ACUPRESSURE.

Possible Perspectives of P6 Acupressure

which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. We read with great interest the article by Etri M et al. about the effects of P6 acupressure on pain and vital signs of patients following small abdominal surgeries (1). Post-operative pain is often experienced by surgical patients, with practical consequences on clinical ...

Acupressure and prevention of PONV.

Editor,—I read Harmon and colleagues’ article on the use of acupressure in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) with great interest.1 A cheap (and presumably re-usable) device without side effects and with such demonstrable efficacy must surely inspire great enthusiasm, and I look forward to seeing further such research. However, I was somewhat concerned by the process by ...

Acupressure, reflexology, and auricular acupressure for insomnia: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

Previous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have shown that acupuncture may be efficacious for insomnia. Instead of needling, acupressure, reflexology, and auricular acupressure are procedures involving physical pressure on acupoints or reflex areas. These variants of acupuncture are gaining popularity, perhaps due to their non-invasive nature. A systematic review has therefore been conducted ...

Sleep, insomnia and the effectiveness of acupressure

Auricular Acupressure Can Modulate Pain Threshold

The objective of our study was to investigate if auriculotherapy (AT) can modulate pain threshold. In our experiments, AT consisted of placing Vaccaria seeds over the "fingers point" of one ear. Two groups of healthy volunteers were enrolled for the study. Each subject was asked to perform an autoalgometric test developed by our group on three occasions: before, 1 hour after, AT and 24 hours af...