Ear acupuncture and neuromodulation: narrative review

Marcos Lisboa Neves, Bernardo Diniz Coutinho, Emiliana Domingues Cunha da Silva, Luiza Borges Gentil, Adair Roberto Soares dos Santos, Morgana Duarte da Silva
2022 Longhua Chinese Medicine  
and Objective: We conducted a narrative review of the literature to describe the evolution of ear acupuncture and its effects on pain neuromodulation and other disorders. Ear acupuncture is a therapeutic approach that has its own diagnosis and treatment, and its use by different peoples in antiquity and modern age has been reported for pain and associated disorders treatment. Acquiring knowledge of its neuromodulatory mechanisms and effects is of utmost importance to support its clinical
more » ... e and guide professionals in choosing the most appropriate methods and regions for auricular stimulation. Methods: Through the search and analysis of pre-clinical and clinical research in PubMed/MEDLINE database, related available articles up to January 2022 were used for the research, only in English language.
doi:10.21037/lcm-21-42 fatcat:yx4xuhznebb5fhsk77e2ig3cfq