Heavy Menstrual Bleeding and Ginger Therapy

Ginger capsules 250 mg each before breakfast, lunch and dinner starting the day before menstrual bleeding starts till day 3 of the cycle resulted in a remarkable decrease in the amount of hemorrhage per menstrual cycle in participants receiving ginger during the three months of intervention. Three participants reported adverse events after receiving ginger during the three intervention cycles. These included heartburn (one person), abdominal pain (one person) and diarrhea (one person). “Effect of ginger (Zingiber officinale) on heavy menstrual bleeding: a placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial.” Phytother Res. 2015 Jan;29(1):114-9. 51077 (1/2016) Marjan Khajehei, BSc, MSc, PhD, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 0061401910967, mar_far76@yahoo.com

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