Ear Acupuncture Therapy Ear acupuncture therapy treats and prevents diseases by stimulating
certain points on the auricle with needles.
• AURICULAR POINTS
Auricular points are specific stimulating points on the auricle. When
disorder occur in the internal organs or other parts of the body, various
reactions may appear at the corresponding areas of the auricle, such as
tenderness, decreased cutaneous electric resistance, morphological changes,
and discoloration. Therefore, these sites are also referred to as tender
spots, conductant points or reflex spots. Thus making a diagnosis, those
phenomena can be taken into consideration. Stimulating the sensitive sites
serves to prevent and treat diseases.
• Examination Methods of Ear
Acupuncture
When an internal organ or a part of the body is diseased, reactions can be
detected at the corresponding areas on the auricle. For example, a reaction
can be detected at Point Stomach when the stomach is ill.
Clinical practice has proven that stimulating these reaction points yields
good therapeutic results. Therefore, detecting reaction points should be
combined with consulting an auricular acupoint chart in the application of
ear acupuncture.
• Is Ear stapling Acupuncture for
Weight Loss?
Published 8/14/2006
Ear stapling comes from the tradition of auricular acupuncture, the
manipulation of points on the ear to affect general health and to control
addictions and cravings. Auricular acupuncture has been used successfully to
help cigarette smokers and heroin addicts kick their drug habits and,
properly administered by a qualified acupuncturist, may help some people
lose weight.
There have been a number of small studies that support ear acupunctures as a
treatment for obesity. The most recent was published in 2003 in Medical
Acupuncture. It found that ear acupuncture can help when combined with a
2,000 calorie a day diet and 15 minutes a day of walking. This was a very
small study of only 20 obese women, ranging in age from 22 to 42. Half of
them received weekly 15-minute sessions of acupuncture at relevant points in
the ear. By the time the eight-week study ended, the women receiving ear
acupuncture had lost a mean of 10.3 pound while the women who didn't get
acupuncture lost a mean of 3 pounds. All of the 10 women who received the
acupuncture treatments reported a decrease in appetite compared with only
one woman in the control group.
• PRECAUTIONS(IF
NEEDLES)
1. If sudden dizziness, nausea, stuffiness of the chest or other fainting
symptoms occur during treatment, the patient should be managed in the same
manner as during ordinary body acupuncture. During initial visits, patients
should be in a reclining position in order to avoid fainting.
2. Strict antisepsis is necessary to avoid infection of the auricle. In case
of inflammation or redness of the needle hole or distension and pain of the
auricle, timely and appropriate measures should be taken such s applying 2%
iodine or oral administration of anti-inflammation drugs. Needling is
contraindicated if frost-bite or inflammation is present on the auricle in
order to avoid diffusion or inflammation.
3. Ear acupuncture is not advisable for women during pregnancy if there is a
history of miscarriage. Aged and weak patients with hypertension and
arteriosclerosis should have proper rest before and after needling.
4. While there are extensive indications for ear acupuncture, it still has
its limitations. The therapeutic effects for some diseases are not
satisfactory, or only symptomatic relief is achieved, therefore, in treating
some disorders, it is necessary to combine some other therapies.
In the home, you should use ear seeds or magnetic balls instead of
needles without any side effects or infections in safety!
