Bloating: Avicenna’s Perspective and Modern Medicine

Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine

MohsenNaseri¹ 

关键词: bloating;    traditional Persian medicine;    Avicenna;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2156587215622915

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Bloating and abdominal distention are common complaints present in quite a number of organic and functional diseases. An important subject in traditional Persian medicine is digestive disorders, particularly bloating and its etiology. This is a literature review study conducted on The Canon in Medicine written by Avicenna and using the keywords: bloating, gas. In this article, causes for bloating, according to Avicenna, include diet causes, inappropriate lifestyle, gastrointestinal, and miscellaneous reasons. These were compared with causes suggested in modern medicine. Avicenna classifies causes based on the place of origin into upper part of the abdomen (stomach) and intestinal part of the abdomen. Also, 38 medicinal plants used as remedies were listed. Modern scientific data support all bloating causes that have been mentioned in the canon. Obviously, some causes such as uterine disorders and posterior nasal discharge need to be studied further.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC