Virginia Beach, VA 23452
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Dr. Donald Liebell
Chronic Pain & Wellness Solutions:
Licensed to Perform Acupuncture by the Virginia Board of Medicine
Nader Soliman, M.D.,
Anesthesiologist, Auricular Therapy practitioner,
Past President of the American Academy of Medical Acupunture (2003-2005)
President, Alternative Medicine Seminars
Auricular Therapy at Andrews Air Force Base
“The expanded use of acupuncture on the battlefield is being met with enthusiasm from physicians and patients because it works,” says Dr. Niemtzow, Colonel (Ret), U.S. Air Force, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Bethesda, MD) and Director of the USAF Acupuncture Center, Malcolm Grow Medical Center, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. “Acupuncture may be used as a primary modality or as an adjunct to Western medicine. In either case, it is changing the face of military medicine as a force multiplier.”
Colonel (Dr.) Richard Niemztow, M.D., PhD., M.P.H.
Wall Street Journal Article on Acupuncture in the U.S. Military,
"Can Needles Soothe Wounded Warriors?"
The article describes the Navy’s use of acupuncture—inserting needles at key targets in the head, ears, hands, and feet—to relieve symptoms such as sleeplessness, memory problems, anxiety, headache, and irritability that often follow an injury to the brain.
"I find it gratifying to treat seasonal allergies with acupuncture. There is often a quick response. Often patients get some relief during the first visit while lying on the exam table with their acupuncture needles in place"
- Patrick J. La Riccia, MD - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
A Fascinating Field of Medicine
“Fifty years later [from the discovery of auricular medicine], many exciting and fascinating developments in understanding this medicine and how to use it for quite complex assessment and treatments are being tested and offered by trained practitioners around the world. This field continues to expand, with thousands of practitioners and exciting developments, particularly in Europe.”
- Beate Strittmatter, M.D., Academy for Acupuncture and Auriculomedicine - Munich, Germany,
Internationally known authority on auricular therapy, World Health Organization instructor
“When a disease occurs in an organ or certain kind of tissue, positive reactions will appear
on the corresponding auricular point(s). Stimulation of positively reacting point(s) by
applying the proper method can eliminate the pathological effect reversing the pathological
course.”
Li-Chun Huang, O.M.D., M.D. (China)
Department of Behavioral Science and Palliative Care & Rehabilitation Medicine, Director of the Integrative Medicine Program,
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ear Acupuncture in "Mainstream" Medical Journals
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Analgesic Effect of Auricular Acupuncture for Cancer Pain:
A Randomized, Blinded, Controlled Trial - [Click to Read Original Medical Journal Abstract]
"Auricular therapy can reduce the tension, stress, and pain not fully relieved by other medical procedures”
Psychobiology,
- Pioneer on auricular diagnosis at the UCLA Pain Management Center
- Research Director at theAmerican University of Complementary Medicine
"For chronic conditions, auricular therapy is better than [body] acupuncture"
"The body heals pain through the brain rather than by pharmacological methods that only suppress the pain signal (along with other vital functions).”
Darrell Stoddard, Board Certified Auricular Therapist, Founder, the Pain Research Institute
- Author, "Pain Free For Life"
"Auricolotherapy is a treatment diffusing in all over the World"
“In the last years modern clinical and basic research is confirming the efficacy of ear acupuncture mostly in the treatment of pain both acute and chronic, and of anxiety related disorders…
Dr. Luigi Gori, M.D., Dr. Fabio Firenzuoli, M.D.
– “Ear Acupuncture in European Traditional Medicine"
- Center of Natural Medicine, S. Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy.
Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
(Vol. 9, No. 3, 1994)
“At the Center [for Improvement for Human Functioning, Wichita, Kansas], auricular therapy is used as a diagnostic and therapeutic option.
It is relatively painless, inexpensive, easy to use in experienced hands and may give immediate results. We recommend its use.
Dr. James Jackson, PhD, MT,
- Professor and Assistant Dean, Wichita State University Graduate School
"There is increasing evidence that ear acupuncture can be helpful in the treatment of migraine”
Marco Romoli, M.D.
- "Ear acupuncture in the control of migraine pain: selecting the right
acupoints by the “needle-contact test”
From: Neurological sciences: official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
Neck and Back Pain Studies In Auricular Therapy
“We believe that substantial savings in medical health care can be made through the adjuvant use of [auricular] electroacupuncture... significant improvement in pain intensity, mobility, psychological wellbeing, and sleep”
“In this [back] study we demonstrated significant additional and long-lasting pain relief through adjunctive ear acupuncture in patients suffering from chronic low back pain…”
Sabine M. Sator-Katzenschlager, MD, etal.,
"Electrical Stimulation of Auricular Acupuncture Points Is More Effective Than Conventional Manual Auricular
Acupuncture in Chronic Cervical Pain: A Pilot Study"
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care B, Outpatient Pain Center, University of ienna, Vienna, Austria
Auriculotherapy is a sophisticated discipline of acu- puncture that can be studied to a refined level of precision”
“Used in an integrated medical model, acupuncture is well suited to deal with many of the functional problems that allopathic medicine is not equipped to address. The result is patient and physician satisfaction."
Dr. Farshad Ahadian, M.D.
- Medical Director, the Center for Pain Medicine at University of California, San Diego
Ear Acupuncture Research
The specialty of ear acupuncture, known as Auricular Therapy is an internationally documented and researched procedure since the 1950s when it was developed by Paul Nogier, M.D. of France. I hope more American physicians will take the time to read the research and investigate this magnificent and sophisticated healing art, which I have proudly used to bring relief to countless patients in my private practice. With so many health care methods being paraded under the banner of "alternative medicine," it is necessary to provide as much clinical evidence and background for procedures to back up claims. As you will see below, Auricular Therapy is not some strange new "technique." Just take a good look at the credentials of the researchers who authored the papers listed below. If any local physician happens to have any negative comments about this sophisticated healing art, perhaps they should consider the level of education and expertise of those who are experienced in Auricular Therapy.
I am quite proud to have received my professional training in Auricular Therapy from one of world's elite practitioners and researchers, Nader Soliman, M.D., who has authored and co-authored several of the studies listed below. I am also grateful to have been additionally trained by Colonel Richard Niemtzow, M.D., PhD, M.P.H. in the protocols of "Battlefield Acupuncture" and treatment for Xerostomia (dry mouth).
The following is a sample of some of the medical research abstracts and published articles on Auricular Therapy. You may click on the links or the journal cover images to download the pdf of any of these articles:
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics Acupuncture for Pilocarpine-Resistant Xerostomia Following Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Malignancies
PETER A. S. JOHNSTONE, M.D., M.A., Y. PETER PENG, M.D., BYRON C. MAY, M.D., WARREN S. INOUYE, M.D., RICHARD C. NIEMTZOW, M.D., PH.D., M.P.H., Radiation Oncology Division, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA; Radiation Oncology Division, University of California, San Diego, CA
The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences: Acupuncture Increases Nocturnal Melatonin Secretion
and Reduces Insomnia and Anxiety: A Preliminary Report
D. Warren Spence, M.A., Leonid Kayumov, Ph.D., DABSM, Adam Chen, Ph.D., Alan Lowe, M.D., Umesh Jain, M.D., Martin A. Katzman, M.D.
Jianhua Shen, M.D., Boris Perelman, Ph.D., Colin M. Shapiro, MBBCh, Ph.D., FRCP(C)
Medical Acupuncture: Volume 20, November 2008:
Auricular Microsystem Approach to
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Nader Soliman, M.D.
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 21, No 22 (November 15), 2003:
Analgesic Effect of Auricular Acupuncture for Cancer Pain:
A Randomized, Blinded, Controlled Trial
David Alimi, Carole Rubino, Evelyne Pichard-Le´andri, Sabine Fermand-Brule´, Marie-Laure Dubreuil-Lemaire, and Catherine Hill
Anesthesia and Analgesia: Electrical Stimulation of Auricular Acupuncture Points Is More Effective Than Conventional Manual Auricular Acupuncture in Chronic Cervical Pain: A Pilot Study
- Sabine M. Sator-Katzenschlager, MD, Jozef C. Szeles, MD, Gisela Scharbert, MD, Andrea Michalek-Sauberer, MD, Alexander Kober, MD, Georg Heinze, PhD, and Sibylle A. Kozek-Langenecker, MD, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care B, Outpatient Pain Center, Department of Vascular Surgery, and Department of Medical Computer Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
The Journal of Chinese Medicine:
Auricular Acupuncture in the
Treatment of Xerostomia (Dry Mouth)
Dr. Warren M.Morganstein, DDS, MPH, Director, Enrichment Program,
and Dean’s Faculty and Clinical Professor, Health Promotion and Policy, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, University of Maryland Dental School
CANCER - February 15, 2002/Volume 94 / Number 4:
Acupuncture for Xerostomia Clinical Update
Colonel Richard Niemtzow, M.D., PhD., M.P.H.
Medical Acupuncture: How Do You Treat Depression in Your Practice?
Richard Niemtzow, M.D., PhD., M.P.H.
Robert Schulman, M.D.
Joseph Alban, LAc
Nader Soliman, M.D., etal
Journal of Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine:
Ear Acupuncture in European Traditional Medicine
Luigi Gori and Fabio Firenzuoli Center
of Natural Medicine, S. Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy
Military Medicine: Auricular Acupuncture in the
Treatment of Acute Pain Syndromes: a Pilot Study
Christine Goertz, D.C., PhD., Richard Niemztow, M.D., PhD., M.P.H
Colonel Stephen Burns, M.D., etal
Medical Acupunture:
Battlefield Acupuncture
Colonel Richard Niemztow, M.D., PhD., M.P.H.,
THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINEVolume 8, Number 4, 2002, pp. 399–401:
Acupuncture: The Search for Biologic Evidence with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography Techniques
- ZANG-HEE CHO, Ph.D., TERRENCE DALE OLESON, Ph.D., DAVID ALIMI, M.D., and RICHARD C. NIEMTZOW, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE Volume 20, Number 4, 2008:
Pain: An Evidence-Based Approach Through the Auricular Acupuncture Microsystem
Nader Soliman, MD
Anesthesia and Analgesia
The Use of Auricular Acupuncture to
Reduce Preoperative Anxiety
Shu-Ming Wang, MD, Carol Peloquin, MD, and Zeev N. Kain, MD Departments of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Child Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New
Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINEVolume 13, Number 6, 2007, pp. 669–676:
Auricular Acupuncture Treatment for Insomnia:
A Systematic Review
- HAI YONG CHEN, B.Sc., YAN SHI, Ph.D.,1, CHI SUN NG, B.Sc., SAI MAN CHAN, B.Sc., KEN KIN LAM YUNG, Ph.D., and QING LING ZHANG, Ph.D.
The following is a list of some of the internationally conducted medical research on Auricular medicine:
Immediate
Resolution of Symptoms Following Auricular Acupuncture in A Patient
with Acute Vertigo Superimposed on Refractory, Chronic Disequilibrium:
Case Report - Arnyce R. Pock, Tracy J. Eicher, Nader Soliman, Richard C.
Niemtzow Medical Acupuncture. March 2007: 21-24.
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measured on functional magnetic resonance imaging. Med Acupunc 13:
18–21.
The
Garden of Earthly Delights: Treating Human Sexuality Through Auricular
TherapyNader Soliman Medical Acupuncture. March 2008: 43-45.
The Effects of Scalp Acupuncture and Auricular Therapy on Acute Herpetic
Pain and Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Case SeriesHidenoir Takahashi
Medical Acupuncture. June 2007: 113-120.Abstract
Three-Phase Hand Acupuncture: A New Discovery Inspired by the Auricular
Acupuncture MicrosystemNader E. Soliman The Journal of Alternative and
Complementary Medicine. March 2006: 99-102.
Comparative Study Treating Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD) Patients Using the New Multiphase Hand Acupuncture Microsystem
and Koryo Hand Therapy SystemNader Soliman Medical Acupuncture. June
2007: 109-112.
Auricular Acupuncture Microsystem Approach to
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderNader Soliman Medical
Acupuncture. June 2008: 103-108.Abstract | Full Text PDF | Reprints
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Soliman's
Auricular Therapy Textbook: New Localizations and Evidence Based
Therapeutic ApproachesNader Soliman, Eric S. Hsu Medical Acupuncture.
December 2008: 287-288.
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