Effect of Peppermint Water on Breast Crack

Tabriz University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Breast Diseases

Treatments

Drug: peppermint water

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00456404

85-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effectiveness of a topical preparation of peppermint water in comparison with that of expressed breast milk for the prevention of nipple cracks in primiparous breastfeeding women.

Full description

One hundred and ninety-six primipara participants, who are breastfeeding after delivery at 38 or more week gestation, were assigned randomly to 2 groups, with one of 2 regimens (peppermint water, an old household remedy, and no treatment only using breast milk) to right and left sides. Each group was followed for a maximum of 3 visits within 14 days and until the 6 weeks postpartum by telephone call. The aerial parts of Mentha piperita were purchased from Hakim Momen Tabrizi Company, and the identity was confirmed by morphological characterization in comparison with the herbarium specimen retained in the School of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Also, a voucher specimen has been generated in that herbarium.

Sex

Female

Ages

14 to 40 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

New mothers with healthy term infants (38 weeks gestation or more) are eligible for recruitment into the study. The sample of breastfeeding mothers were collected in two cohorts according delivery type. Each group consisted of 98 primipara mothers.

Exclusion criteria

Mothers who didn't plan to use peppermint water
Discharged before an interview or had preterm delivery
Postpartum fever
Breast infection
Nipple abnormalities
Age less than 18 years
Twins
Taking medications at night
Mothers who didn't have telephone line, and who were illiterate.
Infants who used bottle-feeding or pacifier, or who had mouth infection, or an abnormal short frenulum.