Auriculotherapy Manual: Chinese and Western Systems of Ear Acupuncture

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This clinical handbook introduces the reader to auriculotherapy, combining the best work of Chinese and French systems of ear acupuncture and the ear reflex points, and referencing the extensive research conducted at the UCLA Pain Management Center. Auriculotherapy Manual provides a standardized auricular nomenclature system for designating different anatomical zones of the ear. Each ear reflex point is represented by both a number and an auricular zone location. Treatment plans are included for over 250 medical conditions, to successfully relieve chronic pain and treat addictions.

Reader Reviews:

The 3rd edition of Auriculotherapy Manual by Terry Oleson can be used as a standard textbook. In my view, this is a highest praise in the world of acupuncture with its differing approaches and disparate methods. Those differences are necessary, I must add, as it is the nature of acupuncture to depend greatly on personal needs of the patient and abilities of the practitioner.
The previous reviewers do not indicate what edition of Auriculotherapy Manual they are reviewing. You must understand that 2nd and 3rd editions of this book are very different. The 2nd edition is spiral-bound and has the typesetting of a college lecture transcript and overall amateurish feel to it. The 3rd edition, on the other hand, is completely different: it is extensively re-written and published as a textbook. Unfortunately, the author and publisher did not indicate this difference on the cover of the book. I understand that the phrase "expanded and revised edition" in the title had been greatly abused by some less than honest publishers, but it would be clearly appropriate in this case.
This is a great book that belongs to the library of anyone interested in or practicing acupuncture and auriculotherapy.There is no doubt this book is comprehensive, combining a variety of different styles of ear acupuncture in one book. There are lots of diagrams of ears showing you the location of the different points of the different styles, which can be a bit overwhelming and confusing for the newcomer. If you are experienced in this field and/or need to know this level of detail on ear acupuncture, this is the book for you. If you just want the basics of one form of ear acupuncture, I suggest?gChinese Auricular Therapy?h by Bai Xinghua (Scientific & Technical Documents Publishing House; ISBN: 7502322612), which is a good standard for Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners.Terry Oleson's Auriculotherapy Manual is the most comprehensive text on the subject. If you are practicing Auriculotherapy (a system of ear acupuncture) or intending to do so, this manual is a must-have. This edition is a vast improvement over the previous, which was difficult to use. The new edition is certainly not easy to use, but it's an improvement. The subject is deceptively complex. Just sticking a needle in someone's ear is not Auriculotherapy--there is a level of understanding required to use the system effectively, and using a medical feedback mechanism is essential.

Though of course this book is derived from a great deal of Chinese Medical history, it is a very Western-oriented book. Auriculotherapy developed in France as a complete system thanks to Dr. Paul Nogier, so this is to be expected. For a practitioner to master Auriculotherapy, one must incorporate both viewpoints--no small challenge! I personally would like to see someone who knows Traditional Chinese Medicine to co-write the next edition. The book would double in size! I think the Chinese Medical Theory that the Auriculotherapy System derived from deserves to be re-incorporated and included, for the medicine to be whole and complete. This is what's lacking from this text.

This book is clearly directed at the student and practitioner of the medicine, and not directed at dabblers or patients. Auriculotherapy is a very serious undertaking, and this is a serious book. Auriculotherapy is very difficult to learn from a book alone.

This is the text I require in the Auriculotherapy class I teach at the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.The book is very informative and easy to understand, interesting, and well written.
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