Role of body temperature on health: traditional and conventional
Tārīkh-i pizishkī i.e., Medical History,
Vol. 6 No. 19 (1393),
3 February 2015
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Page 29-44
https://doi.org/10.22037/mhj.v6i19.7546
Abstract
In modern science, heat is a quality that enhances the movement of molecules. Maintenance of instinctive temperature in a normal range is vital for healthy organs' function and survival. In the Traditional Persian Medicine, the heat comprised to instinctive that is related to animal spirit and hands the animal life; and stout heat that is related to natural spirit. Instinctive which derived from main spiritual heat has no burning, decay and infection. In traditional medicine, the physician determines the body hotness and coldness of the patient with palpation. However further than palpation, the physician should evaluate the function of main body organs (heart, brain and liver) to estimate instinctive heat. The physician should be moderate in mezaj (temperament) or knows the normal moderate human's mezaj. The maintenance of instinctive heat and humidity plays vital role in healthy life style and longevity. The weather, food and drink, sleep and wake, motion and stillness, retention and evacuation and at last mood are the six main basics for maintaining instinctive temperature.
Despite the differences between the definitions and terminology of both traditional and modern perspectives on the heat, the importance of body temperature in metabolism and health is mentioned in both schools.
This study is about to provide a context for further attention of the researchers to basic concepts of traditional medicine.
- Body temperature, Innate, Traditional Medicine
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