The similarities between the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies’ standards for auricular acupuncture points and the European System of Auriculotherapy Points according to Nogier and Bahr

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• 作者：Lei Wang^a ; ¹ ; Jia Yang^a ; ¹ ; Baixiao Zhao^a ; Liqun Zhou^b ; ^{zhouliqun6080@126.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Andreas Wirz-Ridolfi^a ; ^c
• 关键词：Ear acupuncture ; Auricular acupuncture ; Auriculotherapy ; Auriculomedicine ; Standards ; Point location
• 刊名：European Journal of Integrative Medicine
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：5
• 页码：817-834
• 全文大小：7064 K

文摘

Basic and clinical research on auricular acupuncture points (AAPs) was performed in China, the United States, France and Germany. Clinical auricular acupuncture point (AAP) research was done in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, the UK, Holland, Japan, Russia, and Africa. This paper is aimed at investigating the similarities of WFAS standard of auricular acupuncture points (AAPs) and European system of AAPs according to Nogier and Bahr.

Methods

Similarities were analyzed from the perspective of name and location of auricular acupuncture points, taking the standards of the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS)-Auricular Acupuncture Point, and the European system of auricular acupuncture according to Nogier/Bahr as a reference.

Results

The location of the acupoints associated with the locomotor system, including shoulder, wrist, elbow, finger, pelvis and buttock, were similar. The reflexed gastrointestinal system on the auricle, including stomach, esophagus, duodenum, small intestine, large intestine, appendix, liver, gallbladder and pancreas were also similar, as were the mapping for the urogenital system, including the ureter, urinary bladder, prostate and urethra. For the head region, only the eye point is similar but for the nervous system, including the temple, occiput, sub-cortex and endocrine, locations were similar. An additional twenty-five sub-areas or points, named by the auricular anatomical name, can be listed internationally as more widely acknowledged points.

Conclusion

There are twenty-four auricular acupuncture points sharing the same name and similar locations, and twenty-five sub-areas or points which share the auricular anatomical name with different reflexed parts of the body and different therapeutic effects.