Strategies in traditional Persian medicine to maintain a healthy life in the elderly.

Autor:	Shakeri A; Department of Traditional Medicine, The School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Hashempur MH; Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.; Department of Persian Medicine, School of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran., Beigomi A; Yazd Saba Healthy Aging Institute, Yazd, Iran., Khiveh A; Department of Traditional Medicine, The School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Ardakan, Yazd, Iran., Nejatbakhsh F; Department of Traditional Medicine, The School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Zohalinezhad ME; Department of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.; Essence of Parsiyan Wisdom Institute, Traditional Medicine and Medicinal Plant Incubator, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran., Emtiazy M; Department of Traditional Medicine, The School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Ardakan, Yazd, Iran.; The Research Center of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of complementary & integrative medicine [J Complement Integr Med] 2020 Jun 19; Vol. 18 (1), pp. 29-36. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 19.
DOI:	10.1515/jcim-2019-0273
Abstrakt:	As time goes on, a greater number of people experience an age of more than 60 years old and subsequently geriatric syndromes are increasingly more common. Despite recent improvements in modern healthy living, literature on traditional Persian medicine (TPM) about the prevention and treatment of such syndromes and healthy living of the elderly is hardly known. We aimed, in this study, to explore some traditional Persian sources and briefly explain their writers' beliefs on keeping healthy living for old people. We used several TPM sources and literature, and then based on these texts, we collected issues about geriatric temperament and syndromes and classified the results including exercise, nutrition, massage, bathing, aromatherapy, and sleeping. Our search yielded some recommendations about a healthy lifestyle for the elderly, which are in fact equivalent to primary, secondary, and tertiary preventive measures in modern medicine. Our results also showed that they believed such modifications would help the elderly to improve their geriatric conditions. In general, TPM provides some pieces of advice to prevent and treat geriatric syndromes that may be helpful in practice although the scope of their effectiveness remains to be examined in carefully designed randomized controlled trials. (© 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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