Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Publisher International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Year: 2020 Duzce University Medicine Research OWNER • On behalf of Duzce University, Traditional and Complementary Medicine Application and Research Center • Prof. Dr. Ertugrul KAYA, Duzce University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, DUZCE- TURKEY EDITOR IN CHIEF • Prof. Dr. Ertugrul KAYA, Duzce University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, DUZCE- TURKEY BOARD OF EDITORS • Prof. Dr. Bora BUKEN, Duzce University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, DUZCE- TURKEY • Prof. Dr. Erdem YESILADA, Yeditepe University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, ISTANBUL- TURKEY • Prof. Dr. Ertugrul KAYA, Duzce University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, DUZCE- TURKEY • Prof. Dr. Halil Ibrahim UGRAS, Duzce University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Chemistry, DUZCE- TURKEY • Prof. Dr. Hanefi OZBEK, Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, ISTANBUL- TURKEY • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pinar GOC RASGELE, Duzce University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Biosystem Engineering, DUZCE- TURKEY SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE/ EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD • Prof. Dr. Alis OZCAKIR, Uludag University, TURKEY • Prof. Dr. Bora BUKEN, Duzce University, TURKEY • Prof. Dr. Emma BORELLI, Siena University, ITALY • Prof. Dr. Erdem YESILADA, Yeditepe University, TURKEY • Prof. Dr. Ertugrul KAYA, Duzce University, TURKEY • Prof. Dr. Fulya Dilek GOKALP, Trakya University, TURKEY • Prof. Dr. Halil Ibrahim UGRAS, Duzce University, TURKEY • Prof. Dr. Hanefi OZBEK, Istanbul Medipol University, TURKEY • Prof. Dr. Ibrahim DEMIRTAS, Igdır University, TURKEY IJTCMR, 2020; 1(3) Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Publisher International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Year: 2020 Duzce University Medicine Research • Prof. Dr. Iffet Irem TATLI CANKAYA, Hacettepe University, TURKEY • Prof. Dr. Salih MOLLAHALILOGLU, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, TURKEY • Prof. Dr. rer. Nat. Hesham Ali EL-ENSHASY, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, MALAYSIA • Prof. Kosta Y. MUMCUOGLU, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, JERUSALEM • Prof. Wen LIANG, Leiden University, NETHERLANDS • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Haydar GOKSU, Duzce University, TURKEY • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pinar GOC RASGELE, Duzce University, TURKEY • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Juliana JALALUDIN, University Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seyhmus KAPLAN, Van Yuzuncu Yıl University, TURKEY • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ugur HASIRCI, Duzce University, TURKEY • Assist. Prof. Dr. Ahmet BEYATLI, University of Health Sciences, TURKEY • Assist. Prof. Dr. Ali Timucin ATAYOGLU, Medipol University, TURKEY • Assist. Prof. Dr. Hasan KARAAGAC, Scientific Prolotherapy Association, TURKEY • Assist. Prof. Dr. Ilker SOLMAZ, University of Health Sciences, TURKEY • Assist. Prof. Dr. Nuri Cenk COSKUN, Duzce University, TURKEY • Dr. Altunay AGAOGLU, Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis, TURKEY • Dr. Mei WANG, Leiden University, NETHERLANDS ORGANIZATION, PREPERATION AND CORRESPONDENCE Duzce University Traditional and Complementary Medicine Application and Research Center, Duzce, TURKEY Date of Issue: 15.12.2020 • International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research is an international peer-reviewed journal and is published three times a year. The responsibility of the articles published belongs to the authors. IJTCMR, 2020; 1(3) Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Publisher International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Year: 2020 Duzce University Medicine Research CONTENTS LETTER TO EDITOR 96-97 A New and Different Perspective on Traditional and Complementary Medicine Mustafa Yasar ORIGINAL RESEARCHES 98-106 Ethnomedicinal Herbal Knowledge and Practice among elders in Igalamela-Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria Abu Thomas, Bamidele Olasunkanmi Olorunshola 107-111 Evaluation of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Methods in Patients Undergoing Physical Therapy for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Demet Ferahman, Kadriye Ones, Busra Sirin, Tugba Aydin, Mustafa Aziz Yildirim, Ayse Nur Bardak, Nurdan Paker, Fatma Nur Kesiktas 112-117 Traditional Baby Care Practices in Artvin, Turkey Esra Kanbur, Betul Senturk, Sevil Cinar, Yalcin Kanbay 118-124 Investigation of the Knowledge and Attitude of Physicians about Traditional and Complementary Medicine Rumeysa Samanci, Volkan Murat Samanci, Mehmet Goktug Gunel, Sena Nur Yildiz, Safinaz Ataoglu 125-130 Use of Sunflower Seed Lecithin as an Emulsifier in Herbal Cream Preparation Tugba Turken Akcay, Beste Karadeniz, Neslihan Sirin, Gulsah Aydin, Haydar Goksu 131-136 Cytotoxicity of Some Retail Food Supplements in the Market Pınar Agyar Yoldas, Taner Yoldas, Nisa Sipahi 137-146 Comparison of Chemical Contents of Extracts in Different Solvents of Propolis Samples Produced in Duzce Province Mert Donmez, Seref Karadeniz, Taner Yoldas, Gulsah Aydin, Pinar Karagul, Osman Aksu, Pinar Goc Rasgele CASE REPORT 147-148 A Case with Not Relux Flow Detection with Leech Therapy for 6 Months Follow-Up in Venous Insufficiency Abdulkadir Kaya, Tarik Sari, Rabia Sebnem Yakisan Maden IJTCMR, 2020; 1(3) Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Publisher International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Year: 2020 Duzce University Medicine Research 149-150 Leech Therapy in A Case with Arterial Embolism Tarik Sari, Abdulkadir Kaya MINI REVIEW 151-153 Hypnosis and Anesthesia Murat Tolga Avsar, Resmiye Nur Okudan Kildan, Abdulkadir Kaya REVIEWS 154-161 Larva Treatment From Past To Present In Chronic Wounds Esra Gul, Yashar Nurullazade, Ertugrul Kaya 162-176 Medical and Cosmetic Applications of Persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.) and Their Toxicity Assessment-A review Ayse Kurt, Ertugrul Kaya IJTCMR, 2020; 1(3) Volume: 1 Issue: 3 International Journal of Traditional and Complementary Publisher Year: 2020 Medicine Research Duzce University LETTER TO EDITOR A New and Different Perspective on Traditional and Complementary Medicine Mustafa Yasar1* 1 RTM Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey *Corresponding Author: Mustafa Yasar, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 18.11.2020 Accepted: 26.11.2020 Dear Editor I would like to present to you and your readers a adventure, I have been happy to contribute in different perspective on the classical medical helping patients recover in more than 140 thousand education I received at the medical school like any cases, almost all of which are considered difficult. physician and then on the art of routine patient Most of these diseases consist of psoriasis, treatment in the medical profession. urticaria, rheumatoid arthritis, gangrenous foot, I was born in Izmir in 1970. After primary and celiac, MS and many types of cancer, and I have secondary education, I graduated from Samsun achieved great success in the treatment of these Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine in diseases. In our clinic, treatment success rates are 1994 as a medical doctor. When I was a student at between 75% and 95% in this and similar the medical school, I started to think that there were challenging diseases related to the immune system. some deficiencies in medical knowledge and As a result of our success both from Turkey and treatment techniques in the lectures taught to us. As many parts of the world, there have been intensive a matter of fact, a complete treatment of many patient applications; also I am proud of that the diseases has not been performed yet. I realized that RTM system and some of the treatment the treatment techniques in the current system are achievements with the system are published in symptom-suppressing, and in fact I came to the academic publications and presented to the conclusion that the underlying causes of the scientific community. I currently have over 10 diseases should be eliminated. Even when I was a published academic articles on RTM treatment. student in medical school, I tried to do some studies According to my personal opinion; today, the on physiopathology and developed a treatment biggest problem in the field of traditional and technique I named "Remember-Regeneration complementary medicine is that most of the Therapy Method" (RTM). After my researches and physicians who are interested in this field try to trials, I focused on my studies in the field of holistic treat their patients with an approach that is far from medicine. holistic medicine perception. I think every detail of Throughout my more than 25 years of medical the treatment should be carried out in a systematic, experience, my search for perfecting the treatment method and goal. The patient and the patient's technique continued and in this direction, I problems should be approached received a master's degree in Pharmacognosy at physiopathologically, especially a resource- Ankara University Faculty of Pharmacy in 1996. oriented approach should be adopted rather than Since the 1990s, I have trained and provided result-oriented. Each patient may have their own trainining more than 40 in traditional and special circumstances. Two patients with the same complementary medicine in nearly 30 different disease may not have the same causes. For this countries, including Russia, the USA, Germany, reason, the perception of "there is no disease, there South Korea, India, Canada, Switzerland, Spain, is a patient" is of vital importance in the way of Azerbaijan, France, Romania, and I attended healing. Unfortunately, the commercial approaches seminars. Since the beginning of my medical recently exhibited by some of our colleagues in this IJTCMR 2020;1(3): 96-97 96