Traditional and modern aspects of hemorrhoid treatment in Iran: a review.
10.1016/j.joim.2018.01.002
- Author:
Sahar DEHDARI
1
;
Homa HAJIMEHDIPOOR
2
;
Somayeh ESMAEILI
3
;
Rasool CHOOPANI
4
;
Seyed Alireza MORTAZAVI
5
Author Information
1. Student Research Committee, Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1516745811, Iran.
2. Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center and Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1516745811, Iran.
3. Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center and Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1516745811, Iran. Electronic address: sesmaeili@sbmu.ac.ir.
4. Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1516745811, Iran.
5. Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1991953381, Iran.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Clinical study;
Hemorrhoids;
In vitro;
In vivo;
Iranian traditional medicine;
Plants
- From:
Journal of Integrative Medicine
2018;16(2):90-98
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Hemorrhoidal disease is a prevalent anorectal condition which is generally not managed well with current pharmacologic interventions. However, in Iranian traditional medicine (ITM) there are numerous plants with hemorrhoid-healing properties. The present research assembled plants with hemorrhoid-healing properties in ITM; their related pharmacological effects, phytochemical constituents and mechanisms of action in the modern medicine were also gathered. For this purpose, leading ITM textbooks were searched for plants with hemorrhoid-healing effects. Further, in vitro, in vivo and clinical studies on the most cited species were considered using scientific databases. Studying ITM textbooks revealed 37 medicinal plants with hemorrhoid-healing effects. Among the mentioned herbal medicines, six species, including Allium ampeloprasum, Phyllanthus emblica, Aloe vera, Terminalia chebula, Vitis vinifera and Commiphora mukul, had the largest number of related pharmacological effects documented in scientific databases. These herbs from ITM should be considered as important resources for producing novel drugs for hemorrhoid treatment.
