Paula Viñas
José de Felippe Junior

Gengibre (Zingiber officinale)

Os estudos relacionados abaixo demonstram que a cápsula da raiz de gengibre reduz ou elimina os enjôos da gravidez em mais de 75% dos casos. Não há evidências de efeitos colaterais.  

Experimental Double – Blind Crossover Study : 27 women with hyperemesis gravidarum requiring hospitalization received powdered ginger root 250 mg 4 times daily and a lactose placebo, each for 4 days, with a 2-day washout period. Significantly greater sympton relief occured after ginger compared to placebo. 70,4% of the women felt better taking ginger than taking placebo (p=0,003). Specifically, ginger appeared to reduce the degree of nausea and the number of attacks of vomiting. There were no side effects (Fischer – Rasmussen W et al. Ginger treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum . Eur J Obstet Gynaecol Reprod Biol 38:19-24,1990)

Clinical Observations : Ginger root capsules were effective in reducing or eliminating pregnancy nausea in >75% of cases. The most successful pts. took 3-8 caps before arising, and then 3-5 more at the first hint of nausea. There was no evidence of side effects (Mowrey DB . The Scientific Validation of Herbal Medicine. Cormorant Books, 1986, p.199)

Case Report : A woman experienced severe hyperemesis gravidarum through the full term of her first pregnancy, most of which she spent in the hospital. Six years later, halfway through her second, equally devasting pregnancy, she began to ingest ginger in 500 mg capsules (up to 20/d to “keep ahead of that queasy feeling”). Treatment was strikingly effective and her symptoms remained under control throughout her pregnancy. Since then she has compleyed 2 more successful pregnancies while consuming ginger without experiencing significant hyperemesis gravidarum (Roach B. Townsend Letter for Doctors July, 1983, September, 1984 & June, 1986)

Flor de Jasmim

Experimental Study: 60 women requiring suppression of lactation because still birth or neonatal death were divided into 2 gps. Gp. I was given bromocriptine, gp. II were treated with jasmine flower. Each breast had 50 cm. of stringed flowers applied