Auriculotherapy: the points on the ear
Auriculotherapy consists of the intervention on specific points of the auricle for therapeutic purposes. Also known as auricolopuntura or auricular acupuncture, it is a technique belonging to the body of traditional Chinese medicine. Auriculotherapy is based on the assumption that the auricle reproduces in detail the whole of the human organism.
The ear is the place of confluence of precise energy channels corresponding to organs and functions of the organism. Becoming an auriculotherapist means stimulating these acupuncture points, using different methods, in order to treat organic diseases and various types of energy imbalances.
As a discipline, auriculotherapy was born in France in the fifties of the twentieth century, by a doctor from Lyon, Dr. Paul Nogier. Since then, auricular therapy has spread throughout the world, giving rise to various schools, including the German, the American and the Italian one. From the works of Nogier various scientists have set out to experiment with fields of intervention and new theories. These include Bahr, Jarricot, Romoli, Oleson, Sponzilli, Bazzoni, Pagani, Pellin, Groblas-Levi and Bourdiol.
Auricular therapist profession
The effectiveness of the treatment is denoted after the first sessions, especially for therapies aimed at addictions to smoking, food and alcohol . It is precisely in the context of these latter applications that auricular therapy is most successful among the average population, also considering the presence of specific auricular stimulators on the market, sponsored as useful for smoking cessation or for weight loss.
Like Chinese acupuncture, auriculotherapy is also characterized by a low presence of side effects. This allows all age groups to approach this discipline and undergo auricular stimulation treatments. Becoming an auriculotherapist allows you to treat curable disorders and diseases including insomnia, anxiety, stress, panic attacks, depression, nausea, vomiting, shyness, smoking, alcohol addiction, overweight, hunger control, sciatica, sciatic pain, cervical pain, scapulohumeral periatritis, psoriasis, infertility, erectile dysfunction, treatment of tonsils and discomfort due to posture.
A series of points in short. But how do you become auriculotherapist?
Auriculotherapy: the law in Italy and abroad
In 1987 in Seoul and 1991 in Lyon, the WHO recognized and standardized auricular acupuncture points. In 1995, the National Federation of the Order of Physicians inserted the "Auriculotherapy" item in the FNOOM tariff, making it an official medical therapy that can be practiced by itself, in a medical way.
In our country there has long been a real 'school' of auriculotherapy. Among the most important exponents of this technique there are certainly Marco Romoli (settogram), Osvaldo Sponzilli (REM emotional reflexology, great reflex technique, auricular chromopuncture) and Claudio Pagani (law of the five movements).
To become an auriculotherapist, there are a myriad of basic courses in auriculotherapy, aimed at both doctors and naturopaths.
Among the topics covered by the auriculotherapy courses are the anatomy of the ear with the locations of the points, hints of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, history of auricular therapy and notes on the different schools, various therapies and specific interventions and finally a series of practical exercises. At the end of the courses a certificate is sometimes issued which also allows insertion in the complete form for one year (not cumulative) in the free auriculotherapy register.
