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Moosavy M, Shavisi N, Khatibi S A. Therapeutic Properties of milk in Modern Medicine. Clin Exc 2017; 7 (2) :33-49
URL: http://ce.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-362-en.html

Milk is one of the few foods that almost have all of the essential ingredients for human nutrition. By studying of the Quran, hadiths and narratives of Prophet and Imams as well as traditional medicine, it can be found that many of discovered health benefits of milk has already been mentioned in these resources, previously. The present review article was aimed to study about the importance of the recommendations in Islamic texts and traditional medicine resources as well as their consistency with the latest scientific findings of modern medicine.
In order to achieve to the aim of present study, the resources like the Holy Qur'an, Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain, Konz al-Amāl, Al-Khisal, Safīnat al-bihār, Al-Kafi, Al- Mahāsin, Tibb al-A'imma, Tibb al-Sadiq and Hifz Al-Sihat. To search in the international (Google Scholar، Web of Science، Sciencedirect,، Scopus and Pub Med) and national (SID، Magiran، Medlib and Civilica) scientific resources, the key words of milk, Quran, medicine, disease, properties and effects were used, and epidemiological and interventional studies with appropriate quality between 2000 and 2017 was used. Out of 919 articles, 53 articles which had credible and reliable information were reviewed.
In addition to the recommendations of Quran and emphasis of Prophet and the Imams (AS), and traditional medicine to the consumption of milk, the findings of recent studies showed that milk have valuable properties in the treatment diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stress and neurological diseases as well as in the losing of weight, boosting of the immune system and reducing of the risk of infection and osteoporosis.Review of the latest findings of scientific researches shows that the Quran’s addresses and the recommendations of Prophet and Imams to the cosumption of this food are consistent with the findings of researchers.