As a result, people were able to adapt the practice into something Still is, merely a matter of putting a slim needle into just a few points in Was made possible by the remarkable simplicity of the practice: it was, and Was most powerfully sustained through by patients to become practitioners. Ear acupuncture replaced drug habits, and that replacement Healthier way of being in the world to underserved communities marginalized by So by creating disruption on an individual level by offering an alternative and Sociopolitical disruption to the intense heroin epidemic of the 1960s. Beginning with the civil rights revolutionary groups such as theīlack Panther Party (BPP) and the Young Lords in the South Bronx, community earĪcupuncture treatment (paired with political education) was used as a means of Origins of the five-point ear acupuncture protocol reveal much of theĬharacteristics of how it works for those living with, but not limited to,Īddiction. When analyzing how ear acupuncture “works,” I attend not to strict biomedical and objective measurements for evidence, but instead to the social dimensions of efficacy (Meyers, 2013). I take this as one testament to the efficacy of acupuncture. They attribute ear acupuncture as the impetus for their holistic recovery process, which included the pursuit of becoming a practitioner. Thousands of patient-turned-practitioners have acupuncture as a key part of their habitus, and many, like my informants, have been practicing for over a decade. Though it is simple for patients to receive training and there are technically no strict licensing requirements for practicing acupuncture in the United Kingdom, I define practitioner as someone whose main occupation is to provide treatment and is registered with an acupuncture body (British Acupuncture Council, 2016). With a few patient-turned-practitioners, including Tim.
I decided to learn more about it.” I closely researched Training told me along the lines of, “I got acupuncture for my addiction and it Number of the people I came across at clinics and my own ear acupuncture Previously dealt with the negative consequences of addiction. The practitioners I encountered were former patients themselves, often having Surprisingly, during my research on the five point earĪcupuncture protocol in the UK, I repeatedly observed one phenomenon: many of Organizations, prisons drug programs, private practice or simply use it onįamily and friends.
Some bring ear acupuncture back to the NHS, mental health TheyĬome from all backgrounds – NHS workers, mental health advocates, nurses,Īddiction specialists, physicians, prison staff, and even maths teachers andĮlectricians. UK, over 30,000 practitioners are trained in the five point ear acupuncture protocol. That offer ear acupuncture as a therapeutic option for addiction. Pathways is part of a web of various services In a survey of 113 clients, over 70% reported a decrease or cessation inĪlcohol use, and over 80% reported reduction in stress, anxiety, and improved Past year, Pathways has served 785 individuals and given over 3,527 treatments. Minimize withdrawal symptoms, and relieve stress (NADA, 2018). This specific treatment was known as the National Acupuncture DetoxificationĪssociation (NADA) protocol, which aims to reduce cravings for addiction, Sat down in a chair in the treatment room received needles in the same five points. On a Thursday in early 2020, where Pathways offered a variety of programs forĪddiction recovery out of a drugs and alcohol services house. Offers community ear acupuncture in the south of England. He said a quick thanks, dropped a few coins in the donation box, gave us a thumbs-up, and left.Īnd Tim are ear acupuncture practitioners at Pathways to Health, a charity that Tim proceeded to put five 2mm needles with brightĬycle is half an hour, but stay for however long you’d like,” Tim said.Īn hour later, the man signaled to Tim to remove the needles. Man nodded and walked past us into the treatment room and quickly sat down in Looked at us, pointed to the room behind us, and blurted out, “Ear Swung open and a middle-aged man in a worn grey jacket briskly walked in. Was telling me about her day while I poured tea.
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