International Journal of Nursing Education

This study aims to assess the effect of ginger tea on dysmenorrhoea among adolescent girls. It was observed that during adolescence, young people go through many changes as they move from childhood into physical maturity. One of the major physiological changes that take place in adolescent girls is menarche. After menarche many adolescent girls faces problems of irregular menstruation, excessive bleeding, and dysmenorrhoea. A variety of herbal medicines exhibited beneficial effects on dysmenorrhoea. Ginger is one of the herbal product and it is also helpful in relaxing the muscular spasms and in relieving the pain present during ovulation and during menstrual periods. So it was concluded that there is association between ginger and it's effect on dysmenorrhoea.