Innovations in Facilitating Childbirth View Point Avicenna

 Childbirth is one of the most important natural events in women's lives and pain is a common phenomenon and an inevitable part of childbirth. Therefore, since the past centuries, many efforts have been made by physician to facilitate childbirth. The present study aims to review the innovations of Avicenna as a physician who emphasizes clinical medicine along with observation and his theories have been compared with modern medical science.

 In this research, a review using library documents and electronic search using keywords Medical History Labor, Facilitation Methods, Pregnancy, Iranian Medicine, Avicenna, in databases, Scopus PubMed, Proquest, Blackwel, Ovid Google Scholar, Ebsco, methods of facilitating childbirth from Avicenna's point of view and compared with modern medical findings.

Ethical Considerations: This research has been done only by relying on library resources and the principle of fidelity and honesty of quoting the used texts, the originality of the sources and avoiding bias in referring to texts or analyzes, has been observed.

 In the third book, which is about recognizing and treating diseases of the body, chapters on reproductive health and pregnancy complications, infertility, its causes and treatment, fetal sex and embryology, delivery management and difficult birth, abortion and the conditions and management of it have been assigned that by examining the part related to childbirth in this part and comparing them with the current protocols, we will realize their similarity. Perhaps the methods that is common now and originate from Avicenna medicine. From European countries, non-pharmacological methods such as massage and aromatherapy are used to facilitate childbirth.

 The present study aims to determine methods of facilitating childbirth based on the perspective of the law book. To review ancient medicine and medical history of Iran by providing methods to facilitate childbirth to improve fertility and childbirth. By re-reading Avicenna views on childbirth, we have reached important and practical points and we will find the roots of many modern medicine methods related to childbirth in Avicenna theories and experiences.