External plasters during pregnancy?

[Guest guest]

Hi List,

 

I have a pregnant patient (8 weeks) with severe nausea and vomiting.

She miscarried her last pregnancy at 10 weeks approximately one year

ago.

 

She 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

[Guest guest]

Dear Dr Slater, since your patient had spontaneously miscarried previously, I

would be hesitant to introduce blood moving and stasis resolving substances to

her,as you said.

Using plum blossom tapping over bruises followed by cupping, to draw the dead

blood out, does help with pain a lot, and resolves the bruise(dead blood). There

are patches and oils that have just cooling substances as main ingredient that

may be useful.

The severe nausea is termed 'fetal phlegm', which also, to me, slightly shows a

delicate time (8 weeks). There are many herbal formulas to look at for relief

in that category.

 

Steven Slater <dragonslive wrote:

Hi List,

 

I have a pregnant patient (8 weeks) with severe nausea and vomiting.

She miscarried her last pregnancy at 10 weeks approximately one year

ago.

 

She 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

 

 

 

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