Cinnamon and Reduced Pain Duration

• Efficacy of herbal medicine (cinnamon/fennel/ginger) for primary dysmenorrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2020-06-01
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 647
  • The Journal of international medical research 48(6)
  • • Yincong Xu
    • Qinglin Yang
    • Xiaoping Wang

  • PubMed: 32603204
  • DOI: 10.1177/0300060520936179

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Pain Duration

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Pain duration was significantly shorter in the trial group (cinnamon vs. placebo: WMD = 16.200, 95% CI = 15.271-17.129)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes