Abstract:
Physical, psychic and hormonal changes that occur during the pregnancy process
cause various complaints. One of them is vomiting nausea or morning sickness that is
common in early pregnancy. The phenomenon that occurs there are still many pregnant
mothers who do the treatment of nausea and vomiting by using drugs from midwives only
and rarely do so using nonfarmcological therapy one of them using ginger Wedang.
Research aims to determine the influence of ginger-feeding in reducing the frequency of
nausea and vomiting in the I trimester of pregnant women. Research design is a study of
literature. The number of articles or journals reviewed by 10 journals consisting of 5
national journals and 5 international journals. The review method uses Sisitem PICOS
(Population/Problem, Intervention, Comparation, Outcome, Study Design). The review
results show that the use of ginger is effective in reducing the frequency of nausea and
vomiting in the I-trimester pregnant women. Nonfarmkologis therapy for reduced nausea
and vomiting can be using hot ginger. Health institutions are expected to increase the
competency or Kehalina of officers in the use of complementary therapies in treating
nausea and vomiting during the I trimester pregnancy.
