مجله طب سنتی اسلام و ایران
سال پانزدهم شماره 3 (پیاپی 59، پاییز 1403)

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by impaired regulation of blood sugar levels, which can lead to serious complications such as cardiovascular, renal, and neurological problems. The disease is on the rise due to unhealthy lifestyle habits, poor nutrition, and genetic factors. In this context, the use of medicinal plants and plant-based antioxidants has gained attention as a natural approach for managing and controlling diabetes. The aim of this review is to provide an ethnobotanical report on the medicinal plants and plant antioxidants used for diabetes management in the central and eastern regions of Iran. This review study employed a systematic search of articles using keywords such as medicinal plants, ethnobotany, Iran, hypertension, North Khorasan, South Khorasan, Kerman, Sistan, Fars, Yazd, Markazi, Zanjan, Sistan, and Isfahan. Databases including Google Scholar, SID, MagIran, PubMed, and Scopus were searched. Relevant ethnobotanical studies were selected for review. The review revealed a variety of medicinal plants commonly used in the central and eastern regions of Iran for diabetes management. These include dill, chogha (a local herb), lettuce, mallow, olive, nettle, grape, wild onion, spand (a medicinal herb), brankasak, sepidar, kakanj, hawthorn, walnut, black cumin, date palm, wormwood, white mulberry, ziziphus, sumac, wild celery, and more. These plants possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, which are beneficial in managing diabetes. The present study shows that several medicinal plants in central and eastern Iran, particularly those with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, can aid in management of diabetes. These plants serve as natural therapeutic options for controlling blood sugar levels and ameliorating diabetes-related complications. It is recommended that further clinical studies be conducted to evaluate the efficacy of these plants in diabetes treatment, so they can be incorporated into complementary diabetes care.

This study aims to evaluate the curriculum of Persian medicine by distinguishing between the planned curriculum, the implemented curriculum, and the experienced curriculum. The goal is to identify existing issues and propose solutions to overcome these challenges.

This qualitative study was conducted through semi-structured interviews. Participants included students, graduates, academic staff, group heads, and members of the Persian medicine board involved in the evaluation and planning of the Persian medicine curriculum. Data from the interviews were coded and classified using MAXQDA10 software.

The analysis revealed seven main themes: inadequate educational facilities, curriculum defects, the nature of the Doctoral Degree of Philosophy, the profile of incoming students, shortage of faculty members, the impact of unauthorized courses, and health market challenges in recruiting experts in this field.

Our evaluation indicated that policy decisions at various levels, such as allocating funds for better educational spaces, revising the curriculum, and hiring new academic staff, can significantly enhance the educational and professional quality of Persian medicine.

The four elements (Arkan-e Arba’e) are one of the most fundamental concepts of nature in the Islamic period. The common idea about four elements is that with the discovery of Mendeleev's table, the theory of four elements was abandoned and it was thought that what they used to refer to as elements are not elements, but compounds. Examining the opinions of philosophers about the elements shows that water, air, fire and tangible earth that can be seen by examination are not elements, but compounds. Accordingly, the purpose of the current research is to investigate the elemental state of the four elements in correspondence with the elements of the periodic table. Therefore, this article deals with one of the basic questions about the elements, being what is the elemental state of the four elements, which is referred to as the elements, and why the tangible objects around us are not elements. The current research is descriptive-analytical in terms of type, fundamental in terms of purpose, and documentary in terms of method, and the information has been collected by referring to primary library sources. The results obtained from this research show that what is observed is not the pure state of the four elements and the element must be transparent; On this basis, not only earth, but also visible fire is not an element. Also, the meaning of the concept of "element" by the naturalists of the Islamic period is different from what is known as element today, hence there is a verbal similarity between the concept of element in the periodic table and the four elements and the meaning of these two, and they are not one.

The copy of the treatise "Risalah dar Dafʻi Vaba (Cholera)" by Abu'l Hassan Khan Bahrami (Tafreshi), son of Abdul-Wahab Khan Tafreshi, known as Doctor Mirza Abu'l Hassan Khan (Mu'tamid al-Sultan) (1845 to 1914 AD), one of the doctors of traditional and modern medicine in the Qajar period (1794 to 1925 AD). This is a unique manuscript in Persian language that remains in the library of manuscripts of the Islamic Parliament Library with the version number 1026. This research was carried out using an analytical-critical approach and employed a library-document methodology. After re-reading and correcting the manuscript of "Risalah dar Dafʻi Vaba (Cholera)" in order to achieve the goals of the research, the collected information was analysed. The content of the treatise is written in two chapters. First, this medical treatise focuses on the nature of cholera and orders to safeguard individuals from infection. In this research, we will initially examine in the introduction, a brief history of the outbreak of cholera in the Qajar period and the cause, which was discussed by Doctor Abu'l Hassan Khan Bahrami (Tafreshi). Finally, we will deal with the scientific and literary correction of the "Risalah dar Dafʻi Vaba (Cholera)" manuscript.

The idea of supporting Iranian women’s health was first introduced to Iran by intellectuals and women’s advocates during the Qajar era. During the first Pahlavi era, the government paid attention to women's health, albeit to a limited extent. The reason for this attention was the role of women as collective health supporters to achieve the country's development goals. During the second Pahlavi era, the global spread of the idea of supporting women's rights came to the aid of the issue of protecting the health of Iranian women. The second Pahlavi government, at least from the third development program, implemented specialized policies in the field of Iranian women's health, especially rural women. In the following study, the global trend of supporting women’s health and its impact on policymaking for rural women’s health during the second Pahlavi era will be examined, with an emphasis on the last two decades. Using library resources and emphasizing the upstream documents remaining from this period, this article attempts to answer the question in a descriptive-analytical manner: How was the global idea of supporting women's health reflected in the policy of the second Pahlavi How is this issue reflected in the policy making of rural women's health in Iran and how has it affected the health of rural women. The findings of this research showed that although the second Pahlavi government had become familiar with the idea of protecting women's health since 1940 AD, but the serious process of implementing these policies, especially for rural women, initiated with a few decades of delay since around 1960 AD. Although the second Pahlavi government paid attention to the health of rural women, especially during the fourth and fifth development program, rural women did not benefit from the changes in the health field as much as needed.