Auriculotherapy stimulates secretions in the stomach to give you a full and satisfied feeling, so that you don't over eat or feel the guilt so that you under eat and deny what you really want.

You can use this to your advantage.  Just by changing your diet, that is the food you take in, you should be able to consistently lose weight naturally without stressing yourself out by going on a stressful diet.

Even if you average a pound a week within a year that is 50 pounds of weight that you can potentially lose and keep off all by eating normal for you.

And now imagine if you add a little consistent exercise to this change in eating habit the weight will surely start to come off. Your body chemistry will begin to change, that is, your muscle mass and metabolism will increase while your fat will be lowered.  That's all it takes!

What the heck is Auriculotherapy?
Auriculotherapy is the safe, effective micro-current stimulation of nerve endings on the outer ears to help balance and/or normalize a range of physiological and psychological functions.

Auriculotherapy is a therapy in which gentle electrical stimulation of the external ear is used to alleviate health conditions in other parts of the body.

While originally based upon ancient Chinese Ear Acupuncture, the mapping of specific parts of the body to specific parts of the ear was first developed in modern France.

In 1957, Dr Paul Nogier, a physician from Lyon, France, observed the occurrence of scars on the ear of patients who had been treated successfully for sciatica pain by lay practitioners. Dr Nogier's subsequent research lead to the "somatotopic" map of the ear, based upon the concept of an inverted "fetus" (upside-down baby) orientation.

Auriculotherapy is often confused with ear acupuncture but it uses no needles. Instead of "meridians" this therapy uses the ear's nerve connections. A micro-current stimulator is placed on reflex points on the outside of the ear. The stimulator then sends a message to the brain based on the location of the reflex point being treated. Most people feel only a tiny tingling at the ear reflex points during the treatment.

Imagine your brain as a computer. Inside this computer is a "map" of the entire body. This map is projected onto the ear through the body's nervous system. Accessing the points of this projected map is like using the keyboard or the mouse to gain entrance into the system. With this "micro-system" (a small representation of the whole body's anatomy) we are able to directly treat a number of problems and conditions throughout the body.  The map of the body on the ear is called a "homunculus" and this can be used for diagnosis and treatment.

An Auriculotherapy treatment can take 10-20 minutes. You will be lying on your side or back with a comfortable pillow to support your neck. The doctor will be running a small battery-powered micro-current device around your ear. You will hear a quiet, high-pitch noise coming from the device. When an active reflex point is located and then treated, you may feel a sensation of a pulse or a pin-prick: This sensation will only last 30-60 seconds for each point treated.

Micro-current is used in preference to needles, acupressure, laser and other forms of current (e.g. TENS), as this best matches the natural frequencies of the nerves being treated. Hence Micro-current is attempting to normalize abnormal nerve activities. The advanced design of the instrument we utilize has the additional advantage of being able to locate the active reflex points, as well as treat.

Auriculotherapy can be used as a "stand-alone" treatment, but it is extremely effective, and complementary when combined with the chiropractic technique utilized in the clinic.