background: recently, the traditional and complementary medicine has largely gained interest among scholars across the globe. keeping pace with the on-going trend, the iranian academia have provided the phd course on traditional iranian medicine. in this study, we attempted to perform a qualitative study, comparing the phd curricula of the chinese and iranian traditional medicine in detail. met...

conclusions following a simple seven-part rule of healthy stomach will result in balanced gi function and a healthy body. properly consumption of recommended tpm herbal medicines could reinforce the stomach and a healthy gi system through preventive mechanisms. evidence acquisition a wide-ranging search in main tpm books and web engines was performed to compare preventive care in gastrointestin...

research is considered axis of each progressing and scientific development. scattered studies without any logical plan won’t lead to the desired results. research prioritization in traditional persian medicine (tpm) is more necessary because of limited resources and manpower. this study was conducted in four phases with delphi’s pattern of study. at the first stage, it was consulted from tim de...

BACKGROUND Temperament is one of the key concepts in traditional Persian medicine (TPM), which is the quality that will be obtained by the reaction between the four elements of water, earth, fire and air, and its property is different from the component property. According to TPM, temperament is influenced by many factors and the bulk of the body is one of these factors. In this study, we aimed...

1. Dept. of Traditional Persian Medicine, School of Medicine, Student Research Committe, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran 2. Dept. of Traditional Persian Medicine, School of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran 3. Center for Communicable Disease Control (CDC), Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran 4. Traditional and Complementary ...

BACKGROUND Due to negligence, Persian (Iranian) traditional medicine has had a weak presence in the world of research for a long time. However, in recent years, a variety of activates by research and faculty centers have created awareness and a platform to introduce and promote Persian medicine to the world. The aim of this study is to present and analyze scientific achievements of Persian medi...

Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are disorders that often occur simultaneously and are characterized by widespread pain and persistent fatigue. The patients are associated with disability and impairment social and physical functions. There are many remedies in traditional Persian medicine suggested for management of the disease complaints. The aim of this study was to investigate the c...