Origin of Auricular Therapy

The origin of auriculotherapy dates back to the “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of internal Medicine”, a compilation of acupuncture therapy procedures that were practiced in 500 BC. However, the modern version of auriculotherapy was first developed in 1957 by Dr. Paul Nogier, a French neurologist. He keenly observed how French physicians treated sciatica by cauterizing an area of the ear and developed a soma-atopic map of the ear, which shows the various acupuncture points.