Auriculotherapy is similar to ear acupuncture but without needles. A micro-current stimulator is placed on reflex points outside the ear, which send messages to the brain depending on the location of the reflex points being treated. With auriculotherapy, we treat multiple problems and conditions related to substance use disorders, trauma and compulsive and behavioral disorders such as anxiety, depression and cravings. It is also a proven tool for smoking cessation.
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Auriculotherapy is based on the idea that the ear is a micro system and an external organ, which reflects the entire body, represented on the auricle, the outer portion of the ear. Conditions affecting the physical, mental or emotional health of the patient are assumed to be treatable by stimulation of the surface of the ear exclusively.
Auriculotherapy is well-known for its usefulness in the treatment of painful neurologic disorders, such as migraine, polyneuropathy, and radiculopathy.
Auriculotherapy (also auricular therapy, ear acupuncture, and auriculoacupuncture) is a form of alternative medicine based on the idea that the ear is a micro system and an external organ, which reflects the entire body, represented on the auricle, the outer portion of the ear. Conditions affecting the physical, mental or emotional health of the patient are assumed to be treatable by stimulation of the surface of the ear exclusively.he doctor uses a hand-held device that can accurately place a painless electrical stimulus on the correct acupuncture points, which are found in the outer ear and ear lobe.