Post menopausal women's sexual satisfaction: Effect of oral capsule of mixed Tribulus Terrestris, Zingiber Officinale, Crocus Sativus and Cinnamomum Verum: A randomized controlled clinical trial
| Autor: | Simin Taavoni, S.A. Gooshegir, Neda Nazem Ekbatani, Hamid Haghani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Tribulus terrestris Traditional medicine biology business.industry ved/biology Cinnamomum verum ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Significant difference Post menopausal biology.organism_classification Placebo group Clinical trial 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Crocus sativus Medicine Zingiber officinale business |
| Zdroj: | European Psychiatry. 33:S593-S594 |
| ISSN: | 1778-3585 0924-9338 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.2213 |
| Popis: | Sexual satisfaction decreases during postmenopause life and may improve by various methods of complementary therapy such as use of herbal medicine.AimTo asses the effect of oral capsule of mixed Tribulus Terrestris, Zingiber Officinale, Crocus Sativus and Cinnamomum Verum on postmenopausal women's sexual satisfaction.MethodsIn this triple blind randomized control clinical trial, 80 healthy volunteer postmenopause women with age 50–60 years old in one of clinics of west of Tehran had been involved (year 2013–2014). Participants were randomly assigned to intervention and placebo group and received one month same shape capsules two times in a day. Tools of this study had two main parts of personal characteristics and sexual satisfaction. All ethical points were considered and approved by Ethics committee of Research Institute for Islamic & Complementary Medicine (RICM, IUMS).ResultsAfter a month intervention, there is significant increase in the mean score of sexual satisfaction between two groups (P = 0.01), but when sexual satisfaction compared with pre-menopausal time in two groups, t-test results showed no significant difference (P = 0.16).ConclusionsUse of oral capsule of mixed Tribulus Terrestris, Zingiber Officinale, Crocus Sativus and Cinnamomum Verum two times a day for a month could improve sexual satisfaction in postmenopausal women. Referring to no significant change with comparing premenopause time, it sounds they have same satisfaction as premenopause time. There were no side effects during study and one month follow-up. It is suggested to do same research on sexual satisfaction and function with more month intervention.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest. |
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