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Forotan Y. Medical Status of Traditional Medicine in the Islamic Period, the Recognition of the Term, Concept Analysis, Initial Data Classification. Anthropol Stud 2016; 2 (1) :79-106
URL: http://pc.richt.ir/article-4-260-en.html

For the first time Willem Floor in his interesting and worthy reading work, Public health in Qajar Iran, has correctly considered the general concept of medicine» in Iran derived from three sources: Galenic medicine, religious medicine and traditional medicine. According to Floor, (which later studies also confirm it), the Islamic period medical knowledge in Iran, has grown and developed on the basis of these three sources. On the other hand, at present, here is a peculiar confusion in medical studies related to the Islamic period in Persian language; for instance, there is no identical convention and standard for naming and identifying parts and supplies of medical knowledge in the Islamic period. At the same time, based on relatively large investments by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education  done in the field of Islamic period medicine the amount and number of research and studies in three different parts, mentioned above, are not balanced. Therefore, it is necessary to consider and study the neglected components of this knowledge more avidly and eventually find a way out of the current turmoil. This article tries to do preliminary studies on the third mentioned medical source of Iran, «traditional medicine»; including a review of the terminology and offering an appropriate term for this part of the Islamic period medicine