Auricular Exam Flashcards

1
Q

Chinese point to calm the mind

A

Shen men

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2
Q

Where is the master cerebral point located?

A

Lobe

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3
Q

Where do you find the Chinese adrenal gland?

A

Tragus

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4
Q

Where do you go to treat jet lag/ circadian rhythm?

A

Pineal, insomnia 1&2, point 0, shenmen

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5
Q

Where is the Chinese point for asthma?

A

Apex of the antitragus

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6
Q

Where is the Chinese heart point?

A

Inferior concha

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7
Q

Where is the European heart point?

A

Antihelix

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8
Q

Where would you go to treat carpel tunnel?

A

Wrist, forearm, hand, thoracic spine, point zero, shen men, thalamus point

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9
Q

Where do you go to treat anxiety?

A

Nervousness, master cerebral, tranquilizer, point zero, shen men

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10
Q

What master points are on the concha wall behind the antitragus?

A

Thalamus and endocrine

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11
Q

Where is the stomach?

A

Concha ridge

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12
Q

Where is the Chinese kidney point?

A

Superior concha

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13
Q

Where is the Chinese spleen point?

A

Inferior concha

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14
Q

How long do you tonify?

A

8 seconds

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15
Q

How long do you sedate?

A

30 seconds - 1 minute

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16
Q

Where do you go to treat occipital headaches?

A

Antitragus

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17
Q

Where are the shoulder, elbow, and fingers found?

A

Scaphoid focca

18
Q

What is homeostasis?

A

The bodies ability to maintain physiological stability in the face of changing environment (internal/external)

19
Q

What did Dr. Nogier call the energy in the body?

A

Reticular energy

20
Q

What is bio-feedback?

A

A system of techniques utilizing biological feedback signals that help the patient/practitioner assist in achieving or restoring homeostasis

21
Q

Where are the feet found?

A

Triangular focca

22
Q
  1. Where is the tranquilizer point?
  2. What is its function?
A
  1. On the inferior tragus as it joins the face
  2. General sedation effect
23
Q

What are the body systems?

A

Skeletal
Muscular
Nervous
Endocrine

24
Q

What are the 4 tissue types

A

Nerve: sensory process of feeling
Muscle: 3 types (stryadid, smooth, cardiac)
Connective: blood, bones, scars
Epithelium: covering of organ, lines cavities

25
Q

What does the antihelix represent?

A

Main trunk and torso of the body, musculoskeletal

26
Q

Where is the sciatica located?

A

Triangular focca
(Phase 1 on inverted fetus)

27
Q

What point treats the skin and detoxification?

A

Lung point

28
Q

How did Dr. Nogier discover auricular therapy?

A

Sciatica

29
Q

Where are the thoracic organs on the ear?
(Thorax=ribs) (organs=lungs, heart, diaphragm)

A

Inferior concha

30
Q

Which school (European/Chinese) puts the knee inside the triangular focca?

A

European

31
Q

What point would you treat obesity?

A

Appetite control (middle of the tragus)

32
Q

Where is the stomach found?

A

Same place for E&C. Concha ridge

33
Q

What is the contra lateral crossing to the brain?

A

Nerves originating from ear reflex points are centrally projected to the contra lateral side of the brain, which then sends descending contra lateral projections back to the same side of the body where the corresponding physical organ is found.

34
Q

Ipsilateral representation on the ear

A

Based on contra lateral brain to the ipsilalterial nerves that descend to the same side of the body.

35
Q

Sensory points vs. motor points

A

Front of the ear: 80% sensory / 20% motor
Back of the ear: 20% sensory / 80% motor

36
Q

Where is the mesodermal tissue found? (middle tissue)

A

Antihelix, scaphoid focca, triangular focca. Becomes skeletal muscles, cardiac muscles, smooth muscles, connective tissue, joints, bones, blood cells, blood vessels, lymph tissue, adrenal cortex, adrenal cortex, urogenitial organs: kidneys, urethra, ovaries/testies. ( represented on chart as dots)

37
Q

Where is the ectodermal tissue (superficial tissue)

A

Found on the ear lobe and helix tail. Becomes the hair, skin, sweat glands, cornea, eye lens, nose epithelium, teeth, peripheral nerves, spinal cord, subcortical brain, cerebral cortex, pituitary gland, pineal gland, and adrenal medulla. (Represented on the chart as horizontal lines)

38
Q

Name the 3 embryological tissues

A

Ectoderm (superficial later) (represented as horizontal lines)
Mesoderm (middle layer) (represented as dots)
Endoderm (deep tissue) (represented as cross hatching)

39
Q

What part of the embryological area would you find skin and nervous system?

A

Ectoderm

40
Q

What embryological area would you find organs and glands?

A

Endoderm

41
Q

What embryological area would you find nerves, skeletal, and blood?

A

Mesoderm