Ear acupuncture, also known as auricular therapy, is a form of treatment that can be administered alone or combined with other treatments. Auricular therapy is the treatment of various disorders and common symptoms via the auricle, or ear as it is more commonly known. The ear has around 200 pressure points over its surface. These points connect with many aspects of the body including anatomical locations, internal organs, and also the various systems of the body.

Auricular therapy allows the practitioner to offer an alternative therapy to traditional acupuncture and tuina, and may be helpful to those with a sensitive nature with regards to undressing, for example. It also offers the benefit of being able to treat symptoms without a full diagnosis. This is due to the fact that most of the points on the ear are named after and related to anatomical locations such as hip, ankle, wrist, elbow, shoulder, liver, lung, kidney, and spleen, for example. This makes ear acupuncture a very simple and useful therapy being able to offer a kind of ‘quick fix’ treatment, and is often a very effective treatment when used alone. When ear acupuncture is administered alongside other treatments however, such as Chinese massage or traditional acupuncture, the holistic treatment of the patient is enhanced.