The Search for International Consensus on Auricular Acupuncture Nomenclature

OlesonTerry,

doi:10.1089/acu.2016.1199

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“…29 The revised versions of 1950 and 1998 29,30 are used by all medical books and include 30 terms for the different parts of the external ear: helix; antihelix; tragus; antitragus; scapha; fossa triangularis; lobule; concha; and tubercule of Darwin. The contribution of WHO standardization was decisive, as was the crucial role for auricular acupuncture by Terry Oleson, 31,32 which stimulated and initiated further positive debates. 33 Many WHO working group meetings were organized: in 1982 in Manila, in 1985 in Hong Kong, in 1987 in Seoul, in 1989 in Geneva, and in 1990 in Lyon.…”

Section: Ear Pavilion Cartographiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A three-dimensional version of this cartography was shown in 2012 during the 7th International Symposium of Auriculotherapy in Lyon, France, June 8-9. 31 One of the most practical circular grid representations was introduced by Marco Romoli 35 and used a sectogram, which is very useful for collecting data, following the evolution of a patient's health progress, and performing statistical analysis of clinical cases. First presented in 1981, Romoli's grid starts at Nogier's point zero considered by Nogier as the geometrical center of the ear.…”

Section: Ear Pavilion Cartographiesmentioning

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Scientific Basis of Auriculotherapy: State of the Art

Rabischong

Terral

2014

Medical Acupuncture

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Using a modern scientific basis, this article examines clinical findings and experimentally reproducible data that demonstrate reliably the objective reality of the auriculotherapy procedures initiated by Paul Nogier, MD, of Lyon, France. The aims of this review are to: (1) identify the Chinese acupoints and all relevant related subjects; (2) offer a critical analysis of different auricle cartographies or ear maps; and (3) evaluate evidence for auriculotherapy with respect to the constant progress of our knowledge of nervous-system organization. Acupuncture points have lower electrical impedance than nonacupoints. This was demonstrated by Niboyet and Terral, utilizing a sinusoidal current with the technical arrangements of different equivalent circuits made at Unit 103 of the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Montpellier, France. This work demonstrated that physical behavior associated with acupuncture corresponds to a specific histologic structure located within the dermis termed the (NVC). The concept of using sham points for testing acupuncture needs to be criticized. A reproducible experimental model of analgesia has been produced using the hind limb of a rabbit; this model is a proven demonstration of the positive action of acupuncture on pain. Acupuncture analgesia is a technique that has been used effectively by Chinese researchers in the 1970s for surgical applications. The different ear maps may have to be significantly modified because of the paucity of scientific validation of most of the localizations of organs or functions and, particularly, of nervous structures. Increased knowledge about complex nervous interactions should facilitate formulation of some scientifically acceptable hypothesis to explain the action of auriculotherapy. More scientific research should be performed to improve the scientific credibility of auriculotherapy.

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Section: Ear Pavilion Cartographiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Ear Pavilion Cartographiesmentioning

confidence: 99%