兰州大学循证社会科学交叉创新实验室 Innovation Laboratory of Evidence-based Social Sciences,Lanzhou University

Ginger for health care: An overview of systematic reviews

Xingrong Liu; Kehu Yang
2019-08-01
Objectives: To summarize the evidence from systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses that evaluated the efficacy of ginger in treating any conditions and critically assess the quality of these evidence. Methods: A systematic search of the literature was conducted from inception until February 28, 2019 using the PubMed, EMBASE, Web of science, Cochrane library, and four Chinese databases. Literature selection and data extraction were conducted by two independent reviewers. The quality of SRs was evaluated using the AMSTAR-2 tool. The GRADE system was used to assess the quality of evidence. Results: Twenty-seven SRs were included. The number of included studies were various, range from 3 to 27. The condition with the most included SRs was nausea and vomiting (n = 12, 44.4%). Many SRs showed a promising efficacy of ginger, including nausea and vomiting, metabolic syndrome and pain, while the effect of ginger for platelet aggregation failed to draw a certain conclusion. The quality of SRs was heterogeneous. All of included SRs well complied with the Item 1 ("research questions included the components of PICO") and Item 3 ("explained selection of the study designs for inclusion"). Twenty review failed to provide registration information. Only one SR reported the sources of funding for studies included. Conclusions: In our overview, most of SRs suggest ginger is a promising herbal medicine for health care, which is beneficial for nausea and vomiting, metabolic syndrome and pain. However, considering the limited quality of included evidence and heterogeneity of different clinical trials, more well-design studies are required to confirm the conclusion further.
Complement Ther Med
卷号:45|页码:114-123
ISSN:0965-2299|收录类别:SCIE
DOI
10.1016/j.ctim.2019.06.002
EISSN
1873-6963
出版日期
2019-08-01
相关链接
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965229919303504?via%3Dihub
语种
英文
国家
中国
学科领域
循证医学
WOS学科分类
Integrative & Complementary Medicine
被引频次(WOS)
47
来源机构
Evidence-based Social Science Research Center, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
研究类型
系统评价
关键词
Ginger Evidence Altemative medicine Systematic review