INSOMNIA IN TRADITIONAL PERSIAN MEDICINE

Abstract

https://doi.org/10.31952/amha.17.1.2

Insomnia is a common complaint in out-patient clinics. It usually affects quality of life negatively specially in severe cases. Nowadays, routine medical interventions comprise pharmacological approaches and cognitive behavioral therapy. Commonly used medications for the afflicted patients are not competent enough beside 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.