Hemorrhoids is one of the most common gastrointestinal diseases. There are several therapeutic options associated with some complications. Therefore, researchers look for traditional medicines as a potential resource for introduction of new natural drugs. The current study reports an evidence-based review of herbal remedies for hemorrhoids in traditional Persian medicine. A comprehensive survey...

many studies concerning persian history have been performed. persian physicians and scientists greatly contributed to medical sciences by their own observations, experimentations and skills through more than seven thousand years of persian history. in persian medieval medicine, different fields were described. among these fields, neurological disorders, especially headache and epilepsy were exp...

Samineh JAFARI, Soodabeh SAEIDNIA, Mohammad Reza SHAMS ARDEKANI , Abbas HADJIAKHOONDI, Mahnaz KHANAVI* Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 14155-6451, Iran Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Medicinal Plants Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran...

The Persian Traditional Medicine (PTM) system pays special attention to disease prevention. In PTM, physicians believe that overeating may cause accumulation of unhealthy substances in the body and diseases called "Emtela." With respect to ocular health, foods can be categorized as beneficial and harmful. Harmful foods such as beef, geese, eggplant, cauliflower, and cheese can cause reduced vis...

CONTEXT In Iran, conventional production methods of herbal oils are widely used by local practitioners. Administration of oils is rooted in traditional knowledge with a history of more than 3000 years. Scientific evaluation of these historical documents can be valuable for finding new potential use in current medicine. OBJECTIVE The current study (i) compiled an inventory of herbal oils used ...

BACKGROUND Over one hundred different pharmaceutical dosage forms have been recorded in literatures of Traditional Persian Medicine among which nasal forms are considerable. OBJECTIVES This study designed to derive the most often applied nasal dosage forms together with those brief clinical administrations. MATERIALS AND METHODS In the current study remaining pharmaceutical manuscripts of P...

1. Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2. Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 3. Essence of Parsiyan Wisdom Institute, Phytopharmaceutical Technology and Traditional Medicine Incubator, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 4. Dept. of Traditional Persian M...

Babak Daneshfard, Reza Sanaye, Majid Nimrouzi. Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Department of Traditional Persian Medicine, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Essence of Parsiyan Wisdom Institute, Phytopharmaceutical Technology and Traditional Medicine Incubator, Shiraz Un...