How to stop habit of eating raw rice in thyroid and anemic individuals? – Dr. Sanjay Panicker

Eating raw rice in other words is called as pica. Pica is a craving for food items that cannot be ingested or substances that cannot be used for eating. There is a craving for raw rice in some people who have some deficiencies. Anemia is one of the conditions where they must develop this craving, also in pregnancy; there are some women who develop this craving. Also in thyroid problems also they develop this craving, both in men and in women. So the treatment is to correct the root cause for this. For example, there is anemia, if thyroid problem, correct the thyroid problem. If the problem is corrected, then the carving also reduces. If it does not reduce with thyroid problems this, then we need to correct with some medicines. There are excellent medicines in homeopathy which can help to reduce the craving for raw rice. Alumina is one such medicine to correct the patients with these problems.