auriculotherapy

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auriculotherapy (

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n a form of acupuncture in which needles are placed in various portions of the ear to affect the person. It postulates body correlates on the ear, so a treatment performed upon the ear will have effects on the reflected body part. See also acupuncture and reflexology.

auriculotherapy

the most highly developed regional acupuncture therapy in humans but an undeveloped field in animals.

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