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Anaesth. pain intensive care. 2018; 22(4): 522-528


An overview of the most important analgesic herbs in Iran

Arash Momeni Safarabadi, Saber Abbaszadeh, Hamed Sepahvand.




Abstract

Pain is an unpleasant feeling or emotional experience associated with tissue lesion. Today, control and treatment of pain remain one of the most challenging issues in drug therapy. Increased demand for phytotherapy and the availability of rich sources of medicinal plants in Iran have made it essential to study this subject. Therefore, the development of new analgesic drugs has recently drawn attention. To conduct this review, the terms medicinal plant, extracts, essential oils, traditional medicine, pain, acute pain, and chronic pain were used to retrieve relevant publications from the citation databases Magiran, SID, Google Scholar and Scopus. Related articles were retrieved and irrelevant articles were excluded.
Based on the results, the medicinal plants such as Lavandula officinalis, Scrophularia striata, Vitis vinifera, Matricaria recutita, Solanum melongena L., Hyoscyamus niger, Achillea millefolium, Propolis, Vitex agnus castus, Malva Parviflora, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Artemisia herba alba, Elaeagnus angustifolia.L, Anethum graveolens, Phoenix dactylifera, Hypericum perforatum L, Ziziphora cliniopodiodes, Lactuca sativa longifolia and Tanacetum parthenium etc are among the most important analgesic plants. The medicinal plants and their active ingredients can be used to produce analgesic drugs and products.

Key words: Pain, Medicinal plants, Iran






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