فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Gout is a common disease. Iranian traditional physician and on top of them Avicenna suggested various treatment method for gout. Avicenna believes that the most common cause of arthritis is gout. He classified gout by the causing agent to hot and cold dystemperament. Diagnosis is base on patient's condition, type and pattern of pain, joint swelling and dietary habits. Treatment is base on type of dystemperament of patients. Many methods of Avicenna for prevention and treatment of gout are similar with modern medicine. For example, dietary regimen and meat abstinence in conventional medicine are similar to Avicenna's recommendations in “Canon of Medicine”.