Herbal medicinal oils in traditional Persian medicine
Cancer and its Treatment
in Main Ancient Books of Islamic Iranian Traditional Medicine (7th to 14th Century AD)
Source
Department of
Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad, University of Medical Sciences,
Mashhad, IR Iran.
Abstract
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 effective therapeutic approaches. To this end,
integration of traditional
medicine with
modern medical treatments represents a promising option. In this essay, methods
of diagnosis and treatment of cancer have been mentioned from the viewpoint of
five famous physicians before the Mongolian attack who used Islamic medicine, namely Rhazes, Akhaveyni, Ahwazi,
Avicenna and Jorjani. The ideas discussed dates back to a period between the
eighth and fourteenth centuries.
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