Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Ankara Universitesi Eczacilik Fakultesi Dergisi, cilt.45, sa.2, ss.169-181, 2021 (Scopus)
© 2021 University of Ankara. All rights reserved.Objective: Infantile colic is crying crises that a cause of frequently emergency application in infants younger than 4 months and whose aetiology is unknown. Families who are desperate during intense crying crises tend to seek different treatment methods with the influence of those around. The complaint of not waking up for the last 24 hours of a two-month-old male baby born at 39 weeks of gestation with normal spontaneous vaginal delivery from the first pregnancy of a 28-year-old mother is the reason for admitting to the emergency department. In the history of applying to the emergency department, the family tried different pharmacological products purchased from the pharmacy one after another due to the intense crying attacks of the baby, but the complaints of the baby continued, the family bought a product called "apple oil" and applied the product that they did not know the content to the baby by massaging the oil to the umblicus area with the suggestion of the people around. It was reported that the baby's cries were reduced and he was susceptible to sleep. As a result of the detection that the baby woke only when stimulated during the hospital treatment, the product they used was requested from the family. Material and Method: The content analysis of the product, which was bought from the market and put up for sale under the name of "apple oil" applied to the baby by massaging, was performed using GC-FID and GC/MS methods. Various scientific data libraries have been used to identify volatile compounds. Result and Discussion: This study shows that the concept of turning to nature in recent years can cause irreversible negative consequences in unconscious hands.and also highlights the importance of the pharmacy profession, which is highly competent in the field of medicines and medicinal natural products.