Avicenna's clinical toxicology approach and beneficial materia medica against oral poisoning.

Autor: Nasiri E; Department of Anesthesiology and Operating Room, Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran., Orimi JR; Department of History of Medical Sciences, School of Allied of Medical Sciences, Mazanadaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.; Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research Center, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran., Hashemimehr M; Traditional Medicine and History of Medical Sciences Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran., Aghabeiglooei Z; Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Rezghi M; Department of Persian Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran., Amrollahi-Sharifabadi M; Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lorestan University, 5Th Kilometer of Khorramabad-Boroujerd Highway, Khoramabad, Lorestan, Iran. amrollahi.m@lu.ac.ir.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of toxicology [Arch Toxicol] 2023 Apr; Vol. 97 (4), pp. 981-989. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 02.
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-023-03464-w
Abstrakt: Considering the rich background of Persian Medicine in the use of materia medica for the treatment of diseases, the huge burden of oral poisonings in the world, and the urgent need to find scientific solutions, the purpose of this study was to determine Avicenna's approach toward clinical toxicology and his proposed treatments for oral poisonings. In Al-Qanun Fi Al-Tibb, Avicenna addressed the materia medica for the treatments of oral poisonings after explaining the ingestion of different toxins and also elucidating the clinical toxicology approach toward poisoned patients. These materia medica were from different classes including emetics, purgatives, enemas, diaphoretics, antidiarrheals, inhaled drugs, sternutators, anticoagulants, antiepileptics, antitussives, diuretics, cooling drugs, stimulants, cardiotonic drugs, and heating oils. By applying different therapies, Avicenna endeavored to attain main goals in clinical toxicology that are comparable with modern medicine. They included removing the toxins from the body, decreasing the severity of the deleterious effects of toxins on the body, and counteracting the effects of toxins inside the body. Aside from introducing different therapeutic agents that played an important role in the treatment of oral poisonings, he emphasized the ameliorating effects of nutritive foods and beverages. Further research using other Persian medical resources is recommended to elucidate the applicable approaches and treatments for different poisonings.
(© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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