A pilot study undertaken at Guangzhou Medical University in China, suggests acupuncture may be helpful as an adjunctive treatment to bring down blood pressure in women with pre-eclampsia. Pregnant women in the study were given the choice of ten acupuncture sessions over a period of a fortnight plus usual care, or just usual care alone. Each group comprised eleven women. Patients in the acupuncture group were found to have significantly lower blood pressure at delivery and 24 hours postpartum, compared with patients in the control group.
(Effects of acupuncture on preeclampsia in Chinese women: a pilot prospective cohort study. Acupuncture in Medicine, 29 October 2015.)
Author: Robin Costello
I offer traditional Chinese acupuncture in Exeter, from a tranquil clinic a mile from the city centre, and next to the University of Exeter. I graduated originally from the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine’s 3 year full time Acupuncture Diploma (DipAc) course. I am on the practitioners register of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC), a regulatory and professional body with an entry standard of a full three year undergraduate degree level training.
I have worked in a hospital in south west China, deepening my knowledge and using acupuncture and Chinese massage (tuina) as the treatment of choice in its country of origin. I have taught Chinese medicine in colleges, the NHS and at university level. I also practise Qi Gong, and Chinese dietary therapy, that is the medicinal use of ordinary foods, chosen to help achieve particular therapeutic effects in different individuals.
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