halitosis is an oral health condition characterized by unpleasant odors emanating constantly from oral cavity. almost 22-50% of the population experiences such a condition during lifespan and about half of them suffer from personal discomfort and social embarrassment. based on the literature survey, it seems that the oral cavity is the most important origin of halitosis; therefore, this area co...

Herbal therapy was the common treatment prescribed by Iranian physicians for wound healing. "Zemad" was the most ancient pharmaceutical dosage form used in Iranian Traditional Medicine (ITM) for skin diseases. In the present research, formulation of a traditionally used Poly Herbal Paste (PHP) for wound healing was performed. Moreover, the fingerprint of the product was prepared by HPTLC method...

On March 9th, 2011, the eminent scholar of Iranian studies, historian, bibliographer, Persian manuscript expert, journalist, biographer and writer, Iraj Afshar passed away at the age of 85 in Tehran. His demise was a great loss to Iranian culture. He edited or wrote around 300 books in various fields of Iranian studies, including the history of medicine in Iran and published more than 2000 pape...

The typology of Yiddish and the name Ashkenaz cannot serve as arguments to support the theory put forward by Das et al. (2016) (Localizing Ashkenazic Jews to primeval villages in the ancient Iranian lands of Ashkenaz. Genome Biol Evol 8:1132-1149.) that the origin of Ashkenazic Jews can be located in ancient Iran. Yiddish is a Germanic, not a Slavic language. The history of the use of the term ...

ancient India on osteology in an English dress. The only work with which we are acquainted in which any detailed description of ancient Indian medicine has been attempted, is the "Commentary on the Hindu System of Medicine," published in 1845 by Thomas Alexander Wise, of the Bengal Medical Service, Civil Surgeon of Hughli and Principal of the Hughli College. That work summarizes the whole syste...

Burns are known as one of the most common forms of injury with devastating consequences. Despite the discovery of several antiseptics, burn wound healing has still remained a challenge to modern medicine. Herbal products seem to possess moderate efficacy with no or less toxicity and are less expensive compared to synthetic drugs. Burn is a well-known disorder in Iranian Traditional Medicine (IT...

Traditional Iranian Medicine (T.I.M.) is a branch of natural history sciences that has originated from theoretical wisdom. The philosophy of this medicine is dependent on the hakims and philosophers viewpoint to the world and then to the fashion and general quality of its parts. This holisticly viewpoint to the human beside available intellectual comparisons and partition in medicine (Unlike wh...

Traditional Iranian Medicine (T.I.M.) is a branch of natural history sciences that has originated from theoretical wisdom. The philosophy of this medicine is dependent on the hakims and philosophers viewpoint to the world and then to the fashion and general quality of its parts. This holisticly viewpoint to the human beside available intellectual comparisons and partition in medicine (Unlike wh...

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...