Different Attitude toward the Concept of Baras in Traditional Persian Medicine

The Old Persian medical term of "Baras" is called variously today. Some people know it as "Pisi" and some others as "Lak-O-Pis" and/ or "Vitiligo". Providing an appropriate definition for the term "Baras", rejecting the uncertainties and comparing the findings of the Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM) to the Conventional Medicine are the most important objectives of the present study.
The present research attempts to study the definitions of the term "Baras" comparatively in TPM and the Conventional Medicine, in addition to the analytical and literal review of the concepts.
Findings: According to TPM, "Baras" is a chronic skin disease, accompanied with itching and painful burning, which in some cases it is possible to penetrate to the depth of the person’s body and make him/ her unsociable, for its unpleasant apparent symptoms.
"Baras" is not simply a disease accompanied with white spots which are mistakenly called "Lak-O-Pis" and/ or "Vitiligo".