Research · Meta-analysis
Does the Oral Administration of Ginger Reduce Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting?: A Meta-analysis of 10 Randomized Controlled Trials
What it found
Ginger reduced only ACUTE chemotherapy nausea/vomiting (overall OR 0.71; acute vomiting OR 0.58) with no significant effect on delayed symptoms — a mixed result.
- Design
- Meta-analysis
- Year
- 2019
- Population
- cancer patients receiving chemotherapy (10 RCTs)
- Intervention
- oral ginger as an adjunct to standard antiemetics vs control
- Outcome
- acute and delayed chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
- Journal
- Cancer Nursing
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.