Auriculotherapy (aw-rick-ulo-therapy), the corner stone of the Healing Starr Treatment , refers to therapy on the outer portion of the ear called the auricle. Theories indicate that specific points on the external part of the ear correspond to various organs and regions of the body.  Auriculotherapy is based on the human nervous system. It is a neurophysiological therapy and the ear points are a distribution of four cranial nerves that connect various electrical systems throughout the body.

 

All your body functions are governed by electrical systems. This includes muscle contractions and relaxations, glandular secretions, brain activity, healing and regeneration, pain perception and so much more. For any part of your body to function normally the nerve supply must be intact. The nervous system is exquisitely sensitive to external stimulation. Auriculotherapy reestablishes the correct frequency of the stimulated nerves, allowing normalization to occur, so your body can correct and regulate itself.

 

There are many ways to stimulate the ear points through Auriculotherpy. This is accomplished with the Healing Starr Treatment through pressure stimulation with tiny ear pellets and L.E.D. (Light Emitting Diodes) and both are painless. These modalities are two fold; first by stimulating and reestablishing nerves connections, second by releasing a rush of pleasure producing chemicals called endorphins over the initial 24 hour of treatment. These endorphins help you to relax and relieve cravings. Slowly they decline over 6 days and if you do not resupply your body with a nicotine fix, the nicotine is allowed to dissipate from your body and every day will be easier.

 

I use tiny hypoallergenic titanium ear pellets in my program. The pellets are not painful and adhere to your ear with translucent adhesive backing. A total of ten points on each ear is treated and stay in place for one week. If you should loose a point or two during the week there is no need to worry. The remaining points will take over for the missing ones.

 

Before adhering the ear pellets I use L.E.D. Auriculotherapy to stimulate the ear points. It is a painless,low-level, non-thermal, monochromatic red pulsing light. Red has been used in light therapy for hundreds of years shining on the bare skin through stained glass. The interaction of red light has been shown to be highly absorbent and produces high excitement to cell receptors. This triggers biological changes within your body known as photobiomodulation. Although the exact mechanism of this action is still going under study, what is known is that monochromatic light increases oxygen and blood flow. It only takes one second to activate a point, so this modality of the Healing Starr Treatment is very fast.