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===Alternative medicine=== A recent review of studies has found [[acupuncture]] to be safe and effective for NVP.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hu |first1=Yao |last2=Yang |first2=Qian |last3=Hu |first3=Xianjin |date=2024 |title=The efficacy and safety of acupuncture and moxibustion for the management of nausea and vomiting in pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis |journal=Heliyon |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=e24439 |doi=10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24439 |doi-access=free |pmid=38298660 |issn=2405-8440|pmc=10828706 |bibcode=2024Heliy..1024439H }}</ref> [[Acupressure]] applied at the acupuncture point PC6 with finger pressure or a nausea band has some evidence of effectiveness,<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2018 |title=ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 189: Nausea And Vomiting Of Pregnancy |url=https://journals.lww.com/00006250-201801000-00039 |journal=Obstetrics & Gynecology |language=en |volume=131 |issue=1 |pages=e15βe30 |doi=10.1097/AOG.0000000000002456 |pmid=29266076 |issn=0029-7844 |author1=Committee on Practice Bulletins-Obstetrics }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: Antenatal care: Evidence review (NICE Guideline No. 201) |publisher=National Guideline Alliance (UK) |year=2021 |isbn=978-1-4731-4227-5 |location=London, UK}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB" /> as does auricular (ear acupuncture).<ref name="ReferenceB" /> Some studies support the use of [[ginger]], but overall the evidence is limited and inconsistent.<ref name="ACOG2015" /><ref name="ReferenceB" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name="ThomsonCorbin2014">{{cite journal |vauthors=Thomson M, Corbin R, Leung L |year=2014 |title=Effects of ginger for nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy: a meta-analysis |url=https://www.jabfm.org/content/27/1/115 |journal=[[Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine]] |type=Meta-analysis<!-- from pubmed and title --> |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=115β122 |doi=10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130167 |pmid=24390893 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Safety concerns have been raised regarding its [[anticoagulant]] properties.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="pmid15802416">{{cite journal |vauthors=Borrelli F, Capasso R, Aviello G, Pittler MH, Izzo AA |date=April 2005 |title=Effectiveness and safety of ginger in the treatment of pregnancy-induced nausea and vomiting |url=https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/abstract/2005/04000/effectiveness_and_safety_of_ginger_in_the.27.aspx |journal=[[Obstetrics & Gynecology (journal)|Obstetrics and Gynecology]] |volume=105 |issue=4 |pages=849β856 |doi=10.1097/01.AOG.0000154890.47642.23 |pmid=15802416 |s2cid=1607109 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Tiran D |date=February 2012 |title=Ginger to reduce nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: evidence of effectiveness is not the same as proof of safety |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1744388111000739 |journal=[[Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice]] |type=Review |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=22β25 |doi=10.1016/j.ctcp.2011.08.007 |pmid=22196569 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |display-authors=6 |vauthors=Hu Y, Amoah AN, Zhang H, Fu R, Qiu Y, Cao Y, Sun Y, Chen H, Liu Y, Lyu Q |date=January 2022 |title=Effect of ginger in the treatment of nausea and vomiting compared with vitamin B6 and placebo during pregnancy: a meta-analysis |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14767058.2020.1712714 |journal=[[The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine]] |type=Meta-analysis<!-- from title and pubmed --> |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=187β196 |doi=10.1080/14767058.2020.1712714 |pmid=31937153 |s2cid=210827751 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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