Top 5 health benefits of auricular

therapy
Auricular therapy is a type of alternative
therapy which focuses on the idea that our
ears are parallel to a microsystem capable
of reflecting the whole body which
corresponds to the outer portion of the
ear, popularly known as the auricle. This
therapy is known by several names such as
auriculo therapy, auriculo acupuncture and
ear acupuncture.

Auricular therapy is a healing medicine

which began in the 3rd century. During that
time, the practitioners used needles at
acupuncture ends on the auricle that
correspond to precise parts of our bodies.

What is auricular therapy?

This therapy involves inserting needles into

particular points on your ear. Stimulation of
these points will encourage healing in almost
all the parts of the body. Auricular therapy is
frequently incorporated into standard
acupuncture treatments.

Interestingly the therapy which is largely

based on the philosophy of traditional
Chinese medicine was developed by French
scientist Paul Nogier in the mid-20th
century.

The ear is a microsystem of our body and

hence, auricular therapy, alongside Sooji and
reflexology (foot and hand microsystems)
can be helpful in treating a number of
physical as well as mental ailments.
Auricular therapy is used to develop the
flow of vital energies or also chi/qi within
the body. This help in restoring a balance
between yin and yang which are the two
contrasting but balancing energies inside
the internal organs.

The therapy has been used since ages for a

number of health issues such as anxiety,
depression, irritable bowel syndrome,
allergies, insomnia, chronic pain, weight loss,
arthritis, migraine, constipation, headache
etc.

Major benefits of auricular therapy

Even though major clinical trials on auricular
therapy havent been specified as of yet, a
wide array of studies have shown that the
therapy may help in the treatment of a
diversity of health conditions.

Post-Surgery pain
A study published in the journal Alternative
and Complementary Medicine in 2010
researchers look upon 17 cases on the
effectiveness of this therapy as far as pain
management was concerned. It was found
that auricular therapy can be efficient in
treating a number of pains, particularly postsurgery pain.

Smoking
Up to now, studies on auricular therapys
effectiveness as a smoking termination aid
has brought about mixed findings. For a
study conducted in 2004, 126 people were
given auricular therapy for smoking
termination and it was seen that the
treatment brought about 1 year success rate
of 41.1 per cent. The study was published in
the
Swiss
Journal
Research
in
Complementary and Natural Classical
Medicine.

Again a research which was published in

the Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine asked 125 people to undergo
auricular therapy. Here, it was found that the
therapy was no more effectual than a
placebo treatment in recovering the rate of
smoking termination. The study mixed up
five successive weeks of once-a-week
healings.

Constipation
A study review which was published in
the journal Alternative and Complementary
Medicine in 2010 opined that auricular
therapy may help to treat constipation. In
the review, investigators inspected 29
studies on the use of this therapy to manage
constipation.

Even though all of the researches suggested

that auricular therapy was useful to treat
constipation, some deeper findings and
researches are still required to find out the
relationship between this therapy and its
effectiveness on constipation.

Migraine
Auricular therapy may be helpful in the
treatment of migraines, says a 2012 study
which was published in Acupuncture &
Electro-Therapeutics Research. Analysing
reports of 35 migraine patients, it was found
that 2 months of auricular treatment on a
weekly basis resulted in important
improvements mood as well as pain.

Insomnia

A number of researches specify that auricular

therapy may assist in easing insomnia. Such
researches include a 2003 trial which was
published in the Complementary Therapies
in Medicine. The trail tested the effects of a
type of auricular therapy that engages using
magnetic pearls to arouse acupuncture
points.

In the research, 15 elderly people with

insomnia were treated with auricular
therapy for 3 weeks. Then, it was seen that
these people experienced a noteworthy
boost in both quantity and quality of sleep,
with developments lasting for 6 months after
the end of the treatment.

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