The effect of Commiphora mukul cream improvement of breast engorgement

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 105

Inclusion Criteria

The study inclusion criteria for the Iranian; literate mothers
who were in the 1st to 15th days after delivery consisted of having
breast engorgement with a minimum intensity score of 2 based
on the checklist (with a maximum score of 19); A sublingual temperature
below 38 ° C; Having had engorgement symptoms during the first
15 days after delivery; No use of medications for stopping breastfeeding;
No use of topical herbal therapies; Not having developed breast
abscess or mastitis; No prohibition on lactation; No history of any
allergies to Commiphora mukul or other plants; And nursing every 2 to 3 hours.
For the neonates, the inclusion criteria consisted of being a singleton
and having a full-term birth and normal birth weight (2500-4000 g);
Being able to suck on nipples; Not being prohibited from breastfeeding;
?And demanding to be nursed every 2 to 3 hours. The study exclusion criteria for the mothers consisted of the incidence of allergy to Commiphoramukul; A general temperature exceeding 38 ° C after beginning the intervention; Use or need to antiinflammatory medications or painkillers or warm compress or cold compress or acupressure interfering with the designed intervention during the course of the study; And the incidence of unexpected events for either participants interfering with their breastfeeding; Use of the proposed treatment less than five times a day. The infants were excluded from the study if they lost the study inclusion criteria for any reason, including getting a fever during the
course of the intervention.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Erythema breast. Timepoint: Before intervention,2 days after intervention. Method of measurement: Check list of breast engorgement.;Breast Tension. Timepoint: Before intervention,2 days after intervention. Method of measurement: Check list of breast engorgement.;Breast pain. Timepoint: Before intervention,2 days after intervention. Method of measurement: Check list of breast engorgement.;Total score breast engorgement. Timepoint: Before intervention,2 days after intervention. Method of measurement: Check list of breast engorgement.

Secondary Outcome Measures