Morning sickness
StarEssentials of Chinese Acupuncture (Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing Colleges of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1980) — the standard prescriptions of the Chinese colleges.
Points
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He-Sea of the Stomach; brings rebellious stomach qi down
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Luo-Connecting point of the Pericardium; opens the chest and stops vomiting
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Ren point over the upper stomach; local point for epigastric fullness
Needling Safety
Cited hazards for these points. Tick what applies to the patient to see the cautions that follow from it.
Treatment Principle
Calm the stomach qi to stop the vomiting, using Stomach and Pericardium channel points.
Indications
Method
Needle with even movement.
⚠ Cautions
The patient is pregnant: keep stimulation gentle and avoid the points contraindicated in pregnancy (LI4, SP6, BL60, BL67, GB21, lower-abdominal points). Needle CV13 shallow. Vomiting with weight loss, dehydration or ketonuria (hyperemesis gravidarum) needs medical care.
About
The book's prescription for vomiting early in pregnancy, attributed to weak stomach qi reacting to the developing fetus.
Rationale
ST36 lowers the rising stomach qi from the leg, PC6 eases the chest and settles the urge to vomit, and CV13 works locally on epigastric fullness. Distal points on two channels are thus paired with one local point over the stomach.
Clinical Notes
The book gives an ear-acupuncture option using Liver, Stomach, Ear-Shenmen and Sympathetic, once daily or with embedded needles left three to five days and pressed by the patient.
Sources
- Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, et al. Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1980. Chapter III, Morning Sickness, p. 379.
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