The Efficiency of Herbal Medicine (Anthemis, Salvia, and Zataria) on Menstrual Cycle Blood Discharging

Subject Areas : Sport Management

پروین Ehsani ¹ , حنان Nazayer ² , علی Memari ³

1 - M.S in Midwifery, Instructor of Islamic Azad University, Ahwaz Branch
2 - M.A in Management, Laboratory Expert in Islamic Azad University, Ahwaz Branch
3 - M.D (traditional medicinal) Inviting Instructor in Islamic Azad University, Ahwaz Branch

Received: 2013-08-22 Accepted : 2013-11-27 Published : 2013-12-22

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Abstract :

The use of herbal plants to cure the large number of diseases is very common among people. Naturally in every menstrual period the blood loss is about 30 to 60 ml. In case, the amounts get to 80 ml or more, the side effect like anemia will be outbreak. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficiency of herbal plants (Anthemis, Salvia, and Zataria) on the intensity of menstrual period bleeding. Thus, 125 female mature students were observed for three consequential periods. They were divided to three groups randomly; herbal drug, placebo, and without any manipulation. The two first groups were drinking mixture decoction of the 15 mg herbs in 3 doses, three first days of periods, then, they filled up the questionnaire after each period. The data were analyzed by descriptive tests, ANOVA, and non parametric tests (Kendal & Friedman). The results showed that decoction of this herbal plants could decrease the intensity of menstrual bleeding significantly (P = 0.000, P = 0.02, α = 0.05).