Digestion process and causes of indigestion based on Avicenna's view and modern medicine  

作　　者：Ali Reza Derakhshan Mahdi Yousefi Sohrab Dehghan Arman Zargaran Mahmood Khodadoost 

机构地区：[1]Department of Persian Medicine, School of Persian and Complementary Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. [2]Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. [3]Department of History of Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. [4]School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. [5]School of Traditional Medicine, No.8, Shams Alley, Vali-e-Asr Street, Tehran, Iran.

出　　处：《Traditional Medicine Research》2019年第3期140-147,共8页TMR传统医学研究

摘　　要：The process of food digestion is one of the most important physiologic processes in human body. In this review, we are seeking the views of Avicenna, the most distinguished Persian medical scholar about digestion and indigestion. Avicenna’s view was based on the humoral theory. Avicenna has focused scrutiny on the process of digestion. He divided this process into four phases including gastric, hepatic, intravascular and intra-organ digestion. A defect in any of these phases can lead to disturbance in other stages. Avicenna approached the problem of indigestion through factors of diet, lifestyle and inherent structural characteristics of digestive organs. Modern medicine confirms Avicenna's opinion about the start of digestion from the mouth, the role of the stomach in digestion and the role of the liver in the metabolism of foods. Overeating or eating certain foods, snacking between meals, eating variety of different foods together, intense physical activity, sexual activity after a meal, stress and sleep insufficiency are among factors that may be linked to indigestion in modern medicine viewpoints and also have been mentioned in Avicenna's teachings. It seems rational to consider the medical approaches recommended by Avicenna for future studies in the field of digestive disorders.

关 键 词：PERSIAN MEDICINE DIGESTION Indigestion MALABSORPTION AVICENNA 

分 类 号：R[医药卫生]