BACKGROUND In order to define appropriate plans for respiratory infectious diseases, in accordance with Iranian traditional medicine, one should cover the topic of "havae vabai". "Havae vabai" is related to the epidemics of respiratory infectious diseases. METHODS This study is a review of the role of Iranian traditional medicine in the prevention of respiratory infectious diseases .Resources...

BACKGROUND Diabetes is known as one of the most common diseases in the world and its treatment is one of the most important healthcare issues. Consequently, different treatment methods of complementary medicine and recent medicine have been used by scientific communities to control and predict the disease. This article considered the effects of dry cupping and wet cupping, based on traditional ...

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...

Antiepileptic drugs used to treat epilepsy can cause severe, life threatening side effects. In Iranian traditional medicine, herbal remedies have been used for centuries to treat seizures. In this study, the five most important herbals in Iranian traditional medicine, namely Canon, al-Hawi, al-Abniah 'an Haqaeq al Adwia, Tuhfat al-Mu'minin, and Makhzan ul-Adwia, were searched for the term "sar-...

background: rosacea is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects 0.5–10% of the population. common symptoms are redness and itching in the nose bridge area, especially cheeks. the cause is not completely understood but genetics, increased growth of bacteria in the small intestine, and increased activity of demodex mites are considered responsible. there is no certain cure for it; however...

OBJECTIVES Considering the increasing prevalence of depression in modern societies and the positive effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on depression, this study aims to investigate the omega-3 and omega-6 content of various foodstuffs, prescribed or prohibited by Iranian Traditional Medicine (ITM). MATERIALS AND METHODS Firstly, reliable sources of Iranian Traditional Medicine wer...

context worldwide prevalence of respiratory diseases, suffering from such diseases, and heavy cost of treatment, which all may result from lack of etiological understanding of these diseases in modern medicine, were the main factors to conduct the current study. in the present study, the causes and symptoms of asthma were evaluated and compared with those of some other respiratory diseases. ira...

conclusions: finding the equivalent disease to htn based on iranian traditional medicine, could suggest a better strategy for preventing, treating and reducing debilitating its complications in the future. in conclusion, we can approach to hypertension with recommendations for reducing imtila when we are dealing with a kind of hypertension that corresponds to imtila. therefore, if patient is su...

CONTEXT Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia. In regards to the world's aging population, control and treatment of AD will be one of the major concerns of global public health in the next century. Alzheimer disease was not mentioned with the same phrase or its equivalent in traditional medical texts. The main of present paper was to investigate symptoms and causes of alzh...