Robin, this came up in discussion on lact-net last year sometime, after 
someone reported the mothers in a country they were working in/heard of, 
all used peppermint water.

The problem at the time, IIRC, was that no one could identify how the 
water was made, and so there were issues about would the baby avoid the 
nipple if it was too strong etc.  I do remember someone trying to 
decipher a text they'd read.  I'm think it was a mainly Arabic 
population that was the area under discussion (but maybe not!)

So what I'm interested in from this study is... what did they mean by 
pepermint water!  Strength etc?  And was there an effect on the babies?

Morgan

Robin Roots,Rn Ibclc wrote:
> Women were in 2 groups one group used only EBM on nipples the other used 
> peppermint WATER.
> Women who were randomized to receive peppermint water were less likely to 
> experience nipple and areola cracks (95) compared to women using EBM 
> (27%). Conclusion: This study suggests that peppermint water is effective in 
> the pervention of nipple pain and damage.  Futher studies are needed to 
> assess the usefulness of peppermint water in conjunction with correct 
> breastfeeding techniques.  

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