مجله طب سنتی اسلام و ایران
سال دهم شماره 1 (پیاپی 37، بهار 1398)

Increasing the prevalence of obesity is one of the main health problems in our country. One of the main side effects of obesity and overweight is type II diabetes. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of 6 weeks usage of Persian medicine diabetes drug and aerobic training on glucose and lipid profiles in overweight diabetic women.

In this semi-experimental study, 30 overweight women with diabetes type II in Qom city were randomly assigned to four groups of: aerobic training + medicine, aerobic training + placebo, medicine, and control. The aerobic training program was including 6 weeks running with 60-70% of the maximum heart rate. Intended groups received three 800 mg diabetes capsules daily in the morning, afternoon and night after each meal for 6 weeks. Blood samples were collected for pre-test and post-test stages in order to study the variables in fasting condition. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and independent t-test in SPSS software with significant level of p≤0.05.

The results of this study showed that FBS (fasting blood glucose) from the pre-test to post-test stages significantly decreased in exercise + medicine group (p = 0.034), exercise + placebo group (p = 0.02) and drug group (p = 0.009). Cholesterol levels in the exercise + medicine group (p = 0.008), medication group (p = 0.010), triglycerides in the training + drug group (p = 0.011), LDL in the drug group (p = 0.043) and VLDL in the training + drug group (p = 0.011) showed a significant decrease from the pre-test to post-test. However, there was no difference between the groups in any of the other factors (p> 0.05).

The results of this study showed that 6 weeks aerobic training and use of diabetes drug in women with diabetes type II have a positive effect through different mechanisms in blood glucose and some indexes of lipid profiles, insulin, and insulin resistance.

Abnormal uterine bleeding is one of the common causes of referral to treatment centers at pre-menopausal age. Persian comprehensive medicine expresses several causes for this problem. These causes can be divided into two general categories of uterine causes and blood causes. Blood causes include changes in the quality and quantity of blood that may change blood fluidity. The purpose of this article is to investigate the blood-induced changes in uterine bleeding from the viewpoint of Persian medicine and its explanation based on the fluid mechanics.

First, the causes of abnormal uterine bleeding were studied by searching the reference books of traditional Persian medicine. Since a series of these causes have focused on changes in the blood flow, in order to study the blood flow behavior, the keywords of “Rheology”, “Hemorheology” and “Blood rheology” were searched on relevant scientific sources. Then the relationship between blood flow and abnormal uterine bleeding was explained.

From the perspective of Persian medicine, one of the causes of uterine bleeding is a change in the quality of blood as a result of its heat increase or an increase in the percentage of water relative to its other components, or a change in the amount of blood. Based on the science of fluid mechanics, these changes increase the fluidity of the blood.

Understanding the mechanism of blood changes and its relationship with abnormal uterine bleeding will open new horizons in preventing and treating this problem.

Stomach problems are prevalent in clinical medicine. In Persian medicine, recommendations are based on the improvement of lifestyle in order to preserve the lifestyle and improve it considering the temperament.

This qualitative study was a kind of a library-based review that collected gastric health advices from authentic sources of Persian medicine.

After collecting the data and categorizing them, factors that are considered to protect the health and prevent gastric diseases were expressed. Following points are among the most important recommendations of Persian medicine to preserve the gastric health: eating time, the amount of food, the type of food, enough chewing, proper interval between physical activity and eating a meal, avoiding eating in inappropriate psychological state, and time of drinking water.

Considering that Persian medicine pays a particular attention to stomach and its health, it has had particular recommendations for the gastric health in various sources. Modern medicine has had a lot of recommendations for lifestyle modification in preventing and controlling diseases in recent decades. However, some causes of stomach problems are factors that have been less popular in modern medicine. Considering the importance of nutrition in human health, observing the principles of nutrition can be effective in preventing many diseases.

Melissa officinalis is widely used to reduce anxiety. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Melissa officinalis on anxiety using existing evidences.

Persian and English clinical trials were searched in international and Persian databases in December 2018. Extraction of data was done independently by two reviewers. The quality of the studies was observed using the Jadad scale.

A review of clinical trials performed on 395 participants showed that oral medicinal herbs in different patients have positive anti-anxiety effects.

There is enough supporting evidence for using Melissa officinalis to reduce anxiety.

Bleeding may occur due to injury, blood disorders or the effect of the medications. Stopping bleeding often requires urgent medical attention and can cause disability and mortality in patients. Commonly used hemostatic drugs are not available and have limited efficacy. On the other hand, these drugs are expensive and the economic burden caused by various therapies has made many problems for the society. Persian medicine, one of the holistic medical schools, has special therapies in this regard which can be helpful for medical community. Various natural compounds have been used in Persian medicine to control bleeding, including ash types. One of its most popular types is burnt cotton. The purpose of this paper is to extract burnt cotton as an anti-hemorrhagic agent in the Persian medicine texts as a rich school with a history of fruitful growth.

This review study is a kind of library survey. For this purpose, firstly, the use of ash and cotton was investigated with different keywords in straining the bleeding in reliable sources of Persian medicine such as Canon of medicine, al-Havi and Zakhireh Kharazmshahi. Then, the effects of this compound on bleeding were sought for scientific evidence in databases such as PubMed, SID, and Google Scholar.

Ash has been mentioned as an experienced method for the treatment of bleeding in various valid sources of Persian medicine. Considering different properties for cotton, sages have known it to prevent bleeding and aggregate the components.

Since the anti-hemorrhagic effects of cotton have been proven in various sources of conventional medicine, it can be used in the form of burnt sterile gauze or burnt cotton as a cheap and available treatment in small size wounds with low depth that are not complex and the artery is not involved.

Henna belongs to the genus Lawsonia from the Lythraceae family. This shrub plant is about 2 meters high which is often planted in order to use its leaves, but other parts of the plant such as skin and seeds also have therapeutic effects. Henna grows in Iran, Pakistan, India, and South Asia as well as tropical and subtropical areas of East Africa. The distribution of henna in Iran includes Hormozgan, Khuzestan, Kerman and Sistan Baluchestan. The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effects of henna in Persian medicine texts and to gathering data about the new evidences for the effects of henna.

It was a review study based on a library search in the main sources of Persian medicine in Iran. Also, various databases such as Google Scholar, PubMed, and Science Direct were searched for new findings.

Henna (Lawsonia innermis L.) is widely used in Persian medicine to treat many diseases including skin and hair disorders, headaches, and wound healing. Henna leaves powder is used in dyeing of hair, beard, and nails. Henna, in terms of phytochemistry, includes compounds such as quinones, carbohydrates, proteins, flavonoids, tannins and phenolic compounds, alkaloids, coumarins, and fatty acids. The most important features of henna plant are analgesic, hypoglycemic, hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antimicrobial, antifungal, antiviral, immune stimulant, antioxidant, and anti-cancer properties.

Comparing and adapting traditional findings and current studies suggests that there is a very close match between Persian medicine and conventional medicine sources. Hence, considering new practical findings of the henna and a closer look at the sources of Persian medicine especially ancient manuscripts may lead to discover novel effective pharmaceutical products.

The change in the community's approach toward the use of medicinal plants traces back to the long standing position of plants among people and their traditional knowledge about plants and side effects of chemical drugs. Ethnobotany is the knowledge that human beings obtain from botanical and environmental ecology of plants. In this study, an ethnobotanical analysis was carried out in Almalicheh Rangelands, located around 70 km south of the Abadeh city in Fars province. Due to the ecological diversity of Iran, identification and introduction of native plants in every region, their forms, and the traditional uses of them can provide useful information for medicinal activities and the community health system. The purpose of this study was to identify the medicinal plants using the knowledge and experience of native people, as well as the introduction of unknown plants attributes.

In this study, local medicinal plants were collected and identified using valid sources of botany after field studies and surveys. Also, the beliefs and knowledge of the local communities were documented using deep and semi-structured interviews. Accordingly, the scientific and local names, health benefits, used organ, and consumption instruction were collected for all plants.

In this study, 80 plant species belonging to 28 families were identified. The most common species were related to the families of Compositae (14 species), Lamiaceae (12 species), Apiaceae (10 species), and Rosaceae and Brassicaceae (each with 4 plant species). Local people had edible and medicinal uses from all plants. Among traditional and local uses, the most was for the treatment of digestive diseases, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, blood purification and regulation of blood pressure, disinfectants, spasticity, and cough and cold.

Considering the lack of sufficient documentation about some of these plants in this pristine region, 82 medicinal plants in the Almalicheh rangeland in Abadeh city is showing the richness of this area. Unfortunately, due to the disappearance of traditions, a large amount of indigenous knowledge is lost. Accordingly, identifying these plants, recording and documenting them can stop the loss of this knowledge.

Lavender is a medicinal plant that has a long history of consumption in Persian medicine. The most prominent medicinal use has been for neurological disorders in a way that it has been called "the brain scavenger". There are different opinions about its botanical description in Persian medicine sources that implied to the use of various plants as lavender in different ages.

In this paper, three species belonging to the Lamiaceae family including Lavandula stoechas L, Lavandula angustifolia Mill., and Nepeta menthoides Boiss. were investigated and their botanical descriptions were compared with what has said about the identity of lavender in Persian medicine literature.

The investigations revealed that the definition of Lavender (Ustukhuddus) in Persian medicine mainly corresponds to the characteristics of Lavandula stoechas. It should be noted that from the middle of the 20th century, Nepeta menthoides has been introduced to the Iranian medicinal plant market as lavender and replaced the Roman lavender.

The results of this work could be the research source of medicinal plants scientists to work on each of these species.