BACKGROUND The traditional medicine (TRM) of Korea and China share the same cultural tradition for thousands of years, and has experienced modernization process with respect to their distinctive social, cultural, and political influences. The purpose of this study was to analyze the attitude of Korean and Chinese TRM doctors on the current situation and future perspectives of the TRM education....

This paper presents what we have learned from the Ashtavaidya Ayurveda physicians of Kerala regarding the status of their unique medical tradition of Ayurveda in the contemporary context. We extensively interviewed several practicing Ashtavaidyas for the "Living History of Indian Scientific Traditions" archive, a new initiative at the NCBS, Bangalore to study the history of Indian sciences. As ...

background and purpose:: although it will be one of the most critical duties and skills of a general practitioner to manage outpatients in his office or at ambulatory care centers, our present medical education is based upon ward-based teaching and ambulatory care, as one important part of medical education, has been overlooked. we evaluate attitudes of faculty members of zahedan university of ...

conclusions in both itm and modern medicine, ayarij-e-faiqra is a powerful purgative medicine because aloe spp. dried juice is the main ingredient. this juice has been used with other components to increase the efficacy of the medicine and to reduce the adverse effects associated with ayarij-e-faiqra. in itm, purgative medicine expels and eliminates waste humors from body systems. in modern med...

background: male infertility accounts for 30-50% of all infertilities among couples. iranian traditional medicine (itm) stressed the importance of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of male infertility. many iranian traditional physicians have described the traits of specific foods for prevention and treatment of male infertility. objective: to explore the principles and roles of foods r...

conclusions clinically, these results are logical because the required dose of alkaloids for treatment of diarrhea is lesser than the needed doses to treat addiction, arthralgia, and paralysis. results the first itm method reduced the strychnine level from 1.083 to 0.577 and brucine from 0.739 to 0.361. for the second and third itm methods, the levels of strychnine reached 0.838 and 0.812, and ...

using nigella sativa l. (black cumin), in traditional medicine, dates back to tutankhamen, the pharaoh of egypt. there are aboundant historical and religious evidence implying the importance of these curative seeds. traditionally, they have been used for various therapeutic purposes. zokam and nazleh (zan) are two nasal diseases used to be treated by these medicinal seeds. traditional persian m...

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 achillea vermicula...