TITLE:
Conceptual Comparison of Infectious Diseases of TIBBE-AKBARI and Modern Medicine: Akhlat and Mezaj Theory
AUTHORS:
Majid Avijgan, Firoozeh Salehzadeh, Ali Asghar Kamran, Maryam Ansari Chaharsoghi, Kourosh Sahebnazar, Khatereh Akhani, Mahsa Alinaghian, Mohammad Mazaheri
KEYWORDS:
Akhlat/Mezaj Theory, Antibiotic, Infectious Diseases, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Persian Medicine, TIBBE-AKBARI
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Infectious Diseases,
Vol.7 No.1,
February
4,
2017
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.