title: The effect of the homeopathic remedies Arnica montana and Bellis perennis on mild postpartum bleeding--a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study--preliminary results.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of Arnica Montana and Bellis perennis on postpartum blood loss.
  
  
  METHODS
  Double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, clinical trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Department of Gynecology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty parturients were randomized to one of three groups: Arnica montana C6 and Bellis perennis C6 (n=14), Arnica montana C30 and Bellis perennis C30 (n=14), or double placebo (n=12). After 48 h the Arnica/placebo was halted, and patients continued the Bellis/placebo until cessation of lochia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hemoglobin levels (Hb) at 48 and 72 h postpartum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At 72 h postpartum, mean Hb levels remained similar after treatment with homeopathic remedies (12.7 versus 12.4) as compared to a significant decrease in Hb levels in the placebo group (12.7 versus 11.6; p<0.05), in spite of less favorable initial characteristics of the treatment group. The mean difference in Hb levels at 72 h postpartum was -0.29 (95% CI -1.09; 0.52) in the treatment group and -1.18 (95% CI -1.82; -0.54) in the placebo group (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Treatment with homeopathic Arnica montana and Bellis perennis may reduce postpartum blood loss, as compared with placebo.
authors.affiliation: The Center for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem 91031, Israel. oberbaum@szmc.org.il
authors.forename: Menachem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oberbaum
authors.forename: Narine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Galoyan
authors.forename: Liat
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lerner-Geva
authors.forename: Shepherd Roee
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: Sorina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grisaru
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shashar
authors.forename: Arnon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samueloff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018650:Arnica; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins; D006705:Homeopathy; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008517:Phytotherapy; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins