Table 3.
Types and pharmacological applications of acupressure.
| Type of therapy | Applications | References |
|---|---|---|
| Acupressure | UB32 (Ciliao) point acupressure effectively reduce the pain severity. | 182 |
| SP6 (Sanyinjiao) and LI4 (Hegu) point acupressure leads to simultaneous release of lower and upper limb energy and results in the alleviation of pain. | 183 | |
| LI11 (Quchi) point acupressure helps to improve the pruritus and lichenification associated with atopic dermatitis. | 184 | |
| HT7 (Shenmen) point acupressure reduce higher preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing abdominal surgery. | 185 | |
| Jiaji point acupressure quickly relives symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. | 186 | |
| Acupressure followed by naturopathy | Helps to control blood sugar level in diabetes. | 187 |
| Acupressure or acupuncture stimulation equipment | Complementary use in treating insomnia. | 188 |
| Acupressure using an acupuncture pen | Reduce the fatigue in haemodialysis patients. | 189 |
| Acupressure, acupuncture and functional training. | Improve the physical capability and intelligence of infantile palsy children. | 190 |
| Perineal self-acupressure | It helps to improve the constipation, bowel function and provide the standard constipation treatment options alone. | 191 |
| Acupressure and acupuncture | It helps to improve cancer-related fatigue. | 192 |
| Valerian acupressure | HT7 (Shenmen), P6 (Neiguan), and KI11 (Yongquan) acupoints helps to improve the sleeping time and quality of ICU patients. | 193 |
| Massage-acupressure | Improve the conditions in children undergoing haematopoietic cell transplant (HCT). | 194 |
| Promote relaxation, sleep and relieve stress among parents and enhance the sense of connection between parent and child undergoing HCT. | 195 | |
| Acupressure, reflexology, or auricular acupressure | Shows significant effect in routine treatment of insomnia. | 196 |
| Sweet potato, footbath and acupressure massage (SFA) | Manage constipation and defecation in acute coronary syndrome patients | 197 |
| Acupressure combined with interactive multimedia | Helps to improve visual health and related knowledge in school children | 198 |
| Acupressure, acupuncture and massage. | Helps to improve conditions of patients in anorexia nervosa and sense of wellbeing also. | 199 |
| Acupressure or acupuncture. | Act as adjunct therapy for the treatment of anorexia nervosa. | 200 |
| Acupressure and yoga | Control blood pressure in patients with atrial fibrillation. | 201 |
| Acupressure and acupuncture | Helps to reduce pain and also increasing satisfaction with pain management. | 202 |
| Acupressure hypnotherapy, and transcendental meditation (TM) | Reduced blood sugar of type 2 diabetic patients. | 203 |
| Hand acupressure | Helps to reduces postoperative vomiting after strabismus surgery. | 204 |
| Magnetic acupressure large intestine (LI4) acupoint | Reduce the severe pain associated with this bone marrow aspiration and biopsy invasive procedure. | 205 |
| Active acupressure | Helps to reduce the heart rate very fast and no effect on blood pressure was found. | 206 |
| Acupressure (acustimulation) and acupuncture | In children undergoing adenoidectomy or tonsillectomy it helps to control postoperative vomiting. | 207 |
| Korean hand acupressure (K-K9) | Effective method for reducing postoperative vomiting in children after strabismus repair. | 208 |
| Korean hand acupressure point (K-D2) with capsaicin ointment | Effectively anaesthetist's armamentarium in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting. | 209 |
| Acupressure wristband | It is an alternative for morning sickness in early pregnancy. | 210 |
| Alternating bi-lateral stimulation (ABLS), with ketamine, acupuncture/acupressure | Effective in prevented vomiting and Bi-Digital O-Ring Test (BDORT) safeguard the patients from unpredictable untoward side effects but also promoting calmness. | 211 |
| Pressure right acupressure device with antiemetic drugs | Effectively manage postoperative nausea and vomiting from 0 to 72 h in patient undergoing surgery. | 212 |
| Acupressure and acustimulation | Effectively manage symptoms related to Simulation Adaptation Syndrome (SAS). | 213 |
| Digital acupressure | Helps to increase capillary arteriolar flow in cerebral pia mater of the dog. | 214 |
| Acupressure wristbands | Reduce the level of nausea and vomiting experienced during chemotherapy treatment. | 215 |
| Auricular acupressure | ||
| Auricular point acupressure (APA) | Helps to control cancer related pain due its analgesic effect. | 216 |
| Helps to improve pain intensity and physical function in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). | 217, 218 | |
| Auricular acupressure (AA) | Reduces the opioids analgesia requirement and improves the knee motion in patients with total knee replacement (TKR). | 219 |
| Improve patients' conditions in painful shoulder syndrome. | 220 | |
| Reduce anxiety levels associated with in vitro fertilization (IVF) and improve the outcomes of IVF partly through increasing the levels of neuropeptide Y in the follicular fluids. | 29 | |
| Improve postmenopausal insomnia by strengthening cardiac parasympathetic activity. | 221 | |
| In haemodialysis patients it helps improve sleep quality for severe insomnia. | 87 | |
| In patients with glaucoma it serve as complementary treatment to ameliorate intraocular pressure and visual acuity. | 222 | |
| Helps in smoking termination and the management of nicotine withdrawal symptoms. | 223 | |
| Improve vascular hypertension conditions by showing biphasic regulatory effects on sinus arrhythmia. | 224 | |
| Improve the absorption of naringenin and hesperetin in the extracts form C. aurantium L. in the human body. | 225 | |
| Alleviating postoperative pain, decreasing narcotic consumption and promoting early rehabilitation in perioperative period of knee joint replacement. | 226 | |
| More effective than herbal medicine, as effective as body acupuncture or antihistamine for short-term effect and more effective than anti-histamine for long-term effect in allergic rhinitis. | 227 | |
| Alleviating postoperative pain, decreasing opioids consumption and promoting early rehabilitation in perioperative period of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). | 228 | |
| It helps in smoking cessation in college students by decreasing CO, cotinine and nicotine dependence. | 229 | |
| Non-invasive alternative option for smoking cessation. | 230 | |
| Improve quality of life of Perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR) patients. | 231 | |
| Ear acupressure | Improved visual health for children. | 232 |
| AA with a low-calorie diet | Reduced plasma levels of leptin. | 233 |
| Ear acupressure and massage therapy | Showed better results than the control group in relation to pain, anxiety and depression. | 234 |
| Breathing-based integrative meditation and ear acupressure (IMEA) | Helps in outpatient treatment of cocaine addiction | 235 |
| AA with TEAS | It helps to decreased postoperative pain, the use of equianalgesic morphine and morphine-related side effects. | 236 |
| Integrative acupoint stimulation (IAS) with patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) | It is help in lumbar spine surgery and can be regarded as a component of multimodal analgesia. | |
| AA with magnetic pellets | In elderly residential it helps to manage constipation. | 237 |