Guest guest Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Hi All, I have a pregnant patient (8 weeks) with severe nausea and vomiting during. She miscarried her last pregnancy at 10 weeks approximately one year ago. Se is responding well to herbal treatment and acupressure/acupuncture and is applying simply self-treatment at home with acupressure and ginger tea. However there is now a complication. She had a car accident a few days ago which resulted in severe bruising and muscle damage around her knee and a large haematoma on her elbow. No fractures shown in from radiological investigations. She is undergoing some physiotherapy for these injuries but her mobility is limited and this is causing stress and difficulties as she is working and looking after a 4 year old child. My question................is it safe to apply the classic herbal patches for trauma during pregnancy? My feeling is that it would be, but I would like feedback/opinions from any members of this list before I supply such treatment. My hesitancy regarding this is obviously due to the nature of the actions of the typical herbs in these plasters ie. strongly invigorate blood and eliminate blood stasis............a contraindication in treatment of pregnant women. Any feedback on this case would be greatly appreciated!! Dr. Steven J Slater Practitioner and Acupuncturist Mobile: 0418 343 545 chinese_medicine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Topical applications (Die da jiao, etc) on the knee should be fine. Dont use strong needling, and of course no blood movers internally. Eti Steven Slater <dragonslive wrote: Hi All, I have a pregnant patient (8 weeks) with severe nausea and vomiting during. She miscarried her last pregnancy at 10 weeks approximately one year ago. Se is responding well to herbal treatment and acupressure/acupuncture and is applying simply self-treatment at home with acupressure and ginger tea. However there is now a complication. She had a car accident a few days ago which resulted in severe bruising and muscle damage around her knee and a large haematoma on her elbow. No fractures shown in from radiological investigations. She is undergoing some physiotherapy for these injuries but her mobility is limited and this is causing stress and difficulties as she is working and looking after a 4 year old child. My question................is it safe to apply the classic herbal patches for trauma during pregnancy? My feeling is that it would be, but I would like feedback/opinions from any members of this list before I supply such treatment. My hesitancy regarding this is obviously due to the nature of the actions of the typical herbs in these plasters ie. strongly invigorate blood and eliminate blood stasis............a contraindication in treatment of pregnant women. Any feedback on this case would be greatly appreciated!! Dr. Steven J Slater Practitioner and Acupuncturist Mobile: 0418 343 545 chinese_medicine Chinese Herbal Medicine offers various professional services, including board approved continuing education classes, an annual conference and a free discussion forum in Chinese Herbal Medicine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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