Moxibustion
Moxibustion is a traditional East Asian therapy that involves burning specific medicinal herbs and directing the gentle heat toward precise points on the body. This simple technique can be safely practiced at home and is commonly used to strengthen the immune system, enhance vitality and sexual energy, relieve arthritis and chronic pain, for menstrual pain and may help turn a breech baby.
Moxibustion (also known as moxa) is a well-known natural method used to help encourage a breech baby to turn into the optimal occipital (head down) position for birth. Ideally this would be done sooner rather than later. In other words, don’t delay your appointment if your baby is breech.
If appropriate, Dr. natalie will perform moxibustion at no addtional charge during the acupuncture appointment. Dr. Natalie keeps smokeless moxibustion available to purchase for patients.