Taking ginger for nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.
OBJECTIVE
Many of my patients prefer to use natural or herbal medicines, such as ginger, before taking drugs to treat nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. Is there evidence that ginger is safe to use during pregnancy? Is it effective?


CONCLUSIONS
Although ginger is used in many cultures to treat the symptoms of nausea and vomiting, no trials have established its safety for use during pregnancy. On the other hand, its efficacy has been documented in two randomized, blinded controlled trials.
Chandra
Kiran
K
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
Einarson
Adrienne
A
Koren
Gideon
G
D005260:Female; D020939:Zingiber officinale; D006801:Humans; D009325:Nausea / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008517:Phytotherapy; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000188:drug therapy*
D028321:Plant Preparations