A randomized controlled open clinical trial of moxibustion
treatment to acupoint BL 67 to promote the version of breech
babies to vertex was undertaken in Women's Hospital in
Jiangxi Province and Jiujiang Women's and children's
Hospital in the People's Republic of China. Two hundred and
sixty primigravidas with breech presentations at 32 weeks
were randomized to the moxibustion group or to be given no
treatment. By the end of two weeks of either daily treatment
or twice daily treatment for 15 minutes on each side, 72.4
percent of the women in the daily treatment group and 81.4
percent in the twice a day treatment group had vertex
babies. There were 47.7 percent vertex presentations in the
control group. -JAMA Nov. 11, 1998
Reprinted from Midwifery Today E-News (Vol 2 Issue 24 June 14, 2000)
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