Can ear acupuncture also be used on dogs?

Yes, it can. The points and zones that P. Nogier discovered for the human ear can be transferred to the dog's ear. The most important prerequisite for this is knowledge of the homologous structures in the dog's ear. This is because all point localizations of ear acupuncture in humans relate to reference structures on the ear, such as the anthelix, the tragus, the concha area, the lobule, etc.. The point descriptions for unambiguous localization are based on these reference structures, as each ear is individually shaped differently. In the auriculo.org courses, the point localizations on the dog ear are based on the determination of the homologous structures on the dog ear. Once these have been identified, a transfer from human ear acupuncture is possible. At first glance, the relief of the dog's auricle appears confusing, but if you look for the known structures, you will always find them easily and the differences in expression quickly become clear. What are the differences from the human ear?

First of all, the helix is not curled as in humans, but folded out: The dog's ear is flat and also often soft at the edges. The tip of the ear does not correspond to the highest point of the human ear, but to the area of the tuberculum darwinii, a hump on the upper, outer edge of the human ear. The anthelix is not a continuous cartilage arch as in the human ear, but is fissured and split into individual clods. Nevertheless, the shape of an anthelix, a continuous arch, is easy to recognize. The intertragal incision between the tragus and antitragus - the incisura intertragica - is not only marked by one grade of cartilage, but represents a trench that extends deeper into the ear. And the lobule does not hang as a soft flap under the concha, but is further integrated. In addition, there is another tubercle, which is not found in humans and on which the representation area of the caudal vertebrae lies.

Once you have familiarized yourself with the special features of the dog's ear, you can transfer the localizations of the various body systems to the dog's ear.