Title of article :
Makhzan al Adviyeh and Pointing to the Scientific Names of Medicinal Plants for the First Time in a Persian Book
Author/Authors :
Shams Ardakani, Mohammad Reza Department of Traditional Pharmacy - School of Persian Medicine - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Farjadmand, Fatemeh Department of Traditional Pharmacy - School of Persian Medicine - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Rahimi, Roja Department of Traditional Pharmacy - School of Persian Medicine - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Makhzan al-Adviyeh is a medicinal book on simple drugs written with eloquent and fluent prose in Persian
by Mohammad Hossein Aghili Khorasani Shirazi in 12th AH century. This book is for sure one of the
most comprehensive Persian books on medicinal simple drugs and is very much addressed by traditional
medicine researchers. One of the interesting points about this book is the consideration of the scientific
names of some of the herbs which are being noted in a Persian book for the first time by Aghili. In this
paper, this subject has been addressed together with collecting and describing information regarding the
herbs mentioned by their scientific names in the book of Makhzan al-Adviyeh.
Keywords :
Aghili , Medicinal plants , Simple drugs , Scientific name , Makhzan al adviyeh
Journal title :
Traditional and Integrative Medicine
