MOXIBUSTION FOR NAUSEA AND VOMITING IN PREGNANCY
Siti Raihanah(a), Masrifan Djamil(b), Sutopo Patria Jati(c)
(a)Pasca Sarjana Poltekkes Semarang, (b)Pasca Sarjana Poltekkes Semarang
(c)Diponegoro University
Abstract
Background: Nausea-vomiting were a common symptom that occurs in 70-80% of pregnant women. The alternative treatments such as herbal medicine, acupressure and moxibustion have been suggested to control pregnancy-induced nausea-vomiting. Object: This study explained the effect of moxibustion at P6 and ST36 on nausea-vomiting in pregnancy. Method: The method used queasy experimental study pretest-posttest with two group design. Moxibustion was a heat stimulation technique at P6 and ST36 points for 5 days, 7 minutes per day. P6 point located on the inner wrist, 2-3 fingers above the wrist between the tendons and ST36 point is located 4 fingers below the lower limit of the patella. The sampling technique used a random sampling of 30 pregnant women with gestational age<16 weeks of pregnancy that randomly divided into two groups; 15 each group. The instrument used to measure nausea-vomiting used PUQE (Pregnancy Unique-Quantification of Emesis) and B-endorphin level. Result: Moxibustion at point P6 can reduce symptoms of nausea and vomit (P<0.05). Moxibustion at the ST36 point was less effective in reducing symptoms of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (P>0.05). Conclusion: Moxibustion at P6 point was more effective than at ST36 point in reducing symptoms of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.
Keywords: Moxibustion, P6, ST36, nausea and vomiting
Topic: International Conference on Nursing