Traditional medicine are used by some 60% of worlds population and in some countries are extensiveingly incorporated into the public health system. There are two types of evidence that can be used to support claims on traditional medicine; scientific evidence and traditional use. Long hystorical use of traditional medocine provide the safty and efficacy of it but it is not enough without enough...

background: venous ulcers are a major problem for patients with chronic venous disease (cvd) such as varicose veins. its treatment is very complex and requires great care, such that inappropriate responses to various medical and surgical treatment could change this condition. this report aims to provide clinical experiences of iranian traditional medicine that has been the most effective treatm...

the present study reports formulation of a traditionally used poly herbal product for wound healing and its chromatographic analysis by hptlc. herbal therapy was the common treatment prescribed by iranian physicians for wound healing. “zemad”, the most ancient pharmaceutical dosage form used in the iranian traditional medicine (itm) for skin diseases. in this study, a poly herbal paste (php) wi...

malaria is the most serious parasitic disease and one of the oldest recorded diseases in the world. because of the resistance of malaria parasites to current drugs, it is necessary to discover new antiplasmodial drugs. traditional medicine is one of the important sources of new antiplasmodial drugs.in this study, twenty methanolic extracts from different parts of sixteen medicinal plants used i...

lycium species is a popular medicinal plant in the traditional chinese medicine and lycium ruthenicum is a native medicinal plant of iran. lycium genus has several biologically important properties too. investigation of chemical composition of ethyl acetate extract of this plant is the goal of this study. two coumarins (scopoletin and sculetin) and methyl-2-hydroxy-4-undecanoxy-trans-cinamate w...

many studies concerning persian history have been performed. persian physicians and scientists greatly contributed to medical sciences by their own observations, experimentations and skills through more than seven thousand years of persian history. in persian medieval medicine, different fields were described. among these fields, neurological disorders, especially headache and epilepsy were exp...

conclusions the essential principles of health in iranian medicine were not only stated in quran, but also were emphasized. results six major classifications such as “life environment”, “food”, spiritual status”, “physical activity”, “sleeping and awaking”, “excretion and retention”, and four minor classifications such as” climates”, “seasons”, “sexual intercourse” and “menstruation” were adopt...

joint pain is one of the most common complaints with many possible causes.some medicines used for joint pain relief such as nsaids have substantial and frequent side effects. topical route possibly reduces adverse reactions by maximizing local delivery and minimizing systemic toxicity. throughout history, plants have been the most important sources of medicines for human health and iranian trad...

Medical plants have a great value in traditional knowledge related to human health care both used whole plant or consisting in curative remedies. These valuable uses has been led to commercial use of medicinal plants and their derivatives which makes great benefits. Also there is a growing desire to use of completely natural materials as curative drugs around the world. These facts show up a gr...