- Knowledgebase: Newborn Questions: General
- Questions about the care of newborns, rashes, stooling.
- 1. Is Gripe Water ok? - Top
- Gripe water's ingredients vary, and may include alcohol, a bicarbonate, ginger, dill, fennel and chamomile.
A 2000 review in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine found that most of the ingredients in Woodward's gripe water are of questionable value in relieving infantile discomfort. (Blumenthal, I (April 2000). "The Gripe Water Story" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 93 (4): 172–174. ) - Updated: June 8, 2010
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