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Effects of a food product (based on Daucus carota) and education based on traditional Persian medicine on female sexual dysfunction: a randomized clinical trial
- Source :
- Electronic Physician, Electronic Physician, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 6577-6587 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Knowledge Kingdom Publishing, 2018.
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Abstract
- Background: Globally, female sexual dysfunction is a serious concern based on negative family and social consequences, high side effects of medications and lack of effective treatment. Thus, the evaluation of treatment approach for this problem is an important priority for healthcare systems. Sexual life and its related disorders are considered the main aspects of a healthy lifestyle in traditional Persian medicine (TPM). Objective: The present study aimed to determine and compare the effects of food products containing Daucus carota, TPM-based training program, and a combination of these two interventions on the improvement of female sexual dysfunction. Methods: This randomized clinical trial was conducted on 96 women with sexual dysfunction based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5®), aged 18-35 years who referred to the Gynecology Clinic of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, during 2016 and 2017. The patients were randomly divided into three groups (n=32) and received the intervention over an eight-week period. The first group was provided with TPM-based sexual health training, the second group received 30 g of a traditional food product (wild carrot halva: mixed Daucus carota and several herbs with honey) on a daily basis, and the third group received a combination of this traditional food product plus education. Data analysis was http://www.ephysician.ir Page 6578 performed using Chi square test, repeated measures ANOVA, two-way ANOVA, ANCOVA, post hoc Bonferroni, Friedman and Wilcoxon signed-rank test in SPSS version 11.5. Results: According to the results of this study, there was a significant difference in terms of sexual desire (p=0.002), lubrication (p=0.002), orgasm (p=0.004) and pain (p
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Herbal Medicine
Libido
media_common.quotation_subject
Female sexual dysfunction
Psychological intervention
Sex Education
Orgasm
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Randomized controlled trial
law
medicine
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Reproductive health
lcsh:R5-920
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
business.industry
Daucus Carota
Traditional Persian Medicine
medicine.disease
Sexual desire
Sexual dysfunction
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Physical therapy
Original Article
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Phytotherapy
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Details
- ISSN :
- 20085842
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Electronic Physician
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0f58a15bebf97dc0aafee712a787e7ca