Analgesic effect of ginger and peppermint on adolescent girls with primary dysmenorrhea

Abstract

Present study was aimed to explore the impact of ginger and peppermint in adolescents suffering with primary dysmenorrhea. For that purpose, 150 adolescents, aged 13-22 years, with regular menstruation suffering with moderate to severe dysmenorrhea (scoring 3-5 on pain scale) and preferably not taking any medication were enrolled and randomly divided into three groups i.e. control, ginger and peppermint. Baseline data was collected with help of self-administered questionnaire. To determine comparative analgesic effect of ginger and peppermint, capsules were formulated, and each group received total number of 15 capsules in a month (3 capsules/day for consecutive 5 days). Compared with baseline data, ginger was found more effectual than peppermint in releasing dysmenorrhea i.e. observed scoring in case of ginger was reduced from mean value of 4.13 ± 0.63 to 2.10 ± 1.52 (p = 0.001). Similarly, ginger intervention exhibited gradual betterment of 10% in symptoms of dysmenorrhea but also affected blood pressure positively (p < 0.05). However, blood hemoglobin and serum calcium levels acted as independent variables in ginger and peppermint groups (p > 0.05), not affected by any mode of intervention. It was concluded that ginger exhibited superior impact in lowering pain as compared to peppermint and control groups.

Comparison of the potencies of ginger (Zingiber officinale) and fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) in ameliorating dysmenorrhea pain: A systematic review

“…The demographic characteristics of the study subjects represented an educational background of high school diploma or higher degree of education, except for the Sultan et al ( 2021) and Kashefi et al ( 2013) study which had a high school diploma as their highest degree of education. 12,13 Dysmenorrheal patients in this study predominantly had menarche at the age of 12 to 13 years, except in the A study by Kashefi et al (2013) showed that ginger and zinc sulfate had similar therapeutic effects in lowering pain intensity and could only show maximum effect for two months. The pain intensity mean was reduced from 7.97 ± 1.4 to 3.08 ± 1.52 in the ginger group, and 8.01 ± 1.12 to 3.12 ± 1.2 in the zinc sulfate group.…”

“…Sultan et al (2021) also proved ginger's capability to maintain normal blood pressure. 12 Abadi et al (2020) study failed to illustrate the expected analgesic effect of ginger due to the incorrect dosing. No significant difference was found in the pain duration between the intervention and control groups.…”

Ginger-insulated moxibustion for nonacute Bell’s palsy: a case report

“…Xu et al 's (2019) study illustrated the ginger essential oil (GEO) has anti-inflammatory and protective effect on chemicallyinduced cutaneous inflammation. Sultan et al (2021) finds that ginger exhibited superior impact in lowering pain as compared to peppermint and control groups. Moxibustion with ginger takes physical and chemical effects to produce comprehensive effects (Deng & Shen, 2013).…”

Prevalência De Dismenorreia Em Universitárias E Sua Relação Com Absenteísmo Escolar

“…O estudo sobre o uso de métodos para tratar a dor menstrual em estudantes de Com base nos resultados destas pesquisas, apesar do elevado nível de conhecimento das estudantes sobre a cólica menstrual, observou-se que muitas delas sofriam de dores menstruais de intensidade moderada a grave. Esta situação pode estar relacionada ao fato de que um número considerável de jovens não procura ajuda médica para o tratamento da dismenorreia (JÚNIOR et al, 2023;SULTAN et al, 2021;SILVA et al, 2020). No entanto, é importante ressaltar que as jovens que recorrem aos tratamentos médicos, sejam eles farmacológicos ou não-farmacológicos, como atividade física, estimulação elétrica nervosa transcutânea (TENS), termoterapia, método pilates, cinesioterapia, terapia manual e acupuntura, frequentemente relatam uma redução da dor ou uma melhora nos sintomas da dismenorreia (ARAÚJO et al, 2020;SANTOS, G. K. A. et al, 2020;OLIVEIRA et al, 2018e FENG et al, 2018.…”