Introduction: Nausea and vomiting are one of common complications in pregnancy. Although many suggestions have been made but none of them has shown a complete effect on the nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of ginger syrup and vitamin B₆ on nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.
Methods: In this clinical trial study 100 pregnant women with nausea and vomiting within 24 hours of study were randomized in two groups by using ginger syrup and vitamin B₆. Then the rate of nausea and number of episodes of vomiting were assessed. The T square, Chi square and Vilcoxon tests were used to analyze the data.
Results: Results showed that the mean age of pregnant women in this study was 25/48±4/92 years and there were no differences between participants’ age, number of pregnancy, education, number of abortion, job and gestational age. Results showed that the effects of using vitamin B₆ compared with using ginger syrup are the same in decreasing the mean rate of nausea of pregnancy (1/7±0/98 in ginger syrup, 1/42±1/74 in vit B₆) and decrease in the mean rate of vomitind of pregnancy (0/99±0/7 in vit B6, 1/32±1 in ginger syrup). But satisfaction rate of treatment in ginger syrup was more than that of vit B6. (94% versus 54%).
Conclusion:Both ginger fresh root and vitamin B₆ decrease nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.