| 摘要 |
A device for treating the undesirable symptoms resulting from cessation of habitual drug use, which can include insomnia, anxiety, tremors, loss of appetite, drowsiness, nausea, and sweating, and for reducing the rate of recurrence of drug use following treatment through the use of a programmed series of acupuncture, massage, and/or moxibustion treatments of acupuncture points in a subject's ear(s). The device includes a housing that conforms to the contour of a human ear containing a plurality of acupuncture needles held in an elastomeric structure and connected to a movable elongate member such that the plurality of needles may be brought into intermittent contact with the inner surface of the ear with an approximately equal force. The device further includes a control circuit adapted to automatically control the application of acupuncture stimulating current, moxibustion, and/or massage in a programmable manner. The device allows a user to program a treatment regimen into the device, removably affix the device adjacent at least one of a subject's ears, and provide the programmed acupuncture, moxibustion, and/or massage treatments to a plurality of known acupuncture points on the inner surface of the subject's ear(s). In one embodiment, the acupuncture needles are made of a permanently magnetic material to include an auxiliary magnetic treatment. In an alternative embodiment, the device also includes a vocal and/or musical sound generating component as additional therapy.
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