Pardon my ignorance but I thought that the HEAT was the active factor in moxibustion, rather than the actual herb used (ragwort I believe) My doctor tried this with me at 35 ish weeks first pregnancy, without success, but the baby was 3950g at birth and was in frank breech, legs extended so not a lot of hope of spontaneous version there. Someone also tried an ECV at 36 weeks, which was very painful and not successful. I had an elective C/S. However when I was pregnant with no.3 I felt that she was breech at 28 weeks and 'encouraged' her to turn by gently palpating and GENTLY pushing her in the desired direction while lying relaxed in my own bed one night, and talking to her to encourage her to move. No-one was more surprised than me to feel her turn under my hands! She went back to breech so I repeated this at 32 weeks and she stayed put thereafter, which was good for me as I had a fabulous birth in the end. Regards, Sue -----Original Message----- From: Meaghan Moon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, 9 April 2002 22:32 Subject: moxibustion
>Hello Oz midders, >I have been following the thread of turning breeches with moxibustion with >interest. Recently we had a woman in our practice with a frank breech at >33 weeks. I tried moxibustion at 36 weeks. Baby didn't turn and she had a >c-section. This was the first time I had tried moxibustion. I was not >prepared for how much smoke these sticks gave off. I gave the first >treatment our clinic and it stunk the place up for days. It was a strange >one to explain to clients coming in after the event. One client became >very ill shortly after her exposure to the smoke. The parents took the >moxa home with them and did it in the bathroom with the exhaust fan on but >it was so smokey that it discouraged them from using it. Anyway, in Canada >where we cannot open doors and windows at any time of year or expose bare >toes in the outdoors this presents a problem. Anyone got a creative solution? > >Meaghan > > >-- >This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. >Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
