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and on the left ear lobe if the episode is older than that. Dr. Bernard Leclerc also describes an area on the ear lobe which corresponds to the limbic area and which he calls “line of psychological confict”; this area is particularly tender to touch when there is emotional suffering (see fgure below)
The fact that the ear lobe represents the Central Nervous System is easily verifable in patients with a history of psychological trauma, because both ear lobes are painful to palpation. TERAPIAS DE A V ANZADA® and EMDR can help to reprocess trauma and as soon as in 1 session the pain can be noticeable reduced. Practicing bilateral tactile stimulation on the ear lobes by soft tapping for the treatment of psychological trauma (an EMDR technique) does not present any side-effects, and an acceleration of the reprocessing usually occurs.
Chromo Auticular Therapy in the treatment of psychological trauma
History of an idea
I frst became acquainted with Chromotherapy several years ago thanks to Dr. Jorge Boucinhas, from Natal, Brazil, who had worked closely with Peter Mandel in is Chromotherapy School. He was working with a device designed by Dr. Mandel himself, which emitted light of different colors. These colors were applied on acupuncture points (thus the name of this technique as chromo acupuncture) to treat different ailments.
As it is the case with auricular somatotopy, there are other micro-systems were the body is represented: on the feet; on the hands, on the skull; and
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