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Menorrhagia Management in Iranian Traditional Medicine Publisher Pubmed



Tansaz M1 ; Memarzadehzavareh H1 ; Qaraaty M2 ; Eftekhar T3 ; Tabarrai M4 ; Kamalinejad M5
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  1. 1. Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Traditional medicine, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Traditional Medicine Clinical Trial Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Gynecology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Iranian Traditional Medicine, School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Published:2016


Abstract

Menorrhagia is a common problem. Medical management for menorrhagia includes hormonal and nonhormonal treatments. These treatments have different side effects, which reduce quality of life. Complementary and traditional medicines have been used to handle menorrhagia for centuries in many cultures. There is a lot of information and data in Iranian traditional documents or books about medicinal herbs that are used by Iranian traditional medicine scientists for the treatment of menorrhagia. The aim of this study was to review the approaches to menorrhagia in Iranian traditional medicine texts. In this study, some main Iranian traditional medicine manuscripts including Canon of Medicine and Al-Havi of Rhazes were studied to extract important information about menorrhagia management. Iranian traditional medicine physicians have relied on an organized system of etiological theories and treatments for menorrhagia. Their methods for menorrhagia management may be able to convince the desire of many women to preserve their uterus and avoid hormonal therapy. © 2015, © The Author(s) 2015.