Alternative Medicine
One of the nonstandard care practices widely used today is acupuncture. Acupuncture is a practice that involves the insertion of needles at particular areas on the skin to treat pain or a disease (Tseng & Streltzer, 2008). Originally, acupuncture was a model practice in China more than two decades ago. In the USA, the use of acupuncture borrows heavily from the medical traditions of China, Korea and Japan. The most common practices involve inserting a needle (the size of hair) into the skin.
Research shows that acupuncture can reduce vomiting and nausea when carried out after a surgery (Eshkevari & Heath, 2005). Moreover, acupuncture can ...