Persian Source Library · Modern era — 20th century
Dr. Hossein Erfani
The work
Sad Giāh Hezār Darmān — One Hundred Plants and One Thousand Remedies
صد گیاه و هزار درمان
4th edition, 1375 (1996–1997)
The most cited modern Persian household herbal — how 20th-century Iranian families received the classical tradition.
Sad Giāh Hezār Darmān is the most widely owned Persian-language herbal of the last generation — the book on the kitchen shelf of many Iranian households. Dr. Hossein Erfani compiled 100 plants with hundreds of traditional preparations, drawing directly on the Aghili and Tonekaboni tradition but presented in modern Persian for a general reader.
In the Living Library, we cite Erfani as the primary bridge between the classical Persian pharmacopoeia and living household practice today. It is presented as traditional knowledge — not as clinical proof.
What this text is known for
- Made the Persian herbal tradition accessible in plain modern Persian.
- Preserved household preparations that would otherwise pass out of daily practice.
- The de-facto reference for a generation of Persian home cooks and hakims.
Erfani's Sad Giāh Hezār Darmān is our anchor for how the classical tradition is actually practiced in Persian homes today.
Traditional Persian sources describe how a herb, food, or ritual was understood — never on their own a claim about modern outcomes. Where modern trials agree or disagree, the Living Library labels the difference clearly.
Further reading
- Sad Giāh Hezār Darmān — 4th edition (1996) — Dr. Hossein Erfani, Tehran