Journal of International Reproductive Health/Family Planning ›› 2025, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (4): 338-342.doi: 10.12280/gjszjk.20250018

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Research Progress of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Treating Hyperemesis Gravidarum

LU Feng-juan, MA Li-na, SHI Bai-chao, CONG Jing, WANG Yu, ZHANG Bei, WU Xiao-ke()   

  1. Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150000, China (LU Feng-juan, SHI Bai-chao); Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250014, China (MA Li-na); First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150000, China (CONG Jing, WANG Yu, WU Xiao-ke); Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou 221000, Jiangsu Province, China (ZHANG Bei)
  • Received:2025-01-07 Published:2025-07-15 Online:2025-07-28
  • Contact: WU Xiao-ke, E-mail: xiaokewu2002@vip.sina.com

Abstract:

In recent years, the number of patients seeking medical treatment due to hyperemesis gravidarum has been increasing year by year, becoming the second leading indication of hospitalization for pregnant women in early pregnancy in China. It can also increase the risk of postpartum depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder for pregnant women. It is an important therapeutic principle of traditional Chinese medicine to treat the pregnancy-related diseases by simultaneously treating the disease and pacifying the fetus. As an important part of the classic of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and moxibustion therapy, based on the meridian pathogenesis of hyperemesis gravidarum, combined with the pathogenic factors of hyperemesis gravidarum, individual endowment and special physiological conditions during pregnancy, has therapeutic advantages such as good therapeutic effect, high safety, convenient and flexible operation, etc. The treatment methods mainly include filiform needle acupuncture, moxibustion, point injection, press needle acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine point application and combined therapy, which can effectively relieve nausea, vomiting, fatigue and other symptoms of patients with hyperemesis gravidarum. Therefore, it provides an option for the treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum.

Key words: Hyperemesis gravidarum, Meridians, Acupuncture moxibustion therapy, Acupoint therapy, Therapy