Acupuncture can provide constipation relief while maintaining a healthy pregnancy. A combination of San Jiao 6 (Zhi Gou) and Stomach 36 (Zu San Li) is excellent for treating constipation during pregnancy. San Jiao 6 is the shu-stream and fire point of the San Jiao channel. It can regulate the qi of the three jiaos, unblock the qi of the fu organs, descend counterflow fire, open the orifices, activate the collaterals to disperse stagnation, and eliminate distention to stop pain.
Kun Liu, LAc
Kun Liu is a licensed acupuncturist in the State of Arizona and in the State of California. She is an active licensed Traditional Chinese Doctor in China as well. Kun Liu was born in a traditional Chinese medical family and raised in China. She is the third generation in her family to practice acupuncture and herbal medicine. She has an ideal goal that she wants to treat all of her patients both physically and psychologically. After she finished her 5 years of training in acupuncture to receive her Bachelor's degree in China from Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, she came to the U.S. to get her Master's degree in Psychology from California State University. Kun Liu has experience in treating stroke and stroke sequela patients and was trained in Dr. Shi Xue-Min's University and Hospital, which is the Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and No.1 Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM. She is proficient at treating insomnia and depression patients and has had great success in treating pain problems, such as headache, shoulder pain, lower back pain.