Liver — left ear

Hepatic organ point

The Liver point is included from the organ correspondences shared by Chinese and later auricular maps. Its position is schematic within the small ear inset because chart boundaries differ between lineages.

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 earLiver — left earLiver — left earStomach — left earCervical spine — left earThoracic spine — left earLumbar-sacral spine — left earSciatica — left earEndocrine — left ear

Point 20 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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