The Effectiveness of Thai Traditional Medicine, Tub Moa Gluea,in Postpartum Care

Abstract

Providing postpartum care with Thai traditional medicine is promoted to use as an alternative medicine by the Ministry of Public Health. This experimental research was to explore the effectiveness of Thai traditional medicine, Tub Moa Gluea, in postpartum care. Participants were 30 postpartum women which were divided into three groups (each group had 10 women), group one (gr 1: intervention group) having Tub Moa Gluea, group two (gr 2: comparison group) having placebo and group three (gr 3: comparison group) having conventional medicine. The experiments were run for four times (one week away). The results revealed that, from the analysis of Repeated ANOVA, the uterine level decreased continuously in the intervention group, and more than the comparison groups significantly (mean diff. (gr.1 1 vs gr.2) = -2.1; 95% CI: -2.65, -1.54, mean diff. (gr.1 vs gr.3) = -2.1; 95% CI: -.266, -1.54) and also waist size [mean time 5 (gr1) = 77.8 cm, 84.6 cm (gr2) and 87.7 cm(gr3)], level of pain [mean time 5 (gr1) = 4.1, 5.0 (gr2) and 6.0 (gr3)] as well as amniotic fluid in the experiment group to normalize faster than the comparison groups with statistical significance (median survival time = 18 days (gr1), 26 days (gr2) and 25 days (gr3). In conclusion, the use of Tub Moa Gluea can help postpartum women to reduce the uterine level, waist size and level of pain. Additionally, it can help the amniotic fluid to be normalized faster. Therefore, Tub Moa Gluea should be promoted in hospital care in all postpartum women.