RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A COMPARISON OF CHAMOMILE AND PLACEBO IN RELIEVING TEETHING SYMPTOMS
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP pw308
OP pw308
VO 93
IS Suppl 2
A1 S Ebrahimi
A1 S Ashkani
YR 2008
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/93/Suppl_2/pw308.abstract
AB Chamomile has a healing property with anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal activity and is applied topically to relieve pain.We selected this plant for a preliminary clinical trial study on decreasing teething symptoms such as irritability, mouthing and drooling in 6–12-month-old infants in comparison with placebo.We evaluated 62 infants with teething symptoms in a double-blind prospective placebo-controlled clinical trial for 4 days topical use of drug; questionnaires about infant signs and symptoms before and after treatment were filled in. Infants with any systemic illness were excluded.The results indicated a significant effect of chamomile water extract on relieving teething symptoms, especially pain, which caused irritability, compared with placebo (p<0.0001).