The effect of the homeopathic remedies Arnica montana and Bellis perennis on mild postpartum bleeding—A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study—Preliminary results

• Published in: Complementary therapies in medicine Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 87 - 90
• Main Authors: Oberbaum, Menachem, Galoyan, Narine, Lerner-Geva, Liat, Singer, Shepherd Roee, Grisaru, Sorina, Shashar, David, Samueloff, Arnon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Scotland Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2005; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Analgesics; Arnica; Childbirth & labor; Clinical trials; Dilution; Double-Blind Method; Female; Hemoglobins; Homeopathic medicine; Homeopathy; Humans; Israel; Mortality; Phytotherapy; Postpartum Hemorrhage - drug therapy; Statistical methods; Israel
• ISSN: 0965-2299; 1873-6963
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2005.03.006

To evaluate the effect of Arnica Montana and Bellis perennis on postpartum blood loss. Double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, clinical trial. Department of Gynecology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem. Forty parturients were randomized to one of three groups: Arnica montana C6 and Bellis perennis C6 ( n = 14), Arnica montana C30 and Bellis perennis C30 ( n = 14), or double placebo ( n = 12). After 48 h the Arnica/placebo was halted, and patients continued the Bellis/placebo until cessation of lochia. Hemoglobin levels (Hb) at 48 and 72 h postpartum. At 72 h postpartum, mean Hb levels remained similar after treatment with homeopathic remedies (12.7 versus 12.4) as compared to a significant decrease in Hb levels in the placebo group (12.7 versus 11.6; p < 0.05), in spite of less favorable initial characteristics of the treatment group. The mean difference in Hb levels at 72 h postpartum was −0.29 (95% CI −1.09; 0.52) in the treatment group and −1.18 (95% CI −1.82; −0.54) in the placebo group ( p < 0.05). Treatment with homeopathic Arnica montana and Bellis perennis may reduce postpartum blood loss, as compared with placebo.