Auricular Therapy -ear acupressure

The art of healing with finger pressure over the specific points on the ear is known as Ear Acupressure or Auricular Therapy. In 1957, Dr. Paul Nogier, a well known French Neuro-surgeon, made a careful study of the ear and its relationship to the rest of the body and developed this “Auricular Therapy”.

Finger pressure is the safest way for stimulation and most economical also. A blunt end of a pencil tip or cotton bud or a match stick can be used.

How to apply finger pressure?

The person should be relaxed, comfortable, in any posture whether lying down, standing or sitting up. The degree of pressure heat or coolness, sensation from the point being massaged to the varies with the condition and physique of the person. If the correct pressure is applied the person should feel numbness, soreness, affected part. Finger-nail, finger-tip and finger-flat are the tree ways of applying pressure. Apply just one to five minutes for each point per treatment. Apply stimulation once or twice daily ‘or whenever one has the symptoms or when one feels the onset of symptoms.

How to locate the ear acupressure point?

Imagine a fully grown-up foetus inside the mother’s womb.The whole body is represented by the ear in much the same be activated by pulsating the corresponding points on the ear way as the foetus fits (Fig. 17b). Different parts of the body can be activated by pulsating the corresponding points on the ear.The ear acupressure chart provides a ready-reference for this Purpose.

Guide to points

Tonsil 2. Liver 3. Apex 4. Appendix 5. Toes 6. Heel 7. Ankle 8. Fingers 9. Uticuria 10. Wrist 11. Liver 12. High B.P. 13. Uterus 14. Lowering 15. Hepatitis 16. Knee Point 17. Helix 18. Ext. Genital 19. Ext. Genital Organs 20. Urethra 21. Constipation 22. Asthma 23.Hip 24. Divine Gate 25. Hip Joint 26. Knee 27. Elbow 28.Liver

29. Sympathetic 30. Sciatica Nerve 31. Buttock 32. Abdomen 33. Urethra 34. Prostate Gland 35. Bladder 36. Urater 37. Kidney 38. Pancreas 39. Helix 40. Large Intestine 41. Appendix 42. Edema 43. Gall Bladder 44. Spleen 45. Ear 46. Rectum 47. Diaphragm 48. Small Intestine 49.Duodenum 50. Mammary Gland 51. Chest 52. Shoulder 53. Tonsil 54. Mouth 55. Mouth 56. Bronchi

57. Esophagus 58. Cardia 59. Sttornach 60. Liver 6l. Helix 62. Throat 63. Apex Tragus 64. Abdomen 65. Trachea 66. Bronchus 67. Neck Area 68. Shoulder Joint 69. Mute Gate 70. Thirst 71. External Nose 72. Hunger 73. Abdomen 74. Lung 75. Heart 76. Brain 77. Lung 78. Tooth ache 79. High B.P 80. Adrenal 81. Tri-heater 82. Sub Cortex 83. Asthma 84. Asthma

85. Stem 86. Throat/tooth 87. Neck 88. Clavical 89. Tonsil 90. Internal Nose 91. Int secretion 92. Eye 93. Ovary 94. Testes 95. Lung 96. Fore Head 97. Temple 98. Occiput 99. Vertex 100. Lower Jaw 101. Helix 102. Eye 103. Tongue 104. Upper Jaw 105. Cheek 106. Upper Jaw- Teeth 107. Neuresthenie 108. Lower Jaw- Teeth 109. Eye 110. Inner Ear 111. Helix 112. Tonsil 113. Helix

What are the precautions?

hands should be clean. so wash the hands with soap and water