Introduction: episiotomy Cutting perineal muscles, with the aim of accelerating the completion of the second phase is to improve the outcome for mother and baby. Drugs with anti-inflammatory effects, antibacterial and antioxidant activity, candidates are suitable for wound healing. Chamomile has all of the above. This study investigated the effects of chamomile cream on wound healing episiotomy was performed.
Methods: This study was triple blind clinical trial on 106 women admitted to hospital Omolbanin Mashhad, Iran. Nulliparous women aged 18-35 years, with single fetal cephalic, no history of disease impaired wound healing and not using drugs effecting on wound healing, were selected easy method and then using a randomized block design with two intervention groups (chamomile cream) and control (placebo cream) groups. The labor process control and information related to this process were recorded. If there were a disruption in the progress of labor, delivery devices (vacuum, forceps), have extended the length of the incision or there was tear except episiotomy tear episiotomy the research unit would excluded. Units of study Amount by a finger of prescribed cream (chamomile or placebo) twice daily for 10 days, placed on the sutures. Perineal repair Control Form (Reeda) on days 1,7,10 and 14 after delivery was completed. And the Short Form McGill Pain immediately before the intervention and 1,7,10 and 14 days after the delivery was completed by the researcher.