Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.31952/amha.17.1.2
INSOMNIA IN TRADITIONAL PERSIAN MEDICINE
Majid Nimrouzi
; Department of Persian Medicine, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Essence of Parsiyan Wisdom Institute, Phytopharmaceutical Technology and Traditional Medicine Incubator, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz
Babak Daneshfard
orcid.org/0000-0001-6729-9113
; Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Vahid Tafazoli
; Essence of Parsiyan Wisdom Institute, Phytopharmaceutical Technology and Traditional Medicine Incubator, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Rahimeh Akrami
; Essence of Parsiyan Wisdom Institute, Phytopharmaceutical Technology and Traditional Medicine Incubator, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Abstract
Insomnia is a common complaint in outpatient clinics. It usually affects quality of life negatively,
especially in severe cases. Nowadays, routine medical interventions comprise pharmacological
approaches and cognitive behavioral therapy. Common medications used by afflicted
patients are not competent enough in addition to their annoying side effects. It would
naturally denote the need for considering novel strategies for treating insomniac patients.
Approach to insomnia in traditional Persian medicine (TPM) has been cited in a scrutinized
manner focusing on its main causes. Accordingly, its treatment is tailored based on the constitution
of the patient, intensity of the disease, and type of the cause. In this paper we have
discussed the causes of insomnia, diagnostic approach, and various medical interventions
proposed in valid sources of TPM.
Keywords
Sleep; insomnia; sleep-wake disorders; temperament; traditional Persian medicine
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223252
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Publication date:
1.7.2019.
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