Auricular therapy

Program Content:

Auricular therapy (also known as auriculo-therapy, or ear acupuncture) is a safe and cost-effective micro-acupuncture treatment and diagnostic method. It is based upon both Traditional Chinese Medicine and neurological reflex therapies. The correspondences between specific areas of the auricle and other parts of the body are arranged in the pattern of an inverted fetus or a “map” of the whole body.

The WHO recognizes that auricular therapy can produce a positive impact on regulating the whole body, and its therapeutic effect has been investigated in a wide range of health problems, such as reducing pain, anxiety, withdrawal and addictions, migraines, insomnia, digestive issues, and many other conditions that body acupuncture can address. Modalities of auricular therapy include acupuncture, electroacupuncture, acupressure, ear lasers, moxibustion, and bloodletting in the auricle.

In this seminar, Participants will learn:

1. Use auricular diagnostic method to      assist treatment and clinical suggestions for patients
2. Choose appropriate methods from      different modalities of auricular therapy
3. Use ear map to apply auricular      seed therapy for treatment of commonly seen clinical conditions
4. Apply ear needling and electric      stimulation therapy
5. Teach patient auricular self-massage      method for health maintenance and longevity

About the Speaker:

The instructor of this seminar, Quan Zhou, graduated from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree of Medicine through 5 years of full time training. She learnt auricular therapy from Dr. Lichun Huang, the top acupuncturist in auricular therapy, for a year. Soon after that she translated Dr. Huang’s book, Auricular Therapy, into English, and published in the U.S. in 1996. In her 33 years of acupuncture practice and teaching in China, Singapore and U.S.A., Quan has been applying auricular therapy to most of her patients who enjoyed the therapeutic benefit so much that they would ask for the treatment in every visit.

Course Outline:

08:30 AM - 09:00 AM: Registration

09:00 AM - 10:15 AM: Introduction, Anatomy and Point Location and classification of   Auricular Acupuncture

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM: Break

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Ear diagnostic method, Methods of Auricular treatment

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM: Lunch

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM: Precautions, Demo and Practice