[The induction of labour by acupunctural electrostimulation. A new technique and one that is thirty centuries old; a preliminary study (author's transl)].

Ten patients had their labours induced by acupunctural electrostimulation. This method was successful in starting labour each time. Eight women delivered normally vaginally. One had a caesarean and had uterine contractions without dilatation of the cervix. Electrostimulation has also allowed us to perform acceleration of labour.