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2017/08/02
By Seyed Mahdi Mirghazanfari, MD, PhD
Melancholic temperament: Specifications and lifestyle
Part 2
TEHRAN — According to the Iranian Islamic traditional medicine if one could identify the patient's temper, they would predict his/her health-related behaviors rather than predisposition and prognosis to different diseases, and select the best treatment.
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2017/06/20
By Seyed Mahdi Mirghazanfari, MD, PhD
How to recognize one's temperament
The Iranian-Islamic traditional medicine is a holistic medicine which has been based on individual differences, a determinant basic concept named as Mizaj (temperament).
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2017/05/24
By Seyed Mahdi Mirghazanfari, MD, PhD
Iranian traditional medicine prioritizes health maintenance over treatment
Overlooking Iranian traditional medicine, the most ancient medicine in the world, both nationwide and worldwide is what has deprived the country not only from introducing its primeval medical advances but its rich culture to the world.
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2017-05-17 08:31
By Seyed Mahdi Mirghazanfari, MD, PhD
Temperaments determine your lifestyle
The Iranian-Islamic traditional medicine emphatically gives prominence to each individual’s temperament - or to use the Persian equivalent ‘Mizaj’- as a determining and key factor in deciding one’s lifestyle.
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2017/05/10
By Seyed Mahdi Mirghazanfari, MD, PhD
Traditional medicine expounds on temperaments: Phlegmatic or melancholic
TEHRAN — As explained in the previous articles each individual has a distinguishing temperament- or as well-known in the Persian term ‘Mizaj’- based on which people display distinctive physical and behavioral characteristics.
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2017/05/03
By Seyed Mahdi Mirghazanfari, MD, PhD
Sanguine or choleric: Iranian traditional medicine defines
In the Iranian-Islamic traditional medicine the excess or lack of body fluids (called “humors”) including blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm define four temperaments (Mizaj) of “sanguine”, “choleric”, “melancholic” and “phlegmatic” respectively.
