فصلنامه طب مکمل
سال سوم شماره 2 (پیاپی 7، تابستان 1392)

The most common complication of radiotherapy for head and neck cancer is stomatitis which can be reduced by mouthwash. The study has been done "to Compare between honey and chamomile mouthwashs in reducing the severity of stomatitis induced by radiotherapy head and neck". The present study is a clinical trial and single blind research. The sample of 105 patients with head and neck radiation therapy referred to Shafa hospital in Kerman during 2011were selected. The subjects were divided into 3 groups: first Chamomile group (N=40) gurgled with 3cc Matrices mouthwash, the second group gurgled a solution containing 20cc diluted honey and the third group routine oral mouth wash (water). Subjects were assessed with WHO grading scale. Results entailing categorical and continuous variables were analyzed by analysis of fisher exact test, X2, Mann-Whitney U test as appropriate. Stomatitis on the first, seventh and fourteenth days in the group receiving water showed statistically a significant difference (P = 0/001). Also stomatitis on seventh and fourteenth days of the three groups that received Matrica mouth, honey and water showed a significant difference (P = 0/001). Stomatitis on the first day of the three groups showed no significant difference (P = 0/054), but on the seventh and fourteenth days intensity stomatitis of the three groups differed significantly (P <0/001). The study indicats that Matrica & honey mouth washing is able to reduce and treat the ulcer stomatitis in radiotherapy wards.

Kidney transplantation is one of the renal replacement therapy methods in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Anxiety is one of the most common problems of kidney transplantation patients in pre-operation.On the other hand, one of the most important ways to control anxiety is the use of complementary medicine which takes a lot of attention of researches in recent years. This study aimed to study the effects of acupressure and Benson relaxation interventions on pre- operating anxiety among the patients undergoing kidney transplantation. This clinical trial was conducted to determine anxiety level before and after intervention among 90 subjects undergoing kidney transplantation in three groups acupressure, Benson relaxation and witness. In acupressure group, massage was performed on third eye point for 10-minutes; relaxation group members were used and educated practically from headphone. Whereas in witness group no intervention was performed and only level of anxiety was determined for two times. Data collection tools were including: demographic questionnaires and self report sheet of anxiety level(0-10). No significant difference was found among the levels of anxiety before intervention in three groups. There was statistically significant reduce in anxiety level before and after intervention in acupressure and Benson relaxation groups contrast witness group(P<0.01). pre-operation anxiety is one of the nursing diagnosis that both acupressure and relaxation methods are effective for reducing anxiety. Therefore nurses can use them for reducing anxiety of the patients before operation.

Due to the negative role of inflammation and pain in the treatment of the diseaes, and in the absence of proper medical treatment because of the side effects of chemical drugs, this study was done to evaluate the function of chamomile herb to fix swelling and to relieve pain. In other words, anti-inflammartory and anti-nociceptive effects of hidro-alcholic extract of matricaria chamomilla L. was evaluated. In this study, 144 male NMRI mice weighting 20-25 g were divided in 6 groups: control (receiving saline), positive control (receiving dexamethasone at dose of 15 mg/kg or morphine at dose of 10 mg/kg) and four groups receiving doses (500, 600, 800, 1000 mg/kg) of hydro-alcoholic extract of chamomile. Inflammation was induced by subcutaneous injection of formalin into the plantar and xylene to hear. Nociception was also caused by intraperitoneal injection of acetic acid. The amount of inflammation was measured by the diameter of the bottom feet by caliper and weight of the 7 mm of ear cut and comparing them with the control group. As well as the amount of antinociception was also measured by the number of abdominal stretch and compared with the control group. Hydro-alcoholic extract of chamomile reduces swelling of feet and ears and abdominal pain. These reductions are evident, especially in high doses 800 and 1000 mg/kg (p <0.001 & P <0.05). Considering the findings, extract of chamomile is effective in reducing of inflammation and pain.

Anxiety as a type of worry and fear can effect on learning Procedure, performance and clinical decision making among surgical technology students. Based on literature review acupressure is not a drug used with a negative feeling method in decreasing anxity among people. The purpose of this study is to survey acupressure effect upon fresh man/woman new surgical technology students have gone to the operating room.

In this quasi- experimental study؛ 60 surgical technology students in the beginning of training course were selected. They were randomly divided into P6 and Thumbs groups. At the first stage, the students completed the Spielberg questionnaire. Then in the acupressure group, the P6 point was pressed by the researcher’s thumb finger in this way; 1 minute pressure, 30 seconds rest and then 1 minute pressure. For the thumb group the P6 point was touched by the first researcher’s thumb finger as long as that time, as well. Then the students were entered to the operating room and looked at the surgeries for 15 minutes. The Spielberg questionnaire was filled out by the students, again. Ultimately, the data was analyzed by the SPSS version 14 software, statistical Chi-square and T-tests.

The significant difference observed in the P6 group’s apparent and hidden anxiety were (P=0. 04) and (P=0. 03), respectively. But in the touched group by the thumb finger apparent anxiety increased (p=0. 07) but hidden anxiety significantly decreased (P=0. 04).

The acupressure can be used to reduce surgical technology students’ anxiety before entering to the operating room.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of mixed method massage therapy on spirometric indexes in children suffered from asthma. Asthma is the most common chronic medical illness of childhood. The chronic and potentially life threatening nature of these disease, and the lack of definite preventive and curative therapies lead many families to seek complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments.

60 children with asthma of 6 ‐ 13 year ‐ old were invited to participate in this study; only 58 of them agreed. They were divided into two equal groups randomly. Subjects in the massage therapy group received a 30 minute acupressure and massage therapy by their parents at home before bedtime every night for 4 weeks in addition to the standard asthma treatment. The control group received the standard asthma treatment alone for 4 weeks. A spirometry Test with exercise was done in both groups at the first and last days of the study. Data was analyzed use of SPSS18 software independent t-test, paired t-test, chi-square and covariance were used for data analysis.

The mean age of the children was 8.16(1.50) years. %51.7 of children were girls and %48.3 were boys and the mean onset age of asthma was 4.61(2.67). At the end of the study, there was no significant difference in mean spirometric indices (FEV1, FVC, PEF, FEV1/FVC), (p>0.05).

According to the obtained results, Mixed Method massage therapy in asthmatic children, can’t improve spirometric indexes and pulmonary functions. However, further research in this area is needed.

Primary dysmenorrhea is the most common complaints in the adolescent and young adult women. This Study aimed to compare the effects of ginger and valerian on the severity of primary dysmenorrhea. This is a randomized, triple-blind clinical trial done o n 210 students of Arak University of Medical Sciences. According to the study, subjects were randomly assigned in to three groups: ginger (250 mg capsule), valerian (350 mg capsule) and placebo (250 mg capsules, sugar). The capsules used in the first three days of menstruation, every 8 hours for a number of two consecutive cycles, the samples were consumed. Pain severity was measured by using the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale (WBS) in the first three days of the menstrual cycle and before the two interventions. After data collection, Statistical analysis using 16 spss software and chi-square tests, t tests, Wilcoxon test was performed. The mean pain severity before medication the ginger and valerian and control groups showed no significant difference, but the severity of pain after two months for the intervention group than the control group decreased (P < 0.001 (. On the other hand, a significant difference between valerian and ginger in the second month of treatment was observed (p < 0.03). According to the results of this study, it seems that ginger and valerian, both are effective in reducing the pain intensity primary dysmenorrhea, but the effects of valerian is more intuitive than ginger.

Infertility is a serious health problem in approximately 10-15% of couples in reproductive ages suffering from this problem. Depending on the cause of infertility, there are a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic views. The aim of this study was to determine the scientific views of Islamic-Iranian physicians (Rhazes, Ibn sina and Jorjani) on infertility comparing with modern medicine. In this paper through access to reliable sources in the form of descriptive articles, the scientific Islamic-Iranian views on fertility and infertility were compared with those of modern medicine. Data was collected with appropriate keywords using electronic and manual reliable resources and the central research goal was to give a comparative illustration about infertility in the past and modern medicine. According to review literature based on perspective of Islamic-Iranian medicine, the main reason of infertility includs; complication of uterus, uterous hypertrophy, uterous decoleman, infections, tuble semen, fallopian tuble, psychologhic factors and so on. Moreover Islamic-Iranian ways for prevention of fertility and treatment of infertility consistent with those of modern medicine. There are a lot of Iranian Islamic views on infertility which are in acordance with modern medicine, this support the scientific importance of Islamic-Iranian medical history which is a subject to be investigated by modern medicine.