Digestive Disorders in Pregnant Women

L'acupuncture can relieve the symptoms of digestive disorders in pregnant women. The researchers say the University of São Paulo in Brazil, that the treatment tested on a group of 36 women and "significant improvements" to the state of health of their "belly" found.

The Digestive disorders are the most common problems in the first nine months of pregnancy, from 45 to 80% of pregnant women attending the scholars felt nausea, gastritis, flatulence and other stomach pain, symptoms tend to worsen in the near future. Tested as a result of acupuncture on women between 15 and 39 years, between 15 and 30 weeks repeated with 1-2 applications per week for eight weeks.

 "After treatment, reported 75% of women who have an improvement of at least 50% of the symptoms associated with poor digestion compared to the control group who did not undergo acupuncture," the researchers explain in Brazil. The study, published in the journal Acupuncture in Medicine showed that in addition to reducing heartburn, in applying the needles 1 female 2 allows a better night's sleep.