Detoxification With Acupuncture

The acupuncture procedure is very popular as a treatment for drug addiction or addiction to alcohol.

Michael Smith, MD of the Lincoln Memorial Hospital in the Bronx, NY developed a five point auricular or the outer ear protocol during the 1970s heroin plague. He however emphasizes that the auricular acupuncture treatment should only be complementary to the standard treatments and not an alternative.

Information about this protocol is available at the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association or the NADA in the US and also worldwide.

According to “Accupunture today” which is one of the trade journals for acupuncturists NADA was established in the year 1985. Since then, it has been training more than ten thousand “acupuncture detoxification specialists” in the use of this five point protocol.

Evidence regarding effectiveness of this protocol is anecdotal and based on clinical reports.