auriculotherapy


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auricular acupuncture

A type of acupuncture once practised in China and recently revitalised; acupuncture needles are inserted in various highly specific sites in the auricle where, according to its advocates, there are over 200 acupuncture points that may affect any diseased part of the body.
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Handbook of Auriculotherapy. France: Maisonneuve, Moulins-les-Metz; 1981.
Both medical and paramedical practitioners can benefit from reading Auriculotherapy. The text opens by placing auriculotherapy into the context of general medicine.
Auriculotherapy can be used to help pain, functional, dependency, psychological and dermatologic disorders.
Auriculotherapy or Ear Acupuncture is a very commonly used treatment.
He is trained in clinical nutrition, laboratory assessment, homeopathy, applied kinesiology, acupuncture, auriculotherapy, and diagnostics.
JUNE 6-7: BASTYR UNIVERSITY presents AURICULOTHERAPY ADVANCES IN PAIN & ADDICTION TREATMENTS in Kenmore, Washington (near Seattle).
MAY 10-11: BASTYR UNIVERSITY presents AURICULOTHERAPY ADVANCES IN PAIN & ADDICTION TREATMENTS in Kenmore, Washington (near Seattle).
0505-010 Auriculotherapy: Introduction Mary Bonnette 4.0