Acu-Balance: Historical Timeline
| 2500-1500 BC Ancient Egyptians prick the external ear as a source of birth control. |
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| 300 BC Hippocrates, men were making small openings in the veins behind the ear to facilitate ejaculation and reduce impotency. |
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| 200 BC The Huang Di Nei Jing, or Classic of Chinese medicine is written describing the medicine of their “Ancients.” |
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| 200 AD Romans use scarification of the outer ear to treat leg pain. |
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| 500-1000 AD Ancient sailors in the Mediterranean would wear gold earrings to improve their vision. |
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| 1600-1800’s The Dutch East Indian company trades with China bringing acupuncture practices to Europe. One of these practices was to scar the ear in order to treat leg pain. |
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| 1957 Practicing in Lyons, France, Dr. Nogier notices scars on the ears of his patients reportedly for leg pain. Nogier begins mapping the ear, comparing results to the Ancient Chinese map. |
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| 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution The Chinese research Nogier’s ear map, and gave this system to their “Barefoot Doctors” to treat the masses. |
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| 1974 -Today Psychiatrist Dr. Michael Smith created the NADA protocol, using Nogier’s map of the ear. Dr. Smith treats Heroin addicts in the South Bronx of NYC with great success. |
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Acu-Balance blends NADA protocol with other ear points to broaden the effects on brain chemistry.
Acu-Balance uses small tacks that stay on, to prolong the effect of the treatment.
