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ReviewIranian Red Crescent medical journal2014

Types of nasal delivery drugs and medications in Iranian traditional medicine to treatment of headache.

Zahra Ghorbanifar, Hosein Delavar Kasmaei, Bagher Minaei, Hossein Rezaeizadeh, Farid Zayeri

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Review in Iranian Red Crescent medical journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Evaluating the effect ofMedical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2020
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  5. Effects ofAvicenna journal of phytomedicine
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zahra GhorbanifarDepartment of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Hosein Delavar KasmaeiDepartment of Neurology, Shohada-e-Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Bagher MinaeiDepartment of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Hossein RezaeizadehDepartment of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Farid ZayeriDepartment of Biostatistics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextHeadache is a common symptom throughout the world. The main purpose of patient-centered approaches is the utilization of useful and simple treatment. Nowadays, there is a rising propensity toward herbal remedies. Nasal route is one of the ancient and topical prescriptions used in headache. In Iranian traditional medicine, physicians such as Avicenna were prescribing herbal drugs through the nose to treat a variety of central nervous system diseases like headache. In this review paper, authors have attempted to introduce different types of nasal administrations which were used in Iranian traditional medicine for the treatment of headaches. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: Initially, we studied two different types of Canon and separated all herbs used in the treatment of headache. Next, all plants were classified according to the method of prescription. Then, we pick out all the plants which were nasally utilized in the treatment of headache and divided them based on the method of administration. In order to find scientific names of herbs, we used two different botany references. Moreover, we conducted various researches in scientific databases with the aim of finding results concerning the analgesic and antinociceptive effects of herbs. Throughout the research, key terms were "analgesic" and "antinociceptive "with the scientific names of all herbs separately. The databases searched included PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane library and SID.

results35 plants were prescribed for the treatment of headaches, which were all nasally used. These plants took either the form of powder, liquid or gas (steam). They were divided in to six categories according to the method of prescription. The Percentage of usage for each method was as follows: 62% Saoot (nasal drop), 25% Shamoom (smell), 17% Inkabab (vapor), 11% Nafookh (snuff), 11% Nashooq (inhaling) and 2% Bokhoor (smoke).

conclusionsMedications that are used via nasal delivery have greater effect than oral medications. Iranian physicians were fully aware of systemic effects of topical medications, including prescription drugs through the nose. The study of ancient medical texts helps us in identification of herbal medicine and the investigation of new way for the preparation of drugs.

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AnalgesicsHeadacheHerbal MedicineNose

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PMID25068043
PMCPMC4102976
OpenAlexW2126770618

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