Nei guan

Nei guan

Nei guan (P6, Chinese: 内关) is an acupoint, a point of the skin that is stimulated with various techniques in the practice of acupuncture. It is located on the the anterior forearm, two cun above to the wrist crease, between the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis muscles, along the pericardium meridian. [cite web|url=http://www.acuxo.com/meridianPictures.asp?point=PC6&meridian=Pericardium|title=PC6 Nei Guan|work=Acupuncture Research and Resource|accessdate=2007-04-28]

Therapeutic uses and scientific validation

The Cochrane Collaboration, a group of evidence-based medicine (EBM) reviewers, reviewed the use of "Nei guan" (Acupoint P6) for nausea and vomiting, and found it to be effective for reducing post-operative nausea, but not vomiting. [cite web|url=http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003281.html|title=Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point P6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting|work=Cochrane Reviews|author=Lee A, Done ML|accessdate=2007-04-28] The Cochrane review included various means of stimulating P6, including acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, transcutaneous nerve stimulation, laser stimulation, acustimulation device and acupressure; it did not comment on whether one or more forms of stimulation were more effective. EBM reviewer Bandolier said that "P6 acupressure in two studies showed 52% of patients with control having a success, compared with 75% with P6 acupressure". [cite web|url=http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band59/b59-4.html|title=Nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy|work=|accessdate=2007-04-28] One author of an article published in the Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine disagreed. [cite web|url=http://www.sram.org/0802/acupuncture.html|author=Kimball C. Atwood IV, MD|title=The P6 Acupuncture Point and Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting|work=The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine|accessdate=2007-04-28] Another study shows benefit in controling the symptoms of GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). [cite web|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/aps-ava083005.php|title=Acupuncture versus acid reflux: 40% cut in sphincter relaxations brings hope for relief|work=EurekAlert|author=Mayer Resnick|accessdate=2008-06-30]

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