
Acupressure and Acupuncture during Birth
An Integrative Guide for Acupuncturists and Birth Professionals
- 200 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Acupressure and Acupuncture during Birth
An Integrative Guide for Acupuncturists and Birth Professionals
About this book
For acupuncturists and birth professionals, this book explains how yin/yang and other principles of Chinese medicine can improve birth experiences as well as outcomes. Acupuncture and Chinese medicine can shift and support the physical and emotional journey of birth and provide nonpharmacologic treatment approaches for commonly occurring disorders of labor such as malposition, asynclitism, slow cervical dilatation and inadequate contractions, as well as postpartum and post C-section care.
Accessible and engaging, the book includes an overview of Chinese medicine for women's health; information on what happens before, during and after birth from both a biomedical and Chinese medical perspective;and a toolkit of treatment strategies for birth work. The techniques described include acupressure, Tui Na (Chinese medical bodywork), needling, auricular acupressure and electrostimulation.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword by Debra Betts
- 1. Introduction
- 2. A Brief Introduction to EAM: Vital Substances and Pathological Processes
- 3. The Events of Birth
- 4. Yin Birth, Yang Birth: The Five Main Birth Types and Their Challenges
- 5. Birth Basics: Core Methods for Integrative Labor Support
- 6. Additional Methods for Problem-Solving in Birth
- 7. Differential Analysis of Prolonged Labor
- 8. Preparation and Practice
- Appendix A: Acupressure Point Locations and Names
- Appendix B: Moxibustion for Breech Presentation
- Appendix C: Moxibustion for Threatened Miscarriage
- Appendix D: Labor Preparation
- Appendix E: Postpartum Care
- Appendix F: Glossary of Medical Terms
- Subject Index
- Author Index
- Join our mailing list
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Copyright
- Of Related Interest