The effect of galactagogue herbal tea on breast milk production and short-term catch-up of birth weight in the first week of life

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-142

  Turkyilmaz, Canan ^a   Onal, Esra ^a   Hirfanoglu, Ibrahim Murat ^a   Turan, Ozden ^a   Koç, Esin ^a   Ergenekon, Ebru ^a   Atalay, Yildiz ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOGOGUE; HUMANA; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FENUGREEK; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MILK PRODUCTION; NEONATAL WEIGHT LOSS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BEVERAGES; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GALACTOGOGUES; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; TRIGONELLA; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79952012640     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0090     Document Type: Article

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