Ginger "ail"
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Ginger relieves severity of nausea, vomiting in pregnant women, Teraporn Vutyanich, MD, et al., Chiang Mai University, Thailand, report in April Obstetrics & Gynecology. Double-blind, parallel study randomized 67 women into two arms, with active group receiving ginger 250 mg four times a day for four days while on a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet. Twenty-eight of 32 (87.5%) in ginger group reported reduced symptoms, compared to 10 of 35 in placebo arm, Vutyanich et al. find. No serious adverse events were detected among women or their babies