Efficacy of herbal tea preparation in infantile colic

Weizman, Zvi; Alkrinawi, Soliman; Goldfarb, Dan; Bitran, Chaim

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(05)83557-7

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“…14 -16 Lactobacillus reuteri, fennel seed oil, herbal tea, and an herbal preparation have all been shown to decrease daily crying in randomized controlled trials. [17][18][19][20] None of these trials reported adverse events, but the short-term and long-term safety is not known. Behavioral interventions, such as decreasing stimulation and providing parent support, have been taught to parents with mixed results on the amount of crying, [21][22][23][24][25] although an educational intervention has shown an increased knowledge about infant crying.…”

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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Crying among Infants

McRury¹,

Zolotor

2010

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of videotaped instruction of a behavioral intervention to reduce crying among newborns.Methods: Mothers of healthy, full-term newborns were recruited from the postpartum unit of a large community hospital for a prospective, randomized, controlled trial of an intervention to reduce infant crying. Mothers participating in the intervention viewed a videotape with instructions involving swaddling, side positioning, white noise, jiggling, and sucking. Mothers in the control group viewed a videotape with instructions for normal newborn care. Intervention was assessed by mean hours per day of infant total crying (fussing, crying, and unsoothable crying) and sleeping as recorded in a diary 3 days a week during the 1st, 4th, 6th, 8th, and 12th weeks of age; the Parenting Stress Index was also used during the 6th and 12th weeks.Results: Fifty-one mother-infant pairs were recruited; 35 completed the study (18 intervention and 17 controls). Sixteen were lost to follow-up. There were no statistically significant differences between the groups in the hours of mean daily total crying or sleeping during the 1st, 4th, 6th, 8th, or 12th weeks of age. For example, during the 6th week of age mean daily total crying was 1.9 hours for infants in the control group versus 2.2 hours for infants in the intervention group (P ‫؍‬ .4); sleep was 14.5 hours for infants in the control group versus 14.4 hours for infants in the intervention group (P ‫؍‬ .8). During the 12th week mean daily total crying was 1.2 hours for infants in the control group versus 1.8 hours for infants in the intervention group (P ‫؍‬ .8) and sleep was 14.1 hours for infants in the control group versus 14.0 hours for infants in the intervention group (P ‫؍‬ 1.0). There was no difference between the groups in the Parenting Stress Index during the 6th week of age.

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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Crying among Infants

McRury¹,

Zolotor

2010

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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“…Dicyclomine was effective in the treatment of colicky infants 7,8 but is now contraindicated because of the possible life-threatening side effects. 9 Herbal tea 10 and sucrose 11 may also be useful, but more evidence for their effectiveness is needed. The benefit of cow's milk elimination has been shown in several studies, 12,13 and a 1-week trial with a hypoallergenic formula has been suggested for colicky infants.…”

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Infant Massage Compared With Crib Vibrator in the Treatment of Colicky Infants

2000

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ABSTRACT. Objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of infant massage compared with that of a crib vibrator in the treatment of infantile colic.Methods. Infants <7 weeks of age and perceived as colicky by their parents were randomly assigned to an infant massage group (n ‫؍‬ 28) or a crib vibrator group (n ‫؍‬ 30). Three daily intervention periods were recommended in both groups. Parents recorded infant crying and given interventions in a structured cry diary that was kept for 1 week before (baseline) and for 3 weeks during the intervention. Parents were interviewed after the first and third weeks of intervention to obtain their evaluation of the effectiveness of the given massage or crib vibration.Results. At baseline, the mean amount of total crying was 3.6 (standard deviation: 1.4) hours/day in the massage group infants and 4.2 (2.0) hours/day in the vibrator group infants. The mean amount of colicky crying was 2.1 (standard deviation: 1.1) hours/day and 2.9 (1.5) hours/ day, respectively. The mean number of daily intervention periods was 2.2 in both groups. Over the 4-week study, the amount of total and colicky crying decreased significantly in both intervention groups. The reduction in crying was similar in the study groups: total crying decreased by a mean 48% in the massage group and by 47% in the vibrator group, and colicky crying decreased by 64% and 52%, respectively. The amount of other crying (total crying minus colicky crying) remained stable in both groups over the intervention. Ninety-three percent of the parents in both groups reported that colic symptoms decreased over the 3-week intervention, and 61% of the parents in the massage group and 63% of the parents in the crib vibrator group perceived the 3-week intervention as colic reducing.Conclusions. Infant massage was comparable to the use of a crib vibrator in reducing crying in colicky infants. We suggest that the decrease of total and colicky crying in the present study reflects more the natural course of early infant crying and colic than a specific effect of the interventions. Pediatrics 2000;105(6). URL: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/105/6/e84; infantile colic, massage, crib vibrator, treatment, sensory stimulation.ABBREVIATION. SD, standard deviation. E xcessive or qualitatively different, inconsolable crying is typical of infantile colic.1-4 The phenomenon is associated with considerable parental distress 5,6 and still lacks a safe and effective therapy. Dicyclomine was effective in the treatment of colicky infants 7,8 but is now contraindicated because of the possible life-threatening side effects. 9Herbal tea 10 and sucrose 11 may also be useful, but more evidence for their effectiveness is needed. The benefit of cow's milk elimination has been shown in several studies, 12,13 and a 1-week trial with a hypoallergenic formula has been suggested for colicky infants.14 However, no consensus about the role of cow's milk allergy or intolerance in colic has so far been reached. Parental counseling is beneficial 15,16 and is consid...

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“…На раздражение и депрессивный настрой родителей малыш реагирует беспокойством и плачем, что в свою оче-редь усиливает стрессовую ситуацию для родителей [42]. Существуют убедительные свидетельства в пользу того, что изменение подходов родителей к уходу за ребенком, начиная с 6-недельного возраста, способствует предот-вращению ночных пробуждений и плача после 12-й нед жизни [6].…”

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