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ReviewIranian Red Crescent medical journal2016

Perception of Alzheimer Disease in Iranian Traditional Medicine.

Rostam Saifadini, Haleh Tajadini, Rasool Choopani, Mitra Mehrabani, Mohamad Kamalinegad, Aliakbar Haghdoost

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Review in Iranian Red Crescent medical journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Botanical Sources for Alzheimer's: A Review on Reports From Traditional Persian Medicine.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rostam SaifadiniNeurology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IR Iran.
Haleh TajadiniDepartment of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Rasool ChoopaniDepartment of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Mitra MehrabaniHerbal and Traditional Medicines Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IR Iran.
Mohamad KamalinegadSchool of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Aliakbar HaghdoostResearch Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IR Iran.
Kerman University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextAlzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia. In regards to the world's aging population, control and treatment of AD will be one of the major concerns of global public health in the next century. Alzheimer disease was not mentioned with the same phrase or its equivalent in traditional medical texts. The main of present paper was to investigate symptoms and causes of alzheimer disease from the view point of Iranian traditional medicine. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: In this qualitative study, we searched reliable sources of Iranian traditional medicine such as Canon of Medicide by Avicenna (Al-Quanon fi- tibb), Aghili cure by Aghili's (Molajat-E-aghili), Tib-E-Akbari, Exire -E-Aazam and Sharh-E-Asbab and some reliable resources of neurology were probed base on keywords to find a disease that had the most overlap in terms of symptoms with alzheimer disease. By taking from the relevant materials, the extracted texts were compared and analyzed.

resultsFindings showed that alzheimer disease has the most overlap with Nesyan (fisad-e-zekr, fisad-e-fekr and fisad-e-takhayol) symptoms in Iranian traditional medicine. Although this is not a perfect overlap and there are causes, including coldness and dryness of the brain or coldness and wetness that could also lead to alzheimer disease according to Iranian traditional medicine.

conclusionsAccording to Iranian traditional medicine, The brain dystemperement is considered the main causes of alzheimer disease. By correcting the brain dystemperement, alzheimer can be well managed. This study helps to suggest a better strategy for preventing and treating alzheimer in the future.

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Alzheimer DiseaseIranMedicine, Traditional

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PMCPMC4884442
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