conclusions our data of this article suggests that causes of palpitation in the aspect of traditional medicine are completely different from modern medicine. it can help us to approach and treat this symptom better and with lower side effects than chemical drugs. according to this article we are able to detect a new approach in palpitation. materials and methods we addressed some descriptions t...

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conclusions the article presents the relation between anemia and liver dysfunction viewed by iranian traditional medicine as an important finding in designing a treatment plan. despite the new findings on the evaluation of liver function (i.e. laboratory tests), it seems that further studies for earlier evaluation of liver function in anemia are highly required. results our findings proved that...

background & aim: nepetabracteata benth is a medicinal plant belongs to the lamiaceae family which wildly grows in khorasan province. this herb is used by the indigenous people as afolkloric medicine in khorasan. this paper aimed to study the situation and application of this plant in traditional medicine of khorasan province.experimental: current study was done by questionnaire and intervi...

background & aim: treatment with herbal medicines is very popular in all over the world. nowadays, using medicinal plants has increased because of undesirable effects of the chemical drugs. more than 10000 plant species are used for medicinal purposes, mainly as traditional medicines in the treatment of dysmenorrhea.  the aim of this study was determining the rate of herbal remedies to reli...

The advent of evolutionary medicine in the last two decades has provided new insights into the causes of human disease and possible preventative strategies. One of the strengths of evolutionary medicine is that it follows a multi-disciplinary approach. Such an approach is vital to future biomedicine as it enables for the infiltration of new ideas. Although evolutionary medicine uses Darwinian e...

background: urticaria is a skin disease characterized by pruritic edematous lesions also called wheals. although these lesions are self-limited they may result in lowered quality of life index. by far, the most recognized mechanisms that trigger the progression of this condition are hypersensitivity reactions. as an herbal therapy, plantago major has been named in several references of persian ...

objectives: although breast milk is considered the best nutritional option for neonates, use of traditional supplements such as sugar water, camel thorn, and flix weed in the first week of life of infants is quite common in iran and many other countries. the aim of this study was to evaluate whether consuming such supplements has any impact on infant’s breastfeeding behavior. materials and meth...

conclusions: the facial warts of both cases have completely cured by using myrtle. we hypothesized that myrtle not only have antiviral effects but also may have a systemic impression. it can use topically on a part of body with influence on the other parts. myrtle is especially useful for facial warts. these two cases highlighted a new method for treatment of common warts especially facial wart...

conclusions in addition to the modern medical diagnostic methods, indigenous knowledge of folk medicine, especially folk orthopedics, with a little thought, guidance and planning can be considered as an appropriate therapeutic method in order to raise the level of public health without any side effects. background medical anthropology is the comprehensive intercultural systematic study of healt...