Plants have been used in the treatment of various diseases from the time of immemorial the use of plant as a source of medicine lies deep in the history of mankind. Thousands of plant species growing throughout the world have medicinal uses containing active constituents that have direct action in the body. They are used both in herbal and conventional medicine. Hence herbal drugs are valuable ...

Mustard is a condiment that has been used for culinary, religious and cultural purposes by humanity since time immemorial. Mustard has figured prominently in the Indian tradition and its medicinal properties have been systematically evaluated and documented in the classical Ayurvedic texts. The paper attempts to carefully review the ancient and contemporary uses of mustard as food and medicine ...

The management of children with neurogenic bladder (NB) has remained a source of great dilemma for paediatric urologists since time immemorial. Several paths have been approached to reach the ultimate goal of upper tract preservation as well as to grant a socially acceptable life to these children and their families. Over the years, the 'proactive' approach of universal institution of therapy f...

Through the history and since 1933, the Iranian rial has declined from 11.2 rials per dollar to almost 8600 rials per dollar today in the parallel or black market. At the same time the official rate has been kept at artificial level most of the time, not consistent with other macro conditions of the country. Historically, however, the Central bank has adjusted the official rate and brought it i...

The writing of Iranian architectural history has, from its start, followed the principles of western historiography. Portions of this history are well expected to be neglected or unattended when writing of it takes place outside its intellectual framework that essentially reflects the Iranian throught world. To have a truly Iranian architectural historiography, one has to find the theoretical p...