Auricular Medicine: Gateway to the Brain in Healing
A special issue of Medicines (ISSN 2305-6320).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2018) | Viewed by 70663
Special Issue Editors
2. Auricular Medicine- The Mater Centre for Wellbeing, The Mater Hospital, Wollstonecraft, NSW 2065, Australia
Interests: acupuncture; auriculotherapy; laser; human resilience; mental health; auricular medicine, acupuncture, photobiomodulation; therapeutic laser
Interests: photobiomodulation; laser therapy; laser acupuncture; laser medicine; evidence-based complementary medicine
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Dear Colleagues,
Auricular medicine is a traditional method. It includes auricular diagnosis, as well as auriculotherapy and auricular preventive medicine. Exemplarily ear acupuncture has been successfully used in various fields of medicine, especially for pain relief. The scope of its application in clinical care has grown immensely, hence, our call for this Special Issue.
The introduction of lasers, especially low-level lasers, to auriculotherapy brought a quantifiable modality to the repertoire of modaltities already available to clinicians, including needles, electro-stimulation, acupressure, liquid stimulation, and vibrations.
This Special Issue focuses on historical background, development and anatomical and neurological/neurophysiological aspects of auricular medicine and also on the different methods of ear diagnosis, treatment and prevention. The Special Issue is open to all manuscripts on all types of ear stimulation methods. Theoretical, animal experimental studies, investigations in healthy volunteers, short reports, letters to the editors, study designs and clinical studies, and case reports and photo essays are welcome.
We look forward to your valuable manuscript. Together with the managing editorial team from Medicines we will do our best to support you by publishing your important data.
Dr. Im Quah-Smith
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Litscher
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- auricular medicine
- ear acupuncture
- auricular diagnosis
- auriculotherapy
- auricular preventive medicine
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