Objective: Anorexia and impaired appetite (Dysorexia) are common symptoms with varying causes, and often need no serious medical intervention. Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a chronic psychiatric disease with a high mortality rate. In Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM), anorexia is a condition in which anorexic patients lose appetite due to dystemperament. This review aims to discuss the common point...

Background: According to human history, “infertility” has long been of interest to scientists, which has led to the discovery of its causes. Nevertheless 15-25% of infertility cases are still termed as idiopathic. In Iranian traditional medicine school, special attention has been paid to this issue, so part of the great written documents of this school is dedicated to the study of the causes an...

the treatments used by most doctors are considered conventional medicine. complementary and alternative medicine (cam) consists of a group of health care practices and products that are considered out of the mainstream. an “out-of-the-mainstream” treatment is considered complementary if you use it along with conventional medicine. research shows that 40 percent of women in the united states use...

The article takes its cue from models of quantitative research applied to complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) and pinpoints some innovative features in the case at issue (Portugal). It goes on to outline new research scenarios moving beyond the either biomedical or CAM framework.