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Research Archive
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NEIGUAN P-6 AND NAUSEA
Categories: Nausea & vomiting
In this single-blind randomised study, two groups of patients suffering post-operative nausea and vomiting lasting longer than ten minutes were respectively treated by i. needling at bilateral Neiguan P-6, and ii. needling of a 'dummy' point near the elbow. In both groups, needling attempted to obtain deqi, i.e. tingling, heaviness or numbness which occasionally radiated from the site of needling, ...
ACUPUNCTURE AND POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING
Categories: Nausea & vomiting
A double-blind randomised controlled study of acupuncture versus a placebo was carried out on 81 patients scheduled for day case gynaecological laparoscopic surgery. The acupuncture patients who received treatment at Neiguan P-6 showed a 65% reduction in postoperative nausea and vomiting in hospital compared to 35% in the placebo group and a 69% compared to 31% reduction after discharg ...
ACUPUNCTURE & STRABISMUS SURGERY
Categories: Nausea & vomiting
The effect of stimulating Tianzhu BL-10, Dazhu BL-11 and Yanglingquan GB-34 by needeless acuplasters to control vomiting in children (age 3 to 14) after strabismus surgery was evaluated by comparing them with a group who received placebo treatment. The overall postoperative vomiting incidence in the acuplaster patients in a 24 hour period was 29.4% as opposed 64.5% in the placebo group (Acta Anaes ...
ACUPUNCTURE AND SICKNESS
Categories: Nausea & vomiting, Pregnancy & labour
regnant women who experience exceptionally severe morning sickness may benefit from acupuncture in addition to standard treatment, researchers in Sweden report. In a study of 33 pregnant women, only 7 of 17 women were still vomiting 3 days after acupuncture compared with 12 of 16 women who received a sham acupuncture treatment, according to findings published in the October issue of the Journal of ...
ACUPRESSURE & MORNING SICKNESS
Categories: Nausea & vomiting, Pregnancy & labour
In a study to assess the benefits of acupressure at Neiguan P-6 in the treatment of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, researches at Lund University in Sweden asked 60 pregnant women suffering from symptoms to a) wear a wrist band at Neiguan P-6, b) wear a wristband at a placebo point, and c) wear no wrist band. Both the Neiguan P-6 and the placebo groups showed a reduction in nausea and vomiting, ...
ELECTROACUPUNCTURE AND NAUSEA/VOMITING
Categories: Nausea & vomiting
In a study carried out at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, a sham-controlled, double-blinded study was designed to examine the antiemetic efficacy of transcutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation (TAES) in a surgical population (laparoscopic cholecystectomy) at high risk of developing nausea and vomiting. 221 outpatients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy with a standardi ...
ACUPUNCTURE & VOMITING
Categories: Nausea & vomiting
Patients given cyclophosphamide infusion for rheumatic diseases, suffer from nausea and vomiting as a side-effect. To assess the potential benefits of acupuncture in reducing these symptoms, a Swedish study compared the use of ondansetron (an anti-emetic) alone, or ondansetron in combination with needling of Neiguan P-6 and/or ear points. Compared with ondansetron treatment alone, the combined acu ...
ACUPUNCTURE & MORNING SICKNESS
Categories: Nausea & vomiting
A study of 593 women at the Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, who were less than 14 weeks pregnant and suffered from symptoms of nausea or vomiting, compared traditional acupuncture, simple acupuncture at Neiguan P-6 only, sham acupuncture and no acupuncture. The acupuncture patients received two 20-minute sessions of acupuncture in the first week followed by one weekly treatme ...
ACUPUNCTURE & NAUSEA
Categories: Nausea & vomiting
A systematic review of 26 acupuncture trials into the use of Neiguan P-6 for post-operative nausea has found that it is as successful as routine anti-sickness medication and is both cheaper and has fewer side effects. (http://www.cochrane.org//cochrane/revabstr/ab003281.htm).
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