Effect of Su Jok Therapy on Breastfeeding (Sujok)

Aysegul Kilicli

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Breastfeeding

Treatments: Behavioral: Su Jok Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06628960

MAUN

Details and patient eligibility

About

There are many alternative methods to increase breast milk. In the literature, studies on Su Jok therapy applications are limited and no studies on increasing breast milk have been found. In Korean language, 'Su' means hand and 'Jok' means foot. Su Jok therapy is defined as a modern acupressure/acupuncture interpretation that utilises the body's independent communication systems on the hands and feet by applying various techniques such as massage, moxa (heating), needles, magnets and seeds to the reflection points on the hands and feet. Su Jok is an integrated therapy that incorporates many tried and trusted methods of oriental medicine

Full description

There are many alternative methods to increase breast milk. In the literature, studies on Su Jok therapy applications are limited and no studies on increasing breast milk have been found. In Korean language, 'Su' means hand and 'Jok' means foot. Su Jok therapy is defined as a modern acupressure/acupuncture interpretation that utilises the body's independent communication systems on the hands and feet by applying various techniques such as massage, moxa (heating), needles, magnets and seeds to the reflection points on the hands and feet. Su Jok is an integrated therapy that incorporates many tried and trusted methods of oriental medicine.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• primiparous women giving birth by caesarean section,
• women aged 19-35,
• breastfeeding women

Exclusion criteria

• those who refused to participate in the research

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

su jok therapy;

Experimental group

Description:

su jok therapy; application of seeds placed at certain points on the palm of the hand every day for the first ten days after birth, every day to be kept in the hand for 2 hours.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Su Jok Therapy

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

control group, Su Jok will not be applied