Chinese Auricular Acupuncture, Second Edition

318 Pages·2015·11.4 MB·English

by  Skya Abbate

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ISBN: 978-1-4665-7946-0
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Chinese
Auricular
Acupuncture
Second Edition

Chinese
Auricular
Acupuncture
Second Edition
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Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
1 The Ear: An Ancient Microsystem with Modern Applications . . . 1
Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Anatomy and Physiology of the Ear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Clinical Utility of the Ear for Diagnosis, Prognosis,
Treatment, and Prevention of Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 The Anatomical Terminology of Auricular Medicine . . . . . . . . 13
Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Framework of the Ear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
21 Anatomical Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Anterior Aspect of the Ear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Helix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Antihelix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Conchas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tragus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Posterior Aspect of the Ear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3 The Location of 100 Common Ear Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
10 Points of the Triangular Fossa (G): Points That
Relate to Nervous and Hormonal Regulation and
the Pelvic Organs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Location Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Locating the Borders of the Triangular Fossa . . . . . . . . 32
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10 Points of the Lobe (P): Points of the Head and Face . . . . . . 34
Location Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Dividing the Lobe into Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5 Points of the Tragus (J): Points That Pertain to
Hormonal Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Location Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
9 Points of the Scaphoid Fossa (O): Points of
the Upper Limb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Location Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
13 Points of the Cavum Concha (H): Organs of
the Thoracic Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
8 Points of the Cymba Concha (I): The Abdominal
Organ Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Location Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
9 Points of the Helix (A) and the Crus of the Helix (B):
Assorted Points and Points of the Lower Portion of
the Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
11 Points of the Antitragus (M) and Intertragic
Notch Area (L): Points of the Head and Brain Regions . . . . . . 43
Points of the Antihelix (C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
5 Points of the Superior Antihelix Crus (D): Points
of the Lower Limb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Location Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3 Points of the Inferior Antihelix Crus (E): Points
of the Lower Limb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
10 Points of the Lower Antihelix Crus (F):
Thoracic Cavity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Location Tip 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Location Tip 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
7 Points on the Back of the Ear (U): Vagus Nerve, Blood
Pressure, Back Pain, and Brain Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4 The Clinical Energetics of the Ear Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Points of the Triangular Fossa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Points of the Lobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Points of the Tragus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Points of the Scaphoid Fossa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59