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Women’s Health · also Digestive

Nausea of pregnancy

3 plants

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Culinary-range ginger has human NVP data. Megadose extract is not the trial and is a bleeding conversation. Peppermint is sensory. This is not permission to skip fluids, ketones, or obstetric antiemetics. Feverfew, goldenseal, and senna do not belong here.

Primary plants

  1. Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
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    GingerHuman data

    Zingiber officinale

    Best-studied plant antiemetic, including NVP trials at modest dried-rhizome doses.

    Typical. Educational trial range often ~1 g/day divided; culinary ginger is the usual start. Not megadose extract. OB in the loop.

    Safety. Extracts: bleeding. Pregnancy: culinary/studied doses with OB input — not megadose extract.

Supportive plants2
  • Peppermint (Mentha × piperita)
    PeppermintStrong traditional
    Mentha × piperita

    Inhaled or weak tea for queasiness.

    Typical. Inhaled oil or leaf tea.

    Safety. GERD. Infants: no oil — irrelevant here but the oil still is not for internal megadose.

  • German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla)
    German chamomileStrong traditional
    Matricaria chamomilla

    Soothing tea when nausea is tension-related. Food-like tea, not an extract protocol.

    Typical. Flower tea.

    Safety. Asteraceae.

Clinical notes

  • Weight loss, ketones, and inability to keep water down are hyperemesis — not under-dosed ginger.

When this is not enough

  • Hyperemesis, dehydration, abdominal pain (rule out other OB/surgical causes), bleeding

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