Persian medicine

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Persian medicine is a traditional medical system that developed in the Persian cultural sphere, integrating ancient Greek, Indian, and local practices into a comprehensive theory of health, disease, and treatment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of traditional medicine
medical tradition
traditional medical system
aimsTo maintain health
prevent disease
treat disease
basedOnTheory humoral theory
continuesAs contemporary Iranian traditional medicine practice
developedIn Greater Iran
Persian cultural sphere
emphasizes balancing temperament
dietary regulation
herbal remedies
lifestyle modification
phytotherapy
regimenal therapy
geographicFocus Central Asia
Iran
Middle East
hasAlternativeName Persian medicine
surface form: Iranian traditional medicine

Unani medicine in the Persian context
hasKeyFigure Avicenna
surface form: Avicenna (Ibn Sina)

Haly Abbas (Ali ibn al-Abbas al-Majusi)
Ismail Gorgani
Al-Razi (Rhazes)
surface form: Rhazes (Al-Razi)
hasKeyText Al-Hawi
surface form: Al-Hawi (The Comprehensive Book)

Ibn al-Quff
surface form: Kamil al-Sina‘a al-Tibbiyya

The Canon of Medicine
Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi
historicalPeriodOfFlourishing Islamic Golden Age
influenced Islamic medicine
Unani medicine in South Asia
medieval European medicine
influencedBy Ayurvedic concepts
Galenic medicine
Hippocratic medical tradition
surface form: Hippocratic medicine

Indian medicine
Islamic medical scholarship
ancient Greek medicine
local Iranian medical practices
integrates theory of disease
theory of health
theory of treatment
recognizedBy World Health Organization as part of traditional medicine
usesConcept balance of humors
four humors
temperament (Mizaj)
usesTreatment bloodletting
compound formulations
cupping
diet therapy
herbal medicines
massage
topical applications

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Islamic medicine influencedBy Persian medicine
Siddha medicine relatedTo Persian medicine
this entity surface form: Unani medicine
Persian medicine hasAlternativeName Persian medicine
this entity surface form: Iranian traditional medicine
Galenic medicine influenced Persian medicine
this entity surface form: Unani medicine