Ear acupuncture strategies for addiction, pain, anxiety, and trauma

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When I have agitated patients in my clinic describing traumatic events, I ask them if they would be open to ear acupuncture. I find that, for patients who are open to it, change is often rapid. Within minutes, their emotions completely shift, and they walk out of the sessions feeling calm. The therapeutic effects are immediate, especially for pain and anxiety. Ear or auricular acupuncture is a well-researched and recognized microsystem of acupuncture that has been around for over five thousand…