This clinical randomized trial was performed with the objective to evaluate the stress levels of the nursing staff of a hospital and analyze the effectiveness of auriculotherapy with needles and seeds. The 75 participants with mean (44/58.7%) and high (31/41.3%) scores according to the Stress Symptoms List were divided into groups (control, needles, and seeds), who received eight sessions on th...

Auriculotherapy is a Traditional Chinese Medicine practice that can be used for the treatment of mental and disorders with high preventive therapeutic value; Goals: to analyze effects auriculotherapy on promotion health in users Primary Health Care city interior Triângulo Mineiro Region - MG, Brazil. Methods: Research project explanatory sequential mixed methods will carried out matrix unit who...

A retrospective observational study was performed on shoulder pain cases seen in a community general practice. Two hundred and one patients were treated with acupuncture (on distant points plus local shoulder points), moxibustion and auriculotherapy. Data was retrieved from records over a three-year period to assess the effect of acupuncture and moxibustion on pain, mobility and disability, and...

Yamamoto new scalp acupuncture (YNSA) was fi rst introduced 37 years ago.1 Today, it is the most frequently used microsystem in acupuncture next to auriculotherapy. Benefi ts associated with YNSA have been shown in uncontrolled studies in patients after stroke,2 in patients with musculoskeletal pain3 4 and in emergency medicine.5 In the Western world stroke is still the leading cause of disabil...

Background Potential advantages of using auriculoacupuncture or auriculotherapy to treat facial acne vulgaris include reduced cost of therapy, lack of significant adverse effects, and better patient adherence and acceptance. Objective To examine the efficacy of using auriculoacupuncture and auriculotherapy for 20 weeks to treat acne in teenagers and young adults. Design, Setting, and Patients M...

BACKGROUND Osteoarthritic knee (OA knee) is a common condition in the elderly. Exploration of non-invasive complementary therapies for OA knee is warranted given the limitations of pharmacologic therapies. Auriculotherapy (AT) is a therapeutic method in which specific points on the auricle are stimulated to treat various disorders of the body, and the therapeutic value and synergistic effect of...

Objective: One of the common problems that leads to poor sleep quality in elderly is low back pain. This study aims evaluate effect auriculotherapy (ear acupressure) on people with chronic Methods: single-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted 2019 70 older adults pain Kashan, Iran, who were selected using a convenience sampling technique. After obtaining written informed consent, they a...

I would like to tell readers about my recent experience of auriculotherapy. After taking off from Mérignac, the plane fl ew in parabolic arcs (fi gure 1), executing 31 of these in the space of 3 h at an altitude of 10 km. A parabolic fl ight includes three phases: ▶ A ‘vertical’ ascent with a 2 g acceleration (sensation of heaviness when it is impossible to raise the arms, and a feeling that on...