نشریه قرآن و طب
سال دوم شماره 1 (پیاپی 6، زمستان 1392)

Free radicals are known as atoms and molecules which are highly reactive with the body’s single-electrons, and may cause irrecoverable damages to the macromolecules of organisms. Systems to deal with damages caused by free radicals are known as “antioxidant immune systems”. Flavonoids and polyphenolic compounds are from non-enzymatic antioxidants which many nutritional compounds contain them.. Evidence Acquisitions: The current study is a review survey conducted by evaluating the texts, library and internet search for the keywords such as antioxidant, flavonoid, nutrition, and Quran in the Persian documentaries of Google, scientific information database (SID), ministry of healthcare, medical articles library of Iran (medlib.ir), Iranian research institute for information (IranDoc), publication database (Magiran, Iranmedex), and also search in other electronic databases such as Google Scholar, Scopus and PubMed.. Data gathering instrument of the present study was all published texts regarding Quran and antioxidants. To conduct the current study, 31 references were used.. Today, scientific medical studies have demonstrated that antioxidants are necessary for health. Quran, the Muslims’ Holy Book, has noted this important matter and has introduced many antioxidants in different versus. Infallible Imams (AS) also have many hadiths in this regard. These foodstuffs include pomegranate, honey, olive, grapes, and garlic.

Context: Believers, fasting is decreed for you as it was decreed for those before you; perchance you will be cautious (Surah Al-Baghara, 183). The holy Prophet (SAW) also stated: “Fast and stay healthy”. Islamic fast is an exquisite and especial method for proper planning to develop mental and physical health in fasting person. Fasting for a month, especially in the holy Ramadan, is the specific model for twelve month of life that can insure the health of fasting person for one year, because researches show that biological clock of the brain needs to be adjusted, annually. According to the holy Quran introductions and the traditions of holy Prophet, the biological clock of the brain should be adjusted within this month, since in this holy month the doors of God`s mercy are open to his servants, and implying the specific model in this month may cause physiological and psychological coordination. Hence, biological clock of the brain will be adjusted by fasting and energy turns the light of physical and mental health for the next eleven months..Evidences Acquisitions: Reports over the last decade show that any change in the lifestyle of patient can accelerate the treatment progress.. Although Islamic fasting is not in available in all religions, the principle of fasting exists in all religions which represents the domination of documented procedures on the human nature. Results of the current study showed that Islamic fast can be considered as the best model to improve physical health and relaxation; and reduction of crimes and violations in this month is derived from the relaxation that is naturally resulted from the adjusted basis of physiological homeostasis.. Personal and psychological arrangements can play an important role to adjust strong homeostasis in the physiological systems. This stable procedure or homeostasis helps physiological procedures to be stable and integrated even if any problems occur, and physiological stability cannot be replaced easily by pathologic factors; hereby the illness is prevented. Regulating the release of brain neurotransmitters, hormones secretion, and metabolic processes are the most important achievements of Islamic fasting that result in mental and physical health..

Context: Worldwide prevalence of respiratory diseases, suffering from such diseases, and heavy cost of treatment, which all may result from lack of etiological understanding of these diseases in modern medicine, were the main factors to conduct the current study. In the present study, the causes and symptoms of asthma were evaluated and compared with those of some other respiratory diseases. Iranian traditional medicine, as a holistic medical ideology, has comprehensively evaluated all diseases, especially pulmonary and thoracic diseases which include a wide range of diseases, and has provided various therapeutic low risk methods for each one.. Evidence Acquisitions: The current study was a systematic survey that evaluated causes and symptoms of asthma, which have been discussed in reliable Iranian traditional medicine books such as Canon of Avicenna, “Kamelul-sana’a” of Ali bin Abbas Ahwazi, “Sharhul-asba’bva Al-alama’t” of NafisibnAwazKermani, “Teb Al-akbari” of Hakim Arza’ni, and “ExirA’zam” of HakinA’zam Khan Chashti; after analyzing, concluding and categorizing, the results were compared with the causes and symptoms of some other pulmonary diseases.. The symptom of this disease is similar to some other pulmonary disease, like respiratory changes, Asthma, tachypnea.. According to the similarities between clinical symptoms of some pulmonary diseases, such as asthma, and lack of etiological understanding of these diseases in modern medicine, in addition to the different proposed etiologies for asthma in Iranian traditional medicine, with the help of restoration and use of Iranian traditional knowledge of medicine, valuable helps can be provided for patients to diagnose and treat this disease; and through designing and performing different clinical studies, simple, economic, low complicated and high privileged treatments can be applied.

Wart is a circular, self-inoculation, and contagious appendage which in Iranian traditional medicine is called “suloul”, and has different types and causes. Wart has long-term period of treatment with symptoms of multiple relapses which involve larger surfaces. In classic medicine, wart is a viral infection and has no definite medical treatment.. The current study aimed to evaluate wart and its treatment from the viewpoint of Iranian traditional medicine.. The current study was a combination of fieldwork and library research conducted according to the traditional medicine reference books.. Physicians of Iranian traditional medicine believe that the origin of wart is sauda (black bile), or a combination of them; and advise various, economic and low risk treatments.. With the help of Iranian traditional medicine, and according to the six essential principles, the temperament of the patient should be modified, the temperament which caused the disease should be eliminated, and the return of disease should be prevented. Also, with the help of topical treatments, its scars should be removed..

The precious book “Al-Kafi” written by Seghat ul-islam Kolaini, is one of the four valuable Shia narrative books. “Kolaini” is one of the prominent Shia clerics. A unique feature of this book, compared to the other three books, is the precedence in writing in a way that some of its narratives have been cited from the infallibles (AS) by three mediators. According to the documented narratives of the book, “al-kafi” is one of the most reputable Shia narrative reference books which its extraction of medical narratives and assessing their authentication, is of great importance.. This study aimed to extract medical narratives of the book “al-kafi”, determine their number, and evaluate their authentication.. The current research was a qualitative study which evaluated all narratives of the book “al-kafi”, by “Derayat An-nour” software designed by “Islamic Sciences Computer Institute”, evaluated its medical narratives and classified them according to the level of authentication.. From all narratives of the book “al-kafi” (pillars, furoo, and rouzat al-kafi), 2233 narratives which indicated the effect of material factors on human health, environmental health, and treatment were extracted as medical narratives. Extracted narratives were categorized in three groups: accurate, authentic, and poor. Total number of accurate/authentic and poor narratives were 1272 and 961, respectively. In other words, around 60% of medical narratives of the book “al-kafi” were assessed as accurate/authentic and just 40% as poor.. The current study showed that poorness and unreliability of “al-kafi” narratives is a vain thought. Hence, it is recommended to perform clinical trial studies (at least) on accurate/authentic narratives, and also consider them as reputable and valid narratives, along with traditional medicine references.

Medical anthropology is the comprehensive intercultural systematic study of health, diseases, prevention and treatment of diseases with emphasis on knowledge, beliefs and methods of western and non-western medical systems. Also, folk medicine is an oral indigenous knowledge which has no written records, and even in some cases may leave no scientific evidences, but it is still considerable.. The aim of the current study is the tangible understanding of a part of commonly used folk medicine (folk orthopedics) in Arak city, Iran; and also introducing it as a part of folk knowledge and culture of this region.. In the current study, the functionalist theory, and field and documentary methods, according to the observations and interviews, were applied.. Arak is the most crowded city of Markazi province of Iran. Folk orthopedics has a long history in Arak, and according to the available evidences, since early thirteenth century, a man known as Eskandar had claimed this profession in Arak city. According to the present statistics, daily average of 5 to 6 people refers to the bonesetters, which usually work where they live. It can be said that people who refer to bonesetters are from all segments of the society, even educated people.. In addition to the modern medical diagnostic methods, indigenous knowledge of folk medicine, especially folk orthopedics, with a little thought, guidance and planning can be considered as an appropriate therapeutic method in order to raise the level of public health without any side effects.