Ear - acupuncture ?

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Hi

Why we dont study Ear Acuouncture in Course C?

Could we discuss this theraphy in this Topic ?

Tommy

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Tommy

Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:26 am  

hands

Your opinion on ear acupuncture is welcome in this forum.

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David King

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:29 am    

hands

Can we use ear acupuncture instead of body acupuncture ? In other words

do you think can we replace body acupuncture with ear acupuncture ?

and we will get the same effect ?

Tommy

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Tommy

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:11 am    

hands

For sure we cannot!!!

Ear acupuncture has only been about 50 years, but the body acupuncture has been about five thousand years.

Body acupuncture could be good for acupuncture anaesthesia for such operations as intracranial tumor, pneumonectomy, cesarean section, etc.

Can ear acupuncture be so good?

Body acupuncture can be effective for treating more than 100 kinds diseases, could ear body acupuncture do that?

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David King

Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:30 am    

hands

Dear Tommy,

Although ear acupuncture does not form part of the Medboo TCM course, I would take the liberty of suggesting in this forum some web-based resources which I have used myself. (Even though eventually I have not found this type of therapy particularly useful, you may try it for yourself).

As far as I know, one of the main uses of ear acupuncture at present is the [i:9a0a8e1a1e]NADA[/i:9a0a8e1a1e] (National Acupuncture Detoxification Association www.acudetox.com ) protocol to treat chemical dependency (drug addiction, alcoholism, and a variety of mental disorders). They have a 70 hours comprehensive certification course with [i:9a0a8e1a1e]thousands and thousands[/i:9a0a8e1a1e] of practitioners trained worldwide, but the ear acupuncture technique itself is [i:9a0a8e1a1e]so simple[/i:9a0a8e1a1e] that you can actually learn it in a few minutes. It has been described, among others, in the article [i:9a0a8e1a1e]The Ease of Treating Addictions with Acupuncture[/i:9a0a8e1a1e] by Dr. John Amaro http://www.chiroweb.com/archives/10/18/14.html and in the article ([i:9a0a8e1a1e]in Spanish[/i:9a0a8e1a1e]) [i:9a0a8e1a1e]Acupunctura y Desintoxicación (segunda parte)[/i:9a0a8e1a1e] by Humberto Brocca and Sandra Tovar Curi in [i:9a0a8e1a1e]LiberAddictus[/i:9a0a8e1a1e] (PDF, 19 kb) http://www.liberaddictus.org/Pdf/0411-34.pdf .

The rest of the links follows. [i:9a0a8e1a1e]I would appreciate it if you could also post or send me the links you may have in relation with the questions asked in my other posts in this forum[/i:9a0a8e1a1e].

Article [i:9a0a8e1a1e]Ear Acupuncture Prescriptions and Techniques[/i:9a0a8e1a1e] by Dr. Skya Abbate, DOM in [i:9a0a8e1a1e]Acupuncture Today[/i:9a0a8e1a1e]
Part 1 http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/archives2004/sep/09abbate.html
Part 2 http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/archives2004/dec/12abbate.html

Articles by Dr. John Amaro, DC, LAc, Dipl.Ac.(NCCAOM), FIAMA in [i:9a0a8e1a1e]Dynamic Chiropractic[/i:9a0a8e1a1e]:
[i:9a0a8e1a1e]"Now Hear This" -- Part 2[/i:9a0a8e1a1e] (useful points) http://www.chiroweb.com/archives/08/11/12.html
[i:9a0a8e1a1e]"Now Hear This" -- Part 3[/i:9a0a8e1a1e] (formulae from personal experience point book) http://www.chiroweb.com/archives/08/13/10.html
[i:9a0a8e1a1e]Ear Acupuncture: "Which Ear Do I Treat?"[/i:9a0a8e1a1e] http://www.chiroweb.com/archives/23/24/02.html

Excerpt from Oleson's [i:9a0a8e1a1e]Auriculotherapy Manual[/i:9a0a8e1a1e] (auriculotherapy charts, pictures, description of Master Control Points) (PDF, 634 kb) http://www.intl.elsevierhealth.com/e-books/viewbook.cfm?ID=481

[i:9a0a8e1a1e]Auriculotherapy Chart[/i:9a0a8e1a1e] (musculoskeletal and sensory treatment points, Master Control Points) (PDF, 125 kb) http://www.chiro.org/acupuncture/ABSTRACTS/Auriculotherapy.pdf

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Sergiy

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:56 pm    

hands

My post in answering Tommy was probably not quite clear!

I meant ear acupuncture [b:322c5f0b24]cannot[/b:322c5f0b24] replace body acupuncture, [b:322c5f0b24]I didn't say ear acupuncture is not effective[/b:322c5f0b24]

For sure ear acupuncture is also effective and useful in treating some diseases.

But body acupuncture is much more important. That's the truth.

So, I focus much more on body acupuncture myself, but no objections to the use of ear acupuncture.

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David King

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:19 am    

hands

thank You for answers

what kind od diseases can be treat effective with ear acupuncture ?
what do you think about vaccaria seed method ( wang bu liu xing zi)

Tommy

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Tommy

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:07 am    

hands

Hi, Where is D.K.?
Didn't see him for a while.

I think ear acupuncture is used to treat alot of diseases but only several ones are more effective with it. Personally I prefer it for headache, insomnia, some allergic disorders, and asthma. Of course it's also good for some cases of chronic pain.
Indeed some foreign people won't accept the needling of acupuncture, so the ear acupuncture might be of good help.
I wonder why the foreigners are so different from the Chinese, they are looking strong, but they cannot tolerate such a small needle. They often say the Chinese are weak and small, or even called us the Asian sickman, but we could easily take the needles.

For sure to those who fear the needling very much we have no choice but use the acupressure on the ear points, yes of course with the vaccaria seed, which is commonly used in acupuncture clinic in China.

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miraculous hands

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:05 am    

hands

Thank You

is any kind of manipulation in ear acupuncture treatment.?
I mean in body acupuncture we have reduce and tonyfy method
In ear acupuncture is the same ?

thank you in advance

Tommy

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Tommy

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:35 am    

hands

You might find some information using the following links.

Treatments of Ear-acupoints
http://www.sukochina.com/suko2004e/ear/ear-fine.htm

Clinical Samples
http://www.sukochina.com/suko2004e/ear/ear-case.htm

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Sergiy

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:40 pm