Medicinal Plants used in Traditional Persian Medicine

Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM) is one of the most ancient medical doctrines, and is well-documented in terms of information about diseases, diagnoses and treatments, especially by the application of medicinal plants. This book presents the key medicinal plants used in TPM.
Medicinal plants and the natural products within them, still remain the starting point for breakthroughs in the development of safe, pharmacologically active synthetic molecules for use in a wide variety of clinical situations. Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM) is one of the most ancient medical doctrines, and is well-documented in terms of information about diseases, diagnoses and treatments, especially in the application of medicinal plants. TPM has been used for centuries worldwide, and many of these methods are still used in Iran today. The book introduces the basics of TPM, and describes the key medicinal plants used for the treatment of different diseases. It also highlights possible new targets for research activities in drug discovery of natural products. The book is richly illustrated with historic drawings from old Persian pharmacopoeia and photos of plants in their natural habitats. Reference to Ayurvedic, Traditional Chinese Medicine and monastic medicine in Europe are also made. While knowledge about medicinal plants used in TPM still exists in Iran there is a risk that the detailed expertise provided by older generations will be lost in the near future. It is therefore very important that this cultural heritage is properly preserved. This book provides a valuable, evidence-based resource on TPM for researchers, practitioners and students in medicinal plants, ethnobotany and herbal medicine.

Contributor: Hartwig Schulz (Edited by), Seyed Ahmad Emami (Edited by), Farsad Nadjafi (Edited by), Mamak Hashemi Habib Abadi (Contributions by), Maryam Akabery (Contributions by), Seyyed Ahmad Askari (Contributions by), Sayyedeh Fatemeh Askari (Contributions by), Zahra Ayati (Contributions by), Sajad Azad (Contributions by), Parmis Badr (Contributions by), Hamed Baharara (Contributions by), Zahra Boghrati (Contributions by), Mina Borhani (Contributions by), Fatemeh Etemadpour (Contributions by), Seyed Majid Ghazanfari (Contributions by), Shakila Hajizadeh (Contributions by), Bahia Namavar Jahromi (Contributions by), Lida Jarahi (Contributions by), Mohammad Reza Kanani (Contributions by), Seyedeh Mahnaz Karimi (Contributions by), Abdolali Mohagheghzadeh (Contributions by), Leila Mohtashami (Contributions by), Ghazaleh Mosleh (Contributions by), Nayebzadeh Motahare (Contributions by), Maryam Nikoosokhan (Contributions by), Roja Rahimi (Contributions by), Zahra Taghipour (Contributions by), Mojgan Tansaz (Contributions by), Meysam Zaeri (Contributions by), Elaheh Zibaee (Contributions by), Roodabeh Bahramsoltani (Contributions by), Amir Hossein Abdolghaffari (Contributions by)

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