Acupuncture During Pregnancy: An Expert Discussion

Niemtzow, Richard C.; Betts, Debra; Budd, Sarah; Citkovitz, Claudia; Kocher, Zena; Mummery, Cameron

doi:10.1089/acu.2019.29112.rtl

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“…e safety of acupuncture in pregnancy is reasonably well accepted, but there is still a lack of high-quality scientific research to validate the safety and effectiveness of acupuncture for threatened miscarriage [92]. Many experts have raised concerns about the safety of acupuncture for treating women in early pregnancy [93,94], and there remains a debate regarding the needling points that are historically considered to be forbidden during pregnancy, like SP6, LI4, BL60, BL67, GB21, and LU7. Nevertheless, electroacupuncture at these forbidden points did not aggravate the miscarriage rate or fetal loss over the course of gestation in pregnant rats [95].…”

Section: E Role Of Acupuncture In the Treatment Of Reatenedmentioning

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Threatened Miscarriage: Advantages and Risks

Zhou

et al. 2021

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Threatened miscarriage is one of the most common complications causing pregnancy loss, and it affects approximately 20% of confirmed pregnancies. More and more women are seeking treatment with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for this common complication, and it has been reported that women have had successful pregnancies after threatened miscarriage when being treated with CAM, which mainly includes Chinese herbal medicines, acupuncture, and nutritional supplements as well as psychological interventions and other approaches. However, many experts are concerned about the safety and adverse events of certain CAM approaches in women with threatened miscarriage. Therefore, this review focuses on the status of CAM for threatened miscarriage and presents the potential therapeutic efficacy and safety of CAM based on some clinical and experimental studies. We thus hope to provide some instructive suggestions for the application of CAM for treating threatened miscarriage in the future.

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