Heart — right ear
Cardiac organ point
The Heart point is an auricular representation used in Chinese ear acupuncture and modern auriculotherapy. This inset preserves the point identity while leaving exact ear subregion placement at medium fidelity.
Point 5 of 26 in Auriculotherapy — Nogier inverted-fetus ear map
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
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.