Use Maternity Acupressure to Induce Labor. Saturday, September 26, 2009. In times of emergency, when a sharp object was not available for the performance of acupuncture, pressure was applied by hand, elbow, or other device to points with the same effect. Some historians believe this technique actually predates the use of acupuncture, but there is not much evidence to prove it one way or the other. The first step is successful acupressure is ensuring saf.

The History of Acupressure and Acupuncture. Thursday, July 9, 2009. 5,000 Years of Success. However, Chinese medicine practices continued virtually unknown in the United States until the 1970s, when Richard Nixon made the first ever presidential to visit China. During that trip, journalists were amazed to observe and report major operations being performed on patients without the use of anesthetics. Wide-awake and coherent patients were being operated on, chatting with their doctors! .