Dr. Raphaël Nogier 2026 Class Syllabus
First Day
Welcome. Explanation of the course structure and objectives.
Definition of medicine. The role of doctors and healthcare professionals in the healthcare system. Medicine has three goals: to relieve pain, to restore impaired bodily functions, and to prevent disease.
History of auriculotherapy, including the discoveries of Paul Nogier, the creator of auriculotherapy. A review of the work of Hippocrates, Avicenna, Pierre-François Percy, Joseph Malgaigne, and Charles-Édouard Brown-Sequart.
Embryology, anatomy, innervation of the auricle, with emphasis on the work of Jean Bossy and René Bourdiol.
How were auricular maps constructed: French mapping, Chinese mapping.
Scientific work on auriculotherapy: INSERM report from France in 2014. WHO reports: Seoul, Geneva, Lyon, Guangzhou.
Afternoon
The two kinds of points on the ear. Reflex points. Neuro-vascular points. How to detect them, how to treat them.
Concept of auricular somatotopy
discovery of the VAS (Vascular Autonomic Signal). Reminder on the work of Professeur René Leriche.
The 5 steps taken by Paul Nogier to understand the VAS
Physiological review of the pulse and arterial innervation
Second day
study of autonomic nervous system: description
study of autonomic nervous system: functioning
link between the autonomic nervous system and the VAS
Technic to take the pulse searching the VAS
white test lamp. The SRI (sympathetic reactivity Index). Normal reaction
disruption of SRI. Physiological explanation. What to do when there is a disruption of SRI. Clinical examples: chronic fatigue, post COVID, nervous depression, digestive functional diseases, sympathetic pains, immunity disorders.
White lamp test: Exhaustion phenomenon. Physiological explanation
Exhaustion phenomenon and tooth foci
Exhaustion phenomenon. Disruptive scars. Functional diseases, chronic urticaria,
How to treat disruptive scars on the ear
special case of organ scars: liver, pancreas, prostate. How to treat a patient with chemotherapy:
Clinical examples
Third day
Study of ear localizations
Endodermic localizations on the ear:
concha
Digestive tract
Liver
Pancreas
Gall bladder
Lung and bronchus
Principal ectodermic localizations: helix and lobule. How to treat the PTSD with ear points.
Demonstrations with the VAS and the ear
