Ginger Root Capsules Ease Nausea and Vomiting

Ginger root has been used for thousands of years to treat digestive problems. It can also help reduce nausea and vomiting in pregnant women. An estimated 50 to 90 percent of pregnant women experience gestational nausea.

Masoumeh Simbar, PhD, of the Shahid Beheshti Medical Science University in Tehran, Iran, and colleagues asked 67 pregnant women to take either ginger root capsules or placebos for four days. The ginger was taken as one 250mg capsule four times daily.

Nausea was reduced in 84 percent of the women taking ginger, compared with only 56 percent of those taking placebos. Vomiting decreased by 50 percent among women taking ginger, compared with only 9 percent among those taking placebos.

Reference: Ozgoli G, Goli M, Simbar M. "Effects of ginger capsules on pregnancy, nausea, and vomiting." Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2009;3:243-246.