Ear acupunc­ture is the young, Euro­pean vari­ant of clas­si­cal body acupunc­ture. She was born in Lyon in the 1950s. Paul Nogi­er devel­oped. It is char­ac­ter­ized by the fact that from the small, clear ear the entire body can be influ­enced reflec­tive­ly. In addi­tion, var­i­ous hid­den caus­es of ill­ness can be tested.