Which potential harms and benefits of using ginger in the management of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy should be addressed? A consensual study among pregnant women and gynecologists

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Shawahna, Ramzi ^a   Taha, Assim ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Ginger; Gynecologists; Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEHYDRATION; DELPHI STUDY; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; GINGER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GYNECOLOGIST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; CHEMISTRY; GYNECOLOGY; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; GINGER; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018477639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-017-1717-0     Document Type: Article

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