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...

BACKGROUND Pruritus is an unpleasant feeling that can cause the desire of scratching in a person and can be the symptoms of systemic, infectious, and neurological diseases. Pruritus is the most common clinical manifestation of skin diseases. Pruritus prevalence is 8-38% in the general population. Causes and treatments of pruritus have been described by traditional Persian medicine scientists. T...

1- Traditional Medicine Clinical Trial Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran & School of Persian Medicine, 2- Shahid Beheshti University Medical Sciences, 3- 4- , [email protected]

Persian Medicine (PM) uses wrist temperature/humidity and pulse to determine a person's health status temperament. However, the diagnosis may depend on physician's interpretation, hindering combination of PM with modern medical methods. This study proposes system for measuring signals temperament detection based PM. The recorded thermal distribution, questionnaire, customized measurement device...

alopecia areata is a dermatologic disorder which presents itself with sudden and patchy hair loss. the aim of this study is to assess the issues related to the similar condition in ancient manuscripts of traditional persian medicine. this is a descriptive review study in which a number of well-known traditional persian manuscripts such as; kamil al-sina’a al-tibbiyyaby al-majusi, ‘ali ibn al-’a...