Dr. Donald Liebell
Chronic Pain & Wellness Solutions:

"In the beginning, many people were skeptical, but after seeing it demonstrated on patients and the benefits achieved -- especially in the area of pain -- the majority of physicians embraced it and learned how to use it in their practices as an adunctive therapy.

Colonel (Dr.) Richard Niemztow, M.D., PhD., M.P.H.

(Air Force Print News 3/14/08)

“Pain management through three-phase auricular therapy is commonly very effective and occasionally is miraculous."

Dr. Nader Soliman, M.D.,
Anesthesiologist,
President of the American Academy of Medical Acupunture (2003-2005)
President, Alternative Medicine Seminars
The World’s Foremost Authority on Auricular Medicine

 "Auricular therapy can reduce the tension, stress, and pain not fully relieved by other medical procedures” 

Dr. Terry Oleson, PhD., Psychobiology,
- Pioneer on auricular  diagnosis at the UCLA Pain Management Center
- Research Director at the American University of Complementary Medicine 



"Auricolotherapy is a treatment diffusing in all over the World"


“In the last years modern clinical and basic research is confirming the efficacy of ear acupuncture mostly in the treatment of pain both acute and chronic, and of anxiety related disorders…

Dr. Luigi Gori, M.D., Dr. Fabio Firenzuoli, M.D.
– “Ear Acupuncture in European Traditional Medicine"
 - Center of Natural Medicine, S. Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy.

Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
(Vol. 9, No. 3, 1994)


“At the Center [for Improvement for Human Functioning, Wichita, Kansas], auricular therapy is used as a diagnostic and therapeutic option. 
It is relatively painless, inexpensive, easy to use in experienced hands and may give immediate results.  We recommend its use.

Dr. James Jackson, PhD, MT,
- Professor and Assistant Dean, Wichita State University Graduate School

Auriculotherapy is a sophisticated discipline of acu- puncture that can be studied to a refined level of precision”

 “Used in an integrated medical model, acupuncture is well suited to deal with many of the functional problems that allopathic medicine is not equipped to address. The result is patient and physician satisfaction."

Dr. Farshad Ahadian, M.D.
- Medical Director, the Center for Pain Medicine at University of California, San Diego

By Dr. Donald Liebell

 

       If you have been suffering from chronic dry eyes, and you've been trying "artificial tears," humidifiers, prescription drugs, and/or surgical interventions without success, this may be the most exciting and literally “tear jerking” article you will read.  

     The medical term for dry eyes is Xerophthalmia (Greek for dry eyes!).  It can be caused by many things.  Possible causes include vitamin A deficiency, as well as diseases that affect the whole body, such as: Sjogren's syndrome (an autoimmune disorder that attacks moisture producing glands) Lupus, hypothyroidism and rheumatoid arthritis.  It may also be the side effect of many medications such as nasal decongestants, anti-depressants, and tranquilizers, as well as chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

     If you're plagued by this irritating problem, you've quite likely been a slave to eye drops.  However they have been most likely not been curative, providing only temporary symptomatic relief.     

   Eye-opening News

    U.S. Air Force Radiation oncologist, Dr. Richard Niemtzow developed a simple, yet stunningly effective treatment protocol, which involves ear and hand acupuncture.   He found it to be effective even after traditional treatments had failed.  The treatment can be done with or without needles.  The procedure is very similar for restoring function for people with both dry eyes and dry mouth

    Although it certainly does not work for every patient, the success rate is extraordinarily high.  Results may last weeks, months, or permanently.  Most cases require only two treatment sessions within a 24-hour period.  Some patients require additional treatment, while others none at all. 

     This acupuncture protocol has been studied at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center of the University of Texas.  It has been published in several medical journals including, Cancer, the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics , Clinical Journal of Oncological Nursing, the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, and the Journal of Palliative Care.



    I have struggled with dry eye for the past eight years and had used drops several times a day. It was about four years ago, I actually had my tear ducts (one in each eye) plugged. The theory was that it would cause the remaining ducts to work harder. It did help, but I was using drops about six or seven times a day. I was never without them and had several bottles in different locations to make it easy. The summer of 2010, I had been to the eye doctor several times and my condition was not improving but getting worse. I looked like I had cried for hours on a good day or was suffering from a very bad cold.

   In November, I received the [acupuncture] treatment you use for chronic dry eye. I just wanted to say, "THANK YOU," Dr. Liebell, for changing my life.  It was painless and it worked! It is now January 2011 and I have not used any type of lubricant drops since the day before I received the first treatment. You have no idea what a difference you have made in my life...  I  would also say to a future patient "I know it sounds too good to be true, but just think about the quality of life you are presently experiencing and you deserve to feel good again. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by giving Dr. Liebell a try." I  am certain you will feel the difference and will be writing a letter just like mine.  
 
                                                                - Lisa Layne, Newport News, VA



     Origins of the New Treatment

     During the Vietnam War, there was some American exposure to acupuncture, but never an official government program to make use of the ancient healing art.  Colonel (Dr.) Richard Niemtzow is actually a traditionally trained radiation oncologist, researcher, forensic examiner and has served as a Chief Flight Surgeon in support of Operation Desert Shield/Storm.  But around 1994, while stationed at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey, he began studying acupuncture.  In 1998 the Colonel was appointed as the United States Military’s first full-time acupuncturist.  

     In the year 2000 Dr. Niemztow was invited by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to go to Shanghai to introduce his dry mouth and dry eyes acupuncture approach to the Chinese.  This was a historic event—an American doctor showing the Chinese how to do acupuncture!  The Chinese’s reception to Dr. Niemtzow was cold, even mocking—until he delivered stunning results on some of their worst cases!  Dr. Niemtzow told me that through his interpreters the Chinese remarked, “We should be ashamed of ourselves… after 3,000 years, it took an American to discover this!”  This actually wasn't the first time the Chinese were exposed to a new application of acupuncture by a foreigner.  In the 1950s, Paul Nogier, M.D. of France introduced the Chinese to the principles of ear acupuncture, or Auricular Therapy, as a total-body system of treatment.

     By 2002, Dr. Niemtzow became Consultant for Alternative and Complementary Medicine to the Air Force Surgeon General.  He established the acupuncture clinic at Andrews Air Force Base.  I have been privileged to one of the few civilian doctors to be personally trained by Dr. Niemtzow.  When I met the Colonel, I had already been successfully practicing ear acupuncture for several years, under the tutelage of Nader Soliman, M.D., America’s foremost authority on the specialty of ear acupuncture.  I was thrilled to add Dr. Niemtzow’s dry mouth and eyes protocol immediately in my practice.  It is always thrilling to be able to have new applications for old, or in the case of acupuncture, ancient technologies, as part of a holistic approach to health care.  Anybody who is considering this treatment for dry eyes or dry mouth should understand that it is a complementary or supportive treatment and not a replacement for comprehensive medical evaluation and treatment.