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...

BACKGROUND Different factors, especially genetic, effect individual attitude to regular physical activity in Iranian traditional medicine. It was believed that individual physical activity attitude is affected by Mizaj too. Our aim was to conduct a comparative revision and evaluation of the effect of genetic factors on physical activity in classic medicine and Iranian traditional medicine. ME...

Ibn Sina is regarded as one of the greatest physicians, thinkers and medical scholars in the history of medicine. Ibn Sina, a Persian scholar in the medieval era, wrote a famous book of medicine, the Canon of Medicine. The book was adopted as the main textbook of medicine in most Western and Persian universities. In the present critique, we analyzed the functional and anatomic descriptions of t...

conclusions this study showed the efficacy of m. longifolia in relieving pds symptoms and improving the qol of patients with pds. results at the end of treatment period, the m. longifolia group reported a more significant improvement in the mean severity scales of fd symptoms than the placebo group (p < 0.001). a significant difference was also observed between fd symptoms and severity scores i...

dry cupping is one of the main procedures in many traditional medicine systems all around the world with its root in antiquity. traditional method of dry cupping is depended on practitioner proficiency and can lead to skin burn if the practitioner is a beginner. on the other hand, zahrawi (11th century ad), the muslim physician from andulus (current spain) presented two novel forms of cup for c...

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...

background &amp; aim: reason destroyer and side effectories some chemical drugs , many pations would to use medicinal plants , on the other hand new medicine nevereless cost and powerful ,have problems for treat some maladies specically chronic maladies. we at this article surveid satisfactoryُ s pations of herbal medicine to compare with new therapeutic ways and defined that further pations for...

Background Adiantum capillus-veneris Linn (Maidenhair fern) is an herb belonging to the family Pteridaceae. It is named as "Pare-siavashan" in medical and pharmaceutical textbooks of Iranian Traditional Medicine. The fronds of Maidenhair fern were mainly administrated by ancient physicians as single medicine or in combination with other plants in multi-herbal formulations for curing different d...

conclusions according to iranian traditional medicine, the brain dystemperement is considered the main causes of alzheimer disease. by correcting the brain dystemperement, alzheimer can be well managed. this study helps to suggest a better strategy for preventing and treating alzheimer in the future. results findings showed that alzheimer disease has the most overlap with nesyan (fisad-e-zekr, ...