burns are known as one of the most common forms of injury with devastating consequences. despite the discovery of several antiseptics, burn wound healing has still remained a challenge to modern medicine. herbal products seem to possess moderate efficacy with no or less toxicity and are less expensive compared to synthetic drugs. burn is a well-known disorder in iranian traditional medicine (it...

background and objectives: prunus domestica (plum) has been considered as a useful remedy for several disorders in iranian traditional medicine (itm). it has cold and wet temperament and is used as syrup for hot temperament diseases such as hot headache and stomach disorders. in the present study, plum syrup has been formulated according to itm manuscripts and quality control evaluations have b...

background and objectives: iran owns a rich and prestigious heritage of medicinal herbs but the majority of these plants have not yet undergone chemical, pharmacological and toxicological studies. in the present study some species form northern parts of iran were evaluated for cytotoxicity. methods: sixteen medicinal plants were extracted with methanol and screened for their cytotoxic activitie...

conclusions the plants listed can be used as a prediction of rau management. of course, there are is no evidence for curing rau by some of these plants in allopathic medicine, and the further investigations in this area could lead to the discovery of a new drug evidence acquisition iranian medical sources were reviewed and effective plants used in the traditional treatment of rau were found and...

Historical research shows that many physicians experienced in medical sciences are also talented in art, literature and poetry. Avicenna was a sage who was skilled in poetry in addition to philosophy and medicine. He wrote two different types of poetry: those meant to be enjoyed for their literary qualities of novelty and imagination, and his didactic Urjuzeh. Didactic poems are different from ...

Islamic medicine is regarded as a comprehensive medical school with a long, glorious and worldwide reputation. Some of the physicians of this school are famous worldwide and have contributed valuable services to the scientific world. Given the dramatically increasing prevalence of cancer and the relative inefficacy of current medications, there is a great demand for the introduction of effectiv...

1Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11501, Taiwan 2Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan 3Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA 4School of Science and Health, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2751, Australia 5NICM Centre for Complementary Medicine Research, University of Western Sydney, ...