Effects of ginger and expectations on symptoms of nausea in a balanced placebo design.

OBJECTIVE: Ginger effects on (experimental) nausea have been described, but also strong placebo effects and sex differences when nausea is involved. The "balanced placebo design" has been proposed to allow better separation of drug and placebo effects. METHODS: Sixty-four healthy participa...

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Main Authors: Katja Weimer, Jörg Schulte, Annamaria Maichle, Eric R Muth, Jenna L Scisco, Björn Horing, Paul Enck, Sibylle Klosterhalfen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3496739?pdf=render