Auriculotherapy Manual: Chinese and Western Systems of Ear Acupuncture [Hardcover]

Terry Oleson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2002 | Series: Auriculotherapy Manual: Chinese & Western Systems of Ear Acupuncture

Health professionals from a wide range of backgrounds apply auriculotherapy to successfully relieve chronic pain and treat addictions. The most popular book on the subject, this practical handbook combines information on Chinese and French systems of ear acupuncture to offer treatment plans for over 250 medical conditions. Presenting the ear reflex points based on extensive research conducted at the UCLA Pain Management Center, it provides a standardized auricular nomenclature system for designating different anatomical zones of the ear, and it represents each ear reflex point with both a number and an auricular zone location.

• Detailed descriptions are offered on the principles and practice of auriculotherapy.
• Exceptionally illustrated, it features drawings and photos that are easily interpreted.
• A wide range of types and principles of ear acupuncture are presented.
• The author is a well-known and respected auriculotherapy teacher.

• Every section has been considerably expanded from the previous edition.
• The artwork has been revised throughout.
• All research references have been updated to provide the most current information.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Janine Norris, University of Westminster, July 2004
"The third edition of this well researched book provides a fascinating insight into the historical development of auriculotherapy. Olesen utilizes his neuroscience background to comprehensively describe the concepts and theories appertaining to the various microsystems within the discipline. Olesen brings together western neurophysiological concepts and oriental energetic concepts, both systems are treated as clinically valid and therapeutically useful. The work will be an invaluable reference source for all practitioners of auriculotherapy."

About the Author

Terry Oleson is an internationally known lecturer in the field of auriculotherapy. Receiving his PhD in Psychobiology form the University of California at Irvine in 1973, he went on to do pioneering research on auricular diagnosisand auriculotherapy at the UCLA Pain Management Centre in Los Angeles. Besides being the author of numerous scientific articles, Dr Oleson is the Chair of the Department of Psychology and the Division of Behavioral Medicine at theCalifornia Graduate Institute. Dr Oleson also serves on the faculty of Emperor's College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and as President of the Centre for Oriental Medicine research and Education (COMRE).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 3 edition (July 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0443071624
• ISBN-13: 978-0443071621
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #284,331 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A true east-meets-west medical model, December 29, 2001

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Heidi M. Hawkins "heidimo" (Bellingham, WA: City of Subdued Excitement) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Auriculotherapy Manual: Chinese and Western Systems of Ear Acupuncture (Spiral-bound)

Terry Oleson's Auriculotherapy Manual is the most comprehensive text on the subject. If you are practicing Auriculotherapy (a system of ear acupuncture) or intending to do so, this manual is a must-have. This edition is a vast improvement over the previous, which was difficult to use. The new edition is certainly not easy to use, but it's an improvement. The subject is deceptively complex. Just sticking a needle in someone's ear is not Auriculotherapy--there is a level of understanding required to use the system effectively, and using a medical feedback mechanism is essential.

Though of course this book is derived from a great deal of Chinese Medical history, it is a very Western-oriented book. Auriculotherapy developed in France as a complete system thanks to Dr. Paul Nogier, so this is to be expected. For a practitioner to master Auriculotherapy, one must incorporate both viewpoints--no small challenge! I personally would like to see someone who knows Traditional Chinese Medicine to co-write the next edition. The book would double in size! I think the Chinese Medical Theory that the Auriculotherapy System derived from deserves to be re-incorporated and included, for the medicine to be whole and complete. This is what's lacking from this text.

This book is clearly directed at the student and practitioner of the medicine, and not directed at dabblers or patients. Auriculotherapy is a very serious undertaking, and this is a serious book. Auriculotherapy is very difficult to learn from a book alone.

This is the text I require in the Auriculotherapy class I teach at the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, the Auriculotherapy textbook, September 22, 2005

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Arkadiy Dubovoy (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Auriculotherapy Manual: Chinese and Western Systems of Ear Acupuncture (Hardcover)

The 3rd edition of Auriculotherapy Manual by Terry Oleson can be used as a standard textbook. In my view, this is a highest praise in the world of acupuncture with its differing approaches and disparate methods. Those differences are necessary, I must add, as it is the nature of acupuncture to depend greatly on personal needs of the patient and abilities of the practitioner.

The previous reviewers do not indicate what edition of Auriculotherapy Manual they are reviewing. You must understand that 2nd and 3rd editions of this book are very different. The 2nd edition is spiral-bound and has the typesetting of a college lecture transcript and overall amateurish feel to it. The 3rd edition, on the other hand, is completely different: it is extensively re-written and published as a textbook. Unfortunately, the author and publisher did not indicate this difference on the cover of the book. I understand that the phrase "expanded and revised edition" in the title had been greatly abused by some less than honest publishers, but it would be clearly appropriate in this case.

This is a great book that belongs to the library of anyone interested in or practicing acupuncture and auriculotherapy.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A useful book for the experienced, July 22, 2002

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kyara - See all my reviews

This review is from: Auriculotherapy Manual: Chinese and Western Systems of Ear Acupuncture (Spiral-bound)

There is no doubt this book is comprehensive, combining a variety of different styles of ear acupuncture in one book. There are lots of diagrams of ears showing you the location of the different points of the different styles, which can be a bit overwhelming and confusing for the newcomer. If you are experienced in this field and/or need to know this level of detail on ear acupuncture, this is the book for you. If you just want the basics of one form of ear acupuncture, I suggest�gChinese Auricular Therapy�h by Bai Xinghua (Scientific & Technical Documents Publishing House; ISBN: 7502322612), which is a good standard for Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners.