Description
Overview
ACUPUNCTURE IN PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH is a concise, highly illustrated, and practical guide to using acupuncture to treat women throughout their pregnancy and labour. Drawing on the author’s wealth of experience as a midwife and an acupuncturist, this book delivers accessible content to both acupuncture students and practitioners. It covers physiology related to pregnancy and childbirth, illuminating the links between Western knowledge and acupuncture approaches. It also suggests points and point combinations for particular stages and actions during pregnancy and labour.
Key Features
- Highly illustrated with summary boxes and guidelines
- Covers nutritional aspects of pregnancy
- Provides practical advice and instruction on the use of acupuncture through the four trimesters of pregnancy and labour
- Uses case examples to further illustrate the text
- Covers recent advances in relation to the effects of aspirin and heparin to the immune system and pregnancy
- Includes IVF pregnancies
- Features a glossary and appendix of useful addresses
- Fully updated and revised throughout to include recent research
- Discusses nutrition and its effect on the foetus, a new and developing area of research
Highlights
The book is notable for its practical guidance on the use of acupuncture throughout pregnancy and labour. It also includes recent research and advances related to pregnancy, such as the effects of aspirin and heparin on the immune system, and the impact of nutrition on the fetus.
Book Structure
The book is structured to guide the reader through the four trimesters of pregnancy and labour, with each stage covered in detail. It also includes case examples, a glossary, an appendix of useful addresses, and sections on nutritional aspects of pregnancy and IVF pregnancies.
Authors
Zita West
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