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Research Archive
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Acupuncture ineffective for reducing caesarean rate
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
A Cochrane Database Systematic review has found that using acupuncture for induction of labour does not reduce caesarean section rate, but may increase the readiness of the cervix for labour ...
Acupressure helps reduce caesarian rate and length of labour
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
Acupressure could have a role in reducing the rate of caesarean delivery and decreasing the duration of labour ...
Acupuncture reduces symptoms of threatened miscarriage
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
A new exploratory study from the obstetric acupuncture specialist Debra Betts and her Australian co-authors suggests that acupuncture can reduce the physical and emotional symptoms of threatened miscarriage ...
Acupressure relieves labour pain
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
Acupressure may be effective for reducing labour pain, reports an Iranian research team ...
Acupressure helps reduce epidurals and caesareans as part of integrative care
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
An integrative medicine programme that includes acupressure can significantly reduce epidural use and caesarean section rates when added to usual antenatal care ...
Chinese medicine improves reproductive hormone levels
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
Electro-acupuncture (EA) may improve reproductive hormone levels in patients with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR), according to preliminary research from China ...
Acupuncture adds benefit to standard care for pregnancy back pain
Categories: Pregnancy & labour, Back
A feasibility study carried out in the UK suggests that acupuncture can add benefit to standard care (SC) for back pain in pregnancy ...
No objective evidence of harm for points forbidden in pregnancy
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
A review of the scientific literature on needling at points historically considered to be 'forbidden' during pregnancy has found that there is no objective evidence of harm ...
Acupuncture decreases duration of labour
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
Researchers from Iran have found that acupuncture is significantly associated with decreased duration of labour ...
Acupressure at SP-6 can help cervical ripening
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
Acupressure at Sanyinjiao SP-6 can help with cervical ripening in labour, according to a study from Iran ...
Moxa for breech saves money
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
Moxibustion at acupuncture point Zhiyin BL-67 can correct non-vertex presentation, reduce the number of caesarean sections performed and achieve cost savings for the healthcare system, compared with conventional treatment ...
Acupuncture at Qihai REN-6 can shorten third stage of labour
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
A study carried out in Spain has shown that acupuncture at point Qihai REN-6 can decrease the time taken for the placenta to be expelled after delivery ...
Acupuncture reduces epidural use
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
A trial carried out in Sweden has found that women who received manual acupuncture (MA) or electro-acupuncture (EA) during labour used less epidural analgesia than women who received standard care. The longitudinal randomised controlled trial recruited 303 nulliparous women with normal pregnancies who were randomised to receive 40 minutes of either manual acupuncture (MA) or electro-acupuncture (E ...
Acupuncture for back and pelvic pain during pregnancy
A Cochrane Database systematic review has concluded that current evidence supports acupuncture as a treatment for pelvic and back pain in pregnancy.
Tai chi and yoga can reduce symptoms of prenatal depression
A US team reports that practising a combination of tai chi and yoga can reduce prenatal depression, anxiety and sleep disturbances in pregnant women.
Acupressure at Hegu L.I.-4 reduces pain and length of labour
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
An RCT carried out in Iran has found acupressure at Hegu L.I.-4 to be effective at decreasing the pain and duration of labour.
Yoga/massage reduce prenatal depression and prematurity
Categories: Pregnancy & labour, Yoga research
Eighty-four women suffering from prenatal depression were randomly assigned to yoga, massage therapy or standard prenatal care control groups.
Electro-acupuncture as effective as drugs for labour induction
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
A Brazilian group has shown that electro-acupuncture (EA) can be used to promote labour as efficiently as the prostaglandin analogue misoprostol, but with fewer obstetric complications.
Moxibustion shortens labour and reduces pain
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
Moxibustion at Sanyinjiao SP-6 may be able to markedly shorten the active phase of the first stage of labour and decrease pain due to uterine contractions, according to Taiwanese researchers.
Acupuncture helps with pain of episiotomy
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
Italian clinicians have successfully used acupuncture to relieve perineal pain after episiotomy
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