Medical Acupuncture in Pregnancy

More and more health care professionals in obstetrics and gynecology are turning to complementary medicine to enhance their patients’ comfort and wellness. With an emphasis on medical acupuncture, this new book offers busy practitioners an accessible guide to the myriad ways in which these time-tested methods can both enhance and ease a pregnant woman’s experience before, during, and after delivery.Medical Acupuncture in Pregnancybegins with a concise, yet thorough review of basic TCM principles and proceeds to cover treatments for: hyperemesis preterm labor, preeclampsia dysfunctional labor, postpartum depression dysmenorrhoe, migraine infections and more! Whether as an introduction to the topic or as a handy clinical reference, this text is essential forobstetricians, gynecologists, midwives, acupuncturists, and nurseswho want tooptimize patient care options with Chinese medicine.