Cardiotocography analysis during the BL67 acupoint stimulus for breech presentation

The BL67 acupuncture stimulus represents an effective and easy method to obtain the conversion of fetus in breech presentation. Notwithstanding this, traditional medicine still has several doubts about the safety of this technique. The aim of the present study is to prove that BL67 acupuncture stimuli application leads to no fetal risk, and that it doesn't induce any increase in uterine contractility. Actually, using computerized cardiotocography in 10 pregnant women who underwent acupuncture because of breech presentation, it was proved that either decrease or increase in fetal heartbeat or any changing in fetal heart rate hasn't occur both during and after the acupuncture practice, while was shown a decreasing in fetal movements. Moreover it was observed no uterine contractility during the observation period after the acupuncture session. It's so possible to conclude from this first experience that BL67 acupuncture stimulus absolutely causes no fetal risk and, what's more, in contrast to what is so often thought, the acute effect of acupuncture is to induce a quiet state in the fetus.