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- Title
Treatment of baby colic in the perspective of traditional medicine.
- Authors
Borhani, Mahdi
- Abstract
Objectives: Baby colic is defined as excessive crying for more than three hours a day, which usually occurs in the late afternoon or evening during 2-3 weeks. Previous studies have estimated the prevalence of baby colic at 20%. Onset of colic is normally at the second week of birth, and it may continue for four months. The main clinical symptom of colic is excessive crying more than three hours a day for three consecutive days a week (over three weeks) in normal children. Other symptoms include pulling of the legs, clenched fists, abdominal stiffness, belching, gas passing, shrill crying and frequent vomiting after feeding. Materials and Methods: No data could be found about baby colic in the review of traditional medicine references, including the Treatise of Colic by Avicenna and Muhammad-Ibn-Zakariya al-Razi. Therefore, we compared traditional medicine and modern medicine regarding the differences in child raising methods; swaddling is one of the classic approaches depicted in the traditional medicine. Results: For swaddling, a string is tied crossed on the umbilicus of the infant, which prevents the intestine from getting caught below the navel in peritoneum. This traditional method could be used for the prevention of colic among infants. Conclusion: According to the results of this study, swaddling could be effective in the prevention of baby colic with no significant side effect in infants. Moreover, colic will not be repeated if the umbilicus remains tied up for 20 days, and signs of recovery appear immediately afterwards.
- Subjects
INFANTILE colic; TRADITIONAL medicine; SWADDLING
- Publication
Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, 2015, Vol 5, p27
- ISSN
2228-7930
- Publication type
Article