[blparent] Ginger for morning sickness?

[Robert Shelton]

Ah, yes, capsules, and, I surmise, the answer to the question in my previous
post about the study.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto [mailto:jopinto at pcdesk.net] 
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 11:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Ginger for morning sickness?

Ginger tea with honey tastes good.  Ginger snap cookies also work to a 
degree.  If you really don't like the taste of ginger, you can get it in 
capsules at GNC or Vitamin Cottage or any health food store.

How far along are you, Tammy?  Congratulations, by the way.  You're going to

have your hands full.  *Smile.*

Jo Elizabeth

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From: "Tammy" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 8:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Ginger for morning sickness?

> Hi,
>
> I wish I could use it, but if it tastes anything like ginger, I'd rather 
> have the morning sickness.   lol  Seriously though, does it work well? 
> Does it taste really bad?
>
> Tammy
>
>
> From: Elizabeth Cooks
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 9:26 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] Ginger for morning sickness?
>
>
> I've used ginger tea.  It works well.  I came across the remedy when I was
> in vocal training.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> To: "'Advice and support for blind cooks'" <blind-cooks at nfbnet.org>;
> "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 12:31 PM
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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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