Tinnitus and deafness treated by reflexology

Patients with tinnitus may have auditory hallucinations. Deafness is a hearing impairment of varying severity--from a slight reduction to a complete loss of hearing.
  
Perceptive and mixed deafness in modern medicine can be treated by the following methods.
  
Applications of hand therapy:
  
Massage therapy:
  
Location: Throat, ear, lung, stomach, and intestinal areas, head reflective point, Shangyang (LI 1), Hegu (LI 4), Yangxi (LI 5), Qiangu (SI 2), Houxi (SI 3), Shanghouxi (EX acupoint), Wangu (SI4), Yanggu (SI 5), Zhongdu (LR6), Yangchi (TE4)
  
Method of manipulation: Digit-pressing maneuver applied at throat, ear, lung, stomach, and intestinal areas; twisting and pinching middle and ring fingers; pinching and kneading maneuvers applied at Shangyang (L1 1), Hegu (LI 4), Yangxi (LI 5), Qiangu (SI 2), Houxi (Sl 3), Shanghouxi (EX acupoint), Wangu (S1 4), Yanggu (SI 5), Zhongdu (TE 3), and Yangchi (TE 4) acupoints; and digit-pressing and pinching maneuvers at head reflective point.
  
Acupuncture therapy:
  
At regular and extra acupoints:
  
Location: Yemen (TE 2), Zhongdu (LR6), Waiguan (TE5)
  
Method of manipulation: The medium stimulation is applied and the needles are retained for 30 minutes.
  
At reflective points:
  
Location: Temporal head point and kidney point.
  
Method of manipulation: The needles are inserted for 1.6 cm and retained for 15 minutes.
  
At special acupoints beside the second metacarpal bone:
   
Location: Head acupoint and kidney acupoint.
   
Method of manipulation: The needles are inserted for 1.6 cm and retained for 20 minutes after medium needling stimulation.