01/02/2015
History – Ear Reflexology
1957- Paul Nogier, M.D., France, also a neurosurgeon, documented for the first time in recorded history a complete reflex map of the human body located on the outer ear. Doctor Nogier is the father of Auriculotherapy, the medical approach of diagnosing and treating illnesses with medical implements. Auriculotherapy is the medical approach to working with the reflex map of the body on the outer ear, where Licensed Medical Practitioners can legally diagnose, prescribe, and use implements to treat specific illnesses.
1959- Nanjing (Nanking) Army Ear Acupuncture Research Team, China, verified Dr. Nogier’s ear reflex map and went on to discover a similar yet different ear reflex map.
1972- Paul Nogier, M.D., published the first book on Auriculotherapy, Treatise of Auriculotherapy ( in French).
1982- Bill Flocco coined the term Ear Reflexology. He had seen Auriculotherapy Charts in Doctor’s, Chiropractor’s, and Acupuncturist’s offices. These medical professionals were licensed to do Auriculotherapy, where they could legally diagnose, prescribe, and use implements to treat specific illnesses.
He reasoned that since working with fingers and thumbs on the reflex maps of the body on the feet and hands was called Foot and Hand Reflexology, working with fingers and thumbs on the reflex map of the human body on the outer ears should be called Ear Reflexology.
1996- Terry Oleson, Ph.D., published the first book to contain, side by side, all the reflex map points, Master Points, and each Functional Point on the ears discovered by the French, Chinese, as well as some German Points in the book Auriculotherapy Manual: Chinese and Western Systems of Ear Acupuncture. For more about this comprehensive book of ear reflex points go to Charts, Books, & Articles.
