فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Introduction: Chronic vertigo is a disabling disease that influences the quality of life. There are simple and low-cost treatments inIranian 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 outpatientclinic 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. Theirsymptoms were checked after four weeks and the validated Persian version of dizziness handicap inventory (DHI) was completedfor 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.