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Pica: Treatment with Punica Granatum extract
Zahra Shekarriz1,2, Asieh Jokar1, Seyde Sedighe Yousefi1
1Persian Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Abstract:
Pica is an eating disorder characterized by craving for nonfood items, such as dirt, clay, detergents, soap, stone, and paper. It occurs in children who start feeling the world with the oral cavity. The exact etiology of this disorder is still unknown; nonetheless, its treatment and prevalence vary according to patients' behavior and characteristics. We aim to present a case report of a patient with pica who was treated with Persian Traditional Medicine. This treatment was performed using four doses of 15 ml Punica granatum extract after every meal for 3 weeks while fasting before breakfast. The patient's appetite improve within 3 weeks, with remarkable improvement in pica symptoms. Punica granatum extract seems to be effective in controlling pica.
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