The most commonly accepted conclusion is that acupuncture
blocks or suppresses electrically pulsed information sent between
the body and he brain via nerves and neurotransmitters. This is
the reason that acupuncture and magnet therapy has been so
effective in the control of pain. Our brain can be cheated of
experiencing pain and also it can be cheated in desiring what can
only be explained as a craving (if you don’t believe this, imagine
walking along the road gasping for a cigarette and it starts to
rain so hard you have to run for cover. Until you find your shelter
your craving is gone). All the same we all know that stopping a
craving once in place can be a serious challenge. This particularly
is where ear-acupuncture, auricular therapy seem to work so well
where many other treatments have failed.