Methods of treating malnutrition

摘要

Methods of treating malnutrition are provided, such methods not requiring the use of systemic drugs that have shown to (i) provide slow relief, (ii) cause adverse side effects, (iii) limit activities, (iv) worsen existing gastrointestinal conditions, (v) be unrecommended in several gastrointestinal conditions that include gastrointestinal spasms, or (vi) be unrecommended in the absence of diarrhea.

主权项

1. A method of treating a gastrointestinal spasm associated with malnutrition in a subject, the method comprising:
administering an effective amount of a composition to a subject having malnutrition with an associated gastrointestinal spasm, the composition having a water soluble polyphenol that was (i) water-extracted from a mixture of pomegranate husk and green tea leaf and (ii) combined with hydrogen peroxide prior to the administering; wherein, the hydrogen peroxide concentration ranges from about 0.001% to about 2.0% based on total dry weight of the composition; the polyphenol comprises a tannin; the polyphenol has a molecular weight ranging from about 170 Daltons to about 4000 Daltons; and, the composition relieves the malnutrition in the subject by relieving the associated gastrointestinal spasm when compared to a second subject in a control group also having malnutrition with an associated gastrointestinal spasm in which the composition was not administered.