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Benefits of Auriculotherapy – Respite from Stress, Tension, and Addiction

November 30th, 2011 Comments off

Although allopathy has gained fame globally due to the numerous benefits and practices, there’s also other old types of therapies that are practiced in corners of the world to keep the body healthy. Similar to the kinds of ancient Chinese medicine like acupressure and acupuncture, auriculotherapy has also gained widespread fame in the Asian in addition to Countries in europe. The procedure involves using needles to stimulate specific organs in your body by making use of the external area of the ear. Recently, rather than needles the points around the ear are stimulated by way of lasers, ear pellets and magnets to use manual pressure on specific points.

Ancient records point to the use of this method in 500 B.C. in China. The significance of this therapy was found by a Frenchman, Dr. Paul Nogier who found out the points around the outer portion of the ear has connections with the internal organs. He compared the ear to be that of an inverted fetus with head representing the low ear lobe, the rest of the body in-between and feet at the top of external ear.

Although regarded as a part of alternative treatment, it works best when used with other kinds of medicine like acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic manipulation etc. It’s used to effectively relieve body problems like stress, pain and tension. As with allopathy, body pain is controlled by utilization of painkiller tablets which have endomorphins, acupressure, acupuncture and auriculotherapy stimulate, balance and regulate the inner energy in the body which will make the body release or generate endomorphins to alleviate pain. An ordinary session would take between half an hour to 1 hour for that body release a endomorphins. These therapies balance the power in the body by correcting reflex centers in brain thus reducing pain.

Auriculotherapy has been approved like a safe and effective treatment by the World Health Organization and it is getting used in recent days to deal with addiction related to drugs and smoking. No negative effects happen to be reported and it is considered as an alternative choice to acupuncture. To avoid smoking in addicts, the practitioner used different frequencies by way of micro stimulation device to stimulate the top of outer ears. The rate of success associated with this therapy is 80% because it cuts down on the withdrawal symptoms and craving of nicotine in smoking addicts.

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