One of the more interesting treatments that is often times used in acupuncture is what's
known as a Auriculotherapy. So we use a smaller needle, known as an ear needle in order to
do treatments based on the ear. A lot of people are familiar with reflexology, when we press
on the bottom of the foot in order to bring about certain treatments. And so in our case,
we use the ear in a similar way that some people use the bottom of the foot. So I want
to just demonstrate to you using the smaller filiform needles on a particular treatment
that's use for a lot of addictions. This particular treatment is known as the NADA protocol. It
was actually develop in the Harlans specifically for heroin addiction. But now with practice
and experimentation, they found that it's very effective for variety of different types
of treatments, anything from cigarettes to alcohol to even food addiction. So this first
point that I did was known as Zhang Men helps the kind of help calm the mind. The next one
here is known as the Sympathetic, and it helps to normalize both the para-sympathetic and
the sympathetic nervous system. This next point is known as the liver point. And in
Chinese medicine, when we talk about the liver, we're usually referring to things like depression,
irritability, stresses or things like that. Next one is here, is known as the kidney.
The kidney gives us will power and will power is very important obviously when trying to
deal with addictions. And the last point is known as the lung point. The lung point actually
is just very relaxing and in the case of stop smoking is very effective and helping to strengthen
the lung. So remember that oftentimes you won't have an ear problem, but your practitioner
may end up working on your ear a great deal especially if you're working on addictions
and certain types of stress. So please enjoy your acupuncture treatment and I hope you're
able to take a nice relaxing nap during it.