Phytotherapy in obstetrics - therapeutic indications, limits, and dangers

The wide access to varied, attractive, and aggressively promoted information can induce pregnant women to think that any form of complementary therapy can be a saving solution for a medical problem because these therapies are natural, therefore, harmless. Updated information from literature about in...

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Published in:Journal of medicine and life 2021-11, Vol.14 (6), p.748-755
Main Authors: Grigoriu, Corina, Varlas, Valentin, Călinescu, Gina, Bălan, Andra Magdalena, Bacalbașa, Nicolae, Gheorghe, Consuela-Mădălina, Salmen, Teodor, Zugravu, Corina Aurelia, Bohîlțea, Roxana Elena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative medicine
Breast Feeding
Breastfeeding & lactation
Drug dosages
Evidence-based medicine
Female
Flowers & plants
Herbal medicine
Humans
Mothers
Obstetrics
Oils & fats
Patients
Phytotherapy
Pregnancy
Pregnant Women
Review
Womens health
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Summary:The wide access to varied, attractive, and aggressively promoted information can induce pregnant women to think that any form of complementary therapy can be a saving solution for a medical problem because these therapies are natural, therefore, harmless. Updated information from literature about indications, benefits, limits, and risks of phytotherapy in pregnancy was presented. Valuable therapeutic resources with proven clinical efficacy (evidence-based medicine) were presented for each trimester of pregnancy, during labor, postpartum, but also during breastfeeding. For some phytotherapeutics, there are scientific studies. There is also a detailed presentation about some possibilities for therapeutic errors, which should be avoided during pregnancy. Positive results of phytotherapy deserve to be known and applied by the obstetrician for the certain benefit of future mothers.
ISSN:1844-122X
1844-3117
DOI:10.25122/jml-2021-0353