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...

One of the earliest descriptions neuralgia dates back to John Fothergill in 1773.1 However, concept nerve pain can be traced physicians like Rhazes (d. 925), Haly Abbas 982), Avicenna 1037), and Jorjani 1137) who discussed multiple aspects neuropathic including its classification, etiology, differentiating characteristics, qualities, pharmacologic nonpharmacologic treatments.2 Currently, neurop...

In ancient times in Iran, infectious diseases of animals and human beings were referred to as choleraic diseases. Rhazes (9th century), followed by Avicenna (10th century), Jorjani (11th century) and others, had specific opinions on the cause and effect relationship in these diseases, which recall the fermentation theory of Louis Pasteur. In ancient Iran, the methods adopted for veterinary proc...

objective: one of the most common global disorders is related to gastrointestinal system. functional dyspepsia (fd) defined as upper abdominal pain and discomfort in the absence of organic ailments is a prevalent disease without any confirmed medication. the purpose of this study was to find gastric disorders which might be coincidental to fd based on traditional persian medicine (tpm). materia...

this article aim to investigate image concept from the traditional rethoric point of view and shows how traditional rethoric stopped because of negligible understanding of image notion and focus on shape, without seriously dealing with contents. although in this respect, molla abdolghaher jorjani is superior to others and has vast attempts, but after him there was no suitable evolution in retho...

background: provide a review of occupational medicine history in world and iran methods: many books, papers and sites on the occupational medicine history were reviewed. results: occupational medicine have been shaped by the forces that shape work itself, social evolution, changing modes of production, shifting economic powers, and demographic changes in the workforce. hippocrates emphasized th...

abstract objective: several studies have been published on the epidemiology of childhood malignancies worldwide. the primary objective of this study is to determine the relative frequency of pediatric cancers in iran. methods: using a retrospective approach, all confirmed cases of malignancies aged 14 years old or less at the time of first referral to the department of radiation oncology of jor...