Effectiveness of Press Tack Needle Acupuncture in Treating Lactation Insufficiency

University of Indonesia (UI)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypogalactia, Without Mention of Attachment Difficulty; Lactation; Insufficient, Partial

Treatments: Device: Press Tack Needle Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04416880

Medical Acupuncture 2019

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was meant to see the effectiveness of press tack needle acupuncture in improving lactation insufficiency. The acupuncture points used in this study were CV17 Danzhong and SI1 Shaoze. Press Tack Needles were placed in these acupuncture points for 7 days in hope that it will give continuous acupuncture stimulation that might help in improving lactation insufficiency with minimal side effect, less time consuming, and more efficient for the patient.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Breastfeeding mother who suffers from lactation insufficiency
• Breastfeeding mother from 2 weeks to 5 months post-partum
• Breastfeeding mother with healthy baby

Exclusion criteria

• Subject consumes drugs that are known to decrease breastmilk production
• Subject with infection or inflammation in the intended acupuncture points
• Subject with bleeding disorder
• Subject consumes anticoagulant
• Subject with known diabetic history
• Subject with body temperature > 38 degree celcius

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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36 participants in 2 patient groups

Press Tack Needle Acupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in this group were given seirin pyonex press tack needle treatment in the acupuncture points CV17 Danzhong and SI1 Shaoze bilateral for 7 days.

Treatment:

Device: Press Tack Needle Acupuncture

Sham Control Press Tack Needle Acupuncture

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Patients in this group were given sham treatment in the acupuncture points CV17 Danzhong and SI1 Shaoze bilateral for 7 days.

Treatment:

Device: Press Tack Needle Acupuncture