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Geriatric Management in Persian Medicine

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Iranian traditional medicine; Persian medicine; Traditional Iranian medicine; Traditional Persian medicine

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Persian medicine is one of the oldest traditional systems of medicine dating back to at least 7000 years ago. This traditional system of medicine has a holistic approach to human and is based on humoral theory. Persian medicine was the main paradigm of medical sciences at least until the seventeenth century in Western Asia, Northern Africa, and Europe and some other traditional systems of medicine like Unani medicine derived from it. Geriatric management in Persian medicine covers all aspects of geriatric management to keep health of older people via lifestyle modification and the special recommendations and treatment approach embedded in Persian medicine for diseases and disorders.

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Aging and geriatric management is a global health challenge (Onder et al. 2013), and finding any strategies to reduce the risk factors of disorders and to improve the...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Arman Zargaran

  2. Department of Phytopharmaceuticals (Traditional Pharmacy), School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Mohammad M. Zarshenas

  3. Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Mohammad M. Zarshenas

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  1. Population Division, UN Dept of Economic Social Affairs Population Division, New York, NY, USA

    Danan Gu

  2. School of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA

    Matthew E. Dupre

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  1. Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, New York, NY, USA

    Danan Gu

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Zargaran, A., Zarshenas, M.M. (2019). Geriatric Management in Persian Medicine. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_957-1

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