Rheumatic diseases in Iranian Traditional Medicine

The field of rheumatology is relatively new and young in comparison to other related medical fields. I decided to do this study because، there was not any study regarding the Rheumatic diseases in Iranian Traditional Medicine. The Iranian Traditional Medicine opinions regarding the rheumatic diseases were obtained and summarized from the following books: the Canon of Medicine، Zakhireh-i Kharazmshahi، Al-Aghraz al- Tibbia val Mabahess al-Alaii، Ghanooncheh،، Hidayat al- Mutialimin، Khafi Alayee. In articular diseases it was believed that the cause is humors and dripping the drop in painful joints، sexual excesses، and so on predisposed to joint involvement. In traditional medicine the bone and joint diseases were divided to limited types، such as pain in joints، gout، back pain، sciatica and kyphosis. Management of muscuskeletal disorders was based on consumption of plants to stop humors and evacuation methods such as purging، vomiting، duresis and some procedures such as bleeding and dietetics. In Iranian Traditional medicine، rheumatic diseases were divided into limited types and most of these disorders were unknown.