Ear Acupuncture Points for Diabetes

Ear acupuncture may be done at Pancreas, internal secretion (or Endorine), Triple Burner, Kidney, Vagus Root, Heart and/or Liver. If there is polydipsia add Lung and Thirst Point. If there is polyuria add unirary bladder. If needling, choose 3-5 points each time and needle once every other day, retaining needles for 20 minutes each time. One can also use press needles, iron pellets, magnets, or Semen Vaccaruae Segetalis (Wang Bu Liu Xing) taped over the points and stimulated by finger pressure several times per day. The author of the Er Xue Zhi Bai Bing (the treatment of on hundred disease with ear acupuncture) suggest the following points: Pancreas , Pancreas Gland Point, Endocrine, Liver, Shen Men, Brain Point, Kidney Urinary Bladder, Thirst Point, Hunger Point, Stomach, Lung, Shen Bao and Vacuity Point. The last two points are located on the back of the ear. Treatment may be applied to one or both ears daily or every other day for 15-30 minutes each time. Ear point should be stimulated every five minutes during needle retention. Five to 10 sessions is considered one course of treatment with 3-5 days rest in between courses. To clea heat and drain fire, enrich yin and engender fluids when dry heat has damaged fluids, use pancreas, pancreas gland point, endocrine, lung, stomach and thirst point. To nourish yin and clear heat, downbear fire and engender fluids when stomach dryness has damaged yin and yin vacutity with exuberant fire is present, use Pancreas, Pancreas Gland point, stomach, hunger point and brain point. To enrich kidney yin and secure the essence, boost the Qi and secure the lower burner warm the kidney and transform the Qi when there is kidney yin vacuity depletion vacuity cold in the lower source or yin and yang dual vacuity, use pancreas, pancreas gland point, endocrine, kidney, urinary bladder, liver, shen men, thirst point shen bao, vacuity point.