The use of herbal medicines during pregnancy: ginger (Zingiberofficinale) and its benefits

The use of natural plant extracts is a very old practice and its use in folk medicine has spread from culture to culture. During the gestational period is when many women end up looking for the use of some plants to alleviate the symptoms that arise during this period, so we sought to analyze the be...

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Autores: Cavalcanti, Ana Luiza de Lima, Nascimento, Débora Mari Brito do, Vasconcelos, Tibério Cesar Lima de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI)
Repositorio:Research, Society and Development
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/22538
Acceso en línea:https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/22538
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fitoterápicos
Zingiber officinale
Gengibre
Gravidez.
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Sumario:The use of natural plant extracts is a very old practice and its use in folk medicine has spread from culture to culture. During the gestational period is when many women end up looking for the use of some plants to alleviate the symptoms that arise during this period, so we sought to analyze the benefits of using ginger (Zingiberofficinale) against the symptoms of the pregnancy period. Ginger, which is a well-known plant and has been widely used, therefore, it served as a study for its powerful antiemetic potential. Therefore, the aim of this study was to carry out an integrative literature review, emphasizing the effectiveness of ginger in relieving symptoms caused by pregnancy. To support the research, SciELO, ScienceDirect, EBSCO and PubMed were used, and the analyzed materials were published between the years 2011 to 2021. It is concluded that with the scientific data obtained, the use of ginger presented satisfactory results that point to a significant reduction in the symptoms of náusea and vomiting during pregnancy.