Abstract

Background and Objectives: Today, various medical schools have emerged, including modern, complementary and traditional medicine, Chinese and recently Islamic medicine, each of which has played a role in the process of human health based on its own philosophy. On the other hand, the find and hidden excommunication of the followers of each school than other medical schools, caused conflicts in the action scene that achieve of the population right to health has faced with challenges. The purpose of this article is to explain the concept and components of Islamic medicine so that by understanding of it more accurately, the scope of these conflicts can be reduced. Methods: This article is a review and library that has been conducted purposefully and with certain criteria through searching in valid religious books including Tasnim’s interpretation, the status of reason in the geometry of religious knowledge and domestic and international scientific databases with related keywords such as Islamic medicine without applying time limits. Results: Understanding the roots of scientific differences, the concept of Islamic science, Islamic anthropology, spiritual medicine, the scope of evidence-based medicine, the basic requirements and criteria of Islamization of medicine, how to deal with medical narrative propositions and finally provide a model for dealing with medical issues are components that should be considered in recognizing the true concept of Islamic medicine. Conclusion: According to the prominent position of wisdom in the Islam school, the actual concept of “Islamic medicine” is very much beyond from what that now wrongly instead of saying “Teb al-’A’imma” or “Medicine of Period of Islamic Civilization” is used. At least the concept of “Islamic medicine” includes all of the common medical schools and whatever medical science based on the method of sages and with a monotheistic view and in the line of physical and spiritual health of the human.