How Ear Seeds Help You Practice Self-Discipline, or Whatever You Need

How Ear Seeds Can Reduce Stress and Anxiety and Give You Back Control I learned about ear seeds by accident, but I’m glad I did because ever since I’ve been using them, I have lower stress and anxiety and the process couldn’t have been easier. Ear seeds are actual tiny Vaccaria seeds from the flowering Vaccaria plant, which looks almost like a tall weed with a small purple, pink or white flower. The use of ear seeds is a practice known as ear acupressure, auriculotherapy, or ear acupuncture. Auriculotherapy – standing for the auricle or the ear’s outer part – is the concept that the ear is a microsystem reflecting the entire body. Sometimes you’ll see this represented in imagery as the shape of an infant in the ear canal. How I Discovered Ear Seeds I learned about ear seeds on a recent visit to an acupuncturist. As I was leaving my acupuncture appointment, she suggested that I try some ear seeds to help manage my stress and I had no idea what she meant. She explained that ear seeds, in this case, were tiny Vaccaria seeds (like chia seed) on a small piece of adhesive tape. As we stood […]

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