This clinically effective treatment modality is utilized for the relief of chronic pain and the alleviation of substance abuse. The external ear has been shown to have a somatotopic organization where each part of the auricle corresponds to a specific part of the body. Detection tenderness from palpation can reveal specific auricular reflex points which can be stimulated to alter pathological reflex patterns in the brain, internal organs, and in different peripheral regions of the musculoskeletal body.