TY - JOUR A2 - Gao, Xinyan AU - Round, Regina AU - Litscher, Gerhard AU - Bahr, Frank PY - 2013 DA - 2013/06/26 TI - Auricular Acupuncture with Laser SP - 984763 VL - 2013 AB - 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. SN - 1741-427X UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/984763 DO - 10.1155/2013/984763 JF - Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -