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Do Chamomile effect on duration, amount of bleeding, and interval of menstrual cycles?

OBJECTIVES: Heavy menstrual bleeding has a significant effect on women’s daily life and health consequences for theirs. Attention to women’s and girls’ menstrual health is critical for their health. This study presents the results of a novel research on the effect of chamomile capsule on the amount...

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Autores principales: Mollabashi, Elham Najafi, Ziaie, Tahereh, Bekhradi, Reza, Khalesi, Zahra Bostani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute (KPI) 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7163389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32322432
http://dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2020.23.004
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author Mollabashi, Elham Najafi
Ziaie, Tahereh
Bekhradi, Reza
Khalesi, Zahra Bostani
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Ziaie, Tahereh
Bekhradi, Reza
Khalesi, Zahra Bostani
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description OBJECTIVES: Heavy menstrual bleeding has a significant effect on women’s daily life and health consequences for theirs. Attention to women’s and girls’ menstrual health is critical for their health. This study presents the results of a novel research on the effect of chamomile capsule on the amount of bleeding, and the duration and interval of menstrual cycles. METHODS: The current study was a randomized, double-blind, clinical trial, which was carried out on 118 female students living in dorms of Guilan University of Medical Sciences. The participants were divided into two groups of 59, each receiving either chamomile capsule 250 mg or placebo three times a day, for an interval beginning from 7 days before the starting menstruation till the next onset. Higham chart is the pictorial blood loss assessment to determine the amount and duration of menstrual bleeding. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Alpha was set at 0.05 for all analyses. RESULTS: The average amount of bleeding in the chamomile group decreased after taking the capsule (p = 0.001). However, statistical tests did not show any significant difference in terms of duration and interval between two bleeding in both the experimental and control groups (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: The present study showed that the chamomile capsule decreases the amount of menstrual bleeding and can be used as a therapeutic method.
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spelling pubmed-71633892020-04-22 Do Chamomile effect on duration, amount of bleeding, and interval of menstrual cycles? Mollabashi, Elham Najafi Ziaie, Tahereh Bekhradi, Reza Khalesi, Zahra Bostani J Pharmacopuncture Original Article OBJECTIVES: Heavy menstrual bleeding has a significant effect on women’s daily life and health consequences for theirs. Attention to women’s and girls’ menstrual health is critical for their health. This study presents the results of a novel research on the effect of chamomile capsule on the amount of bleeding, and the duration and interval of menstrual cycles. METHODS: The current study was a randomized, double-blind, clinical trial, which was carried out on 118 female students living in dorms of Guilan University of Medical Sciences. The participants were divided into two groups of 59, each receiving either chamomile capsule 250 mg or placebo three times a day, for an interval beginning from 7 days before the starting menstruation till the next onset. Higham chart is the pictorial blood loss assessment to determine the amount and duration of menstrual bleeding. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Alpha was set at 0.05 for all analyses. RESULTS: The average amount of bleeding in the chamomile group decreased after taking the capsule (p = 0.001). However, statistical tests did not show any significant difference in terms of duration and interval between two bleeding in both the experimental and control groups (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: The present study showed that the chamomile capsule decreases the amount of menstrual bleeding and can be used as a therapeutic method. The Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute (KPI) 2020-03-31 2020-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7163389/ /pubmed/32322432 http://dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2020.23.004 Text en © 2020 Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mollabashi, Elham Najafi
Ziaie, Tahereh
Bekhradi, Reza
Khalesi, Zahra Bostani
Do Chamomile effect on duration, amount of bleeding, and interval of menstrual cycles?
title Do Chamomile effect on duration, amount of bleeding, and interval of menstrual cycles?
title_full Do Chamomile effect on duration, amount of bleeding, and interval of menstrual cycles?
title_fullStr Do Chamomile effect on duration, amount of bleeding, and interval of menstrual cycles?
title_full_unstemmed Do Chamomile effect on duration, amount of bleeding, and interval of menstrual cycles?
title_short Do Chamomile effect on duration, amount of bleeding, and interval of menstrual cycles?
title_sort do chamomile effect on duration, amount of bleeding, and interval of menstrual cycles?
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7163389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32322432
http://dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2020.23.004
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