acupressure

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Simply pressing specific points on your body can quickly help you to go into labor naturally. proves that natural labor induction with acupressure is and effective.

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  1. noun See shiatsu.

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  • Yoga, biofeedback, massage, and acupressure are all established techniques for relaxation and stress-management.
  • An acupressure treatment applied to children undergoing anesthesia noticeably lowers their anxiety levels and makes the stress of surgery more calming for them and their families, UC Irvine anesthesiologists have learned. —  Signs of the Times
  • "What's great about the use of acupressure is that it costs very little and has no side effects." —  Signs of the Times
  • In this study, Kain and his Yale colleagues applied adhesive acupressure beads to 52 children between the ages of 8 and 17 who were to undergo endoscopic stomach surgery. —  Signs of the Times
  • "We can't assume that Western medical approaches are the only viable ones, and we have an obligation to look at integrative treatments like acupressure as a way to improve the surgery experience." —  Signs of the Times
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. acu(puncture) + pressure.

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  1. from Latin acus, a needle, + pressura, pressure: see pressure.
 

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/ˈækjuprɛʃər/
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