A simple and effective technique for easing a variety of aches and ailments, acupressure can help with nausea associated with pregnancy:
eople use acupressure to treat many conditions. Acupressure is based on the belief that an invisible life energy called qi (sounds like ‘chee’) travels around the body along special pathways. Some people believe that, when this energy flow gets blocked, people have health problems. This is the same idea behind acupuncture. But unlike acupuncture, acupressure does not use needles. You can do acupressure yourself.
Acupressure involves putting pressure on certain points on the body in the belief that this will free the energy flow. You can use your thumbs, fingertips, or a band to apply this pressure. Acupressure to treat nausea and vomiting is usually on the P6 point. The P6 point is on your forearm, about the width of three fingers up from the crease of your wrist. By placing your fingers over your P6 point and applying pressure, you might prevent nausea.
You can buy a wristband that has a plastic disc that fits over the P6 point. This gives continuous acupressure while you’re wearing the band. These wristbands, such as Sea-Band, are usually used to prevent travel sickness.
How can it help?In one study of women admitted to hospital with severe nausea and vomiting, women felt less sick and vomited less if they’d had acupressure at the P6 point, compared with women who’d had ’sham’ acupressure at another point on their wrist. [1]
The women in the study did acupressure by pressing with their thumbs on the P6 point three times a day for 10 minutes.
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