Anyone know anything about acupressure beads?

September 10, 2006

Does anyone know anything about acupressure beads that adhere to one's ear.

Where are they found/purchased/used by a practitioner?

David

September 11, 2006

Chinese Traditional Medicine , DNBursky wrote:

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> Does anyone know anything about acupressure beads that adhere to one's

ear.

> Where are they found/purchased/used by a practitioner?

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> David

I'm not sure about where to find buy or get treatment with acupressure

beads if you are talking about beads specifically, but if you are

talking about things you have seen or heard of taped to peoples ears; I

do know that in some instances practitioners will tape seeds to

acupuncture points on the ear. I've heard this to be especially

effective for patients trying to stop smoking. If you're looking

specifically for beads, maybe someone else can help with that.

I'm not sure how to find a practitioner that uses this technique,

especially since I don't know where you live. If you lived in my area I

know of some, but probably the best way to go about it would be if you

know anyone in your area receiving the treatment to ask them, second to

that I would use one or both of the links I've included at the end to

call practitioners in your area and just ask them if they practice this

technique (a name of the technique might be helpful here, but I'll

have to leave that to someone else to answer).

Two websites for finding a practitioner in your area

This one is the NCCAOM (I would plug in zip code 1909 for this search or

190 if you want to be more broad, and just leave the rest blank)

http://dol.jkmcomm.com/acupuncture/default.asp

http://www.acufinder.com/search_acupuncturists.php

This is a link to one store that sells seeds and beads if you are

looking for them for your own use, if you want to buy them in bulk say

for instance if you are a practitioner, then you might want to find a

site that sells them in bulk so you could get a better discount.

Someone else might have a better link if you have this purpose in mind.

http://www.lhasaoms.com/ear_pellets-28-page.html

September 12, 2006

David:

These are indeed seeds and are used for quitting

smoking, among other things. They worked for me years

ago.

They are taped inside the ear over particular ear

points, and may be squeezed whenever the person feels

the desire to smoke.

Am actually looking to buy some in China to help

someone quit smoking, but that might be a bit far for

you.

Much better than the patch, I understand, someone just

said that American cigarettes have seen an increase in

nicotine content over the past few years, so patch

makers have had to adjust the nicotine dosage in their