INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ancestors.Persian medicine has a history of thousands of years and it creates an identity for us and it is valuable to pay attention to it,
he added.Persian medicine is one of the issues that gives us an identity and shows us that when the westerners had none, we had medicine and
solved problems, Einollahi noted.Persian medicine pays attention to nutrition and disease prevention, which has not been paid attention to
treatment.It is one of the most ancient forms of traditional medicine
It is grounded in the concept of four senses of humor: phlegm (Balgham), blood (Dam), yellow bile (Safra'), and black bile (Sauda')
The concept of the four senses of humor is based on the teachings of Rhazes and Avicenna in an elaborate medical system.So far, about 30,000
plant species have been identified in the world, with Iran's share of about 8,000 species which is more than the whole of species found in
Europe.Some 2,300 species of medicinal plants have been identified in the country, accounting for one-third of the medicines used in human
societies.The per capita consumption of medicinal plants in Iran is about one kilogram of dried plants, in other words, 83,000 tons of
medicinal plants worth 1.2 trillion rials (around $4 million) are consumed in the country, while in Europe this amount is 900 grams and in
the United States is 2.5 kilograms.The export revenue of medicinal plants is estimated at $700 million, the Vice President for Science and
Technology, Rouhollah Dehghani, has said.Over 17,000 books have so far been published about Persian traditional medicine, which has been
