Moxibustion effective for turning breech babies

A new study has looked at the traditional Chinese method of turning breech babies by using moxibustion  - a method of stimulating an acupuncture point by warming it with a smouldering herb, moxa, derived from mugwort, part of the artemisia family. This centuries old practice has been used by traditional acupuncturists for years and, in this study, was compared with sham moxibustion. More breech babies were successfully turned to the correct position in the group of patients on whom true moxibustion was used, than in the sham moxibustion group.

The study also concluded that the procedure was a safe method of intervention, when used between 33 and 35 weeks of gestation, the time recommended by most acupuncturists, and what I advise myself. This is the study.

And this video shows how smokeless moxa, which I use, is applied. 

There's another study which you can access from my website.