systems of Ear Acupuncture (secondary)

Modern clinical synthesis of Chinese and Western auricular point nomenclature and locations.

Huangdi Neijing · Lingshu (primary_canonical)

Classical ear-vessel and ear-channel references; supports the TCM historical lineage, not the modern Nogier point coordinates.

Andreas Wirz-Ridolfi, The History of Ear Acupuncture and Ear Cartography (scholarly_modern)

Historical review documenting the 1957 Nogier map, later Chinese/WHO charts, and cartographic variation.

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