review of some famous Persian Medicine scientists

In Iran, many patients intend to have natural remedies as treatment. These remedies have 1000 years of history in medicine. In the Persian Medicine, foods such as chicken broth, honey, fig and plum at repeated periods as well as body massage are highly recommended. In the field of pharmacotherapy, 35 herbs related to 25 families were known. Various complementary therapies, such as Unani, Indian, Chinese and Persian therapies of medicine, contribute to the advancement of traditional medicine. Many studies about Persian history have been done. Persian scientists and physicians considerably contributed to medical sciences by their own witnessing, experimentations and tacts through more than seven thousand years of Persian history. In Persian medicine, different fields have been described. The history of Iran has divided into five periods (1) the period of the Elamites, Medes, early Persians and Babylonians (10th millennium to 6th century BC); (2) subsequent the formation of the Persian Empire (6th century BC) to the 7th century AD; (3) after the Islamic conquest of Iran to the dominance of Baghdad (7th to 13th century AD); (4) from the Mongol invasion of Iran to the foundations of modern anatomy (13th to 18th century AD); and (5) modern Persia (18th century AD to present). By the 19th century, Iran had entered new period ofremodeling movements and academic contact with the West through the alterations of Mirza Tagi Khan Amir Kabir. There were many valuable scientists with valuable services in the development of medicine. However, just few of them are described in this article. The aim of the study is to introduce some scientists in Persian Medicine who had important roles in Medicine. The researchers investigated Persian medical manuscripts, including and also valid electronic databases with the keywords such as Persian Medicine, scientists and history through searching of the PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar databases. Avicenna (980– 1032 AD) was great influence on the development of medicine in early medieval periods [23]. He was born in Afshaneh in the northwest of ancient Iran. He became physician at the age of 16. He also was an expert in philosophy, astronomy, and many other sections of science. He wrote more than 400 books about these sciences, especially on medicine. His book (Canon of Medicine) has been used as medical text in Europe until the 17th century AD. Muhammad Ibn Zakariyya al-Razi (865–925 AD),) the Latin name Rhazes (, was one ofthe physicians who is the first significant scientist of the Golden Age of Islamic Medicine (9th–12th centuries AD). He wrote Kitab al-Mansuri which is an encyclopedia in big number of medical subjects. The first part of the book is about human anatomy and functions. Rhazi has explained heart valves and coronary arteries Circle of Willis. Seyed Esmail Jorjani (Hakim Jorjani) was great Persian physician of 11th–12th century. He wrote an encyclopedia of medicine with750, 000 words which is the Treasure of King Khwarazm. Some parts of this Treasure are about midwifery and perinatal care. Iran has valuable reserves that should be used to advance science. These valuable reserves are the experiences of the ancient scientists that should be proud of them. Using the experiences of valuable Iranian scientists is significant step forward in science.