Traditional Chinese medicine takes a holistic approach to healing and wellness, and considers the human body made up of many smaller ecosystems and microcosms all linked to each other in particular ways. 

The meridian system links points in the ear to different energy channels throughout the body, but the same is true for points in the foot, points in the leg, and so on. According to this view, we have a lot more power than we realise when it comes to facilitating our own healing and our own wellness, because every part of the body is connected to all the others. In western medicine, an illness exists in a vacuum and needs to be looked at through a single lens, whereas Chinese medicine looks at the body as a whole and figures out what needs adjusting and what needs stimulating in order to promote overall health and wellness, not just that of a specific body part. 
 

Fascinating, right? 

When it comes to ear seeds, the theory goes, by simply placing these beads on specific acupoints (pressure points) we can send a message to our brains and stimulate healing in a different part of our body. This is called auriculotherapy, from the Latin word “auricula” which translates to the external ear.