Nargis Anjum, Muhammad Irfan Safi Rizvi, Zeenat Ayub, Muhammad Akber Baig, Aamir Hameed.
Control of Early Morning Sickness of Pregnancy by Acupressure technique
Ann Abbasi Shaheed Hosp Karachi Med Dent Coll Dec 2002;7(2):369-73.
Department of Physiology, Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi

Objective: To evaluate the effect of acupressure wrist bands on nausea and vomiting of early pregnancy Methodology: Ninety pregnant women of gestational age between 7-12 weeks were randomly recruited for a double blind, cross over, placebo controlled trial. Women were randomly divided into two groups. Two types of bands were used i.e., pressure band and placebo band for a ten days long trial, organized in two steps of four days each and a two days wash out period in between the steps. Result: Acupressure at Neiguan point has an antiemetic effect and this effect is more than that achieved by placebo band. More than 60% positive effect was found with pressure band as compared to 30% with placebo band. Conclusion: Acupressure may be used to treat pregnant women suffering from early morning sickness with a success rate of more than 60% by applying pressure at P6 point.

Category: Physiotherapy
Keywords: Early Morning Sickness. Pregnancy. Acupressure. Morning Sicknet.

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