Menorrhagia Management in Iranian Traditional Medicine

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 71-76

  Tansaz, Mojgan ^a   Memarzadehzavareh, Hajar ^a   Qaraaty, Marzieh ^b   Eftekhar, Tahereh ^c   Tabarrai, Malihe ^d   Kamalinejad, Mohammad ^e  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Avicenna; herb; menorrhagia; traditional medicine; treatment

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; IRAN; MENORRHAGIA; PROCEDURES; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

FEMALE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; IRAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENORRHAGIA; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84958569035     PISSN: 21565872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156587215589522     Document Type: Article

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