Doctors categorize Chiari malformation into three types, depending on the anatomy of the brain tissue that is displaced into the spinal canal, and whether developmental abnormalities of the brain or spine are present. Chiari malformation type I develops as the skull and brain are growing.
Evening primrose oil is LIKELY SAFE for most people when used for up to a year. It can sometimes cause mild side effects including upset stomach, nausea, diarrhea, and headache. Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Taking evening primrose oil is POSSIBLY UNSAFE during pregnancy.
During the last few weeks of pregnancy, the mother can take evening primrose oil capsules in order to ripen the cervix, or she can rub the cervix with evening primrose oil. Midwives have used evening primrose during the last trimester of pregnancy for hundreds of years.