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DEFINITION OF AURICULAR POINTS

By Li-Chun Huang, O.M.D., M.D. (China)

Auricular points refer to the sites which connect the auricle to the internal organs, channels, collaterals, tissue, limbs and bones. They are also the sites through which the qi of the zang-fu organs and channels are transported to the auricular surface. Thus, auricular points are the general name of the auricular sites which can reflect the physiological function and pathological change, and are the specific points which can be used to diagnose and treat diseases.

When a disease occurs in an organ or certain kind of tissue, positive reactions will appear on the corresponding auricular point(s). Stimulation of positively reacting point(s) by applying the proper method can eliminate the pathological effect reversing the pathological course. In the light of neurophysiology, auricular points are the sites with dense receptors which can produce needling response. An auricular point can be considered as both a receiving station and a transmitting station for information, nerves, and body fluid. The channels and collaterals can be considered as the pathway of information. The needling response is produced by the acupuncture information in the brain, which is transmitted through sensory nerves and spinal cord. Results of experimental research on animals have confirmed that the afferent information and nocuous information are integrated in the spinal cord. Presynaptic inhibition is the main process of inhibition of afferent acupuncture information to nocuous information. Due to the close and complicated relationship between the auricle and the nerves, body fluid and internal organs of the body, a disease will be reflected in the corresponding auricular points by multiple positive reactions. These reactions may be used to analyze and judge the location and nature of the disease, and to treat the disease with multiple methods. Thus, an auricular point is also called a reacting point (or reaction point), reflection point, sensitive point, positive point, tenderness point, good conductive point or treatment point.

There are three points in which Dr. Huang’s Auricular Medicine method differs from other auricular therapies.

Locations are slightly different
It can be used as primary treatment
Very often, immediate relief, such as that for treatment of pain, can be seen within minutes

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Li-Chun Huang, O.M.D., M.D. (China)

Li-Chun Huang is the founder and current dean of Auricular Medicine International Research and Training Center. Her expertise in the field arises from her continuous research, and immense clinical and instructional experience. Dr. Huang has conducted over 150 seminars in auricular therapy worldwide, including the International Acupuncture and Moxibustion Class sponsored by the World Health Organization (W.H.O). Dr. Huang’s years of training and devotion to research have enabled her to publish numerous texts on auricular acupuncture, including Auricular Treatment Formulae and Prescriptions, Auricular Medicine, and others.

This article was taken out of Dr. Huang’s Auricular Treatment Formulae and Prescriptions.
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