Long part of traditional Chinese medicine, “auricular therapy”, as it is called, includes stimulating key points of the outer ear with seeds or needles as in traditional acupuncture.
Ear seeds have long been used in America for addiction treatment. But today, with the growing demand for alternative ways, there has been an increase in the practice of using ear seeds for health issues from anxiety to pain.
“They are used for people in situations of trauma(外伤),” said Cynthia Neipris, a professor of the Pacific College of Chinese Medicine, which trains students to use ear seeds. “And, because the seeds are worn home, it's an added plus because it involves the patient in their own healing process.”
It is not known precisely how ear seeds work nor has enough research been done to prove which ailments(小病) they help relieve. But licensed acupuncturists as well as doctors from worldclass hospitals recommend them. Dr P. Grace Harrell, an anesthesiologist and an acupuncturist said, “We don't know exactly what the ear seeds do. What I do know is that more people are wearing them. I have patients coming in and asking for the seeds.”
Do the wonderful seeds draw unwelcome attention? “No one has ever commented on them,” said Laura Soncrant,
32, who wears the seeds because of her insomnia(不眠症). She said that pressing on them throughout the day has improved her sleep to the point that she can't live without them now. “There are even those days when the seeds have fallen off and I want to go to the acupuncturist just for them.”
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