Jazani Arezoo Moini, Azgomi Ramin Nasimi Doost, Mohammadi Ghadir
School of Traditional Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Iran J Med Sci. 2016 May;41(3 Suppl):S73.
Cancer is the most important non-communicable disease and the chief cause of death in the world, which imposes a major burden on communities. It is expected that the number of new cancer cases will increase 70 percent worldwide in the next two decades. The exact cause of the disease is unclear in modern medicine. More than a third of all cancer cases are preventable and the other two third are treatable if detected early. Cancer is a type of swelling in traditional Persian medicine (TPM). The aim of this study was to investigate the role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of cancer in TPM.
This study is a review-descriptive that was conducted based on traditional medicine books, including Al Canon fil tibb, Al-Hawi, Zakhireh-ye Khwarazm shahi and Exir-e-Aazam.
From the viewpoint of TPM, swelling is any abnormal accumulation of material in organs that will make bulging and dysfunction. If the substance of the disease can be fully matured and eliminated in the early stages of swelling and the patients become stronger, the possibility of swelling creation with poor prognosis such as cancer will decrease. Cancer is a cold and melancholic (soda) swelling that can be created by burning of humors. Treatment of cancer is based on specific nutrition management and medicinal herbs. According to the study, eating moderate to moisture temperament foods that can decrease acuity of melancholy humor (soda), produce appropriate blood (e.g. lamb, goat, egg yolks) and avoiding foods producing melancholy humor are recommended.
Swelling is a compound disease and cancer is a melancholic swelling. According to TPM, treating swelling in the early stages is possible and by observing the principles of nutrition, eating and drinking rules, and proper and early treatment of hot swelling and turning hot swelling into cold, cancer can be prevented.
癌症是世界上最重要的非传染性疾病和主要死因，给社会带来了重大负担。预计在未来二十年里，全球新增癌症病例数将增加70%。现代医学中该疾病的确切病因尚不清楚。超过三分之一的癌症病例是可预防的，另外三分之二如果早期发现是可治疗的。在传统波斯医学（TPM）中，癌症是一种肿胀类型。本研究的目的是探讨营养在传统波斯医学中对癌症预防和治疗的作用。
本研究是一项基于传统医学书籍进行的综述性描述性研究，这些书籍包括《医学大典》《医典》《花剌子模沙赫的宝藏》和《万应灵丹》。
从传统波斯医学的观点来看，肿胀是器官中物质的任何异常积聚，会导致凸起和功能障碍。如果疾病物质在肿胀的早期阶段能够完全成熟并消除，且患者变得更强壮，那么诸如癌症等预后不良的肿胀形成的可能性将会降低。癌症是一种寒性且忧郁质（黏液质）的肿胀，可由体液烧灼产生。癌症的治疗基于特定的营养管理和草药。根据该研究，建议食用具有适度至滋润性质的食物，这些食物可降低忧郁质（黏液质）的敏锐度、产生适量血液（如羊肉、山羊肉、蛋黄），并避免食用产生忧郁质的食物。
肿胀是一种复合疾病，癌症是一种忧郁质肿胀。根据传统波斯医学，在早期阶段治疗肿胀是可能的，通过遵循营养原则、饮食规则，以及对热性肿胀进行适当且早期的治疗并将热性肿胀转化为寒性肿胀，可以预防癌症。
