Perception of Alzheimer disease in Iranian traditional medicine
Joint Authors
Taj al-Din, Halah
Sayf al-Din, Rustum
Chupani, Rasul
Mehrabani, Mitra
Kamalinegad, Muhammad
Haghdoost, Ali Akbar
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 18, Issue 3 (31 Mar. 2016), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2016-03-31
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Context: Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia.
In regards to the world’s aging population, control and treatment of AD will be one of the major concerns of global public health in the next century.
Alzheimer disease was not mentioned with the same phrase or its equivalent in traditional medical texts.
The main of present paper was to investigate symptoms and causes of alzheimer disease from the view point of Iranian traditional medicine.
Evidence Acquisition: In this qualitative study, we searched reliable sources of Iranian traditional medicine such as Canon of Medicide by Avicenna (Al-Quanon fi- tibb), Aghili cure by Aghili’s (Molajat-E-aghili), Tib-E-Akbari, Exire -E-Aazam and Sharh-E-Asbab and some reliable resources of neurology were probed base on keywords to find a disease that had the most overlap in terms of symptoms with alzheimer disease.
By taking from the relevant materials, the extracted texts were compared and analyzed.
Results: Findings showed that alzheimer disease has the most overlap with Nesyan (fisad-e-zekr, fisad-e-fekr and fisad-e-takhayol) symptoms in Iranian traditional medicine.
Although this is not a perfect overlap and there are causes, including coldness and dryness of the brain or coldness and wetness that could also lead to alzheimer disease according to Iranian traditional medicine.
Conclusions: According to Iranian traditional medicine, The brain dystemperement is considered the main causes of alzheimer disease.
By correcting the brain dystemperement, alzheimer can be well managed.
This study helps to suggest a better strategy for preventing and treating alzheimer in the future.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sayf al-Din, Rustum& Taj al-Din, Halah& Chupani, Rasul& Mehrabani, Mitra& Kamalinegad, Muhammad& Haghdoost, Ali Akbar. 2016. Perception of Alzheimer disease in Iranian traditional medicine. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 18, no. 3, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-679149
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sayf al-Din, Rustum…[et al.]. Perception of Alzheimer disease in Iranian traditional medicine. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 18, no. 3 (Mar. 2016), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-679149
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sayf al-Din, Rustum& Taj al-Din, Halah& Chupani, Rasul& Mehrabani, Mitra& Kamalinegad, Muhammad& Haghdoost, Ali Akbar. Perception of Alzheimer disease in Iranian traditional medicine. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2016. Vol. 18, no. 3, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-679149
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 4
Record ID
BIM-679149