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<Articles JournalTitle="Traditional and Integrative Medicine">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Traditional and Integrative Medicine</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2476-5104</Issn>
      <Volume>4</Volume>
      <Issue>4</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>22</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Use of Dalk in the Gynecological Diseases: Perspectives of Persian Medicine</title>
    <FirstPage>176</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>180</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Somayyeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Khalilzadeh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Persian Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Malihe</FirstName>
        <LastName>Tabarrai</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Persian Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>22</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Women&#x2019;s diseases are types of the common problems that patients are seeking for treatment that imposes a lot of economic burdens on health systems. Many Persian medicine reference books mentioned various practical methods for the adjunctive treatment of the gynecological problems. In the Persian medicine resources, &#x201C;Dalk&#x201D; therapeutic method is the most appropriate word for massage. Many clinical studies have been conducted on applied massage in women's diseases which confirms the effects of &#x201C;Dalk&#x201D;in this regard. The purpose of this study is to investigate &#x201C;Dalk&#x201D;'s applications on women's diseases.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jtim.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jtim/article/view/213</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
