Getting positive results with acupuncture
is dependent upon choosing the correct points based upon
the underlying imbalance that has caused that person to
have the symptoms that they are having. The method
of stimulating those points can vary greatly with the practitioner
and the style of acupuncture. Dr. Quaranto utilizes
many methods of effectively stimulating those acupuncture
points. Instead of using traditional acupuncture needles,
the points may be stimulated by pressure, heat, and electricity
and by specialized magnets placed on the points in the correct
polarity.
Auriculotherapy
A favorite method that Dr. Quaranto has found
extremely effective is auriculotherapy. This is the application
of a very mild micro-current of electricity to the cartilaginous
areas of the outer ear. If we look at the outer ear,
we discover that it looks amazingly, like a fetus turned
upside down. Interestingly, research has corroborated
that indeed there are reflex points on the ear lobe that
correspond to areas of the head, i.e., represented by the
inverted fetus, and that we can trace the spinal column
of that inverted fetus, and by association, the spinal column
of the patient, and also locate his/her internal organs
and extremities. Through research at the UCLA Pain
Clinic, we find that points on the ear that reflex to an
area of the body that is having a problem, have less electrical
resistance than the surrounding area. What this means
clinically is that we can very accurately locate these areas
of electrical potential difference. We can then pass
a mild electrical current through these reflex points to
gently stimulate them and restore balance to the associated
organ or body part. This same research additionally
showed that the reflex points on the ear would respond much
better to electrical stimulation instead of the traditional
acupuncture needling of those same points. Since acquiring
this information in 1990, Dr. Quaranto has not used any
acupuncture needles in the reflex points of the ear and
for many patients, only stimulation of those ear points
with the mild electrical current was sufficient to restore
them to health. We see this as a wonderful merging of modern
technology with ancient tradition to more effectively ease
the suffering of our patients.
