EAR (AURICULAR) ACUPUNCTURE
The Pain Management Unit at the Institut Gustave Roussy, a large comprehensive cancer center in Villejuif, France a well-designed study of cancer patients with chronic pain, a randomized, controlled trial concluded, that pain intensity decreased by 36% after two months in those who received auriculo(ear)acupuncture and changed little for those who had placebo treatments. The study's authors also searched the medical literature and found three other randomized trials reported as positive for auriculo (ear) Acupuncture.