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KUCHING: The insertion of needles into ear lobes has been claimed to relieve pain elsewhere in the body, yet the alternative method of healing has still not been classified.

American-trained pain specialist /auricular specialist Professor Dr Harlem Shah said he can relieve pain from the head to the toe using auricular therapy or auricular acupuncture without surgery or medication.

He said his treatment involves inserting a titanium needle or special acupuncture needle into the ear lobe of a patient without hurting him.

People suffering pain usually take painkillers. But I dont use medicines or painkillers. I believe in auricular therapy to ease pain, he said when met at a physicians clinic here yesterday.

Dr Harlem was in Kuching to speak on the subject of pain management under the invitation of the Kuching Traditional Chinese Physicians (TCP).

He said most Western doctors do not believe in the pain treatment technique he is using.

But as a pain relief expert, I can take away pain from any part of the body, he claimed.

Dr Harlem claimed that the treatment for migraine, headache, back pain, blood circulation problems, heart and liver problems is to insert needles into the earlobe.

He has treated hundreds of patients who complained of various types of pains in his clinic in Petaling Jaya.

Dr Harlem started his career in homeopathy and acupuncture.

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