It seems that in the previous chapters we have listed all the properties of the auricle. Everything that is studied by students of medical schools. But there is another mysterious property of the ear, which recently gave birth even to a special branch of medical science, called "ear acupuncture".
Everyone has heard of acupuncture now. Less and less skeptics, categorically calling charlatanism method of treatment, which came to us from the depths of time.
Legend has it that a certain subject of the Chinese Emperor, who suffered from headaches, carelessly hit himself on the leg with a hoe. And all of a sudden, the headaches were gone. With a new attack, this man has already deliberately hit the same place. Excruciating migraine again as a hand removed ... Years passed, experience accumulated, philosophers and Confucian scientists became interested in the new method of treatment. The blows were replaced by injections and cauterizations, which turned out to be much more effective. Primitive instruments made of bamboo chips and fish bones were replaced by thin needles of precious metals. Smoldering paper tubes filled with wormwood were used to burn the dots.
Ancient Chinese physicians believed that needles open holes through which diseases come out, and burning kills them with fire. Somewhat later appeared the doctrine of vital energy "Chi" and its circulation in the body, expressing the concept of vitality, vital energy, which makes a full circle in the body during the day. There were ideas about the points of influence connected not only with internal organs, but also with each other, and about 14 vital lines of the body.
In the twentieth century, acupuncture entered the arsenal of European medicine. There appeared theories that take into account the electrical and biochemical phenomena arising from acupuncture, neuroreflective and neurohumoral changes in the body. The story about these theories can take more than one dozen pages and take us far away from the subject matter of conversation.
And we are talking about the mysterious properties of the auricle. In 1957, French doctor P. Knife, based on the data of ancient Chinese medicine, shared his experience of acupuncture. According to the Knife, the outer ear should be regarded as an inverted embryo in the mother's womb, with the human body and all organs projected in the same way as in the cerebral cortex. He described the topography of the points and zones that are the projection of certain parts of the body and internal organs.
Indeed, if we put next to the drawings of the ear and human embryo in the mother's womb, we will find a striking resemblance of outlines; the head of the embryo corresponds to the earlobe, gluteal area with legs pressed against the abdomen - the upper scroll of the ear, etc. But it is even more surprising that the internal structures of the embryo and the auricle are almost identical. If we superimpose two drawings one on the other, we find that the biologically active points on the auricle are located exactly where the embryo has the corresponding internal organ. Where, say, the liver, there is a "liver spot" on the ear.
If the entire human body is found to be about seven hundred biologically active points, then on one ear they are over a hundred. The acupuncture technique in the auricle differs except for the smaller depth of needle insertion - from two to five millimeters.
So why does the ear sink have such mysterious properties? It turns out that the uniqueness of the auricle is "programmed" at the very initial stage of human formation. It is known that in the process of development of the fertilized egg gives three so-called petals, each of which is responsible for the "construction" of certain parts of our body, and only the ear shell, they build together.
But why did nature (in which everything is very rational) need to create such a "micromodel" of man and sew it to our heads? The question is still open. If the origin of the dots remains a continuous "white spot" today, the picture gradually becomes clear in the mechanism of acupuncture.
In 1976, D.M. Tabeyeva and L.M. Klimenko published their book "Ukhohiglotherapy", which gives detailed information about the essence of the method and the effectiveness of exposure in various diseases. According to the authors, the auricle, apparently, has powerful nerve connections through the system of vagus, trigeminal, facial nerves and sympathetic nerve nodes with certain centers of the brain. This explains not only the reactions of certain organs, but also the general nonspecific effects on the body.
Uhohiglotherapy is used not only for treatment, but also for the diagnosis of diseases. It is believed that internal organ diseases cause painful points in the auricle. These pain points are determined by the needle handle or by an electrode. If a painful point is detected by an electrode, the arrow of the device tilts to the right. A short thin needle is inserted into this point, which is left for 15...30 minutes, sometimes for 3...7 days.