Trends in scientific publications of traditional Iranian medicine

Traditional Iranian medicine (TIM) is the major part of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The popularity and use of alternative therapies are increasing due to adverse effects and ineffectiveness of pharmacologic treatments in some cases. Herbal medicine is one of the methods of traditional therapy that plays a key role in the treatment of various diseases, specifically in diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia and obesity that are growing rapidly in the world. In this article, trends of scientific publications of Iranian medicine in endocrinology and metabolic disorders have been investigated. The results of the present study show that the numbers of related researches have uptrend from 2000 till now. These data are valuable to pharmaceutical companies to get the idea to invest and produce effective drugs.

Keywords:

Complementary medicine , Alternative medicine , Herbal medicine , Traditional Iranian medicine , Pharmacologic treatments , Pharmaceutical companies