M. MOSHFEGH, H. FOROOTANFAR, B. ZARE, A.R. SHAHVERDI, G. ZARRINI, M.A. FARAMARZI 0F Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14155-6451, Tehran, 14174, Iran Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics Research Center, Herbal and Traditional Medicine Resear...

Background Infertility, typically defined as the inability of couples to become pregnant after 12 months of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. Female infertility accounts for 45% of all infertilities among couples. In Iranian Traditional Medicine (ITM) there are variable recommendation for the prevention and treatment of female infertility and one of the most important is nutrition. The pu...

1Department of Pharmaco-Bromatology & Molecular Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmacy, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland; 2School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC; 3Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC; 4Graduate Institute of Natural Pr...

inflammation is one of the symptoms of many common and harmful diseases. as it is incurable through chemical drugs, the study on this ailment using new methods and drugs seems necessary. in addition, the adverse effects of the present anti-inflammatory drugs like nsaids and glucocorticoid appeared in the long time use make such study more demanded. accordingly, in this study we examined the eff...

arterial pulse measurement is one of the most important methods for evaluation of healthy conditions. in traditional iranian medicine (tim), physician may detect radial pulse by holding four fingers on the patient’s wrist. by using this method, under standard condition, the detected pulses are subjective and erroneous, in case of weak and/or abnormal pulses, the ambiguity of diagnosis may rise....

BACKGROUND Seyyed Esmaeil Jorjani is one of the most prominent pioneers and scientists of Islamic and Iranian traditional medicine in the 11(th) and 12(th) centuries (4(th) and 5(th) centuries A.H.). The number of his books is not certainly clear, but it is signified that he has written a couple of great books concerning medicine for Persians and too many treatises in such fields as philosophy,...

BACKGROUND Support for breastfeeding is a public health priority. One of the major factors that can negatively affect breastfeeding is the lack of breast milk. There are many instructions on the subject of breast milk in Iranian traditional medicine resources. This article attempts to investigate causes and reasons for the lack of breast milk from the perspective of the great scholars in this f...

INTRODUCTION There are several disorders that cause hepatic cirrhosis. However, if there is no known cause for cirrhosis, it is called cryptogenic cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is believed to be irreversible in its late stages. In these cases, liver transplantation is the only solution. CASE PRESENTATION The study case was a 29-year-old man, admitted to the hospital four years ago due to esophageal va...

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...