Ethnopharmacological relevance Over the past thousand years, Islamic physicians have
collected cultural, philosophical, sociological and historical backgrounds for understanding …

Traditional knowledge can be used as a source for development of new medicines. In the
present study, we compare the data on saffron in Razi's Al-Hawi book with modern scientific …

Objective To collect and document information on anti-diabetic plants traditionally used in
the treating of diabetes in Urmia at Northwest Iran because ethnomedicines are considered …

Tracheostomy was first described by Greco-Roman physicians, including Paulus of Aegina.
Medieval Islamic clinicians extended the Greco-Roman ideas with substantial contributions …

Stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is caused by a disturbance of the blood supply to
the brain and an accruing loss of brain function. The first recorded observations were in …

Sažetak Throughout history, opium has been used as a base for the opioid class of drugs
used to suppress the central nervous system. Opium is a substance extracted from the …

Context: Conventional therapies using mucilage plants greatly used by practitioners in Iran.
The usage of mucilages is rooted in traditional knowledge with a history of more than 4000 …

Migraine is a common type of headache which has a deep history dating back thousands of
years. Avicenna (980–1032), a Persian scholar, made a great contribution to neurology …

This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of Punica granatum var pleniflora mouthwash in
treatment of diabetic gingivitis. In a double-blind randomized clinical trial 80 patients with …

Results From a traditional Persian scholar viewpoint, one of the most important causes of
flatulence is an incorrect manner of eating; valuable advice to correct bad eating habits will …