this study aimed to evaluate the attitude of pediatricians toward the use of complementary and traditional medicine (tm) on children in muscat, oman. a cross-sectional survey was performed using a self-completed questionnaire during the year 2012. a total of 67 pediatricians, comprising of 30 males (44.8%) and 37 females (55.2%) participated in the study. the majority of the studied group (83.5...

The benefits of an integrated approach in the future of leprosy control in India are discussed, by involving professionals from different systems of medicine and coordinated by dermatologists working in the field of community dermatology. The low level of education amongst traditional healers has led to misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment, thus emphasizing the importance of health educatio...

this is obvious that man’s advancement in tropical experimental sciences is indebted to the pure imagination of the authors and researchers. the present study aims to reveal that medicine as one of the most experimental sciences is undeniably associated with literal images and imaginative implications at least in traditional medicine. this occurs due to the fact that in the ancient times, physi...

background and objectives: cucurbita pepo l. is a one-year creeper plant with wide heart shaped leaves covered by tiny trichome with many benefits in its fruit, seed, leaf and root. currently some studies has been directed to show its preventive and curetive properties for some diseases as an alternative or supplement for other methods. the purpose of present study was to investigate the mentio...

background: rosa canina l. (rose hip) has been traditionally used to treat diabetes mellitus in iran. however, no scientific human study has determined its efficacy in diabetic patients. objective: this study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of r. canina fruit aqueous extract in type 2 diabetic patients. methods: sixty patients with type 2 diabetes, aged 35 - 60 years with fast...

conclusions reported herbal drugs might be beneficial for further studies for the management of skin aging and aging process. results skin aging begins with whole body aging process and entire body gets cold and dry in elderly. wrinkle formation is highly associated with loss of “skin natural moisture”. in the management, specific food supplements, simple massage therapy as well as herbal drugs...

conclusions the data of the study clearly indicated that the eo of s. hortensis has a strong antioxidant, antibacterial, and antifungal activity. results total phenolic content was determined by using folin-ciocalteu reagent (32.65 mg/g), which was presented as gallic acid equivalent in 1 g of sample. ic50 of eo and ascorbic acid in dpph method were respectively 277.9 and 19.34 µg. minimum inhi...

introduction: traditional medicine is not only useful in health care and improvement of quality of life, but also is applied in diagnosis and treatment of diseases. hence, paying more attention to this area is of high important. this study aimed to evaluate the scientific production and scientific mapping of iranian researchers in traditional medicine during 1990-2011 in “web of science” databa...

context ginger is the rhizome of zingiber officinale, a perennial plant, used alone or in compounds as a spice or remedy in ancient recipes of iranian traditional medicine (itm) as an effective tonic for the memory and digestive system, the opener of hepatic obstructions, aphrodisiac, for expelling compact wind from stomach and intestines, diluting, desiccating and emollient of phlegmatic and c...