Moxibustion for Breech Babies

Using moxa on a point on the toe
A team in Taiwan has undertaken a systematic review of studies on moxibustion for breech babies. Included in their meta-analysis was data from 16 randomised controlled trials, involving 2555 women. Compared with control interventions, moxibustion significantly increased head-first (cephalic) presentation at birth. The results of one trial suggested that moxibustion plus acupuncture was synergistic for correcting breech presentation. (Correction of Breech Presentation with Moxibustion & Acupuncture: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis. Healthcare (Basel), 22 May 2021.)

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.