Ear - acupuncture ?

Thanks Sergiy !!

Very usefull informations

Tommy

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Tommy

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:57 pm    

Hi everyone!
Just come back!

It seems Sergiy knows alot of information.

In fact in majority of cases ear acupuncture is not done with reinforcing and reducing techniques. Only in case the ear points are needled and connected with electric stimulation.

Otherwise you don't have to think of the reinforcing and reducing techniques.

As a matter of fact, personally I still think the reinforcing and reducing techniques even for body acupuncture are quite dependent on the personal feeling of the practitioners.

Even you do exactly according to what is said in the text, for reducing and reinforcing, you, the practitioner yourself, do not have the real feeling, it's not that effective.

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David King

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:34 am    

thanks for reply

how about treatment in ear acupuncture. We should needling or pressing ( with vaccaria) both ears or just only one .


thanks in advance

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Tommy

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:14 am    

It all depends on the acupuncture physicians preference!

Majority of physicians would prefer acupressure for it's much safer and no any untoward effects.

Some physicians would give a stronger stimulation, so they would do needling instead.

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David King

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:55 pm    

[quote:7710cf1499="Tommy"]We should needling or pressing ( with vaccaria) both ears or just only one . thanks in advance [/quote:7710cf1499]

Dear Tommy,

I think we should be thankful to Dr. King for his always very informative and valuable answers to our questions. As to your question about which ear should be treated, I hope too to receive Dr. King's answer on that soon. Meanwhile, just for reference, the "father" of French ear acupuncture [i:7710cf1499]P. Nogier[/i:7710cf1499] believed that in 88% of cases ear points of the right ear correspond to the right side of the body, and those of the left ear correspond to the left side of the body. The opposite is true only in 12% of cases (Nogier Р. [i:7710cf1499]Traité auriculotherapie[/i:7710cf1499]. Paris, 1969). However, [i:7710cf1499]probing[/i:7710cf1499] for sensitive spots on both ears is important. Also, you might have found another approach to deciding which ear to treat if you had followed the reference to the corresponding article of Dr. John Amaro in one of my previous posts .

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Sergiy

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:25 pm  

As an addition to Dr. King's answers on this topic, I would quote from the chapter on Ear Acupuncture Therapy of the book [i:ee1fe05da6]Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture[/i:ee1fe05da6] (Beijing, 1980), compiled by [i:ee1fe05da6]Beijing College of TCM[/i:ee1fe05da6], [i:ee1fe05da6]Shanghai College of TCM[/i:ee1fe05da6], [i:ee1fe05da6]Nanjing College of TCM[/i:ee1fe05da6] and the [i:ee1fe05da6]Acupuncture Institute[/i:ee1fe05da6] of the [i:ee1fe05da6]Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine[/i:ee1fe05da6]. In my opinion, this is one of the best books on Chinese Acupuncture ever written for Western practitioners, the book being simple and comprehensive at the same time. (If I am not mistaken, the Medboo courses A, B, C and D are largely based on this same book).

[b:ee1fe05da6]Technique of ear acupuncture[/b:ee1fe05da6]

(1) [u:ee1fe05da6]Probing of the sensitive spot[/u:ee1fe05da6]: After points are prescribed, it is necessary to probe for the sensitive spots at the areas where the selected points are located. The commonly used methods are the following.
a. Probing for the tender spot: Probe with a blunt needle around the selected point on the auricle from the rim towards the centre. When marked tenderness is located, press hard to mark the spot for applying acupuncture.
b. Probing by electric apparatus: That is to observe the changes in electric resistance, capacity and potential at the areas of the selected auricular points with a special apparatus. The conductant points on the auricle are usually effective spots for application of stimuli in acupuncture treatment.
(2) [u:ee1fe05da6]Aseptic procedure[/u:ee1fe05da6]: Auricular points are swabbed with 75% alcohol or 2% iodine.
(3) [u:ee1fe05da6]Insertion of needle[/u:ee1fe05da6]: Stabilise the auricle with the left hand. Hold a filiform needle of 0.5 or 1 [i:ee1fe05da6]cun[/i:ee1fe05da6] with the right hand and insert it swiftly into the point avoiding penetration of the ear. There is generally a sensation of pain, but sometimes of hotness, distension, soreness or heaviness, any of which usually signify satisfactory therapeutic result.
(4) [u:ee1fe05da6]Retention of needle[/u:ee1fe05da6]: Needles are usually retained for 20-30 minutes, but in acute inflammatory cases, severe pain and paroxysmal seizures, needles are retained for 1-2 hours or even longer and intermittently manipulated to enhance stimulation.
(5) [u:ee1fe05da6]Removal of needle[/u:ee1fe05da6]: After the needle is removed, press the puncture hole with a dry, sterile cotton ball to avoid infection.
(6) [u:ee1fe05da6]Course of treatment[/u:ee1fe05da6]: Treatment is given once every day or every other day. Ten treatments make a course. The interval between courses is 5-7 days.

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Sergiy

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:28 pm