Researchers at the University of Oslo’s Department of Dentistry have concluded that acupuncture is an effective adjunctive treatment for post-operative nausea and vomiting in children after surgery to remove adenoids or tonsils.
In a randomised controlled trial, 154 children were selected to receive either acupuncture during anaesthesia plus acupressure wristbands for the following 24 hours alongside standard drug treatment, or they received standard drug treatment alone. The acupuncture group experienced significantly less retching and vomiting (46.8%) compared with the control group (66.2%).
(Perioperative Acupuncture and Postoperative Acupressure can prevent Postoperative Vomiting following Paediatric Tonsillectomy or Adenoidectomy: A Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial. Acupuncture in Medicine, Dec 2010. Epub ahead of print.)
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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