background: systemic lupus erythematosus is a kind of multi-system autoimmune disorder with unknown aetiology and it produces antibodies against various tissues. case presentation:the patient wasa 44-year-old woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus for approximately five years, along with underlying diseases including peptic ulcers, asthma, hypertension and diabetes in the past 10 ...

Raana Zakeri, Shirin Nosratnejad. MSc of Health Services Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Iranian Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Iranian Center of Excellence for Health Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; PHD in Health Economic, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Services Management, Department of Health Services Management, School ...

Dreams preoccupied the Greek and Roman world in antiquity, therefore they had a prominent role in social, philosophical, religious, historical and political life of those times. They were considered as omens and prophetic signs of future events in private and public life, and that was particularly accentuated when elements of actions which took place in the plot of dreams were associated direct...

The author probes in this study the maternity or obsterics and gynaecology in Ancient Indian medicine by interpreting various classical texts in Ayurveda, Sociology and Religion.

the present article on the ancient science of medicine, studies on one hand the emergence of this science and on the other hand its development and compilation. the article also researches the development of medicine in islam, muslim medics and islamic universities in which this science has been taught. finally the article discusses the history of medicine after the emergence of islam in iran.

context ginger is the rhizome of zingiber officinale, a perennial plant, used alone or in compounds as a spice or remedy in ancient recipes of iranian traditional medicine (itm) as an effective tonic for the memory and digestive system, the opener of hepatic obstructions, aphrodisiac, for expelling compact wind from stomach and intestines, diluting, desiccating and emollient of phlegmatic and c...

There are a limited number of artistic objects from ancient times with particular importance in neonatal medicine. The best examples are figurines from ancient Egypt of Isis nursing Horus, showing the importance of breastfeeding. The earliest images of the human fetus were made by the Olmecs in Mexico around 1200- 400 BCE. One of the earliest representations of congenital anomalies is a figurin...

context functional dyspepsia (fd) is a functional gastro-intestinal disorder with high prevalence. among various treatment options, treatment by complementary and alternative medicines especially herbal remedies also practiced. traditional iranian medicine (tim), a valuable resource of valid applied studies of ancient iranian scholars, recommends numerous medicinal plants to treat dyspepsia sym...

Objective: During the ancient times, saffron (Crocus sativus L.) had many uses around the world; however, some of these uses were forgotten throughout the history. But a newly formed interest in natural active compounds brought back the attention toward historical uses of saffron. Understanding different uses of saffron in the past can help us finding the best uses at present.In this study, wer...