Auricular therapy is a special type therapy designed for the ear. In this treatment, different body parts are treated with the help of points on the ear. To treat the outer points on the ear, either with needles or with electro-accupunctoscope is used to give relief to several chronic complaints. Insertion of needles in the in to the specific points stimulates the nerves and these stimulated nerves will increase the blood circulation of the body part. In this manner, treats different parts of the body and helps in the healing process.

On the back side of the ear, there are almost two hundred points present and each point is named after the associated common name of that organ. These names are knees, shoulders, hips, liver, heart and more. All the points present on outer side of the ear works as the switchboard to the brain. During the treatment, each acupoint on ear generates the electric pulse and that travels from ear to the specific body area that is being treated via brain. For an instant if, the knee of a person is hurting, then treating the knee point on the ear decreases the ailments of your knee.

Shape of the auricle resembles to the shape of fetus in the inverted position in mothers womb. Almost all the Chinese points on the ear are analogous to different anatomical positions of the fetus. For an instant head points like tonsils, sinus and through are located on the ear lobe similarly all the major organs of the fetus.

All these points are helpful in healing the problems regarding anxiety, arthritis, asthma, tennis elbow and many more. Auricular is the good treatment that helps in getting rid from the addiction of drug, and alcohol. Therefore, nowadays many people are moving towards the auricular acupuncture.

Though treatment seems to be unreliable,

Treating Autoimmune Disease with Acupuncture
Over 50 million Americans suffer from autoimmune disease; an autoimmune disease occurs when the body?s immune system attacks healthy tissue.

Due to the complexity of treating autoimmune disorders, integrative medicine solutions including acupuncture and Oriental medicine have received much attention as successful therapies in their treatment. Acupuncture is specifically noted for its use in pain relief, regulating the immune system, managing symptoms and improving quality of life.

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Army To Include AOM for Pain Treatment
[from Acupuncture Today, July 21, 2010]

The statistics are sobering, to say the least. According to leading pain specialists in the Veterans Administration, nine in 10 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans return home with some form of pain, and 60 percent have significant pain.1 Now, a recent announcement by top Army officials may help address this situation and provide our modern military forces with ancient forms of healing to help with pain relief.

On June 25, the Army Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Eric B. Schoomaker, announced the release of a report by the Pain Management Task Force, which has 109 recommendations for changes in the way Army personnel are treated for pain. Among those recommendations are the inclusion of complementary and alternative treatments such as acupuncture, meditation, biofeedback and yoga.

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Is Cosmetic Acupuncture Effective for Aging?
A major tenet of acupuncture is that to reflect beauty on the outside, you must be healthy on the inside. Cosmetic acupuncture is a unique method of facial rejuvenation based on this philosophy. And its popularity is growing among women in America.

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Study: Acupuncture Improves Fertility in Men, Too
Acupuncture Today

Previous research has shown that acupuncture can improve fertility levels in women. Fewer studies on male infertility have been conducted, although evidence suggests that acupuncture can have an effect on sperm production and quality, without causing any changes in behavior or sexual desire.

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Study Supports Acupuncture Effects In Pain Control
The scientific validity of traditional Chinese medicine for pain treatment of pain received a nod of support in the May issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).

Dr. Philip Lang and colleagues of the University of Munich used quantitative sensory testing to identify changes in pain sensitivity with acupuncture in 24 healthy volunteers. After applying acupuncture to the leg, the researchers found that pain thresholds increased by up to 50 percent. Effects were noted in both the treated leg and the untreated (contralateral) leg.

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it helps in healing the diseases without pains. treatments can be done in different sessions. To cure the diseases often this treatment is given a specific interval of time. Duration of the treatments is usually of some months and within one month once or twice. In each treatment person needs to be relaxed. Insertion of the needles will stimulate the nerves and this stimulation will increase the blood circulation in the body. For proper twinge, these needles are inserted to the depth of about 3 to 5mm. These needles are retained for about 15 to 20 minutes in the body mean while the patient takes rest and then are removed from the body.

In the electro accupunctoscope the needles works as the electrodes and electric current is passed through them. This is another way to stimulate the nerves.