BACKGROUND The Iranian traditional medicine is one of the branches of complementary medicine and it is based on using the dosage forms of plants. One of the most common forms of pharmaceutical plants is Aragh. Due to ease-of-use, distillate is a more acceptable form among the public. In this article, it is attempted to study the usage forms and effects of Aragh according to the valid traditiona...

Shatavari is known as the Queen of Herbs in our medicine. The plant (Asparagus racemosus Willd) used extensively Indian systems medicine, i.e. AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopath, Unani, Siddha Homoeopathy). It native to India, a woody climbing plant; both rhizome whole are useful medicine wide range diseases. has been for reproductive health problems, lack milk lactating mothers, bleeding thr...

Biomolecules present in plant extracts can be used to reduce metal ions to nanoparticles in a single-step green synthesis process. This biogenic reduction of metal ion to base metal is quite rapid, readily conducted at room temperature and pressure, and easily scaled up. Synthesis mediated by plant extracts is environmentally benign. The reducing agents involved include the various water solubl...

Vitex negundo L. (Verbenaceae) is a hardy plant, flourishing mainly in the Indian subcontinent. All parts of the plant, from root to fruit, possess a multitude of phytochemical secondary metabolites which impart an unprecedented variety of medicinal uses to the plant. It is interesting to note that a single plant species finds use for treatment of a wide spectrum of health disorders in traditio...

Caparis spinosa Linn. popularly known as Caper plant is a naturally occurring medicinally important plant of the family Capparaceae. This plant has highly diverse economic and medicinal value in different system of medicine like, Unani, Chinese, Ayurvedicand Arabic. Various parts of C. spinosa are used as drug to treat different diseases especially against hepatic and renal problems. Extract of...

Background and objectives: Achillea is an ancient medicinal herb. The genus comprises about 100 species which are mostly distributed in northern hemisphere and some have been investigated for different biological activities. There are also several reports in Iranian Traditional Medicine (ITM) texts about its anti-tumor effect. The cytotoxic activity of the methanol extract of Achil...

orientation of public and physicians to the complementary and alternative medicine (cam) is one of the most prominent symbols of structural changes in the health service system. the aim of his study was a determination of knowledge, attitude, and practice of general practitioners in complementary and alternative medicine. this cross- sectional study was conducted in qazvin, iran in 2013. a self...

historically, there is a consensus that islamic medicine followed the persian, greek and egyptian medicine and that a large number of muslim scholars were non-arabs. it is also known that most famous islamic physicians who took their knowledge to arabic countries received their education in the famous and credible university of gondishapour in iran. therefore, in order to develop a more compreh...