Physiopathology and treatment of post-operative ileus in viewpoint of traditional medicine and classic medicine: A review article

Ileus is a common complication of abdominal surgery and it is non-preventable. It not only causes delays in patient recovery, but also significantly increases the cost of health care systems. Despite of the various studies, Pathophysiology and treatment of ileus is unknown. This study aimed to investigate the causes and treatment of post-operative ileus from the viewpoint of traditional medicine and classic medicine. In this review study was investigate the texts in the field of traditional medicine about ileus. Sampling was conducted by dependency and relationship to the subject with "light application". A thorough search with the key words "Ilavoos", "colic", "Sooemezaj", "Amaa", "colon" and "hefzossehe" was conducted in search of the text of traditional medicine, also in databases of classical medicine such as Pub med, Science Direct, Ovid by keywords "post-operative ileus", "bowel movement", "surgery" and "bowel function", single and combined. Data were analyzed following content analysis. Ileus in the books of traditional medicine were consider of Ilavoos And philosophers have considered it a severe colic. The cause of ileus in the context of traditional medicine is very cold mezaj of intestines that causes bloating and pain. As well as the other reason of ileus is anesthetics drugs that destroys the sense of disposal of intestine so the retained materials not pass. Discussion & The literature review of modern medicine and traditional medicine showed that Ilavoos in traditional medicine is not full compliance with post-operative ileus, and it is necessary in this field to a theory. It seems that according to the conditions such as opening of the abdomen during surgery and local or general anesthesia that leads to coldness and numbness of the body during surgery caused cold sooemazaj Amaa that followed dysfunction of intestines or production of gas. Therefore, the use of drugs that cause warming of the gastrointestinal tract can be effective in this regard.