Acupuncture effective for depression during pregnancy

American researchers have published a study of acupuncture for depression during pregnancy is effective. Thus the method could be an alternative to drugs unloaded.

The pregnancy-related depression put a strain on the affected women, their family and the social environment. Up to 14 percent of pregnant women report the symptoms. Since one of the mother to the child's possible, do not want to burden them with highly-intrusive chemical drugs, the search goes to dangerous methods, especially in the field of natural medicine to treat the Symptomatic in full swing. Now it seems that American researchers have discovered a new option in treatment.



The scientists from the universities of Stanford, Texas, California and Arizona, published their findings in the journal "obstetrics and Gynecology"
They took about eight weeks for their study, the data from 150 women with gestational depression. Of the women, all between the 12th and 30 Weeks had been, with 49 each of them treated with massage or sham acupuncture and 52 of them with a real acupuncture treatment. During sham acupuncture and massage at 44.3 percent showed improvement, the real acupuncture - treatment was 63 percent ahead.

The scientists at Rachel Anber by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the US-based Stanford University, take the view that acupuncture should be included in future so the concept of process models of the problem. In contrast to antidepressants by acupuncture are no significant additional effects to be expected in the body.