Abstract
Background: Treating infectious diseases (ID) is the priority of health systems. Traditional Persian medicine (TPM) has diagnostic and preventive comments in most diseases. Readout TPM gives opportunity to know the viewpoints of ancient Iranian scholars for using these opinions in treating ID. In this regard returning to TPM options and modalities can be useful at least as complementary method in treating ID. For understanding the concepts of ID in TPM first of all it is needed to trace ID in TPM and translate them into western medicine language which is the goal of this report. Methodology: This research includes 80 ID mentioned in TIBBE-AKBARI (one of Persian Medicine textbook) for rewriting and comparing with conventional medicine findings. Findings: The majority of clinical signs, symptoms and physical examinations of ID are comparable with modern medicine except the viewpoint of TPM about aetiology which is based on Akhlat and Mezaj theory. By considering no option for antibiotic therapy in ancients time so there is a completely different opinion in treating ID with modern medicine. Conclusion: IDs have different names in TPM and conventional medicine. In contrast to modern medicine in which micro-organism are as etiologic agents, Akhlat and Mezaj theory of TPM has main role for description of ID, the subject which must to be decoded. Although they have completely different opinions in treatment, but with regard to the increasing of antibiotic resistance issue, TPM treatment comments may be useful in future in ID as complementary method beside antibiotics.
Highlights
Hakim Mohammad Akbar Arzani (d. 1722) is one of the famous physicians of Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM) who migrated from Shiraz, Iran to India at the time of ORANGZIB a Mongolian empire government in India [1] [2] [3]
The majority of clinical signs, symptoms and physical examinations of infectious diseases (ID) are comparable with modern medicine except the viewpoint of Traditional Persian medicine (TPM) about aetiology which is based on Akhlat and Mezaj theory
Orange and or red such as colour of face in acute infection. 2-blood into warm thick and putrefied Sanguine (Blood) or Dam humour; Normally it has the qualities of Heat and Wetness, similar to air, by which lead to increasing the heat and wetness of penetrated place so that swelling such as inflammation can be resulted from a blood humour
Summary
Hakim Mohammad Akbar Arzani (d. 1722) is one of the famous physicians of Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM) who migrated from Shiraz, Iran to India at the time of ORANGZIB a Mongolian empire government in India [1] [2] [3]. The tracing, description and treatment options of ID are the main goal of this study which may be useful for modern medicine that due to increasing in antibiotic resistance these finding may be helpful to find different approaches to deal with Infections Diseases (ID) in future To reach this goal, the first step is to translate ID into the conventional medical language by this report. In contrast to modern medicine in which micro-organism are as etiologic agents, Akhlat and Mezaj theory of TPM has main role for description of ID, the subject which must to be decoded They have completely different opinions in treatment, but with regard to the increasing of antibiotic resistance issue, TPM treatment comments may be useful in future in ID as complementary method beside antibiotics
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