Body of Research

Using a modern scientific basis, Rabischong and Terral examine clinical findings and experimentally reproducible data that reliably demonstrate the auriculotherapy procedures initiated by Paul Nogier, MD, of Lyon, France. Abstract and link to full text at PMC. Reference:Rabischong P, Terral C. Scientific Basis of Auriculotherapy: State of the Art. Medical Acupuncture. 2014 Apr 1; 26(2): 84-96 The Canadian Institute of Auricular Medicine (CIAM) offers curricular basis in the work of Bahr/...

Obesity is a chronic condition related to serious morbidity and mortality of increasing incidence and prevalence. Several studies show a significantly higher weight loss with acupuncture treatment. This is the first prospective, randomized, double-blinded study, testing the effects of auricular electroacupuncture on weight loss in obese female patients. Read more about the promising results showing the possibility of electrical auricular acupuncture to be a safe, adjunctive, non-pharmacologic...

Beyond the use of needles, auricular treatments are applied using Low Level Laser. In a review article lead by Regina Round in conjunction with the Frank Bahr Research Group “Auriculomedicine and Pharmacopuncture,” scientific findings on auricular acupuncture with laser are described and critically discussed. Results of studies have shown evidence of the effect of auricular laser acupuncture. However, a comparison of these studies was impossible due to their different study designs. Details o...

Facing a variety of complex physical and mental health conditions, injured veterans returning home from deployment often require long-term medical management for conditions that can be challenging to treat with conventional Western medicine practices alone. In an article by Heather King and colleagues from the Naval Medical Center San Diego and the American Academy of Nursing, Auricular acupuncture is introduced as an approach being used to manage symptoms associated with a wide range of heal...

According to the 2007 National Health Interview Survey, approximately 3.1 million US adults had used acupuncture in the previous year. Acupuncture is more known for pain management. However, it is also used as an adjunct therapy for the management of nausea, vomiting and lymphedema, especially among patients with cancer. In a case presentation, auricular acupuncture reduced the pain and swelling in the legs of a 90 year old patient who was previously unresponsive to conventional therapy and i...

Resonance signals and signaling have a powerful impact on health. Foletti and colleagues review the importance of electromagnetic (EM) field interactions in biology and medicine to discuss how specific frequencies modulate cellular function for the restoration and maintenance of health. The paper offers the view from a larger context of EM medicine, one that elevates EM over biochemical. By presenting the work of Zhadin regarding ultrasmall magnetic intensities being biologically significant ...

Auricular stimulation has been applied for medical treatment for thousands of years, and became popularized on the developments of Dr. Paul Nogier, the “father” of auriculotherapy and auriculomedicine. In the present study, the relationship between the auricular acupuncture and the vagal regulation has been reviewed. It is shown that auricular acupuncture plays a role in vagal activity of autonomic functions of cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems. Mechanism studies sugge...

This review provides analysis of seven well-reported studies examining electrodermal activity (EDA) at acupuncture points, and highlights the heterogeneity of approaches to EDA assessments and the discrepancies between common clinical practice and the scientific evidence to support that practice. Link to review on PubMed. Citation: Colbert AP, Spaulding KP, Ahn AC, Cutro JA. Clinical utility of electrodermal activity at acupuncture points: a narrative review. Acupunct Med. 2011 Dec;29(4):270-...

The randomized controlled trial from this study show that ear acupuncture can be a useful treatment approach to control migraine pain. It has been shown that active points on the ear — those as described as being tender by the patient when probed, a technique also known as Needle Contact Test (NCT) — identify the most efficacious ear acu- or stimulation-points to support the condition (e.g. migraine). From the randomized controlled trial completed by Allais, Romoli, Rolando et. al. you can le...

Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) or photobiomodulation has been in clinical use not only for wound healing and pain relief, but also the treatment of stroke, myocardial infarction, and degenerative or traumatic brain disorders. This review, which covers the mechanisms of LLLT on a cellular and a tissue level, offers biological context to practitioners who use low-level laser (cold laser) in Auricular Medicine, specifically with relevance to neurology. Sign up for our online LLLT courses and l...

Yves Rouxeville, lecturer in charge of the Auriculotherapy Curriculum for the Inter-University diploma (DIU) in acupuncture at the Université de Nantes, and colleagues, conducted a study in response to a request made by Professor Youenn Lajat that the Vascular Autonomic Signal (VAS, also known as Réflexe Auriculo-Cardiac or Nogier Pulse) be validated. At the time, Professor Lajat was the national president of the Coordination Committee for the DIU. With the question of potential for bias from...

The authors of this study note that in contrast to psychological interventions the usefulness of acupuncture as an adjuvant therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has not yet been demonstrated. The objective of this study is to directly compare the efficacy of auricular electroacupuncture (EA) with autogenic training (AT). A clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvement (p < 0.05) could be observed in all outcome parameters and both groups. In contrast to the AT group, the ...