Auricular medicine is a highly developed, independent system of medicine, used to both diagnose and treat a wide variety of health conditions, patterns, and dysfunctions in the human body. In China, the ears have been used to diagnose and treat disease and pain conditions for at least 2,000 years.

In modern schools of Chinese medicine, in both America and China, few practitioners are skilled in this lost art of ear diagnosis. Dr. Carter chose to pursue it fully, completing the complete series of courses under Dr. Li-Chun Huang, the world-renowned physician and founder of modern auricular medicine. He is able to read, understand, and integrate the morphological patterns he observes in the ear directly into his treatment plans.

Auricular medicine contains over 400 points correlating to nearly every body part and functional process. It can assist with almost any condition, serve as a powerful adjunct to any other modality, and address any number of health issues simultaneously.