The effect of acupressure therapy on the improvement of breast milk production in postpartum mothers

Abstract

Acupressure therapy is a traditional therapy from China where one of the treatments is used to increase milk production in postpartum mothers by doing massage at acupoints points CV17, ST18 and SI1 usually only using fingers or blunt objects that do not injure the body surface, which can provide a suppressing effect so that more acceptable and tolerated by patients. The research used was quasi-experiment with pre-post test control group design, which was conducted in the working area of health centre (puskesmas) Pasar wajo sub-district of Buton district with a sample of 70, consisting of 35 intervention groups and 35 control groups. The group that was not given acupressure had a non-significant increase in breast milk production while them given acupressure had a significant increase. Acupressure at the point of CV18, ST17, SI1 with a frequency of 3 times a week for three weeks can increase breastmilk production in postpartum mothers.