Document Type : Case reports

Authors

• Maryam Monfared ^{1, 2}
• Alireza Karimi-Yazdi ³
• Fataneh Dabaghian ^{1, 2}
• Farshad Amini Behbahani ^{1, 2}

¹ Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

² School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

³ Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic vertigo is a disabling disease that influences the quality of life. There are simple and low-cost treatments in
Iranian traditional medicine (ITM) with minimal side effects for some subtypes of this disease based on the ancient classification.
One of them is gastric-related vertigo (GRV) that is diagnosed by a rational relationship between digestive symptoms and vertigo.
Case Presentation: Two adult patients with chronic vertigo were visited in the Behesht - Iranian traditional- medicine outpatient
clinic of Iran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran, in the year 2017. They were evaluated and treated according to gastric-
related vertigo management. The patients received 5 mL of pomegranate concentrated juice after each meal for four weeks. Their
symptoms were checked after four weeks and the validated Persian version of dizziness handicap inventory (DHI) was completed
for them as a pre-treatment and post-treatment monitoring tool.
Conclusions: Pomegranate concentrated juice as a stomach tonic led to the improvement of the digestive symptoms and vertigo.
The six-month follow-ups after treatment were normal.

Keywords

• Complementary
• Gastric
• Iranian Traditional
• Medicine
• Pomegranate
• Punicagranatum
• Vertigo