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AURICULAR EAR-PATCH ACUPUNCTURE
Ear
acupuncture therapy treats and prevents diseases by stimulating certain
points on the auricle with EAR-PATCH.
Auricular points are specific stimulating points on the auricle. When
disorders 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
cetaceous 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.
Ear acupuncture therapy has long been used in China, and is recorded in
Chapter 24 of Miraculous Pivot that " Jue headache with the symptoms of
acute pain in the head, and hot sensations in the vessels in front of
and behind the ear should be treated by bloodletting in order to reduce
the heat, then to be followed by needling at the points of Foot Shaoyang
Meridian. " In the twentieth chapter of Miraculous Pivot it says, " When
the pathogenic factor attacks the liver, it will cause pain in the ribs
on both sides... for the pain caused by internal blood stagnation ...
needle at the blue vessels around the ear to relieve the dragging pain.
" In other classical medical literature there are descriptions on
stimulating certain auricular areas with needle, moxibustion, massage,
and herbal suppository to treat and prevent diseases. Those methods are
still used as folk remedies.
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. The following are commonly used methods
of detection :
Detecting the tender spot. Press with a probe or the handle of a
filiform needle the disease - related corresponding area, to ascertain
the most sensitive point.
Observing by naked eye. Look for any abnormality or discoloration of the
auricle such as scaling, blisters, papulae, hard nodules, pigmentation,
or morphological changes such as in blood vessels of the auricle.
Detecting electrical changes. Observing changes in electrical
resistance, capacity, and potential at auricular points. The most
commonly used method is to determine the conductant point of skin
resistance by instrument. Those auricular points with low electrical
resistance can be displayed on a screen, or by an indicator, or by
sound, through the apparatus. This is used for clinical diagnosis.
PRECAUTIONS
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 as 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.
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