| type="text/javascript"> ch_client = "articlealley"; | | | | side effect is a very slight chance of minimal bruising |
| ch_type = "mpu"; ch_width = 590; ch_height = 250; | | | | at the site of the needle insertion. Also, the process |
| ch_non_contextual = 4; ch_noborders = 1; | | | | is not likely to cause immediate labor, but allows it to |
| ch_vertical ="premium"; ch_sid = "590x250 Article | | | | begin in a more normal and timely manner. The |
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| ch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected]; } Labor | | | | method. |
| induction is a touchy health subject as hospitals | | | | The answer to this question is the lack of |
| prefer to administer drugs to bring it on. Acupuncture | | | | understanding that still exists in how acupuncture |
| for labor induction is much safer to the mother and | | | | really works. There are really few clinical studies that |
| child. | | | | have been done in the West to explore acupuncture |
| Acupuncture for Labor Induction | | | | labor induction or really any other condition that might |
| The normal method used in hospitals to induce lever | | | | be better treated by this ancient Chinese medical |
| is to administer a drug known as Pitocin. Pitocin | | | | practice. A recent study was begun that was going |
| usually produces a very strong reaction and labor | | | | to test a group of women who were near or past |
| often begins immediately. The effects that the drug | | | | their due date, and use a control group of women in |
| might have on the unborn child are not fully | | | | similar condition. The control group would be given |
| understood. There is also a good chance of some | | | | acupuncture, but points that have no relation to labor |
| side effects that range from nausea and vomiting to | | | | would be used. |
| more severe conditions such as bleeding, irregular | | | | This type of experiment illustrates the continuing |
| heart rate, and pelvic hematoma. All in all, this does | | | | belief that acupuncture works as a sort of placebo. It |
| not appear to be the best way to get this important | | | | is impossible for most Western scientists to accept |
| process started. | | | | the Traditional Chinese explanation for it because the |
| Acupuncture labor induction has absolutely no effect | | | | Meridians and the acupuncture body points |
| on the unborn baby as no unnatural substance is | | | | themselves can not be demonstrated anatomically. |
| being introduced into the body. The worse possible | | | | |