Ethnomedicine

    Biopsychosocial model first of all needs some facts & paradigms to prepare social services &  help human being to be more adaptive.

     Ayurveda, Yoga, Hippocratic medicine (Arabic medicine) and Chinese medicine are some of this historical models of biopsychosocial theory.

All of this medical systems are holistic and semiexperimental approaches to medicine : 

    * Systemic , because their approaches to signs and symptoms are based on mind-body-universe unity.

    * Holistic , because of studying diseases as patterns of imbalance  and their natural methods to restore this dynamic balance.

    * Semiexprimental , because of  philosophical  assumptions in their experimental researches.  This is the main deference between contemporary systemic approaches & traditional types.

     IIHH adopted an interactionistic methodology in ethnomedical studies and follows a fundamental dialogue between modern medicine & traditional medicine.

     Our philosophical studies follow an experimental-holistic methodology without any philosophical assumptions of traditional medicine and without reductionistic  & specialization scattering of modern medicine.

     Our survey studies are focused on Iran and religious, mystical, magical, traditional and household non organic therapeutic method with involved mind-body interaction.