Morning sickness is dreadful and many women try acupressure bands, ginger and raspberry leaf tea when they are approaching giving birth, and use homeopathy.
P6 acupressure reduces symptoms of vection-induced motion sickness.
The same point needs to be found, but patients need to have a more conscious awareness of when acupressure is required and for how long to apply the pressure.
P6 stimulation can be delivered by acupressure, acupuncture or other stimulation such as transcutaneous stimulation.
Furthermore, acupressure wristbands place the patient in control of their nausea to some degree.
Two of the patients had used acupressure wristbands before the study for travel sickness and had found them useful.
Studies have demonstrated that acupressure wristbands can reduce postoperative nausea, motion sickness, morning sickness and chemotherapy-induced nausea.
Overall, these controlled trials provided much support for acupressure use.
