How do sea sickness bands work

Basically, the topic has been thoroughly investigated; and yet, the seesaw movement of the evidence—here positive, there negative—from one review article to the next is bound to make the reader nauseous. A review will suggest that studies show acupressure to be ineffective against nausea and vomiting, but another will conclude that it works for nausea but not for vomiting.

Meanwhile, a Cochrane Collaboration review published in reported that acupressure does appear to work for the nausea felt during a C-section under anesthesia but not for the nausea that appears after delivery or for the vomiting itself. An updated version of this review was just published and the conclusion has changed: for nausea, the evidence is uncertain, whereas it may reduce vomiting. There are many reasons for these contradictions. The studies vary widely. Some ask their participants to stimulate P6 for two and a half minutes; others, for 24 hours.

But even in the latter, there is anticipatory nausea in the week preceding the chemotherapy , acute nausea within 24 hours of receiving the treatment , and delayed nausea in the six days following chemo. This heterogeneity among the studies has led some researchers to quash their hope of analyzing all of these studies together , as it would be a case of comparing apples to oranges.

A large number of studies on acupressure and nausea are also simply poorly done. They lack a proper control group or a control group altogether , their blinding is poorly reported or poorly done , and the determination of what exactly makes for a good placebo control has invited many different answers, from wristbands without the plastic dome to acupressure on an unrelated part of the body.

Some have also pointed out that people who do not believe in acupuncture are unlikely to enrol in an acupuncture or acupressure clinical trial. All of this unremarkable evidence which trends toward positivity deserves one more asterisk. Meanwhile, a book written by the president of the Medical Acupuncture Society ties the P6 acupressure point to not just nausea, but to heart and lung inflammation, heart disease, palpitations, ulcers, and nerve pain.

It beggars belief that pressure on the wrist can have such wide-ranging and effective action. So does acupressure of the P6 point consistently work to relieve nausea?

But if nausea is a bother, these anti-nausea wristbands are pretty cheap and safe apart from some irritation and soreness where they press on the skin , so this is an intervention with few barriers to entry. When I asked Caulfield if he had tried the anti-nausea bands himself, he told me he had but that they had not worked.

If acupressure against nausea does work, and I am not convinced that it does, it is certainly not because of mystical energy flowing down bodily rivers. And if this is the best evidence we have for the overall benefits of acupuncture—a pre-scientific attempt at formulating an explanation for all of our ills and at crafting a one-size-fits-all-diseases solution—it certainly throws the whole practice into sharp relief, and not in a good way.

Morning Sickness Band has been specially created to help soothe and calm your tummy during your pregnancy so that you can start enjoying this special time again.

Sea-Band is a drug-free solution effective for most types of nausea. Completely natural, Sea-Band uses acupressure wristbands to gently restore balance to your body.

Sea-Bands is a knitted elasticated wristband that works because of a plastic knob swen into the side of the inside of the wrist-band which exerts pressure and stimulates the P6, or Nei-Kuan, acupressure point.

It was been proven that pressure on this point relieves nausea and vomiting. Sea-Bands work immediately and can be worn whenever you feel nauseous. The only difference found between conditions was a potential delay in symptom onset for the ReliefBand compared with the Acuband. While the Acuband was found difficult to use 0 untrained subjects used it correctly and only a few minor usability issues were identified for the ReliefBand, usability had no impact on efficacy.

Discussion: Neither band nor placebo prevented the development of motion sickness, regardless of whether the bands were used correctly or incorrectly. Abstract Introduction: The purpose of this study was to examine whether acupressure and acustimulation prevent motion sickness, taking into consideration whether or not the acupressure and acustimulation are administered properly.