Frank Bahr Research Group "Auriculomedicine and Pharmacopuncture", Stronach Research Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, Research Unit of Biomedical Engineering, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, and the TCM Research Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, 8036 Graz, Austria.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:984763. doi: 10.1155/2013/984763. Epub 2013 Jun 26.
Auricular acupuncture is a method which has been successfully used in various fields of medicine especially in the treatment of pain relief. The introduction of lasers especially low-level lasers into medicine brought besides the already existing stimulation with needles and electricity an additional technique to auricular acupuncture. This literature research looks at the historical background, the development and the anatomical and neurological aspects of auricular acupuncture in general and auricular laser acupuncture in detail. Preliminary scientific findings on auricular acupuncture with laser have been described in detail and discussed critically in this review article. The results of the studies have shown evidence of the effect of auricular laser acupuncture. However, a comparison of these studies was impossible due to their different study designs. The most important technical as well as study parameters were described in detail in order to give more sufficient evidence and to improve the quality of future studies.
耳针是一种已成功应用于医学各个领域的方法，特别是在缓解疼痛方面。激光的引入，特别是低水平激光的引入，除了已经存在的针和电刺激之外，为耳针提供了另一种技术。本文献研究着眼于耳针的历史背景、发展以及一般的解剖学和神经学方面，并详细研究了耳激光针。本文详细描述了耳激光针的初步科学发现，并对此进行了批判性讨论。研究结果表明耳激光针的疗效。然而，由于研究设计的不同，这些研究无法进行比较。为了提供更充分的证据并提高未来研究的质量，详细描述了最重要的技术和研究参数。
