A Comparative Study on the Effects of "Honey and Fenugreek" with "Fenugreek" on the Breastfeeding Success: A Randomized Trial.
Journal
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
ISSN: 1741-427X
Titre abrégé: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101215021
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
26
12
2021
revised:
08
05
2022
accepted:
03
06
2022
entrez:
5
7
2022
pubmed:
6
7
2022
medline:
6
7
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Herbal galactagogues are usually recommended to be sweetened with honey. Despite the high nutritious value of honey for lactating women and extensive studies on the effects of herbal galactagogues, no investigation was made to compare galactagogue effects of using herbal galactagogues with and without honey so far. The present study aimed to compare the effect of a combination of "honey and fenugreek" with "fenugreek" on breastfeeding success (BFS). This study is a triple-blind randomized clinical trial on 75 breastfeeding mothers referred to a Tehran-Iran health center. The participants were randomly divided into two intervention (fenugreek and honey users) and control (fenugreek users) groups. These women had infants of 1-5 months and had exclusive breastfeeding practice. Tools for data collection were (1) the personal and maternal-infant information, (2) the breastfeeding success, and (3) the complications questionnaires. Participants received 30 liquid drops, three times daily for four weeks. The BFS questionnaire was completed twice, before and 4 weeks after the intervention. The CONSORT checklist was followed. Before and after comparison showed no significant difference in the BFS score in the "fenugreek" group, while there was a significant increase in the BFS score in the "honey and fenugreek" group ( The combination of honey with fenugreek showed a significant effect on BFS, while there was no improvement in BFS after fenugreek only uses. Trial registration: the study was approved in the Iranian registry of clinical trials with IRCT ID: IRCT20120122008801N23 on 2019-12-30 (https://www.irct.ir/).
Identifiants
pubmed: 35783511
doi: 10.1155/2022/6048280
pmc: PMC9246572
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
6048280Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 Masoumeh Simbar et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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