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Ginger root—a new antiemetic The effect of ginger root on postoperative nausea and vomiting after major gynaecological surgery
Author(s) -
Bone M. E.,
Wilkinson D. J.,
Young J. R.,
McNeil J.,
Charlton S.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14395.x
Subject(s) - medicine , metoclopramide , antiemetic , nausea , zingiber officinale , placebo , anesthesia , vomiting , postoperative nausea and vomiting , surgery , traditional medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Summary The effectiveness of ginger (Zingiber officinale) as an antiemetic agent was compared with placebo and metoclopramide in 60 women who had major gynaecological surgery in a double‐blind, randomised study. There were statistically significantly fewer recorded incidences of nausea in the group that received ginger root compared with placebo (p < 0.05). The number of incidences of nausea in the groups that received either ginger root or metoclopramide were similar. The administration of antiemetic after operation was significantly greater in the placebo group compared to the other two groups (p < 0.05).