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A type of wristband using acupressure to relieve the symptoms of motion sickness and other forms of nausea has been developed - reports of its effectiveness vary. Pressure is most commonly applied to this point via a band of some type, and there are now three different styles of bands. Studies have tended to confirm that bands can definitely help reduce seasickness, although there has been quite a variation in displayed effectiveness. This might be due to how accurately people place the bands on the appropriate pressure point. The more pressure the better, it seems. Because acupressure bands relieve all types of nausea, they are often used by pregnant women to prevent morning sickness as well.
The original acupressure band was the seaband, which is still available in some places. These days the leading `regular` band seems to be the bioband, which is more comfortable and adjustable. The magna band or other bands that have a magnet in them sound very much like a gadget rather than bona fide added value medical device to me.
The present study examines the efficacy of acupressure wristbands, compared with standard care alone and acu stimulation wristbands, in preventing severe nausea among 86 breast cancer patients receiving doxorubicin-based chemotherapy who were at high risk of experiencing severe nausea following treatment. Overall, these findings showed that acupressure wristbands were effective and may be an appropriate form of supplementary therapy for nausea management for breast cancer patients, especially those who are most at risk for experiencing severe nausea following chemotherapy treatment.
Researchers in sweden instructed 60 healthy pregnant women who suffered from morning sickness (nausea and vomiting) to wear an acupressure band either at acupressure point p6 (the neiguan point, an area of the wrist on the inside of the forearm) or at another point -- or to use no treatment. Stimulation of the neiguan point is traditionally recommended to relieve nausea and vomiting. Both groups of women who wore the bands improved immediately; however, within a few days the women wearing the bands on an area other than point p6 became sick again. The women who wore the bands on the neiguan point had consistently less nausea and vomiting than the other groups, and the favorable response persisted as long as the bands were needed.
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