Morning Sickness

During the first trimester of pregnancy, between the 5^th and 12^th week, woman experiences some degree of nausea.  If it is severe the woman may have aversion to food, or vomiting.  These women may be stressed out and always feeling sick.

Note: needling is always done with gentle stimulation, 2 points per person is usually enough, never insert deeply, stay away from low abdomen.

Disharmony between Liver and Stomach vomit up bitter fluids, stressed out, hypochondriac fullness/pain P/T – soothe Liver, harmonize Stomach, descend Qi

Acupuncture – sedate, hand and foot Jueyin, foot Yangming, PC 6, Ren 17, LR 3, Ren 12, ST 36

– vomit bitter fluids- GB 34

Spleen Stomach deficiency clear fluids, poor diet and digestion, fatigue, loose stools, pale complexion P/T – regulate and strengthen Spleen

Must Read: Treatment based on diagnosis of Qi and Blood

Acupuncture – Tonify, moxa, foot Taiyin & Yangming, ST 36, Ren 12, PC 6, SP 4

Phlegm-Damp vomit Phlegm-fluids, sweet sticky mouth, no appetite, chest/abdominal fullness, bloating, T- swollen with white greasy coat, P- slippery P/T – regulate Qi, transform Phlegm, harmonize Stomach, relieve vomit

Acupuncture – moxa, neutral, foot Taiyin & Yangming, SP 9 & ST 40, KI 21, Ren 12, ST 36, PC 6, Ren 17

Alternative Treatment Methods

auricular- LR, ST, Shenmen

Usually 2-4 thirty-five minute treatments within one week will show great improvement in the nausea and vomiting. For more intense cases of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, 3-4 treatments within one week will help determine prognosis, and 4-6 treatments within 10-14 days will determine whether or not acupuncture will play a successful role in the treatment of the condition.