CAM Medical Systems: Non-Medicinal Ways to Decrease Pain During Labor

CAM Methods of Pain Control in Labor and Childbirth

Non medicinal pain control during all stages of childbirth have been sought, tried, discarded and utilized anew as cultures changed and evolved. Different cultures have different non medical alternatives for pregnant women. When considering any non medical approach to pain you should always consult with your family doctor before starting on any non medical alternative. This is because some non medical alternatives have medical consequences. Some non medical alternatives may have counter indications with the treatment and medicines you may already be using. To safely understand what non medical alternatives are available it is best to review briefly the subject of non medical treatments to relief symptoms of pain or disease. The almost instantaneous spread of information about so many new types of Alternative Medicine via the Internet has resulted in the formation of a new name or term to identify and classify the various types. The latest term for non medical alternatives is CAM which stands for Complementary Alternative Medicine. This encompasses many different therapies that are not necessarily related except that most all of them are considered to be outside what is considered conventional medicine. CAM is considered to have four separate types or groups.

CAM Medical Systems - Non Medical Pain Alternatives

One group is the group of non medical alternatives that consider them selves to be complete medical systems of and unto themselves. These have usually developed completely separate from western culture. An example would be Ayurveda as a medical or health care system. Homeopathic and Naturopathic health systems also fall into this category.

For pregnant women Ayurveda medicine has an entire regime of herbal concoctions to be taken at various times during each month of pregnancy. During labor more specialize herbal concoctions are taken. Massages with special oils are called for in massage and aromatherapy treatments as well.