Background: Health is a very essential issue in our world. From the classic and traditional medicine point of view, our surroundings and habitat including geographic location, climatic conditions , eating and drinking habits , training and emotions, contribute to a healthy life style. With an overview in traditional medicine, it is clear that there is another important aspect in preventive medi...

Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatory drugs (NSAIDs) and glucocorticoids, nowaday are the main groups of anti-inflamatory drugs in modern pharmacology. The side effects of these antiinflamatory drugs, specially using in chronic diseases cause many problems for the patients and the physicians, so finding the new anti-inflamatory drugs with less side effect is the aim of many researchers. WHO emphasiz to...

Nonsteroidal anti-inflamatory drugs (NSAIDs) and glucocorticoids, nowaday are the main groups of anti-inflamatory drugs in modern pharmacology. The side effects of these antiinflamatory drugs, specially using in chronic diseases cause many problems for the patients and the physicians, so finding the new anti-inflamatory drugs with less side effect is the aim of many researchers. WHO emphasiz to...

Undoubtedly, breast milk enjoys the best nutrient combination for the growth of human children (1). Exclusive breast feeding has also been reported in the first 4 and 6 months of life in 57% and 28% of infants, respectively (2). Low and dried-up milk supply are of the major problems encountered in breastfeeding, for which some mothers, despite their propensity, are not able to breastfeed their ...

According to the literature available on Iranian traditional medicine (ITM), elements (fire, air, water , soil) are small bodies indivisible to different components and are essential constituents of human and non-human beings. Warmness, coldness, wetness and dryness are the basic qualities that each of the elements has a pair of them: fire is warm and dry, air is warm and wet, water is cold and...

Professor Harvey Littixjohn has made an important contribution to medico-legal literature by publishing an atlas of selected medico-legal subjects from specimens in his collection. The chief feature of the book is the numerous splendid illustrations. Short descriptions of these and introductions to the various subjects are also given. Illustrations in medico-legal works are frequently unconvinc...

Background Maternal lifestyle and behaviors during pregnancy have been associated with future health outcomes for mothers and babies. Iranian Traditional medicine, which is a holistically-oriented medical discipline, has special attitudes towards pregnancy. The purpose of the study is the investigation of maternal health in medical books of ancient Iran. This study is a systematic review scruti...

BACKGROUND According to WHO estimation, the number of diabetic patients would reach about 591.9 million people in 2035. The tendency towards other kinds of treatment is increasing because of the high therapeutic expenditures and current medical complications. Positive results of massage in recent articles and the prominent role of dalk in Iranian traditional medicine led us to the present study...

Background: The use of assisted reproductive technique has been common for more than two decades that the success of these methods depends on several factors. However, despite the advances of modern infertility treatment succeed rate remains low. And despite the fact that in many cases the cause of infertility is clear, but in many cases the cause is unknown. In Iranian Traditional Medicine the...