Role of heart failure in sexual dysfunction according to Persian Traditional Medicine

سال انتشار: 1399
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: انگلیسی
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Sexual problems are common in heart failure (HF), and are not always adequately addressed and treated in the current health care system. Scholars of Persian Medicine (PM) have paid special attention to this issue in more than a thousand years ago. Method: This article is a review of main PM references to find association between heart and sexual function.Result: According to the viewpoints in PM, heart, brain and liver have closed relationship together to make normal sexual function. PM physicians believe the first step of treatment in patients with HF and sexual dysfunction is strengthening the heart and improving its efficiency. Also, they believe that hypersexual activity or sex addiction can cause or exacerbate HF. It is recommended to decrease sexual activity during the treatment period especially in thin individuals. Also for strengthening the heart, recommendation of foods is the first step and medicinal herbs like Lemon balm, Peppermint, calamintha, white tea, Basil, cinnamon, pussy willow, clove, bergamot orange, lemon, saffron etc. are also prescribed as second step. Discussion: Sexual dysfunction in patients with HF will have severe impact on different aspects of life; therefore using an integrative approach may have more advantages as increasing patients’ satisfaction and improving their quality of life.Keywords: “Heart failure”, “Persian medicine”, “Herbal medicine”, “Sexual dysfunction

نویسندگان

Narjes Gorji

M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Traditional Medicine and History of Medical Sciences Research Center, Institute of Health, Babol University of Medical Science, Babol, Iran

Reihaneh Moeini

M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Traditional Medicine and History of Medical Sciences Research Center, Institute of Health, Babol University of Medical Science, Babol, Iran

Seyyed Ali Mozaffarpur

D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Traditional Medicine and History of Medical Sciences Research Center, Institute of Health, Babol University of Medical Science, Babol, Iran

Roshanak Gods

M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Research Institute for Islamic & Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, No.۸۴۷ Behesht Ave, South Hafiz St, Tehran, Iran