Handbook to Chinese Auricular Therapy

Contents

preface by Prof. Yang Jiasan

Preface by Prof. Zhao Qingli

Forewprd

Part I

General Description of Chinese Auricular Therapy 

I. Characteristics of Chinese Auricular Therapy

II. Anatomical Structure of the Auricular Surface

III. A Brief Introduction to the Nomenclature of Chinese Auricular Acu-points

IV. Locations, Functions and Indications of the Auricular Acu-points

V. auricular Diagnosis

1. Auricular Inspection

2. Auricular Palpation

3. Detection of Electrical Resistance

4. Diseases of the Digestive System

5. Diseases of the Respiratory System

6. Diseases of the Cardiovascular System

7. Diseases of the Neural System

8. diseases of the Genitourinary System

VI. Indications and contra-Indications of Chinese Auricular Therapy

VII. Commonly Seen Reactions After Auricular Stimulations

VIII. Fainting During Auricular Acupuncture Treatment

1. Common Reasons for Fainting

2. Signs Indicating the Occurrence of Fainting

3. Managements of Fainting

4. Prevention of Fainting

IX. Stimulation methods of Chinese Auricular Therapy

1. Filiform Needle

2. Plum-blossom Needle

3. Intradermal Needle 

4. Seed-pressure nethod

5. Auricular Moxibustion

6. Bleeding Manipulation

7. Magnet Therapy

8. Auricular massage

9. Auricular Point Injection

10. Auricular Point Laser-stimulating Method

X. Rules for Selection of Auricular Acu-points

1. Approaches

2 Selection of Auricular Acu-points

3. Matching of Auricular Acu-points

XI. Auricular Analgesia

1. Methods of Auricular Analgesic Acupuncture

2. Selection of Analgesic Acu-points on the Auricle

3. Manipulation Methods

4. precautions of Auricular Acupuncture Analgesia

5. Adjuvants Commonly Used Before Auricular Acupuncture Analgesia

6. Adjuvants Commonly Used During Auricular Acupuncture Analgesia

7. Common prescriptions for Auricular Acupuncture Analgesia

Part II

Treatment of Common Diseases wit Chinese Auricular Therapy

1. Acne

2. Acute Conjunctivitis

3. Acute Painful Torticollis

4. Acute Pyogenic mastitis

5. Acute Simple Appendicitis

6. Acute Sprain and Contusion

7. acute Tonsillitis

8. Aerotitis Media

9. Allergic Rhinitis

10. Amenorrhea

11. Anorexia in Children

12. Atrial Fibrillation

13. bacillary Dysentery

14. Bronchial Asthma

15. Bronchitis

16. Brucellosis

17. Cardiac Arrhythmia

18. Cataract

19. Cholelithiasis

20. Chronic gastritis

21. Chronic Nephritis

22. Cornonary Heart Disease and Angina Pectoris

23. Diabetes Mellitus

24. Discoid lupus Erythematosus

25. Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding

26. Dysmenorrhea

27. Eczema

28. Electric Ophthalmia and Snow blindness

29. Enuresis

30. Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever

31. Epidemic Parotitis

32. Epilepsy

33.Epistaxis

34. Erythromelalgia

35. Erysipelas

36. facial Neuritis

37. Female Infertility

38. Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers

39. Glaucoma

40. habitual Constipation

41. Headache

42. Herpes Zoster

43. Hiccough

44. Hordeolum and Chalazion

45. Hyperlipidemia

46. Hypertension

47. Hyperthyroidism

48. Hypertrophy of the Female Breast

49. Hypogalactia

50. Hypotension

51. Hysteria

52. Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

53. Infantile Convulsion

54. Infantile Diarrhea

55. Impotence

56. Insomnia

57. Intercostal Neuralgia

58. Leukorrhea

59. Malaria

60. Menopause Syndrome

61. Mental Retardation in Children

62. Migraine

63. Myasthenia Gravis

64. myopia

65. Neurodermatitis

66. Neutrophil Leukopenia

67. Optic Neuritis and Optic Atrophy

68. Otitis Media

69. Paroxysmal Tachycardia

70. Plane Wart

71. Pneumonia

72. Postmenopausal Urinary Incontinence

73. Postoperative and Postpartum Urinary Retention

74. Prolapse of the Uterus

75. Pruritus

76. Psoriasis

77. Psychogenic Vomiting

78. Psychosis

79. Rheumatic Heart Disease

80. Rheumatoid Arthritis

81. Schizophrenia

82. Sciatica

83. Simple Obesity

84. Smoking Habit

85. Supraorbital Neuralgia

86. syncope

87. The Common Cold

88. Thromboangiitis

89. Tinnitus and Hearing Decrement

90. Trigeminal Neuralgia

91. ulcerative Colitis

92. Ureteral Stones

93. Urticaria

94. Vitiligo

95. Whooping Cough

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