فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Unintended pregnancy is a global problem. Approximately 210 million worldwide pregnancies occur each year that 38% are estimated to be unintended and 22% end to abortion. Unintended pregnancy is associated with substantial expense to health and social services, and emotional distress to women, their families and society as a whole. Also unintended pregnancy has negative health risk factors for mothers and children. Today there are many different contraceptive methods, but 217 million women have unmet needs for contraceptives yet. Many couples want to prevent or postpone the birth of next child but they do not access to contraceptives, or don’t use contraceptives because of cultural and social obstacles or because of their side effects. Therefore searching and finding new methods for birth control is a permanent necessity. It is expected oncoming methods will be more compatible with culture, test, physical and medical characteristics and life style of couples. This study is a descriptive review on contraceptives in some of Persian traditional medicine books. Contraception issue in Persian traditional medicine can be divided into 9 parts: 1. Male contraceptives (local methods) 2. Female contraceptives (local and systemic methods)   3. Emergency contraceptives 4. Drugs for sterilization 5. Contraceptives with effect in definite period. 6. Inhaling steam for vagina 7. Contraceptives special for menstruation time 8. Emotional and physical and positional aspects in sex 9. Food dietary before sex for reducing fertility This study indicates that there are many different drugs and substances with many usage methods to prevent pregnancy in Persian traditional medicine, most of them are cheap and easy to access. On the other hand, current contraceptives can’t satisfy all applicant families and many researches are necessary for making newer, easier, and more acceptable and with the less side effect contraceptives. New clues for producing new contraceptives or promotion of current contraceptives can be achieved through reviewing, researching and clinical trials on traditional contraceptives. In this way human generation will be healthier, happier and more efficient by developing programmed pregnancies.