Acupuncture & Health : Acupuncture During Pregnancy for Migraines

Hi, my name's Bob Lindy. I'm an acupuncture physician and registered herbalist in St. Petersburg, Florida. Today I'm gonna talk to you about using acupuncture for headaches, but whilst pregnant. And so it's very important that you see a well-qualified acupuncture physician who's worked with folks who are pregnant before, because there's a number of different points that we can't utilize whilst a person is pregnant, that even though normally it would be very effective for headaches, there is a risk that we have problems with the pregnancy. So in this case, we're going to deal with a frontal headache and use a point that's generally considered very, very safe. And it is very effective to use acupuncture and acupressure for dealing with headaches whilst pregnant. So this particular point we're going to use is called Yin Tong. It's one of my personal favorites, because it helps with both sinus pain and pressure, as well as very relaxing. So once we've swabbed the point, we can use one of our single-use needles and go ahead and place it in very gently. Whenever we're dealing with someone who is pregnant, we don't want to overstimulate the points any more than necessary. So once we've left that point in for about 20 minutes, the patient will be very relaxed and very comfortable, and we might choose some other points based on a diagnosis that we've gone through on their entire medical history, and we've ascertained the real reasons for their headaches. Once we've left it in for a while, and we'll sometimes get a little spot of blood just because there's a lot of blood vessels in the face, we can go ahead and swab that point. So if you are dealing with any kind of complications during your pregnancy, anything from nausea and vomiting to headaches and a variety of other problems that can happen during your pregnancy, make sure you contact an acupuncture physician in your area who specializes in working with pregnant women. So you can oftentimes find that person by checking acufinder.com, or checking with NCCIOM for a licensed acupuncturist in the United States. This is Bob Lindy in St. Petersburg, Florida, talking to you about using acupuncture for headaches whilst pregnant.