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Revista Cubana de Enfermería
On-line version ISSN 1561-2961
Abstract
PARADA LOPEZ, Noilan and MONIER TORNES, Aimé. Acupuntura en el mantenimiento de la lactancia materna en interconsultas de pediatría. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 1999, vol.15, n.3, pp. 190-195. ISSN 1561-2961.
An experimental study was conducted with the introduction on of acupuncture in the treatment of hypogalactia in mothers of infants that received medical attention at the family physicians offices of the "28 de Septiembre" Polyclinic, in Santiago de Cuba. To this end, appointments were made for the Acupuncture Department, where the appointments procedure was carried out by using stainless steel needles that were inserted in the selected points during 20 minutes, every other day, in order to tone up in case of emptiness and to "decongest" in case of plenitude. The most used points were: Vg20, Vc17, Vb21, Pc6 and Id1. A questionnarie was used to obtain some variables of interest. Data were manually processed with a calculator. Biosocial factors as those reported in literature due to the influence of breast feeding suppresion were not detected in any of the patients. The results of treatment were satisfactory in all cases and no complications were observed. The treatment was immediately accepted and it had a short duration in most of the patients.
Keywords : LACTATION DISORDERS [therapy]; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY [methods].