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片断：PartlGeneralDescriptionofChineseAuricularTherapy1.CharacteristicsofChineseAuricularTherapyFirstly,theclinicalapplicationoftraditionalChineseauriculartherapyischaracterizedbythetheoriesofTraditionalChineseMedicine(TCM),mainlythediffer-entiationofsyndromesaccordingtoZang-fuorgansandchannel-collaterals,andbydueregardtomodernphysio-pathologicalknowledge.Inotherwords,theChineseperspectiveoftheearislessneurophysiologicalthananyothersystem.Secondly,thistherapyshowsitssuperiorityandcon-venienceindiagnosis,whichasweknow,iscrucialtotheentiretreatment.ItisgenerallyagreedthatonlyafewskilleddiagnosticiansofTraditionalChineseMedi-cinemaydiscernthepatient'spatternofdisharmonyintermsofeightprinciples(Yin-Yang,external-internal,cold-heat,Xu-shi),afterfeelingthepatient'spulse,wher-ebythediagnosticiancanestablishacorrectapproachoftreatment.Nevertheless,itseemsimpossiblefotthe.maprityofordinarydoctors(withlesstraininginpulsefeeling)tomasterthetechniques;inthesecircumstances,diagnosismadebydetectingtheauricu-laracu-pointscanserveasanalternative.Variouskindsofdiseases,post-operativesyndromes,andevensomehealedwoundsmaybeaccuratelydiagnosedbyobser-vationand/ordetectionovertheauricle.Thethirdcharacteristiciswideapplicationandquicktherapeuticeffectsresultingfromitsfunctionsofreliev-ingpain,clearingupinfection,loweringbodytempera-ture,stoppingitches,desensitization,etc.Thisisprecise-lytheactionofTCM:acupunctureisabletodredgetheafflictedchannelsandcollaterals,reconcilethebloodandQi,andpromotethefunctionsofZang-fuorgans.StatisticalanalysisfrommanyChinesehospitalsindi-catesthatitcantreatmorethan200kindsofbothfunctionalandorganicdiseasesandailments,40percentofwhichcanbeeffectivelycuredatanaverageeffectiverateof90percent.