a review of medicinal plants effective on wound healing in the western part of iran based on ethnobotanical documents

Objective: the skin is a barrier between the human body and the external environment and protects the body against external chemical and physical factors. despite major advances in wound treatment, wound healing remains one of the most important challenges ahead. some medicinal plants with anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties are effective in healing and repairing wounds. the present study is a review of medicinal plants that are used in the ethnobotanical knowledge of western iran for wound healing in skin wounds.methodology: in this study, the keywords of medicinal plants, wound healing, skin wound, west azerbaijan, east azerbaijan, kurdistan, kermanshah, ilam, khuzestan and ethnobotany were used to search for articles. the investigated databases were google scholar, sid, megaran, pubmed, scopus. related ethnobotanical articles were used to review the texts.results: based on the obtained results, it was determined that medicinal plants such as sisymbrium sophia l, fumaria officinalis l., plantago major l., alcea spp., urtica spp., astragalus gossypinus fischer., fumaria officinalis, iperata cylindrica (l.), polygonum aviculare l., sanguisorba minor scop., alcea angulata, aristolochia olivieri, calendula persica, citrullus colocynthis, fumaria parviflora, nerium oleander, scrophularia striata, allium schoenoprasum, ixiolirion tataricum, thymus kotchyanous, adonis aestivalis, cardaria draba, althaea officinalis, beta vulgaris , carthamus tinetorius l., chrysanthemum coronarium, helianthus annus l., matricaria recutita l. and vicia sativa are medicinal plants that heal wounds in these areas.conclusion: medicinal plants and plant derivatives due to the presence of antioxidant compounds and secondary medicinal compounds such as tannins, anthocyanins, flavon, flavonoids, phenols and also less side effects than chemical drugs and species diversity in the treatment of skin wounds and reports of their traditional effects in the treatment of wounds present them as an inexpensive and effective choice for wound healing. the need for more pharmacological and clinical studies to produce wound healing drugs seems necessary and necessary.