| Disease | CLINICAL TRIAL CONDUCTED ON 99 PRIMIPAROUS WOMEN. THE SUBJECTS WERE RANDOMLY DIVIDED INTO 3 GROUPS,
INCLUDING A GREEN TEA OINTMENT GROUP, A PLACEBO OINTMENT GROUP, AND A ROUTINE CARE GROUP.
THE 2 OINTMENT GROUPS SMEARED 2 CM OF THE GREEN TEA OR PLACEBO OINTMENTS ONTO THEIR SUTURED AREA TWICE
DAILY FOR A TOTAL OF 10 DAYS. THE SEVERITY OF PAIN WAS ASSESSED IN THE SUBJECTS USING THE VISUAL PAIN SCALE
AND WOUND‐HEALING USING THE REDNESS, EDEMA, ECCHYMOSIS, DISCHARGE, APPROXIMATION (REEDA) SCALE BEFORE
THE INTERVENTION AND ON THE 5TH AND 10TH DAYS AFTER DELIVERY.
BEFORE THE INTERVENTION, NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WERE OBSERVED BETWEEN THE 3 GROUPS
IN TERMS OF THEIR PERSONAL AND OBSTETRIC DETAILS (P > .05), THE SEVERITY OF PAIN (P = .118), AND THE
REEDA SCORE (P = .212). ON THE 5TH AND 10TH DAYS AFTER DELIVERY, THE SEVERITY OF PAIN WAS
SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER IN THE GREEN TEA GROUP THAN IN THE OTHER 2 GROUPS (P < .0001). THE MEAN REEDA
SCORE ON THE 5TH AND 10TH DAYS SHOWED A BETTER AND FASTER HEALING IN THE GREEN TEA GROUP
COMPARED TO THE OTHER 2 GROUPS (P < .0001). TOTAL CONTENT OF PHENOLIC AND FLAVONOIDS CONTENTS
OF GREEN TEA WERE 74.2 MG/G GALLIC ACID EQUIVALENT AND 16.3 MG/G RUTIN EQUIVALENT, RESPECTIVELY,
AND ITS ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY WAS 46% OF BETA CAROTENE. GREEN TEA OINTMENT APPEARS TO BE EFFECTIVE IN
RELIEVING EPISIOTOMY PAIN AND IMPROVING WOUND‐HEALING IN THIS STUDY. |