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Twelve Vegetables Used for Prevention and Treatment of Hemorrhoids in Persian Medicine



Andarkhor P1 ; Khodadoost M1 ; Kamalinejad M2 ; Talaie R3 ; Gachkar L4 ; Zargaran A5
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  1. 1. Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Shahid Modaress Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine Published:2019

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To review the role of vegetables to prevent and treat hemorrhoids in Persian Medicine (PM). METHODS: We search main Persian Medicine manuscripts, including the books of Liber Continens, Canon of Medicine, Great Elixir, Akbarie's Medicine, Storehouse of Medicaments and Present for the faithful. Also, it was considered by searching in reference books and published papers with the help of PubMed, Scopus, Google scholar databases. RESULTS: Twelve vegetables, relating to 8 plant families, have been found in PM that their effectiveness involved in laxative, anti- inflammation, antimicrobial, analgesic and wound healing. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that 12 Persian Medicine vegetables can be used to prevent and treat hemorrhoids. © 2019 JTCM. All rights reserved.