Abstract

Overview on: Herbs Use in Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea (Menstrual Cramps)

Highlights

  • Register of controlled trials, PubMed, Google Scholar and Medline were some of the electronic searches

  • Dysmenorrhoea is known as menstrual cramps [1]. it is derived from the Greek words dys, meaning difficult/painful/ abnormal; meno, month; and rrhea, to flow

  • Black cohosh is a plant named from its black roots grows in Canada and the United States from June to September which is used in various medical conditions. It has various healing properties like rheumatoid arthritis, kidney, sore throat, joint inflammation, malaria, menstrual cramps, labour pain that can be taken in form of tea, capsule (Remifemin 20 mg of black cohosh extract) and the herbal mixture is recommended as 20 to 40 mg in menopause [15]

Read more

Summary

Introduction

Register of controlled trials, PubMed, Google Scholar and Medline were some of the electronic searches. Medicine examined that moderate or severe primary dysmenorrhoea with the use of ginger root powder or a placebo in 120 women were seen significant differences in the severity of pain between both the groups [8]. In 2015, one study revealed that both fennel and vitagnus had a greater effect as compared with the mefenamic acid after the two days of intervention on 105 women suffering from primary dysmenorrhoea in the Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research.[11]

Results
Conclusion
Full Text
Published version (Free)

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call