[Home ] [Archive]   [ فارسی ]  
:: Main :: About :: Current Issue :: Archive :: Search :: Submit :: Contact ::
Main Menu
Home::
Journal Information::
Articles archive::
For Authors::
For Reviewers::
Registration::
Contact us::
Site Facilities::
::
Search in website

Advanced Search
..
Receive site information
Enter your Email in the following box to receive the site news and information.
..
:: Volume 7, Issue 1 (Spring 2016) ::
jiitm 2016, 7(1): 31-36 Back to browse issues page
Measures for Maintaining Adults’ Health in Traditional Persian Medicine
M. M. Parvizi , M. Emami Alorizi *
Abstract:   (7868 Views)

Background and Purpose: The elderly period is one of the most important and probably the longest period of life in human. Identifying the effective factors in maintaining and promoting health in the elderly can prevent their affliction with chronic diseases. The present study aimed to present the measures for maintaining middle-aged and old individuals’ health in Iranian traditional medicine for increasing quality of life in this humans.

Methods and Materials:  This is a review article using nineteen Iranian traditional medicine textbooks and Noor software by keywords of “Pyran”, “Sheykhoukiat” “Mashayekh”, “Salmandan” , “Kohoulat”, and “Miyansalan” to which aims at investigating the viewpoints of Iranian and Islamic scholars concerning the maintenance of the elderly individuals’ health.

Results: The age ranges have been expressed variously in the traditional medicine. However, in most cases, 45-60 and above 60 years of age are considered as middle age and old age, respectively. Middle-aged individuals’ temperament is cold and dry, while that of the elderly is different. These individuals should mostly make use of hot and wet foods and drinks and avoid cupping and bloodletting. Also, they are recommended not to isolate themselves in places such as theatres, sleep hungry at night, and have many sexual relationships. These individuals’ exercising habits, physical conditions, and disorders should always be taken into account.

Conclusion: Due to the occurrence of mood changes in old ages, specific measures should be taken to maintain the old individuals’ health, prevent their diseases, and increase their longevity. Traditional medicine recommendations, which based on the temperament of humans age, can be very efficient in reaching this goal.

Keywords: Traditional Persian Medicine, elderly, Hygiene
Full-Text [PDF 53 kb]      
Memorial article: Origianal Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2016/01/18 | Accepted: 2016/06/1
Send email to the article author

Add your comments about this article
Your username or Email:

CAPTCHA


XML   Persian Abstract   Print


Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:

Parvizi M M, Emami Alorizi M. Measures for Maintaining Adults’ Health in Traditional Persian Medicine. jiitm 2016; 7 (1) :31-36
URL: http://jiitm.ir/article-1-663-en.html


Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Volume 7, Issue 1 (Spring 2016) Back to browse issues page
مجله طب سنتی اسلام و ایران Journal of Islamic and Iranian Traditional Medicine

Creative Commons License
This Journal is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Persian site map - English site map - Created in 0.06 seconds with 37 queries by YEKTAWEB 4645