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African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
African Ethnomedicines Network
ISSN: 0189-6016
Vol. 10, No. 2, 2013, pp. 340-342
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Bioline Code: tc13042
Full paper language: English
Document type: Letter to the Editor
Document available free of charge
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African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2013, pp. 340-342
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TEMPERAMENT DETERMINATION FOR MELATONIN: A BRIDGE FROM IRANIAN TRADITIONAL TO MODERN SLEEP MEDICINE
Minae, Mohammad B.; Soltani, Seyedshahin; Besharat, Mehdi; Karimi, Foruzan & Nazem, Esmaeil
Abstract
History acknowledged Ibn Sina, or Avicenna, the author of the highly skilled textbook of medicine "Al-
Qanun Fi Al-Tibb" or "The Canon of Medicine", as one of the greatest physicians in medicine. According to this
medical textbook, the explanation of the existence of a cold temperament for sleep was that during sleep hours, people
tended to have a movement of the nature of the body toward the inside, which caused the body to become cold during
sleep. Temperament determination for molecules, including drugs, has proved several applications. The present study
tried to demonstrate that the multitasking melatonin molecule, as a sleep related hormone, had a cold temperament. The
consideration of this temperament for melatonin had the potential to connect and integrate Iranian traditional medicine
to current medicine, and also opened new frontiers for the physiopathology of modern sleep medicine, based on
traditional medicine.
Keywords
Sleep; Melatonin; Iranian traditional medicine; Avicenna
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