[blparent] Ginger for morning sickness?

[Elizabeth Cooks]

I've used ginger tea.  It works well.  I came across the remedy when I was 
in vocal training.
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> Ginger for Morning Sickness
> Two of the symptoms that are associated with pregnancy are nausea and
> vomiting. This
> condition can cause temporary disability and it has been observed with
> employed women
> that have as much as 25% of nauseous pregnant women require time off from
> work.
> The exact cause of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy is still unknown. 
> A
> wide
> variety of treatments are used, but due to the potential harmful effects 
> to
> the fetus,
> use of drugs is limited.
> Ginger has been suggested as an alternative treatment to control nausea 
> and
> vomiting,
> but data on its efficacy are limited. In one study, ginger was found to be
> superior
> to dimenhydrinate, a medicine commonly used in reducing motion sickness. 
> In
> another
> study, ginger was found to significantly reduce postoperative sickness. To
> determine
> the effectiveness of ginger for the treatment of nausea and vomiting of
> pregnancy,
> this study was conducted.
> Included in the study were pregnant women with nausea and vomiting who 
> first
> attended
> a clinic at or before 17 weeks of gestation. During a five-month period, 
> 70
> eligible
> Thai women gave consent and were randomized to receive orally one-gram per
> day of
> either ginger or an identical placebo over a four-day period. Subjects 
> used
> a visual
> analog scale to grade the severity of their nausea and recorded the number
> of vomiting
> episodes in the previous 24 hours before treatment, and again during the
> four consecutive
> days while taking treatment. At a follow-up visit seven days later,
> five-item Likert
> scales were used to measure the severity of their symptoms.
> The median change in nausea scores was significantly greater in the ginger
> group
> compared to the placebo group. After four days of treatment the ginger 
> group
> had
> significantly less vomiting episodes than the placebo group. The overall
> subjective
> report of their symptoms revealed that the ginger group reported a greater
> improvement
> with their symptoms than the placebo group. In addition to symptoms, the
> authors
> noted that there were no adverse affects related to full-term delivery.
> Vutyavanich T, Kraisarin T, Ruangsri R. Ginger for nausea and vomiting in
> pregnancy:
> Randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial.
> Obstetrics and Gynecology 2001:97(4), pp. 577-582.
>
>
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