Fatemeh Nojavan

Department of Persian Medicine, School of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran

[ 1 ] - Appropriate Patterns of Bread Preparation and Consumption According To Teachings of the Quran, Ahadith, and Persian Medicine

Background and Objectives: Historically, bread has been the most important source of human nutrition.  The pattern of bread consumption is not desirable in Iran and approximately 16% of bread produced in this country is wasted.  The most important cause of this waste rate is low quality of the produced bread and inadequate public attention paid to Islam recommendation on bread sanctit...

[ 2 ] - Expounding a Few Key Strategies of Imam Ali (AS) on Prevention of Diseases by Means of Improving Nutrition Style

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[ 3 ] - نگاهی گذرا به گیاه خار مریم از دیدگاه طب سنتی ایرانی و مطالعات نوین

زمینه و هدف: امروزه از گیاه خار مریم (با نام علمی (Silybum marianum، برای پیشگیری و درمان اختلالاتی همچون نارسایی کبد، کبد چرب غیرالکلی، دیابت، بیماری‌های عفونی، خونی و پوستی استفاده می‌شود. در این مطالعه‌ مروری، به بررسی دیدگاه‌های طب سنتی ایرانی درخصوص این گیاه و بررسی تطبیقی آن با مطالعات جدید پرداخته شد. روش بررسی: در این مطالعه مروری ابتدا در زمینه گیاه خار مریم و کاربردهایش در منابع طب ای...

[ 4 ] - Management of Hypertension Based on Temperament Concept in Persian Medicine

Hypertension can be classified into HOT and COLD in Persian medicine. In HOT hypertension, cardiac output is increased which causes an increase in heart rate or stoke volume; therefore, treated with bloodletting (cold temperament), food such as barley is recommended. In COLD hypertension, blood viscosity or arterial sympathetic tone is increased which is usually associated with mental stress wh...