background & aim: treatment with herbal medicines is very popular in all over the world. nowadays, using medicinal plants has increased because of undesirable effects of the chemical drugs. more than 10000 plant species are used for medicinal purposes, mainly as traditional medicines in the treatment of dysmenorrhea.  the aim of this study was determining the rate of herbal remedies to reli...

background: urticaria is a skin disease characterized by pruritic edematous lesions also called wheals. although these lesions are self-limited they may result in lowered quality of life index. by far, the most recognized mechanisms that trigger the progression of this condition are hypersensitivity reactions. as an herbal therapy, plantago major has been named in several references of persian ...

objectives: although breast milk is considered the best nutritional option for neonates, use of traditional supplements such as sugar water, camel thorn, and flix weed in the first week of life of infants is quite common in iran and many other countries. the aim of this study was to evaluate whether consuming such supplements has any impact on infant’s breastfeeding behavior. materials and meth...

conclusions: the facial warts of both cases have completely cured by using myrtle. we hypothesized that myrtle not only have antiviral effects but also may have a systemic impression. it can use topically on a part of body with influence on the other parts. myrtle is especially useful for facial warts. these two cases highlighted a new method for treatment of common warts especially facial wart...

conclusions in addition to the modern medical diagnostic methods, indigenous knowledge of folk medicine, especially folk orthopedics, with a little thought, guidance and planning can be considered as an appropriate therapeutic method in order to raise the level of public health without any side effects. background medical anthropology is the comprehensive intercultural systematic study of healt...

background and aim: from long time ago, traditional medicine was integrated with popular culture and various aspects of treatment have been allocated to it. at the present time, the use rate of this method depends on people’s belief and recognition. experimental: the research was conducted in the region mobarakeh, iran, in order to identify the priorities for application of medicinal plants by ...

conclusions this study showed the importance of considering syndrome differentiation and temperaments in interpreting the effect of p. granatum peels extract on ulcerative colitis. results therapeutic response was significantly higher in patients with hot temperament compared to patients with cold temperament in the p. granatum group (1.916 ± 0.492 versus -0.500 ± 0.500, p = 0.029). methods sev...

background: diabetic foot ulcer is one of the major problems suffered by diabetic patients, so much so that the annual incidence of this problem has increased from 0.1% to 4.1% in diabetic patients and the probability of its incidence is over 25% during the diabetic individual's life. case presentation: the patient was a 74-year-old woman with diabetes for more than 20 years. she was hospi...

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...