Auricular Exam

Question 1

Chinese point to calm the mind

Answer 1

Shen men

Question 2

Where is the master cerebral point located?

Answer 2

Lobe

Question 3

Where do you find the Chinese adrenal gland?

Answer 3

Tragus

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Pineal, insomnia 1&2, point 0, shenmen

Question 5

Where is the Chinese point for asthma?

Answer 5

Apex of the antitragus

Question 6

Where is the Chinese heart point?

Answer 6

Inferior concha

Question 7

Where is the European heart point?

Answer 7

Antihelix

Question 8

Where would you go to treat carpel tunnel?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Where do you go to treat anxiety?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Thalamus and endocrine

Question 11

Where is the stomach?

Answer 11

Concha ridge

Question 12

Where is the Chinese kidney point?

Answer 12

Superior concha

Question 13

Where is the Chinese spleen point?

Answer 13

Inferior concha

Question 14

How long do you tonify?

Answer 14

8 seconds

Question 15

How long do you sedate?

Answer 15

30 seconds - 1 minute

Question 16

Where do you go to treat occipital headaches?

Answer 16

Antitragus

Question 17

Where are the shoulder, elbow, and fingers found?

Answer 17

Scaphoid focca

Question 18

What is homeostasis?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Reticular energy

Question 20

What is bio-feedback?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Where are the feet found?

Answer 21

Triangular focca

Question 22

1. Where is the tranquilizer point?
2. What is its function?

Answer 22

1. On the inferior tragus as it joins the face
2. General sedation effect

Question 23

What are the body systems?

Answer 23

Skeletal
Muscular
Nervous
Endocrine

Question 24

What are the 4 tissue types

Answer 24

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

Question 25

What does the antihelix represent?

Answer 25

Main trunk and torso of the body, musculoskeletal

Question 26

Where is the sciatica located?

Answer 26

Triangular focca (Phase 1 on inverted fetus)

Question 27

What point treats the skin and detoxification?

Answer 27

Lung point

Question 28

How did Dr. Nogier discover auricular therapy?

Answer 28

Sciatica

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Inferior concha

Question 30

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

Answer 30

European

Question 31

What point would you treat obesity?

Answer 31

Appetite control (middle of the tragus)

Question 32

Where is the stomach found?

Answer 32

Same place for E&C. Concha ridge

Question 33

What is the contra lateral crossing to the brain?

Answer 33

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.

Question 34

Ipsilateral representation on the ear

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Sensory points vs. motor points

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Where is the mesodermal tissue found? (middle tissue)

Answer 36

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)

Question 37

Where is the ectodermal tissue (superficial tissue)

Answer 37

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)

Question 38

Name the 3 embryological tissues

Answer 38

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

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Ectoderm

Question 40

What embryological area would you find organs and glands?

Answer 40

Endoderm

Question 41

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

Answer 41

Mesoderm